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NetApp targets E-Series at AI and neoclouds with EF50 and EF80

High-performance non-ONTAP workhorse targets AI use cases and aims to ensure GPUs get fed optimally, with claimed 2.5x boost in performance over previous models
Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts

Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations
Lendi Group standardises on MongoDB for AI-ready data layer

Following a merger that left the Australian fintech with a fragmented data architecture, Lendi Group has consolidated its databases onto MongoDB Atlas to reduce microservices sprawl and power AI-driven broker tools
D360 Bank redefines cyber security for a cashless Saudi Arabia

Muath Alhomoud, director of cyber security at D360 Bank, discusses payment security, cloud resilience and the responsible use of AI in a hyper-connected financial ecosystem
Funding and procurement to target UK quantum innovation

The government has ambitions to make the UK the first country to deliver quantum computing at scale, and has set aside £1bn to drive R&D
Lab for autonomous agents to drive boost in manufacturing

Frontier AI company launching Emergence India Labs (EIL) to accelerate the nation’s shift from IT services to autonomous systems and advanced process is use cases such as manufacturing

Do neoclouds mean a world where anything is possible?

A small group of companies have dominated cloud compute infrastructure. Neoclouds are able to boost AI workloads. Should you consider them?
This rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses

We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector
CES 2026: AI gets physical

Continuing our round-up of this year’s CES, we look at key use cases and how the generation of artificial intelligence and connected devices will evolve

Chainguard tightens lid on software artefacts with ‘the’ Guardener- CW Developer Network

Not all products, places, people or things get to enjoy a ‘the’ prefix and bask in the glory of being a definite article. English language hangovers from the French Mandate of Le Liban meant that, ... Continue Reading
Nutanix Agentic AI bids to stoke up enterprise AI factories- CW Developer Network

Nutanix is positioning its agentic AI solution as a full software stack, purpose-built for real-world enterprise deployments. The company thinks we have now hit a tipping point where the barrier to ... Continue Reading
Photonics - Xscape: Building the eight-wavelength laser for AI data - CW Developer Network

Xscape Photonics develops custom photonic platform products designed for ultra-high bandwidth connections inside datacentres to power AI systems. The company's proprietary ChromX platform targets ... Continue Reading
Photonics - Salience Labs: Plugging into 32-port all-optical silicon photonic switching- CW Developer Network

Photonics has many aspects, functions and roles when applied to the modern enterprise software stack. One of its primary first touchpoints is its ability to transform the networking layer of AI ... Continue Reading

The upcoming King’s Speech - where are the words on AI?

Despite past promises of regulation on AI, there is no indication the Labour government is planning any legislation in the next session of Parliament - and that's an economic and social mistake
Azure Local Disconnected looks the part for sovereignty. It isn’t

Despite fanfare, Microsoft’s air-gapped cloud offer is far from GA-ready, can’t run Azure Kubernetes Service, maxes out workload clusters, and at scale can’t be truly disconnected
Why AI Is shifting power left

Business leaders will need to re-think how they influence their organisations as work becomes more decentralised