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Jilted Fujitsu replaced by Netcompany in HMRC relationship

Troubled Fujitsu replaced by Netcompany on trading service as HMRC begins to move its outsourcing away from scandal-hit firm
ClickFix attacks that bypass cyber controls on the rise

NCC’s monthly threat report details the growing prevalence of ClickFix attacks in the wild
Singlife taps Salesforce Agentforce to drive agentic AI strategy

The Singapore insurer has begun rolling out Salesforce Agentforce to assist customer service teams, with plans to extend the use of the technology to financial advisers and direct customer interactions
Port of Tyne charts successful course with private 5G

One of the UK’s most dynamic and key deep-sea gateways reports strong operational gains after several years using private 5G across its 620-acre estate using sensor-driven processes
Abra launches in-flight connectivity through multi-orbit craft

Latin American airline strikes deal to be leading provider of satellite-powered broadband inflight service in region
Number of women in tech roles up by 1%, says BCS

Research by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has found that the number of women working in the technology sector has continued to rise at a snail’s pace over the past five years

Court rule that fuelled Post Office’s prosecution rampage: Everything you need to know

This guide contains essential information about the legal rule that enabled the Post Office to wrongly prosecute subpostmasters
SAN vs NAS: For AI, virtual machines and containers

We look at block vs file storage for contemporary workloads, and find it’s largely a case of trade-offs between cost, complexity and the level of performance you can settle for
ITER builds global, high-speed data backbone for remote scientific participation

Based in southern France, ITER is building one of the most advanced scientific data networks in Europe to support high-speed, resilient connections with fusion researchers worldwide

Patronus AI generative simulators are ‘practice worlds’ for agents- CW Developer Network

Agents have gone to work. Software application development in the artificial intelligence space has delivered a new cohort of digital workers for in the form of agentic AI services, which now ... Continue Reading
Zoho Creator - How AI-powered low-code platforms streamline developer self-service - CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Bharath Kumar B, head of customer experience and success at Zoho Creator. Zoho Creator is known as a cloud-based low-code ... Continue Reading
Zencoder… and the art of AI software engineering- CW Developer Network

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was Robert Pirsig’s seminal book that looked into the values of life. By uncommon coincidence, perhaps, AI-first software code orchestration layer company ... Continue Reading
Self-service tools - Percona: Making compliance & data management self-service- Open Source Insider

This is a guest post written by Briana Swifft, director of solutions marketing at Percona. Swift writes in full as follows… Developers build software to meet specific needs or goals, often by ... Continue Reading

Think Tank: How IT sustainability entered the mandate era in 2025

A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025
The grey door: Solving the UK’s self-inflicted skills shortage

Age discrimination has led to a significant loss of experience, leadership and technical capability in a sector chronically complaining of skills shortages. What can be done to reverse the trend?
Closing the employment gap for blind and sight-impaired people

Tech and digital leaders have a vital role to play in making technology more usable and inclusive for sight-impaired people - boosting their employment and supporting the economy