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March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

Storage players ride the Nvidia bus at GTC 2025

As artificial intelligence’s big beast holds its annual shindig, storage firms line up to launch everything from new array products to validations, certifications and vague ideas around data ecosystems Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

CityFibre acquires Connexin’s full-fibre infrastructure

Strategic agreement enables the expansion of nationwide footprint of UK’s leading alternative and independent broadband provider by up to 185,000 premises Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 In Depth

CIO interview: Sean Green, Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck University interim CIO got a taste for the ‘exciting’ and ‘challenging’ role of a tech leader in higher education while in his previous role at the University of East Anglia Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

DE-CIX launches neutral internet exchanges in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro

DE-CIX opens two internet exchanges, partnering with datacentre operators Equinix, Elea and Ascenty to boost enterprise connectivity, and connect to 60 locations and over datacentres in 600 cities Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

VMO2 scores with 5G O-RAN to improve sports mobile experience

Details published of major demonstration of UK government-backed and operator-led project to test the potential of open networks to manage high-density mobile traffic and boost user experience at mass events Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 Opinion

Why I am challenging Yvette Cooper’s ‘secret backdoor’ order against Apple’s encryption

I took steps to lock down all personal data after I was named as an opponent of Russia. Now I am again worried about my family's safety after the home secretary issued a secret order against Apple Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 Opinion

Will DeepSeek force us to take application security seriously?

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 24, 2025 24Mar2025 In Depth

Ethical qualms prompt challenging social media migrations

Changing content moderation and artificial intelligence training practices means social media has undergone a fundamental shift in the past six months, presenting organisations and people migrating away from these platforms for ethical reasons with ... Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

The Netherlands bets on brain-inspired computing for a greener future

The Netherlands is building a neuromorphic computing ecosystem, harnessing brain-inspired tech for unprecedented energy efficiency Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

‘Bankenstein’ and a cold calculation means banking crashes will continue

Following a three-day crash at Barclays, UK banks were forced to explain to MPs when, how and why digital services became unavailable over past two years Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

Neos expands BMC TV partnership to support UK live events broadcasting

Media network services provider teams with leading business connectivity provider aiming to deliver high-capacity, low-latency connectivity, addressing increasing live broadcast demands Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

Oracle plants agentic AI flag in business process automation

Oracle promotes its Agentic AI Studio, unveiled at OracleCloud World Tour London, as an avowed business process automation accelerant Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 In Depth

Cloud, colocation or on-premise? Consider all options

When it comes to datacentres, every option should be considered Continue Reading

March 24, 2025 24Mar2025 News

APIs key to unlocking AI agent potential, says MuleSoft

Most Asia-Pacific IT leaders have either implemented or intend to deploy agentic AI in the next two years, but success will hinge on the implementation of APIs that AI agents rely on Continue Reading

March 23, 2025 23Mar2025 News

How Jetstar is tapping data analytics

Low-cost carrier Jetstar is using the Snowflake data platform to optimise the number of meals to carry onboard and to generate flight schedules, among other data analytics initiatives to improve its operations Continue Reading

March 23, 2025 23Mar2025 Blog Post

SLM Series: Pryon - Mastering RAG implementation

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) written by Chris Mahl in his role as CEO at Pryon. Pryon is an enterprise knowledge management platform designed to simplify ... Continue Reading

March 21, 2025 21Mar2025 News

NCSC, DSIT enlist IBM to spearhead cyber diversity agenda

IBM signs on to a partnership deal in support of the popular NCSC CyberFirst Girls scheme designed to foster gender diversity in the cyber security profession Continue Reading

March 21, 2025 21Mar2025 News

UK government to make £45m connectivity investment in schools

UK government says ‘no child left behind’ as it releases plans to narrow the digital divide in education through setting core digital standards for all schools focused on high-speed, reliable and secure connectivity Continue Reading

March 21, 2025 21Mar2025 News

Dutch workforce faces radical transformation as AI adoption accelerates

While the Netherlands leads Europe in AI adoption, a deeper analysis of the labour market reveals a more nuanced narrative than the apocalyptic predictions of job losses Continue Reading

March 21, 2025 21Mar2025 News

Jaguar Land Rover goes live with large-scale retrofit private 5G manufacturing network

Leading UK auto manufacturer goes live with installation of private 5G network at its Solihull plant in project that is part of UK government-backed 5G Innovation Regions programme Continue Reading

March 21, 2025 21Mar2025 In Depth

Going beyond flexibility: How 5G Standalone is changing the future of business

Recent deployments have shown what 5G Standalone networks can achieve, namely game-changing capabilities such as enhanced connectivity services, FWA, Massive IoT and private wireless networks Continue Reading

March 21, 2025 21Mar2025 Podcast

Podcast: How customers use multi-cloud and mitigate key challenges

We talk to Vawlt CEO Ricardo Mendes about the key challenges of multi-cloud operations, and how customers can mitigate the security, billing and complexity challenges they face Continue Reading

March 21, 2025 21Mar2025 Podcast

IT in opera and ballet: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Keith Nolan, head of technology delivery, Royal Ballet and Opera about using IT to save money Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 E-Handbook

The future of API management: Key trends for IT leaders

As enterprises accelerate digital transformation, API management has become increasingly complex. IT leaders must navigate an evolving landscape where efficiency, security, and modernisation intersect—all while working with constrained resources. <... Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

Nokia enhances Wi-Fi 7-enabled FWA gateway portfolio

Nokia’s 5G fixed wireless access gateway with Wi-Fi 7 is designed to deliver 5G speeds of up to 4Gbps for faster, more reliable connectivity Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

Oxa taps Nvidia to accelerate industrial mobility automation

Self-driving vehicle software provider announces deepened collaboration with AI processor leader to accelerate plans in IMA sector, through the support of physical AI, generating photoreal virtual world states to enhance its own training tools Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

NCSC proposes three-step plan to move to quantum-safe encryption

The NCSC urges service providers, large organisations and critical sectors to start thinking today about how they will migrate to post-quantum cryptography over the next decade Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

Hyperscale datacentre capacities continue to rise off back of AI boom

Market data from Synergy Research Group confirms that artificial intelligence is fuelling growth of datacentres in both number and capacity terms Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

Government considering redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims

Campaign group brings together the children of subpostmasters to meet Post Office minister to discuss redress for their suffering Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

The datacentre energy deficit: How worried should operators be about power outages?

The UK government’s plans to lower the barriers to new datacentre developments has left industry watchers querying how all these server farms will be powered. But are they worrying about nothing? Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

Ofcom outlines plans to take UK full-fibre roll-out into ‘final phase’

UK communications regulator sets out plans that will help full-fibre gigabit broadband reach almost all UK homes and businesses over the next two years Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

NAS storage: TrueNAS aims to make it big in Europe

Aimed at the SME market, but with NAS systems that go to tens of petabytes, iXsystems brings dual controllers, NVMe and hybrid flash, AI-capable storage, and container support Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

IDC: global edge computing spending to approach $380bn by 2028

Leading analyst predicts robust spending on edge computing services to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 13.8% over next three years, with AI workloads fuelling massive hardware investments, particularly in AI-accelerated processors Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 News

Snowflake founders reveal ‘cuckoo cloud’ vision that disrupted big data

Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes reveal the journey that led to their data platform, their bet against Hadoop and why they still code on weekends to stay connected to their creation Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 Blog Post

SLM series - Qodea: A jumpstart for multi-model AI strategies

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Ivo Patty, lead data engineer at digital transformation specialist organisation Qodea. Patty writes in full as follows... ... Continue Reading

March 20, 2025 20Mar2025 Opinion

When open source isn’t really open

Vendor lock-in, once a threat from proprietary software, now lurks in open source and AI, trapping businesses in costly, inflexible ecosystems Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal

The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 In Depth

Cinema is given a new lease of life by Danes and data

Those who think that cinema is dying out are failing to see the full picture and move with the times, according to Danish entertainment company Nordisk Film Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

EE makes 5G standalone upgrade for more than 28 million people

UK’s leading mobile provider claims major milestone in its mission to deliver standalone mobile connectivity across the UK for smoother video calls, better video streaming and improved browsing experiences Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 In Depth

VMware vSAN: What are the VM storage alternatives?

Licensing changes mean VMware vSAN customers are considering whether to move to an alternative to vSAN for VMware storage or away from VMware altogether. We look at the options Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

Interview: Cynthia Stoddard, CIO, Adobe

After nearly 10 years in post, Adobe’s CIO is still driving digital transformation and looking to deliver lasting change through technology Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 Blog Post

An agentic AI reality check

No one can deny the tech sector’s level of excitement when something new starts to gain traction. Rather like the car mechanic or builder who urges their customers to buy more expensive components ... Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

Clop resurgence drives ransomware attacks in February

The exploitation of two new vulnerabilities in a popular file transfer service saw the Clop ransomware gang soar in February, according to NCC Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

Nokia unveils 25G PON fibre modems

In first of a series of launches of optical technologies, Nokia aims to make large-scale multi-gig and 10G+ modems viable and affordable Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 Blog Post

Cevaton 15.6” laptop screen extender

Two laptops or one? One large-screen laptop and a Microsoft Surface? One laptop and Chromebook, or one laptop and an iPad with a keyboard, or just two laptops? Those are the choices I make every ... Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

Zoom debuts new agentic AI skills and agents for Zoom AI Companion

AI-first work platform provider expands agentic skills across the entire portfolio using reasoning and memory to take action and orchestrate task execution, conversational self-service and custom agent creation Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

HPE teams up with Nvidia for enterprise AI solutions

Leading networking tech firm latest to get on board agentic AI road in partnership with GPU leader focusing on customer transformation with new enterprise AI solutions and enhancements encompassing data management and storage. Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

DeepMind founder warns of compounding AI agent errors

Artificial general intelligence may be years away, but in the meantime, organisations are being urged to adopt agent technology Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

How Telefónica avoided VMware price hike

While some some organisations look for alternatives to VMware, Telefónica Germany has taken a different approach based on third-party support Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 News

Former subpostmaster to sue Post Office and Fujitsu for judgment ‘obtained by fraud’

Lee Castleton, one of a group of seven former subpostmasters who began the fight against the Post Office in 2009, triggers ‘seismic’ shift in Post Office scandal Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 In Depth

HPE storage battles hard and smart in challenging market

Storage profile: We look at HPE, which has slipped in the storage supplier rankings, but brings a full range of AI-era storage over a mature cloud and consumption model offer Continue Reading

March 19, 2025 19Mar2025 Blog Post

Appian: 3-ways data fabrics are changing the role of data engineers

This is a guest post written by Jacob Rank in his role as senior director of product management at Appian. Rank manages a team of product managers and a product portfolio that encompasses the work ... Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Digital Realty enters Indonesia through joint venture

New joint venture, Digital Realty Bersama, will develop and operate datacentres across Indonesia to meet the increasing demand for digital infrastructure in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Local digital government needs overhaul, says Future Governance Forum report

Future Governance Forum calls for a new blueprint to modernise and digitise local government Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Largest ever cyber deal reflects Google’s CNAPP ambitions

In a signal of its future ambitions, Google lays down $32bn to acquire cloud-native application protection platform Wiz, reflecting the increasing need to secure multicloud environments Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Formula 1 accelerates decision response with team content delivery

AI services and digital transformation specialist claims to have halved crucial response times in Formula 1, redefining how teams analyse race data in real time Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

EXA Infrastructure, Ultranet build fibre route across key Italian cities

Dedicated digital infrastructure provider and independent carrier-to-carrier operator and fibre infrastructure owner team to enhance diversity on a key corridor for subsea cable data traffic Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

IR35: Research highlights rise in outside IR35 engagements among contractors

Qdos research shows 'tide is turning' on company attitudes towards hiring outside IR35 contractors Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Novel encryption technology tests add value to Finland’s quantum computer project

Tests carried out at Telia will support the building of a secure quantum network Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Everywoman announces 2025 Women in Technology Awards winners

Network for women in business, Everywoman, has announced the winners of this year’s technology awards, in partnership with Bupa Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Cisco unveils Webex agentic AI systems to automate CX, EX

Mission to transform contact centres into customer experience centres sees systems for core collaboration platform designed to predict and automate customer and employee experiences Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Interconnect infrastructure set for sixfold increase in bandwidth demand

Global survey explores networking needs for artificial intelligence era as more than half of IT professional believe AI workloads will place the biggest demand on datacentre interconnect infrastructure over the next three years Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

AI pushes data storage need but UK firms struggle to manage it

The rise of AI means potentially almost any corporate data could be useful, but has led to ballooning data volumes and organisations spending more on storage and energy Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 E-Zine

UK under-prepared for catastrophic cyber attack

In this week’s Computer Weekly, MPs have been told the UK is under-prepared to cope with a catastrophic cyber attack – we find out where the problems lie. Our new buyer’s guide assesses the challenges of datacentre capacity planning. And one of the ... Continue Reading

March 18, 2025 18Mar2025 News

Seaco charts course for unified security strategy

Shipping container leasing giant consolidates security tools onto a single platform, leveraging AI and extended detection and response to improve security operations Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 News

PSNI’s ‘ridiculous’ withholding of evidence in spying operation delayed court hearings

Landmark ruling by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal will decide whether the surveillance court can award costs against government bodies accused of unreasonable behaviour Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 Opinion

Data protection and AI: what to know about new UK cyber standard

A strategic governmental steer on AI, putting guidance above rigid legislation offers the adaptability needed to innovate responsibly, contends Kiteworks executive John Lynch Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 News

Online Safety Act measures come into effect

Regulator Ofcom is now able to take enforcement action against platforms under the Online Safety Act if they fail to proactively safeguard against content such as terrorist or child sexual abuse material Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 Blog Post

What on earth is data lineage?

This is a guest blogpost by Steve Neat, general manager, EMEA, Solidatus Perhaps you’ve heard someone mention “data lineage” in a meeting. You might have nodded along while secretly wondering what ... Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 News

Who takes responsibility? Birmingham’s ERP extraordinary meeting

Council members took the opportunity to raise their concerns during the Birmingham City Council ERP meeting, which took place on 11 March Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 News

Private cellular network market projected to grow 114% by 2028

Global private cellular network revenue will reach $12.2bn by 2028, a significant increase from $5.7bn in 2025, but 5G tech sales are not taking off as quickly as expected Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 News

Hetzner enhances datacentre core network infrastructure

Hosting company taps tech provider to futureproof datacentre and core network infrastructure to support growing digital demands with architecture supporting 400G and 800G interconnectivity Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 News

Satellite technology to provide broadband to remote areas of Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire Council harnesses low Earth orbit technology to serve the most remote areas of the county with ultrafast broadband Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 Blog Post

The importance of taking time to get IT right

The dust has yet to settle on the 67-page auditor’s report looking into what went so badly wrong at Birmingham City Council with its enterprise resource planning (ERP) project to replace SAP with ... Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 News

Tech career interest higher among SEND pupils

Research by EngineeringUK and The Royal Society has found that students with special educational needs have more interest in tech careers than other pupils Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 In Depth

Space and power constrain datacentre planning

The government needs to tackle the resource issues that act as roadblocks to building out UK datacentre capacity Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 Opinion

UK tech growth is vibrant - now scale it to the world

The UK has proved its credentials for creating innovative tech startups - but has more to do when it comes to supporting those companies in scaling up their business to global success Continue Reading

March 17, 2025 17Mar2025 News

How Oracle is using AI to combat financial crime

The tech giant is leveraging artificial intelligence to surface fraudulent financial transactions and improve the efficiency of financial crime investigations, offering relief to banks battling high costs and alert fatigue Continue Reading

March 14, 2025 14Mar2025 News

Apple encryption legal challenge heard behind closed doors despite calls for public hearing

Investigatory Powers Tribunal hearing held behind closed doors as press and civil society groups argue for open hearings Continue Reading

March 14, 2025 14Mar2025 News

AI Action Summit review: Differing views cast doubt on AI’s ability to benefit whole of society

Governments, companies and civil society groups gathered at the third global AI summit to discuss how the technology can work for the benefit of everyone in society, but experts say competing imperatives mean there is no guarantee these visions will... Continue Reading

March 14, 2025 14Mar2025 News

Digital connectivity becomes catalyst for thriving farming in Wales

Investments in in high-speed broadband in rural communities across Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Swansea enables introduction of internet of things technology to benefit businesses, including farms Continue Reading

March 14, 2025 14Mar2025 News

Can a future digital NHS survive another change?

Computer Weekly looks at the prime minister’s decision to abolish NHS England and the potential impact on the progress of digitising the NHS Continue Reading

March 14, 2025 14Mar2025 Blog Post

SLM series - Domino Data Lab: Distillation brings LLM power to SLMs

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Jarrod Vawdrey in his capacity as field chief data scientist at Domino Data Lab. Vawdrey writes in full as follows… Small ... Continue Reading

March 14, 2025 14Mar2025 News

Microsoft, DE-CIX plot MAPS for SaaS enterprise connectivity

Noting that 82% of enterprises underestimate the lagging effect of packet loss on the performance of SaaS applications, global internet exchange operator and IT behemoth partner to optimise cloud connectivity Continue Reading

March 14, 2025 14Mar2025 News

Will Whitehall withstand Starmer’s AI revolution?

As the prime minister sets out plans for the use of artificial intelligence to take over civil service tasks, Computer Weekly looks at potential challenges and concerns around the decision Continue Reading

March 14, 2025 14Mar2025 Opinion

How CISOs can counter the threat of nation state espionage

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 14, 2025 14Mar2025 Opinion

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