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Enterprise LAN sector rebounding

After period of volatility, local area network arena shows stabilisation in market dynamics as Wi-Fi standards drive significant adoption of technology from leaders such as Cisco, HPE Aruba, Ubiquiti, Huawei and Juniper Networks
Execs shy away from open models and open source AI

The Capgemini Research Institute has found that business executives prefer the support and security associated with commercial products
Pure Enterprise Data Cloud bundles its IP for business outcomes

All-flash evangelist bundles storage management and as-a-service under Enterprise Data Cloud banner while boosting hardware offerings with performance arrays and a 300TB flash module
Nokia, Telstra team for network API development

Comms tech provider partners with Australia’s leading telco to give developers access to network APIs to create enterprise applications, including managing network traffic during large events and prioritising connectivity for critical services
Workday’s Dan Pell: Managing AI agents requires system of record

Speaking with Computer Weekly at Workday’s Elevate 2025 event in London, its UK and Ireland general manager discussed what it will mean to manage digital labour
Traditional fake news detection tools inadequate, say researchers

As generative AI produces increasingly convincing text, Dutch researchers are exploring how linguistic cues, model bias, and transparency tools can help detect fake news.

Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the public sector

In the first of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil in public sector IT procurement, the particular challenges faced by public sector procurement, and how the cloud and pay-as-you-go can help
IBM reorients storage to cloud, containers and as-a-service

Storage profile: We look at Big Blue’s storage offer, which spans file, block and object, on-premise, in the cloud, and mainframes, while also embracing containers and the cloud
Are we normalising surveillance in schools?

Children and teenagers are subjected to a vast array of surveillance technologies in schools. These are intended to keep them safe, but are we normalising surveillance for young people?

Platform Engineering - NetApp Instaclustr: Open source is the secret sauce- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Anil Inamdar in his capacity as global head of data Services at NetApp Instaclustr - the company provides a managed ... Continue Reading
Mass migration: Why the public sector’s IT estate needs a modern home- Ahead in the Clouds

In this guest post, Rob Horne, client engagement manager at the Cabinet Office-backed colocation firm Crown Hosting Data Centres, sets out why it is high time the public sector revamped its ... Continue Reading
Platform Engineering - Emergence AI: Always fly (an IDP) with a copilot- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Vivek Haldar, VP for agents and client innovations at Emergence AI - a company known for its development of multi-agent ... Continue Reading
Agentic AI and the rise of intelligent enterprise orchestration- Data Matters

In a guest blogpost, IFS’s Vaibs Kumar says agentic AI and model context protocols will move enterprise AI beyond pilots and into scalable, real-world automation. We are long past the point of ... Continue Reading

Fortifying retail: how UK brands can defend against hacks

The recent spate of cyber attacks on UK retailers has to be a wake-up call to build more cyber resilience into digital supply chains and fortify against social engineering attacks
AI vs creative industries - the UK government's foolish choice

The UK government is cosying up to Big Tech when instead it should be vociferously protecting the creative industries from the avarice of AI giants
Why cyber resilience is the new boardroom imperative

Cyber security has been everything from a tick-box exercise to a compliance headache for organisations - but the pressing threats we face mean cyber resilience must become a boardroom issue