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Privacy will be under unprecedented attack in 2026

The UK and Europe are ramping up opposition to encryption and stepping up surveillance of private communications. Here is what to expect this year
Fujitsu job cuts as staff pay the price for failures of bosses

Troubled IT giant’s staff are paying the price for senior management failures over Post Office scandal
UAE launches AI ecosystem to boost climate-resilient agriculture

In partnership with the Gates Foundation, Abu Dhabi unveils a multi-institution AI platform designed to accelerate agricultural innovation, strengthen food security and support millions of smallholder farmers facing climate volatility
The networks that will turn potential into profit in 2026

What’s ahead in networking over the course of the next 12 months? It will be less a case of a rush to tech, but rather a move from what is possible to what business benefits can be unlocked
Fujitsu Post Office IT support team were ‘legalised hackers’

Backdoors meant it was possible for Fujitsu staff to steal money from Post Office branches, says former Fujitsu tech worker
S/4Hana in 2026: Three ways to move off SAP ECC

We speak to three companies that have taken very different approaches to migrate off SAP Enterprise Core Components onto S/4Hana

Results and prospects for AI in business applications in 2026

Agentic AI dominated enterprise IT discourse in 2025, evolving from generative AI. In 2026, AI convergence and governance will determine AI’s impact on enterprise IT
How charities are using customer applications to boost support

Age UK, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the RSPCA reveal the CRM and digital experience platforms – along with other marketing technologies – they use to help boost support
IOWN 2.0 – the next applications for the next-gen network architecture

Continuing our look at the work of the IOWN project, we find out what use cases the next evolved generation of the infrastructure will support and which firms are likely to gain

Addressing UK’s technical debt is only way to secure country’s digital future- Data Matters

This is a guest blog post by Rob Lay, Director of Solutions Engineering UK&I at Cisco. The recently announced Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill is a welcome move by the UK government to ... Continue Reading
Red Hat capitalises on Nvidia for open source ‘rack-scale’ AI - Open Source Insider

Every enterprise vendor wants to now come forward with a so-called “complete AI stack” comprising of software application development and data science tools, service intelligence layers and (often ... Continue Reading
Why businesses need to fix (document) data foundations- CW Developer Network

CTOs, CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, CISOs (insert C-suite enterprise management role here) and their software application development team leaders are now faced with reassessing their data foundation, largely ... Continue Reading
OpenAI details GPT-5.2-Codex- Open Source Insider

As something of a recent open technology recap, we can note that (very late last year) OpenAI released GPT-5.2-Codex. This is a version of GPT-5.2 that is optimised for Codex. Codex is OpenAI’s own ... Continue Reading

Will there be a technology policy epiphany in 2026?

The UK government faces many complex technology policy decisions in the year ahead, which could reshape the country for a digital, AI-led future
Diversity Think Tank: Weathering the Storm

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 ...
Identity: the new frontier of ransomware defence

Ransomware exponents can target identity, bypassing technical defences. Boards should prioritise identity security, align investments, and embed cyber risk in governance