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August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 News

Private 5G market ‘nears mainstream’ with $5bn surge

Study finds private cellular networks based on 3GPP-defined 5G specifications are just on the cusp of becoming a mainstream technology, with a market potential exceeding that of established private LTE Continue Reading

August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 News

Zen Internet, Sky Business Wholesale ink Ethernet partnership

Strategic partnership to see business customers gain access to Ethernet-enabled exchange footprint Continue Reading

August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 News

What’s going on inside Intel?

Chipmaker Intel has had a tough couple of weeks: job cuts, Donald Trump calling for the CEO’s resignation, and now an attack by its former chief executive Continue Reading

August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 News

More girls take A-level computing despite overall dip in numbers

While there was an overall dip in the number of people taking computing A-levels this year, the number of girls taking the subject is still on the up Continue Reading

August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 Opinion

Protecting your data in the EU means protecting an independent authority

As the EU faces mounting scrutiny over institutional transparency, ensuring the genuine independence of the European Data Protection Supervisor is key to preserving the rule of law and the credibility of the Union’s digital governance. Continue Reading

August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 Blog Post

What to expect from Cloudera EVOLVE25

The Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to Cloudera Evolve25. The conference is held on September 25th at Glasshouse 660 in New York and is set to showcase the organisation’s anywhere cloud ... Continue Reading

August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 News

AST SpaceMobile hits launch button on satellite expansion

Space-based cellular broadband network reveals plans to expand its satellite fleet by almost 10 times over the next 18 months Continue Reading

August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 News

Professional services firms stuck in network security IT doom loop

Survey reveals a widening disconnect in the professional services sector where, despite near-universal adoption of SaaS and cloud strategies, core network and security services are failing to keep up through the likes of SASE Continue Reading

August 14, 2025 14Aug2025 In Depth

Mastering control of sovereign digital resilience

Internet infrastructure resilience has become a national security concern for several countries in recent years. Lithuania’s approach treats routing infrastructure, IP space, DNS and hosting as national and strategic assets Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 News

Fuel leak prompts Openreach full-fibre broadband upgrade

UK’s leading broadband provider deploys full-fibre infrastructure to enhance rural England village’s connectivity following leak that diminished comms services Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 News

BlackSuit ransomware payment recovered in takedown operation

US authorities reveal how over a million dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency assets laundered by the BlackSuit ransomware gang were seized ahead of a July takedown operation Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 News

Santander will make AI training mandatory for all staff in 2026

Spanish banking giant announces mandatory AI training for staff, and collaborates with OpenAI on a ‘data and AI-first transformation’ Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 Opinion

What the UK's ransomware crackdown signals for Europe

The UK government is forging a bold path as it aims to ban ransomware payments from certain organisations. Its actions could herald an inflexion point in Europe's broader response to ransomware. Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 Blog Post

Snyk CTO: Platform engineering is a DevOps ally in the AI era

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Danny Allan in his role as chief technology officer at Snyk. Allan writes in full as follows… There’s a common ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 Blog Post

AI Agents and the data governance wild west

This is a guest blogpost by Fraser Dear, head of AI and innovation, BCN We’re now in an age where AI agents can summarise lengthy documents, trawl through SharePoint, and draft emails in seconds. ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 Blog Post

Is document management the real hero of the AI boom?

This is a guest blogpost by John Bates, chief executive officer of SER Group. If you hadn’t noticed, document management (DM) is having a moment. Gartner had previously phased out the term in ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 News

SAP touts Business Suite as key to enterprise AI

The German software giant pitched its Business Suite set of integrated applications for the AI era, along with the SAP Joule copilot as the future orchestrator of business workflows, at its customer conference in Melbourne Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 Blog Post

Rogue agents: how can organisations manage thousands of new micro decision makers?

This is a guest blogpost by Markus Mueller, global field CTO APIM at Boomi. AI agents are autonomous by definition, which makes them ideal for automating data analysis, orchestrating workflows, and ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 News

Fujitsu orders staff to retain Post Office-related documentation as it braces for legal action

Japanese supplier tells all UK staff to preserve documents related to its work with the Post Office Continue Reading

August 13, 2025 13Aug2025 News

ODI tells EU to balance AI safeguards with innovation promotion

The Open Data Institute has published a manifesto to guide European Union data and artificial intelligence policy formation Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

Macquarie Data Centres to offer Dell-Nvidia AI tech stack

The Australian datacentre operator will host the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia infrastructure platform in its sovereign facilities to meet growing demand for local, secure and compliant generative AI infrastructure Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

Eight critical RCE flaws make Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday list

Microsoft rolls out fixes for over 100 CVEs in its August Patch Tuesday update Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

Researchers firm up ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider link

ReliaQuest researchers present new evidence that firms up a potential link, or outright partnership, between the ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider cyber gangs Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

UK work visa sponsors are target of phishing campaign

Mimecast identifies a phishing campaign targeting UK organisations that sponsor migrant workers and students, opening the door to account compromise and visa fraud Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

Workday research: 75% of employees will work with artificial intelligence, but not for it

Workday research finds 75% of workers like AI as a teammate, but only 30% want it to be the boss. Trust in the technology may grow with use, but human focus, clear roles and governance are key Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

UK state-owned bank goes cloud-native

State-owned National Savings and Investments bank used contract renewal as an opportunity to keep pace with changes in the market Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 Opinion

What boards should look for in a CISO

The role of the chief information security officer has evolved dramatically over the years – and will continue to do so. What should boards really looking for when hiring a security leader in 2025? Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 Blog Post

What to expect from CamundaCon 2025

The Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to CamundaCon. Billed as the process orchestration and automation conference, Camunda firmly identifies itself in this marketplace and is known for its ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

MX Fiber extends gigabit access across south-east Mexico with optical network

New photonic net in region traditionally underserved by digital infrastructure set to transform connectivity for datacentres, industrial zones and subsea hubs, while laying groundwork for smarter commerce, transportation and public services Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

Norway fixing Big Bang e-health botch with fintech security

Experts call for Europe’s health sector to protect medical APIs with security originated from UK open banking as officials take urgent measures against unprecedented attacks Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 In Depth

Industry 5.0: Applying the human touch

The second part of our look at how manufacturing and production companies are deploying new technology paradigms for efficiency and productivity gains, and what effect these are having on those employing them Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 In Depth

Industry 5.0: More than a numbers game for future manufacturing

In part one of a two-part look into Industry 5.0, we investigate how this new paradigm for engineering is opening vistas in terms of the possibilities, not just in how it is carried out, but also the personal and environmental contexts of processes Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

Salesforce research: CFOs zealous for agentic AI

A Salesforce study says chief financial officers have shifted from agentic artificial intelligence caution to putting the technology front and centre of their business strategies Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

Obituary: Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley, founder, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Dame Stephanie Shirley, a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist known in the technology sector as Steve, has passed away Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

600 VodafoneThree UK sites now offer integrated coverage

Newly formed operator releases details on key element of merger, claiming hundreds of sites now offer ‘seamless’ integration with aim of unlocking greater capacity, eliminating 4G notspots and expanding 5G coverage across the UK Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 E-Zine

Keeping drivers driving at The AA

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how The AA is using AI and connected vehicle technology to get drivers back on the road as quickly as possible. The UK competition watchdog says Microsoft and AWS are too dominant in the cloud market – we ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2025 12Aug2025 News

Ola’s Krutrim builds ‘AI-first’ sovereign cloud for India

Krutrim is building a vertically integrated technology stack to make AI affordable, scalable and sovereign for Indian businesses while catering to the country’s linguistic needs Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 In Depth

ShinyHunters Salesforce cyber attacks explained: What you need to know

Computer Weekly gets under the skin of an ongoing wave of ShinyHunters cyber attacks orchestrated via social engineering against Salesforce users Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 Opinion

How CISOs can adapt cyber strategies for the age of AI

Traditional security measures may not be able to cope with the AI reality. In order to safeguard enterprise operations, reputation and data integrity in an AI-first world, security leaders need to rethink. Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 News

F&W Networks, Fusion Fibre team to accelerate gigabit broadband

Strategic partnership designed to reinforce broadband wholesaler’s position as a enabler of digital transformation across the UK and deliver on shared commitment to building a more connected future for homes and businesses in south of England Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 News

Overlooking IoT TCO risks millions in hidden costs

Research finds concentrating on cheap connectivity while overlooking the total cost of internet of things ownership risks millions in hidden costs, but accurate TCO assessments can identify multimillions in net savings Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 News

Why Intel’s woes show the fragility of the European Chips Act

Intel is facing political pressure and stress across its business, with its 2022 plans to manufacture in the EU one of the casualties Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 News

McCullough Review into PSNI spying on journalists and lawyers delayed

Angus McCullough KC is to present findings of an independent review of police spying on phone data of lawyers, journalists and NGOs in Northern Ireland in October Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 Podcast

Podcast: Key hurdles in AI from proof of concept to production

We talk to DDN CTO Sven Oehme about key technical and organisational hurdles when taking AI projects from test to production, in storage and building the technical team Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 News

EDGX closes €2.3m funding to boost AI compute for satellites

Belgian space tech company gains funding to aid its mission to deliver the world’s fastest edge computing service for satellite constellations, enabling fast and efficient data processing from space Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 In Depth

Looming retirements and the skills shortage

As many workers prepare to retire over the next few years, a large number of people will be leaving the tech talent pool, possibly exacerbating the skills shortage Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 Blog Post

Sysdig Sage, knows its cloud security threat onions

Sysdig is a “seasoned” player in the real-time cloud security arena. As such, the firm has now launched an agentic cloud security platform powered by Sysdig’s autonomous AI agents, which are ... Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 News

Arqit to join Vodafone network and ecosystem innovation centre

Innovation centre for leading-edge technologies welcomes encryption software service to scale its quantum-safe technology across operator’s ecosystem Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 In Depth

Will CDPs deliver on the marketing promise of personalisation?

Customer data platforms are being touted by suppliers as the means to deliver the single customer view after which organisations have long lusted. Will the promise finally be delivered? Continue Reading

August 11, 2025 11Aug2025 News

Watching the watchers: Is the Technical Advisory Panel a match for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ?

Dame Muffy Calder is chair of the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), a small group of experts that advises the Investigatory Powers Commissioner on surveillance technology. Do they have what it takes to oversee the intelligence community? Continue Reading

August 08, 2025 08Aug2025 News

O2 deploys small cells to boost mobile in Cornwall

Equipment upgrade will see customers in St Ives and Newquay benefit from better mobile connectivity after deployment of 13 small cells, with sites now live ahead of the peak summer season Continue Reading

August 08, 2025 08Aug2025 News

Interview: How PXP shifted off VMware

When a business begins to see less and less value from an incumbent IT provider, especially as its software becomes more expensive, it might be time to switch. Here’s how one company did just that Continue Reading

August 08, 2025 08Aug2025 News

The UK government’s AI Growth Zones strategy: Everything you need to know

Plans to make the UK an AI superpower imply pervasive use of the technology. Ramping up adoption of AI will require more datacentres to host compute-intensive workloads, which is where the AI Growth Zone strategy comes in Continue Reading

August 08, 2025 08Aug2025 News

OpenAI closes gap to artificial general intelligence with GPT-5

As OpenAI’s latest large language model delivers smarter AI, experts are wary of the risks GPT-5 poses to human creativity Continue Reading

August 08, 2025 08Aug2025 Blog Post

What to expect from UiPath Fusion 2025

He calls them “robots” in fact, not software bots, automations or agents per se... UiPath CEO Daniel Dines often talks directly about robotic process automation (RPA) and its intelligent ... Continue Reading

August 08, 2025 08Aug2025 News

Cloudera touts hybrid data platform to power enterprise AI boom

At its Evolve APAC 2025 conference in Singapore, Cloudera promises to end the compromise between on-premise data control and public cloud convenience with its hybrid data platform Continue Reading

August 07, 2025 07Aug2025 News

Interview: Kirsty Roth, chief operations and technology officer, Thomson Reuters

As a technologist who also runs corporate operations, Thomson Reuters’ CTO believes her tech background gives her a unique edge as the business information group looks to transform its products with AI Continue Reading

August 07, 2025 07Aug2025 News

Trump slaps 100% tariffs on chips to get tech onshore

The chip sector is being shaken up by the US administration’s plans to levy a tariff on semiconductors imported into the United States Continue Reading

August 07, 2025 07Aug2025 Opinion

Diversity Think Tank: Divesting from inclusion is a tech business mistake

Even without recent news in the US, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives were dialled back in UK businesses last year due to tight budgets and economic uncertainty. Is it the end of the DEI push as we know it, or just a momentary blip ... Continue Reading

August 07, 2025 07Aug2025 News

DeepSeek shows enterprises model distillation opportunity

DeepSeek showed how it is possible to run an AI model using far less compute than existing models. AI model distillation is now becoming mainstream Continue Reading

August 07, 2025 07Aug2025 Blog Post

Tiny goes big on developer tools

Diminutively-named Tiny Technologies has come forward with enhancements in its rich text editor, TinyMCE. TinyMCE 8 is the latest release of the trusted WYSIWYG editor component that is used by ... Continue Reading

August 07, 2025 07Aug2025 Opinion

Diversity Think Tank: Stepping back? A look at DEI in the current climate

Even without recent news in the US, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives were dialled back in UK businesses last year due to tight budgets and economic uncertainty. Is it the end of the DEI push as we know it, or just a momentary blip ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

Government looks at tech to tackle peak electricity demand

Forecasting, AI, smart meters and electrical vehicle batteries are part of an ambitious project to reduce the use of fossil fuels on the UK's energy grid Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

Black Hat USA: Startup breaks secrets management tools

Researchers at Cyata, an agentic identity specialist that has just emerged from stealth, found 14 CVEs in the widely used CyberArk Conjur and HashiCorp Vault enterprise secrets management platforms Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

Cyber criminals would prefer businesses don’t use Okta

Okta details a phishing campaign in which the threat actor demonstrated some unusually strong opinions on what authentication methods they would like their targets to use Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

Companies House ID verification to start in November 2025

Companies House plans to start vetting director identities from mid-November, but its reliance on the troubled One Login digital identity service may be cause for concern Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

NCSC updates CNI Cyber Assessment Framework

Updates to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework are designed to help providers of critical services better manage their risk profiles Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

US comms on verge of tipping point

Research from PwC finds that from fibre roll-outs to 5G breakthroughs, America’s broadband and mobile markets are undergoing major shifts, with cable’s grip slipping, the true 5G era beginning and mobile revenues set to surge Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

OpenAI now offers open AI models, but CIOs need to assess the risk

Open models offer enterprise IT a way to build tailored LLMs trained on corporate content. Open AI is now offering two open models Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

AerFlex takes flight as first cloud-controlled AP-only private 5G platform

‘Breakthrough’ architecture claimed to be designed to eliminate deployment complexity without compromising security, performance or control Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

Maybank inks RM1bn deal with Microsoft

The five-year deal will see Malaysia’s largest bank accelerate its digital transformation efforts, building on its current strategy to embed AI across the organisation and enhance its technological capabilities Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

Biglobe selects DE-CIX for faster Japan, Europe connectivity

One of Japan’s leading IT companies connects to Frankfurt-based internet exchange for remote peering services, looking to optimise intercontinental data routing without needing a physical presence in Europe Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

Australian scaleup to bring AI-led data protection to the MoD

The UK’s Ministry of Defence is embracing AI-led data protection in the wake of a major privacy breach, enlisting Australian cyber firm Castlepoint Systems to oversee sensitive records Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 Blog Post

What to expect from o9 Solutions aim10x Americas 2025

Summer is over, folks, so it’s time for the European and North American technology conference circuit to get back into gear and the Computer Weekly Developer Network team wants to start things off ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 Blog Post

Platform engineering - Xebia: Why internal engineering precedes external excellence

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Kiran Madhunapantula, COO, product & platform engineering at AI-driven automation company Xebia. Madhunapantula writes ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2025 06Aug2025 News

Airtel to sell its in-house tech globally, inks deal with Singtel

The Indian telecoms giant is commercialising the digital tools it built for its own vast network, using its subsidiary, Xtelify, to challenge cloud providers in India and sell its AI software to peers like Singtel and Globe Telecom Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 News

How Australian firms are using graph databases

Banks, miners and police forces in Australia are among those using graph databases to provide the context and data relationships needed for more accurate and trustworthy AI, moving projects from experimentation to production Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 News

Attacker could defeat Dell firmware flaws with a vegetable

Cisco Talos discloses five vulnerabilities in cyber security firmware used on Dell Latitude and Precision devices, including one that could enable an attacker to log on with a spring onion Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 Blog Post

Changing the course of UK skills policy as opposed to shuffling the deckchairs

The rise of AI now challenges the priority given to on academic skills . Covid Lockdown and its consequence have increased pressures to accelerate change to improve national productivity by ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 News

Broadcom unveils Jericho4 for distributed AI networking across datacentres

Global semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions provider scales over one million specialised processing unit clusters beyond single facility limits Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 News

ProRail modernises GSM-Railway core network in Netherlands

Four-year project to upgrade railway comms designed to reduce downtime, cut long-term costs and improve service reliability, paving the way for on-premise, cloud-native control Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 News

Investing in diverse business could boost UK equity market

It’s difficult for female-led businesses to find investment, but if more funds were made available, it could boost UK equity, according to research Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 Blog Post

Why every department has a stake in Responsible AI implementation

This is a guest blogpost by Michelle Dawkins, vice -president for solution consulting, UKI & EMEA at Workday. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the enterprise landscape, and the rise ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 Blog Post

Infotainment systems end up like vintage car radios

The most visible electronics in the cars people drove 40 or more years ago, was the transistor radio. And in every town, there were car radio shops, to upgrade these to better quality models. These ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 News

Autonomous logistics project gets into gear at Port of Tyne

Port-Connected and Automated Logistics project looks to address unique demands of quayside operations, where vehicles must coordinate precisely with cranes and navigate a constantly changing environment Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 News

Xantaro joins Jisc Framework for next-gen education connectivity

International service provider for carriers, service providers and enterprises awarded place on education and research sector framework, and will begin key procurement route for digital infrastructure across industry Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 Blog Post

What to expect from Workday Rising USA 2025

The Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to work… at (with) Workday. With Workday Rising USA 2025 once again staged in the expansive bowels of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, the event this ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 News

How StanChart balances AI-powered innovation with security

Alvaro Garrido, Standard Chartered’s technology and security chief, explains how multi-layered defences and its approach to data protection allows the bank to embrace artificial intelligence without compromising on security Continue Reading

August 05, 2025 05Aug2025 E-Zine

Digitising fan experience

In this issue, discover the latest twist regarding a secret Home Office order requiring Apple to give UK law enforcement access to users’ encrypted data stored on the Apple iCloud. Also discover how the Premier League is using digital means to reach... Continue Reading

August 04, 2025 04Aug2025 News

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