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Brits clinging to Windows 10 face heightened risk, says NCSC

Businesses and consumers alike may not feel the need to upgrade to Windows 11 as its predecessor approaches end-of-life, but they are putting their own security at risk, says the NCSC
Potential £230bn boost from improved UK mobile coverage

Economic study calls for UK government to support acceleration in investment in mobile networks through reforming planning laws and significantly increasing the availability of spectrum for operators to reap huge financial rewards
EXA unveils high-capacity fibre route for Euro business centres

Dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider expands its current reach, deploying new high-capacity 1,200 km fibre connection route from London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels.
LVMH says UK customer data was stolen in cyber attack

French luxury goods retailer LVMH has disclosed multiple cyber attacks in 2025 so far, and their impact is now spreading to the UK as a new incident affecting Louis Vuitton comes to light
Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract

Home Office to take IT service desk contract in-house, with staff set to transfer from Fujitsu
Technology fuels successful FCA fight against unauthorised advice

The UK finance regulator is using data and technology to identify websites and apps that could cause financial harm

Assessing the risk of AI in enterprise IT

We speak to security experts about how IT departments and security leaders can ensure they run artificial intelligence systems safely and securely
What’s the latest with retail mobile apps?

Mamas and Papas, MandM and Ocado are among the retailers launching or relaunching mobile apps this year, but what digital experiences are consumers looking for in 2025 and how best can they be enabled by tech?
Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the private sector

In the second of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil and how private sector customers have at least some flexibility in how to absorb their impacts

CNCF CTO: From golden paths to guardrails, platform engineering's role in developer velocity- Open Source Insider

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. As readers will know, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is an open source software ... Continue Reading
Ambient ERP – breaking free of the enterprise software triad- Data Matters

This is a guest blogpost by Claus Jepsen, Chief Technology Officer, Unit4. Imagine a future where your back-office applications are context-aware, operating in the background, only surfacing what ... Continue Reading
How to lay solid data foundations for AI- Data Matters

This is a guest blogpost by Jamie Hutton, CTO of Quantexa. A Salesforce study has that around 33% of executives view AI as overhyped. But this scepticism may be misdirected. As Quantexa we are ... Continue Reading
Platform engineering - Mirantis: A route to resilience & compliance as-a-Service- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by William Rizzo in his capacity as strategy lead for Mirantis. Mirantis is known for its approach designed to simplify cloud ... Continue Reading

Why proactive asset management is mission-critical

The Asia-Pacific region is leading a global datacentre expansion, but surging energy demands and the risk of outages will require datacentre operators to adopt proactive strategies to ensure a resilient and sustainable digital future
FBI to F&A: lessons learnt in safeguarding systems and data

One chief information security officer shares her experience of marshalling what she learned at the FBI for business security, with a particular focus on finance and accounting
Can technology serve people, society, economy, and the planet?

The TechUK President's Awards reflect the ambitions that everyone in technology should be striving for - to improve, not simply transform, the world in which we live