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UK government digital ID: Dystopia or delight? You choose...

Critics and supporters of digital ID are honing their arguments for the government’s consultation – but it’s the public that will decide. How should you choose?
Enormous AI growth zone datacentre gets planning approval

North Lincolnshire Council approves 1GW datacentre with nearby electricity generation, but environmental campaigners say the developers did their sums wrong
What it takes to succeed with AI

With research showing the use of AI may temporarily reduce productivity, Cloudera’s Vini Cardoso urges businesses to adopt an organisation-wide platform approach driven by measurable value and trusted data
Met Office ‘supercomputing as a service’ one year old

Artificial intelligence is not key to the weather picture, as the forecasting and climate prediction agency lauds the benefits of moving from on-site supercomputers to cloud computing for scientific modelling
UK government announces package to get more women in tech

The UK government aims to add billions of pounds to the economy through getting more women into the tech sector
Ford accelerates fleet data capability with Pro AI

Auto manufacturing giant introduces fleet management software aiming to help organisations manage their fleet operations more effectively and get daily tasks done

Public and private sector key to Digital Realty in West Africa

As Digital Realty opens its first datacentre in Ghana, executives explain how the country – and wider continent – sits in its global strategy, and how local partnerships are vital
‘Work is broken’: Can agentic AI fix it?

Agentic AI exposes flaws in enterprise workflows, highlighting weak data, unclear ownership and undefined processes, but better governance and integration can help
Edge AI: What’s working and what isn’t

In the past few years, edge AI has moved beyond experimental pilots and into real deployments across organisations, yet most uses stay narrow in scope rather than focusing on company-wide initiatives

NTT DATA: GreenOps & FinOps: From cost discipline to cloud sustainability strategy- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post written by Joe Cupano, global CTO, strategy & innovation, NTT DATA Inc. Cupano writes in full as follows... Today’s enterprises are faced with a dual challenge – balancing ... Continue Reading
Confluent dials into the millisecond economy: AI-native telecoms in the IQ era- CW Developer Network

Every great technological revolution is based on solid foundations and sound innovation techniques that result in robust products that stand up to hard-wearing use. Whether it’s on the ... Continue Reading
Persona graduates with candidate verification for job identity control- CW Developer Network

Identity is everything. From our own personal perspective as human beings, our identity matters more than at any time in the past… as we now enter a world where human digital identities can be used ... Continue Reading
The real opportunity for enterprises lies in Agentic AI- Data Matters

This is a guest blogpost by Arunava Bag, CTO, Digitate. Enterprise adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a question open to debate. Last year, PwC’s June 2025 Value in Motion report ... Continue Reading

Is AI our agent, or are our governments becoming agents for AI?

Yet more billions are being spent on agentic AI, despite warnings of its potentially extreme fallibility. Just who are governments serving when they spout the messaging of Big Tech companies?
Confidence in AI-powered cyber must be earned, not assumed

In security, familiar testing and validation approaches are not enough when it comes to AI. The question is not just whether an AI-powered tool works but how it actually behaves when it is stressed, manipulated, or forced to operate outside already ...
The CMA must act now on cloud before UK loses its digital future

The UK competition watchdog is prevaricating over tackling the dominance of AWS and Microsoft in the cloud market - it needs to enforce change soon or UK businesses will suffer