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Europe turns to open source secure messaging services

European governments are rolling out decentralised secure messaging and collaboration services as they seek to reduce their reliance on Big Tech companies
Cyber agencies co-sign Exchange Server security guide

US and allied cyber agencies team up to try to nudge users to pay more attention to securing Microsoft Exchange Server
OpenUK works with UKRI on open source guidance for public sector

Collaboration aims to boost awareness of open source initiatives, community development and the procurement process
Capgemini and Siemens combine to make AI industrial tech

Siemens and Capgemini are expanding their partnership to create AI-based industrial technologies, said to boost efficiency, sustainability and innovation in manufacturing sectors
Vodafone goes for Dell in major Open RAN network modernisation

European operator selects global IT giant to power regional strategic five-year RAN infrastructure programme to improve connectivity across Europe
Investigator warns Post Office inquiry about Horizon defect

Forensic investigator who helped expose Horizon scandal described defect ‘sufficiently serious’ to inform public inquiry

Tape storage: Four key reasons why tape is key to storage strategy

We look at tape storage and examine its benefits in capacity, throughput, suitability for certain media types and workloads, as well as its cost and security advantages
Pulling the plug: A way to halt a cyber attacker in your network?

Rumours of an organisation taking its systems offline during a cyber attack spurred conversation on the consequences of simply pulling the power, or internet access, to stop intruders. We consider the ethics and practicality
Interview: Lenovo’s Mary Jacques on combining environmental sustainability with circularity

The Hong Kong-headquartered hardware supplier remains serious about tackling climate change – and achieving results, including Scope 3 emissions reduction

Is it time, for real-time (data)?- CW Developer Network

The Computer Weekly Developer Network reported on streaming real-time data specialist Confluent in line with its open source user and practitioner symposium this week. Alongside the company's ... Continue Reading
Streaming specialist Confluent aims to drive rise of ‘contextual AI’- CW Developer Network

Confluent, Inc. used its annual data practitioner convention this month to detail Confluent Intelligence, a service designed to build context-rich real-time artificial intelligence (AI). Built on ... Continue Reading
Astronomer: Why data pipelines control the flow of AI- CW Developer Network

AI ‘eats’ data. We all know the garbage-in-garbage-out analogy and we understand why AI intelligence itself is inherently artificial by virtue of the fact that it only knows what we tell it, ... Continue Reading
Far more ‘reasonable’, Confluent extends AI agent strategy- CW Developer Network

Agentic artificial intelligence has superseded its predictive and generative cousins wth even more hype and hyperbole than expected. But as these services now start to come online and impact real ... Continue Reading

Ransomware resilience: It’s time to be ‘more Bruce Lee’

The growing threat of ransomware attacks requires cyber to evolve from a defensive posture to being increasingly proactive. Building threat intel can enable this, helping better predict, prioritise and prevent ransomware attacks.
You can’t defend what you can’t see: why asset visibility matters

Industrial organisations face rising operational security cyber threats. Asset visibility is vital for defence - without knowing what’s connected, organisations are risk blind
Use second-layer tools for AI safety

While some enterprises find it difficult to adopt AI, they can now use second-layer AI tools that enable businesses to implement the technology safely