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Ransomware gangs focus on winning hearts and minds

Ransomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC.
Gartner: AI and datacentre spending ramps up

Hyperscalers are increasing AI capacity but IT buyers are now looking at their return on investment for this much-hyped technology
Broadcom claims enterprise Wi-Fi 8 first

Unified, wireless-first architecture based on latest wireless standard designed to address rising demand for hybrid work, and deliver performance, efficiency and security for next-gen enterprise networking
Infosecurity Europe launches cyber security startups stream

Infosecurity Europe 2026 will feature a cyber security startup exhibition zone and a competition for business support, in conjunction with the UK Cyber Flywheel organisation
Gigabit accelerates across metro, rural UK

Rapid onset of gigabit broadband access across all parts of the UK bears fruit as country’s largest rural full-fibre provider marks milestone for Project Gigabit, while London-based ISP posts landmark revenues
AI boss knows his job title won’t exist for long

IT service provider is using AI to increase throughput while applying it to ‘big ticket’ challenges externally

From chaos to clarity: How AI is redefining construction at scale

Klemensas Mecejus from ai71 explains why predictive, agent-based AI could finally crack construction’s productivity and cost overrun problem, and why the Middle East is poised to leap ahead
Why the UK needs to rethink the Investigatory Powers Act and allow intercept evidence in court

The UK needs clear and unambiguous laws around the use of digital evidence in court. The law has become tangled following rulings in the country’s EncroChat prosecutions. It’s time to allow intercept data to be used as evidence in legal cases
Sovereign cloud and AI services tipped for take-off in 2026

Digital sovereignty is set to become a top investment priority in 2026, due to geopolitical and legislative changes

Suse delivers EU cloud sovereignty framework self-assessment- Open Source Insider

SUSE (hereafter Suse) has launched a Cloud Sovereignty Framework Self Assessment. According to Forrester, digital and AI sovereignty will drive a private cloud renaissance with doubled ... Continue Reading
GreenOps - Digitate: AI agents set to work on cloud carbon wastage billions- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Efrain Ruh in his capacity as field CTO at Digitate. Digitate provides ignio™, an AI-driven platform that automates ... Continue Reading
Platform Engineering Labs expands open source ‘formae’ Infra-as-Code- Open Source Insider

In a world where every try-hard company is registering a “domain hack” name in Anguilla and adding .AI to its company moniker, it might be important to think about how newer firms are presenting ... Continue Reading
NTT Data connects data & clouds with AWS for agentic acceleration- CW Developer Network

NTT DATA (hereafter NTT Data) has detailed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the aim of helping enterprises to modernise legacy systems, adopt ... Continue Reading

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation

While the UK has the data assets and the expertise to deliver real public benefit with artificial intelligence, a lack of consistency, completeness and interoperability in its data foundations risks missing these opportunities
The UK government’s AI skills programme betrays UK workers

The government's plans to offer AI skills training to the public depends almost entirely on US big tech companies - how is this meant to support the aim of supporting homegrown AI firms and enhancing sovereignty?
Diversity Think Tank: We can’t afford to roll back DEI

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 ...