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April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

Microsoft at 50: Enterprise IT for the masses

On 4 April 1975, Paul Allen and Bill Gates formed Microsoft, a company that defined the PC era and opened up computing for all Continue Reading

April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

Mercury fibres up to boost utility efficiency

Demand to support continuous traffic growth sees New Zealand utility provider offer 400G broadband connectivity supplied by country’s leading telco and optical communications technologies supplier Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Qualcomm becomes strategic shareholder in Qorix

Automotive industry modular and integrated software firm gains cash injection intended to further strengthen its position offering middleware services for software-defined vehicles Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 Opinion

Taking a ‘good enough’ approach with cloud security isn't enough

In the wake of the January 2025 'Codefinger' attacks against AWS S3 users, Thales Rob Elliss argues that many organisations are dropping the ball when it comes to their understanding of cloud security best practice Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

BICS launches eSIM Hub to simplify global enterprise IoT deployments

Ahead of introduction of upcoming GSMA internet of things standard, Proximus Global-owned international communications enabler aims to simplify global management of devices with launch of eSIM Hub Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Oxa and Applied EV drive for first in industrial mobility automation

Partnership empowers businesses to tackle industry challenges through the deployment of safe, secure and efficient autonomous fleets Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Danish supercomputer to drive innovation

Supercomputer project will add a competitive edge to drive innovation and growth among Denmark’s enterprises and research organisations Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Virtual reality enterprise journey a marathon, not a sprint

IT supplier is using virtual reality in not-for-profit projects that demonstrate its wider potential Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Three business unit customer base breaks one million milestone

UK operator Three claims business unit benchmark that has disrupted the traditional B2B space through focus on ‘straightforward propositions, excellent value, leading 5G and best in class service’ Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Are LLM firewalls the future of AI security?

As large language models permeate industries, experts at Black Hat Asia 2025 debate the need for LLM firewalls and explore their role in fending off emerging AI threats Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 Opinion

Unlocking business benefits with sustainable IT infrastructure

To fully unlock the value of sustainable IT, infrastructure and operations leaders must go beyond meeting expectations and prove the business value of their sustainability efforts Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Celona extends Neutral Host service to AT&T customers

Private 5G network provider announces successful certification of Celona Neutral Host with AT&T public cellular network services and validates light-touch private/public model Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Fixed broadband issues threaten consistent retail customer experience

Latest edition of comms tech provider’s Sector in Focus: Connecting Retail report finds retailers identified networking and IT as the biggest frustration, with two-fifths suffering loss of revenue at remote branch locations because of poor ... Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 Opinion

Apple’s appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over the UK’s encryption ‘backdoor’ explained

Apple has appealed to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over an order by home secretary Yvette Cooper to give the UK access to customers’ data protected by Advanced Data Protection encryption. What happens next? Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

UKtech50 2025 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Tech sector still failing to rid supply chains of forced labour

KnowTheChain’s latest benchmark analysis of the IT sector’s efforts to address forced labour in supply chains shows there has been very little improvement in their due diligence practices over the last half decade Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Keysight introduces AI network architecture validation, optimisation tool

Tool designed to validate the network performance of AI workloads and system infrastructure by adjusting and optimising parameters Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Interview: Tomer Cohen, chief product officer, LinkedIn

The professional social network’s product chief is leading the introduction of artificial intelligence for the firm’s in-house development processes and to enhance services for users Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 Blog Post

Nutanix cloud VP: A complete and open Kubernetes on any infrastructure

The Computer Weekly Developer Network went to Kubecon + CloudNativeCon London this week and had a chance to sit down with Tobi Knaup in his role as VP for and general manager for cloud-native ... Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 Opinion

Bridging Borders: The rise of Ukrainian-British tech collaboration

The IT sectors of the UK and Ukraine have built strong relationships since Russia’s invasion of the latter, and there is more to come, writes the IT Ukraine Association’s ambassador in the UK Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

StarHub trials first 5G cloud RAN network in Southeast Asia

Singapore telco trials cloud-based radio access network, unlocking new enterprise services and laying the groundwork for advanced 5G and 6G capabilities Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

NetBox looks to offer Assurance on network operational drift

Network and infrastructure systems provider unveils product claimed to enable network teams to gain ‘unprecedented’ control to detect and resolve operational drift Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Southern Linc enhances management, security of its private cellular network

Wireless subsidiary of Southern Company selects private LTE/5G OT management and zero-trust security provider’s Bridge platform to enhance management and security of its LTE network Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Nvidia tackles graphics processing unit hogging

People may try to lock up GPU resources even if they don’t need them all day – but not anymore, thanks to Nvidia KAI Scheduler Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Gmail ‘bubble’ encryption may be an S/MIME killer, says Google

Marking the 21st anniversary of Gmail, Google is preparing to roll out an end-to-end encryption standard for its email service in hopes of democratising encryption and leaving old standards in the dust Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Post Office Capture and Ecco+ users asked to make contact with Scottish statutory body

Scottish statutory body attempting to contact people that might have been wrongly convicted of crimes based on the Post Office’s flawed systems Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Interview: Ray McCann, Loan Charge independent review lead

Former HMRC assistant director Ray McCann is leading the latest independent review into the UK government’s controversial Loan Charge policy, which has left thousands of IT contractors saddled with life-changing tax bills Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Scottish support group for Post Office scandal victims launched

Support group calls on former subpostmasters in Scotland who have been affected by Horizon errors to come forward Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

SRS deploys srsRAN enterprise 5G at innovation hub

Mobile wireless networks open software provider deploys next-gen mobile service at multinational cable, fibre and media company’s innovation hub in Portugal as part of EU-funded comms scheme Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Apple devices are at ‘most risk’ in UK following government ‘backdoor’ order

Home Office refuses to answer questions from Lords over technical capability notice issued against Apple’s iCloud Advanced Data Protection encryption services Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 Blog Post

Distrust builds between digital ID sector and government amid speculation over 'ID cards by stealth'

Wednesday 2 April sees the latest meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on digital identity. It’s more exciting than it sounds – honest! APPGs have no power or governmental role – ... Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Vodafone Idea looks to beef up enterprise comms with optical upgrade

Optical transport upgrade designed to insulate network against 4G data growth and accelerate commercial 5G roll-out in India Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Global 5G adoption surges four times faster than 4G to reach 2.25 billion connections

Research calculates that there were 1.5 wireless connections per person worldwide by the end of 2024, with 5G connections reaching 2.25 billion and new IoT connections reaching 3.6 billion Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 E-Zine

Inside Amazon’s robot-powered warehouse

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at Amazon’s robot-powered Swindon warehouse to see how AI and humans are working together. We examine the state of open source licensing and find out how it’s affecting datacentre operators. ... Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 Blog Post

Avoiding AI lock-in

One of the big problems with deploying a software as a service (SaaS) product across an entire organisation is that once it is widely used, swapping it out becomes an extremely costly exercise. In ... Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Ford Pro advances telematics for fleet management

Auto manufacturing giant updates fleet management software and reaffirms commitment to maintaining standardised software-based data experiences for fleet vehicle informatics Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

How Singapore researchers are using AI to fight Parkinson’s disease

Singapore researchers are using Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold to understand the intricate protein interactions at play in Parkinson's disease, paving the way for potential diagnostics and treatments Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

Top 1,000 IT service providers in scope of UK cyber bill

The government’s proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is set to include regulatory provisions covering both datacentre operators and larger IT service providers Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

Understanding of ‘black box’ IT systems will reduce Post Office scandal-like risk

A Parliamentary committee has reported that leadership teams need to understand the ‘black box’ IT systems that underpin their organisations Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

T-Levels not attracting as many students as hoped

A report from the National Audit Office has found that fewer students started T-Levels this year than previously predicted Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

Reassessing UK law enforcement data adequacy

Computer Weekly takes stock of proposed changes to the UK’s law enforcement data protection rules and how it could affect data adequacy with the European Union Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

UK law enforcement data adequacy at risk

The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help to simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

Microsoft restates commitment to OpenAI amid analyst note about datacentre expansion rollbacks

Microsoft pushes back on analyst claims its changing relationship with OpenAI is forcing it to scale back its datacentre expansion plans in the US and Europe Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 Blog Post

What to expect from Atlassian Team ‘25 conference

Atlassian typically hosts one of the first technology conferences of the Spring season… and this year is no different. The team collaboration and productivity software platform company hosts its ... Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 Podcast

Podcast: HDD safe from flash for a decade or more

We talk to Toshiba’s Rainer Kaese, who argues flash cannot replace spinning disk because it’s too costly to consider for anything but limited, performance-hungry applications Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 Blog Post

SLM series - Nooks: Downsizing AI without shrinking its smarts

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network by Nikhil Cheerla in his role as founder & CTO of AI assistants for sales organisations company, Nooks. Cheerla writes in full as ... Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 Blog Post

Acer Chromebook Plus 514

I’ve been using an Acer Chromebook 11 C732LT Celeron 1.1 GHz with 32GB since I came across it on sale in a department store in the USA while on a trip to attend a technology conference. On sale for ... Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 In Depth

Meeting the UK’s compute capacity needs: Alternatives to hyperscale datacentre builds

Since coming to power, the Labour government has set out plans to accelerate new datacentre builds. We look at how this is evolving Continue Reading

March 28, 2025 28Mar2025 Opinion

Countering nation-state cyber espionage: A CISO field guide

The rise of DeepSeek has prompted the usual well-documented concerns around AI, but also raised worries about its potential links to the Chinese state. The Security Think Tank considers the steps security leaders can take to counter threats posed by... Continue Reading

March 28, 2025 28Mar2025 News

Digital Twin Consortium outlines spatially intelligent capabilities and characteristics

Consortium designed to drive increased virtual representation adoption across industries publishes whitepaper emphasising the importance of locational intelligence in practice Continue Reading

March 28, 2025 28Mar2025 In Depth

Understanding RAG architecture and its fundamentals

Now seen as the ideal way to infuse generative AI into a business context, RAG architecture involves the implementation of various technological building blocks and practices - all involve trade-offs Continue Reading

March 28, 2025 28Mar2025 News

Audi gears up for next-gen factory automation with smart manufacturing

Global auto manufacturer Audi deploys virtual private cloud environment platform to deliver enhanced automation, reconfiguring production line to accommodate a product mix change and scale compute and storage Continue Reading

March 28, 2025 28Mar2025 News

Government sends data scientists to AI school

Public sector data scientists will learn how to become artificial intelligence (AI) engineers as part of government scheme to upskill civil servants Continue Reading

March 28, 2025 28Mar2025 News

UK gigabit broadband continues progress but overbuild fears persist

Fifth edition of UK broadband report sees robust growth of full-fibre access across the country, but with slower increase in gigabit per se, and key mergers making altnets more efficient and attractive for investors Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

Nokia launches DAC Marketplace to empower industrial enterprises

Comms tech provider announces two updates to its industrial portfolio, including six Industry 4.0 applications integrated into its MX Industrial Edge platform, and the launch of an IoT marketplace Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

Microsoft’s ‘fraying relationship’ with OpenAI blamed for datacentre expansion plan rollback

US analyst TD Cowen publishes research note pointing to further rollbacks on Microsoft’s datacentre expansion plans Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

Consumer expectations disrupting future of connectivity

Amdocs research finds broadband users expect fast, reliable and always-on connectivity, but no single technology currently meets their needs Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

UK public expresses strong support for AI regulation

Most of the UK public have experienced an AI-related harm and say they want laws introduced to regulate the technology, according to national survey by the Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing Institutes Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

HMRC consults on clamping down on tax avoidance schemes that ensnare IT contractors

HMRC has launched two consultations in the wake of the Spring Statement on proposals to curb the activity of tax avoidance schemes and their promoters Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 Opinion

Unleashing the power of data: redefining UK industrial growth

There’s a barrier stopping the use of AI to boost the economy. Government data that is essential to create game-changing LLMs is not yet AI-ready Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

Surging cyber threats drive IT directors to decentralised networks

As directors increasingly recognise the threats posed by increasingly sophisticated, AI-driven cyber attacks, risks are being mitigated by changes in physical infrastructure networks, research finds Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 Opinion

Can regulatory oversight alone unlock cloud competition?

CCS Insight’s Bola Rotibi looks at the Competition and Markets Authority’s plans to regulate the public cloud Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 In Depth

What happened when a tech journalist experimented with AI on a PC?

Google Gemma, Meta Llama, Mistral and DeepSeek can all be downloaded free of charge for use on a personal machine without paying for online services or exposing your data to the cloud. But what are the results? Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

Research team demonstrates certified quantum randomness

A 56-qubit trapped ion quantum computer from Quantinuum has demonstrated quantum supremacy as a random number generator Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

Experts question court’s rejection of former Post Office manager’s Horizon appeal

Experts on the use of computer evidence question why Court of Appeal rejected former Post Office branch manager’s appeal against conviction Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

Ericsson, SoftBank team to seek out 6G, XR, AI potential

Leading comms tech and service provider forges strategic partnership with telco and IT conglomerate to drive innovation in technologies towards 2030 Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 Blog Post

SLM series - Digital Workforce: Beyond hallucinations & anthropomorphisation

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Rami Luisto, PhD, the healthcare AI lead data scientist at Digital Workforce. Luisto writes in full as follows... Large ... Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 Blog Post

Data Engineering – Hidden dangers in the dash to AI

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Rowan O'Donoghue, chief strategy officer and co-founder at Origina. O'Donoghue writes in full as follows ... In 1962, NASA ... Continue Reading

March 27, 2025 27Mar2025 News

Selangor teams up with Google Cloud on AI

The Teraju AI Selangor initiative will provide state agencies with access to Google Cloud’s AI tools and training to build AI applications in areas such as education and healthcare Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

Advanced Software fined £3m over LockBit attack

The ICO has issued a £3m fine to software provider Advanced in the wake of security failings that led to significant disruption to NHS customers in a ransomware attack Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 Opinion

How to respond to digital regulation in 2025

A wave of UK and EU regulation to promote competition and consumer protection in digital markets and services has been introduced that requires a strategic response from companies in the year ahead Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

Honeywell taps Verizon 5G to modernise energy grid and utility management

Connected smart utility meters to enable remote and autonomous utility management capabilities designed to improve energy efficiency, grid resiliency and operational effectiveness for utility companies Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use AI to catch wealthy tax dodgers

HMRC’s use of artificial intelligence is one of many initiatives outlined in Chancellor’s Spring Statement Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 Blog Post

Curve banking app on Amazfit

As someone who has never been comfortable with enabling payment on my smartphone, I’ve watched the increasing presence of people “tapping” their iPhones or Android devices in bars, restaurants and ... Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

More than 200 Lloyds Bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training

Lloyds Banking Group is running a six-month training programme with the aim of building AI skills among its senior leadership Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

4 Day Week Foundation launches tech sector pilot

UK tech firms are being invited to join a pilot programme run by the 4 Day Week Foundation, which aims to help prepare them for implementing shorter working weeks Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

Deutsches Forschungsnetz accelerates research with green IP network

IP network upgrade designed to give German national research and education network enhanced access to critical resources and more efficient collaboration with interface speeds up to 800 Gbps, increased capacity and 75% reduced power consumption Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

Virgin Media O2 deploys small cells to improve city mobile connectivity

Mobile customers in Plymouth set to benefit from enhanced mobile connectivity as six high-capacity small cells go live across port city in southwest of England Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 Podcast

Podcast: AI data needs scalable flash, but also needs to be FAIR

We talk to Tim Sherbak of Quantum about the demands artificial intelligence puts on storage and the need for data management that can cope with large volumes of data that must be kept for long periods Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

Military AI caught in tension between speed and control

The use of artificial intelligence in military contexts can unlock a range of benefits for defence organisations, but also highlights a clear tension between speed and control baked into the technology Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 Podcast

Gartner on agentic AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Gartner’s Anushree Verma about the route from robotic process automation to agentic AI in corporate IT Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 Blog Post

What to expect from Qlik Connect 2025

The Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to Qlik Connect 2025, held in Orlando from May 13-15, 2025. But how do you pronounce Qlik, what is Qlik as a platform, what has the company been rolling ... Continue Reading

March 26, 2025 26Mar2025 News

Oracle bets big on AI, drives Australian business transformation

At the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Sydney, Oracle executives talked up the company’s strategy to integrate AI across its entire technology stack, empowering Australian businesses to move beyond experimentation and into practical AI-driven solutions Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

Public Accounts Committee calls out legacy IT

Unsupported and out-of-date software and hardware are hindering the government’s artificial intelligence plans for the public sector Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

UK regulator consults on enabling direct satellite to mobile comms

UK to be first country in Europe to move ahead with plans to enable satellite calls to be made from standard smartphones, with people and businesses in hard-to-reach areas set to benefit most Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

Nokia, Numana, Honeywell Aerospace team to advance quantum-safe networks

Collaboration designed to drive innovation and enable a global post-quantum security economy for enterprises using quantum key distribution and advanced cryptographic network technologies to safeguard digital infrastructure Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

Government needs to fix tech staff hiring process, says Whitehall’s AI boss

Giving evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, tech experts highlighted the lack of clarity on data exchange, the need for the new Government Digital Service to execute, and a lack of actual tech experts Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

ETSI launches first post-quantum encryption standard

European telco standards body launches its first post-quantum cryptography cyber standard, covering the security of critical data and communications Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

UK internet trade bodies issue best practice guidance for telecoms poles

Trade associations for providers of internet services in the UK offer guidance outlines that encourage a community-conscious approach to telecoms infrastructure deployment Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 Blog Post

SLM series - Memgraph: The SLM-knowledge graph combo

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Dominik Tomicevic, CEO of Memgraph The original title in full for this piece is: From Better Reasoning to Faster QFS, An ... Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 Blog Post

Honor Magic7 Pro, a smartphone with an eye for AI

AI is everywhere… and it’s in the Honor (stylised as HONOR) Magic7 Pro smartphone. At first take, I hadn’t been positively “looking for” AI services on my smartphone and at no point was I say ... Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

Kroll reviewing Post Office Horizon’s current integrity and discrepancy identification

The Post Office appoints third party to review Horizon following concerns about current version of the system Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise expands IoT connectivity with private 5G

Networking and communications solutions giant Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise inks strategic partnership with private 5G network firm Celona to expand internet of things connectivity in complex enterprise environments and large outdoor areas Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

Scottish police hold almost no data on facial recognition use

It is currently impossible to assess Police Scotland’s use of retrospective facial recognition for efficacy and fairness because the force does not collect meaningful information that would enable a proper evaluation Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

MPs demand government reconsider response to Post Office compensation report

Select committee calls on government to ‘reflect and revise’ response to Post Office scandal compensation scheme Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

Interview: The role of IT innovation at Royal Ballet and Opera

We speak to the Royal Ballet and Opera’s head of IT delivery, Keith Nolan, about how IT lowers costs and helps power stage innovations for world-class performances Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 E-Zine

NHS England scrapped – and what that means for health service digitisation

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the impact of scrapping NHS England on the health service’s long road to digital modernisation. We look at real-life examples of how digital twins are helping to improve manufacturing and urban ... Continue Reading

March 25, 2025 25Mar2025 News

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