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Post Office Horizon replacement contract signing delayed again

If signed off, cloud-based EPOS system will replace controversial Horizon software from Fujitsu
NatWest signs up to quantum trial for fraud detection

The retail bank is one of 11 organisations testing quantum technologies as part of Digital Catapult’s quantum technology access programme
Interview: Reflections on tech revolutions and silos

David Minahan, director of digital at Young Lives vs Cancer, discusses data silos and how new tech is offering a more natural user experience
VodafoneThree calls for policy changes to drive UK mobile growth

Mobile network operators in the UK are battling with energy costs, planning red tape and regulations, all of which are impacting their investment plans
Palantir: Can anyone else do what it does?

Palantir is a US defence-intelligence company, born from the CIA's venture arm that now operates inside the UK public sector. We examine the claim that its technology does what no other supplier can
Denmark debates ‘emergency’ energy plan to curb datacentres

To fix grid crisis caused by mismanagement under her previous administrations, Danish prime minister opens third term in office with laws against datacentres

CW@60: Creating connections through technology and empathy

Everywoman founders Maxine Benson and Karen Gill highlight the importance of diversity and why women's voices need to be heard more widely in tech
CW@60: An adventure into cyber security

Cyber security expert Rik Ferguson charts an unlikely career from The Hobbit through childhood thespianism to the cutting edge of cyber defence
How AI is pushing cyber resilience up GCC energy boardroom agendas

TXOne Networks CEO Terence Liu says AI is transforming both industrial operations and cyber threats, forcing GCC energy operators to prioritise visibility, operational control and resilience as critical infrastructure becomes increasingly ...

Chronosphere details mechanics of modern approach to observability- CW Developer Network

The observability platforms market is expanding. Dynatrace is still there, as is Datadog, Elastic and New Relic. All the while, Grafana is making more noise than your average Splunk, Honeycomb or ... Continue Reading
Cribl nibbles up CardinalOps to serve up no quibble AI detection engineering- CW Developer Network

AI telemetry company Cribl this week acquired CardinalOps, an agentic detection engineering company. The move is designed to add “detection engineering capabilities” to Crible that help users ... Continue Reading
An IT alignment reality check- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

People in IT are unlikely ever to say they are misaligned with business. For decades IT advisory services have presented the business savvy IT chief as a cornerstone and a facilitator, to enable ... Continue Reading
Alation AIOS: An AI intelligence operating system - CW Developer Network

As we know, bad AI (and even good AI) is increasingly good at producing confident but quiet failures. Known for its data intelligence platform that works to provide behavioural analysis, semantic ... Continue Reading

Why bug bounty programmes are essential for cyber resilience

Periodic audits and one-off penetration tests offer only a snapshot of risk. Tapping a global community of security researchers through bug bounty programmes helps organisations find exploitable flaws before attackers do
Out of sight, out of work: Creating opportunity for blind people

Billions of pounds are being lost - and hundreds of thousands of people excluded from the economy - because so much of our technology and working lives are not inclusive by design
Dear Andy Burnham, a word about the government AI strategy...

Can our new Prime Minister bring a new approach to AI that treats the voracious Big Tech companies with less deference?