In Depth

In Depth

• 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?  Continue Reading

• 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  Continue Reading

• NetApp: Not just NAS filers, and a comprehensive cloud strategy

  NetApp market share has slipped, but it has built out storage across file, block and object, plus capex purchasing, Kubernetes storage management and hybrid cloud  Continue Reading

• Precision-bred veg from Phytoform Labs: Meet the AI startup looking to boost the UK’s food security

  Phytoform Labs is on a mission to shore up the nation’s food supplies using artificial intelligence-backed biotechnology – and the humble tomato  Continue Reading

• Clouded judgement: Resilience, risk and the rise of repatriation

  Geopolitics, data sovereignty and rising costs are driving a change in cloud thinking, but it’s slow progress  Continue Reading

• 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  Continue Reading

• 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  Continue Reading

• 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?  Continue Reading

• Local council devolution: Could it accelerate the pace of local government cloud adoption?

  The UK government is on a mission to rationalise the number of local councils through its devolution agenda, which will see authorities gain autonomy over their budgets. We weigh up the impact this could have on cloud adoption in local councils  Continue Reading

• What happens if Silicon Valley’s AI investment bubble bursts?

  US tech giants are burning through unprecedented amounts of capital to develop artificial superintelligence, but authoritarian regimes around the world could keep the pursuit of a techno-utopian future alive when the bubble subsides  Continue Reading

• In conflict: Putting Russia’s datacentre market under the microscope

  Russia’s war with Ukraine has created a whole host of problems for the growth of the country’s datacentre market  Continue Reading

• Dutch university’s rapid response saved it from ransomware devastation

  Eindhoven University of Technology has planned multi-factor authentication and regularly practised cyber crisis drills – yet it still fell victim to attackers who exploited gaps in its defences  Continue Reading

• How cyber security professionals are leveraging AWS tools

  It’s now essential for IT security teams to have oversight of cloud computing, and AWS offers a plethora of tools to make managing it easier. Find out how cyber pros are using them in the wild  Continue Reading

• How not to go off the rails with agentic AI

  When enterprises multiply AI, to avoid errors or even chaos, strict rules and guardrails need to be put in place from the start  Continue Reading

• AI and compliance: Staying on the right side of law and regulation

  Without careful planning, AI projects risk blundering into a legal and regulatory minefield. We look at the risks from hallucinations, basic errors and coming regulation  Continue Reading

• AI and compliance: What are the risks?

  We look at the areas of risk in artificial intelligence. Potential exposures abound, and include security and privacy issues, bias, accuracy and complete fabrication of results  Continue Reading

• Preparation and appreciation – the human factor in incident response

  A typical incident response effort is highly technical, so where do soft skills come in and how do you know how effective your team is? We look at a measurement option and the human consideration in these scenarios  Continue Reading

• What are the best practices for securing AWS tech stacks?

  An AWS tech stack can aid business growth and facilitate efficient operations, but misconfigurations have become all too common and stall this progress  Continue Reading

• AI and networking: the two sides of the future infrastructures coin

  Industry experts discuss how artificial intelligence is being used to support network management - and the growing requirements on networks to support AI.  Continue Reading

• AI storage: NAS vs SAN vs object for training and inference

  Artificial intelligence operations can place different demands on storage during training, inference, and so on. We look at NAS, SAN and object storage for AI and how to balance them for AI projects  Continue Reading

• Connectivity kicks in for Sunderland at the Stadium of Light

  Sunderland AFC enhances high-demand density connectivity coverage, capacity and performance across stadium involving leading operator, shared network infrastructure provider, UK government and local city council  Continue Reading

• Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

  Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal  Continue Reading

• Gartner: Considerations when using GPUs in the datacentre

  Deploying artificial intelligence workloads that use graphics processing units in datacentres requires specific network hardware and optimisations  Continue Reading

• Is IPSIE the game changer that SaaS security demands?

  It started with an announcement in October 2024, and now it seems the vision of secure identity in the enterprise is becoming a reality. We look at the prospects for IPSIE  Continue Reading

• Roundtable: Why did customers sail away from VMware?

  At Nutanix’s recent .Next event in the US, customers talked about why they migrated away from VMware and the pain points that accelerated their decision to switch hypervisor  Continue Reading

• Threats versus potential benefits: Weighing up the enterprise risk of embracing AI

  Technological opportunities typically come with a certain amount of risk – and generative AI adoption is no exception  Continue Reading

• How GenAI-driven knowledge management can enhance customer experience

  Generative AI’s use for knowledge management (KM) is growing in customer experience programmes, suggesting a new vocation for KM. We find out how  Continue Reading

• Early days for small language models and AI at the edge

  Small language models could be more cost-effective to deploy than LLMs, offering greater privacy and performing specific tasks better. But is it too early for SLMs?  Continue Reading

• Cloud storage for AI: Options, pros and cons

  We look at cloud vs on-premise for AI workloads, why cloud is sometimes best, and the technologies speeding AI in the cloud such as parallelism and GPUDirect  Continue Reading

• How generative AI is playing out in the media industry

  GenAI is proving a double-edged sword in society at large, but especially in the creative industries  Continue Reading

• Beyond the hook: How phishing is evolving in the world of AI

  Phishing attacks are evolving. Gone are the days of clumsy, error-ridden emails that were easy to spot – today’s campaigns harness advanced techniques to bypass even the latest defences. A new approach is needed  Continue Reading

• Driven by data: The RAF’s revamped maritime patrol capabilities

  Computer Weekly visited RAF Lossiemouth to see how its fleet of Boeing P-8A surveillance aircraft, supported by NetApp storage, keep watch over the North Atlantic gap  Continue Reading

• Agentic AI could yield creative futures if it augments human workers

  Can artificial intelligence systems capable of autonomous action and decision-making become a reality that augments human workers? Or will they be agents of oppression, hell-bent on efficiency?  Continue Reading

• How has US pushback affected UK DEI?

  US organisations are rolling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, which is likely to have an impact on tech companies in the UK with US contracts – so what will DEI look like in UK tech in the wake of President Trump’s decisions?  Continue Reading

• The year of the ESL in UK retail

  Multiple forces combining to make the electronic shelf label one of the more sought-after items to add to retailers’ tech stacks  Continue Reading

• Enterprise strategies for API management

  Application programming interfaces are the connective tissue of the modern enterprise, driving innovation and integration. But managing them effectively requires enterprises to consider governance, security and lifecycle management while preparing ...  Continue Reading

• Hitachi Vantara: VSP One leads revamped storage portfolio

  Storage supplier profile: Block, file and object as part of full-stack IT offer for hybrid cloud and containerised applications comes via VSP One arrays and EverFlex as-a-service options  Continue Reading

• Microsoft remains committed to AI in France

  During its recent AI tour event in Paris, Microsoft reiterated its commitment to investing more than ever in France  Continue Reading

• Huawei rises in the storage ranks despite sanctions and tariffs

  Supplier profile: Huawei has leapfrogged HPE in revenue and market share and broadened its storage offer towards AI, the cloud and as-a-service despite sanctions and tariffs  Continue Reading

• Introducing the EuroStack initiative: Could this turn the tide on hyperscale cloud in Europe?

  A collaborative initiative in Europe has kicked off to take back some power from an increasingly asymmetric global tech market. Should the UK do similarly?  Continue Reading

• The role of small language models in enterprise AI

  Small language models do not require vast amounts of expensive computational resources and can be trained on business data  Continue Reading

• GCHQ historian Dave Abrutat’s mission to preserve the UK’s forgotten signals intelligence history

  Dave Abrutat, GCHQ’s official historian, is on a mission to preserve the UK’s historic signals intelligence sites and capture their stories before they disappear from folk memory. A new charity, NSIST, will raise funds and recruit volunteers  Continue Reading

• Why SLMs could be a big deal for businesses looking for an edge

  Sky-high infrastructure demands, rising operational expenses and data privacy concerns have left CIOs questioning whether bigger is always better when it comes to AI languages  Continue Reading

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Cloud, colocation or on-premise? Consider all options

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Innovation strategy continues to deliver for Co-op

  Co-op Food innovation strategy ramps up as it launches rapid delivery grocery app to support independent retailers to serve online customers faster  Continue Reading

• The way ahead: Getting IT sustainability initiatives back on track to net zero

  The past 12 months have seen a host of enterprises quietly scale back on their net-zero commitments, but are they overlooking the business benefits of embracing greener operations?  Continue Reading

• Behind the scenes at Amazon UK’s robotic-powered warehouse

  Robots, automation, artificial intelligence and people power – Computer Weekly tours the tech-heavy Amazon warehouse in Swindon  Continue Reading

• Norway says ‘no way’ to global financial crime

  Oslo’s startup ecosystem is fighting back against cyber criminals with tech to wipe out attacks rather than just detect them  Continue Reading

• Dell still tops the pile as it deepens enterprise storage offer

  The US giant is top dog in revenue and market share as its storage array range – still largely EMC-derived – deepens its cloud, containers and as-a-service options  Continue Reading

• VMware vSAN Max: What you need to know

  We look at VMware vSAN Max storage – its best use cases, how to deploy it and on what hardware, the alternatives, and considerations in light of VMware’s Broadcom takeover  Continue Reading

• An action plan for net zero compatible with budget constraints

  Economic pressures mean we should think innovatively about emissions reduction, industry players tell Computer Weekly  Continue Reading

• Kubernetes: Navigating the pitfalls and pathways to success

  Nutanix’s APAC chief technology officer outlines the lessons learned by enterprises adopting Kubernetes, from avoiding cloud lock-in to mastering lifecycle management, and bridging the gap between legacy and cloud-native skillsets  Continue Reading

• The many ways AI can empower XR

  There is an almost ‘irresistible’ marriage between artificial intelligence and extended reality, yet while their combination will create benefits, there will also be some downsides  Continue Reading

• Quantum computing in cyber security: A double-edged sword

  Scepticism still abounds, but quantum computing stocks have boomed this year. In the world of cyber, however, quantum brings both unprecedented capabilities and significant threats, demanding careful attention  Continue Reading

• Digital twins extend to biological systems

  The use of digital twins in industrial, manufacturing and architectural firms is well known - now we can also include medical science, pharmaceutical research and agricultural management use cases  Continue Reading

• The irresistible marriage of AI and XR

  Not long ago, the metaverse was on the lips of everyone in technological media. However, coverage has moved to the new technology darling of AI – but crucially, both technologies are synergistic  Continue Reading

• AI models explained: The benefits of open source AI models

  In this guide, we explore how to get started with open source AI models and go over how they support your enterprise IT strategy  Continue Reading

• RAG AI: ‘Do it yourself,’ says NYC data scientist

  New York City council data scientist says organisations should get their hands dirty with open source AI as his teams build AI apps to check for duplicates in legislative documents  Continue Reading

• A path to better data engineering

  Data engineering requires expertise in programming and data management, and now IT leaders need to include large language models in their data strategy  Continue Reading

• How Kingsland Drinks is raising a glass to industrial gains from Wi-Fi

  Discover how one of the UK’s premier independent suppliers of bulk wine and spirits goes about its business – from its origins in 1895 to its running of modern wireless networks  Continue Reading

• The story behind Alps, Europe’s second largest computer

  The director of CSCS and professor of computational physics at ETH, Thomas Schulthess, explains the development of one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, Alps, in Switzerland  Continue Reading

• UAE eyes quantum computing for financial services

  Middle East financial firms are investing heavily in quantum computing, with one of the world’s top quantum research centres in Abu Dhabi  Continue Reading

• Skills required for data engineering success

  We look at what IT leaders can do to help untangle the numerous structured and unstructured data sources that exist in a modern enterprise  Continue Reading

• Self-healing networks: The next evolution in network management

  The age of AI is highlighting the security risks and pitfalls of traditional network management techniques. Self-healing networks may offer a solution that not only bolsters security, but makes IT and network teams more efficient  Continue Reading

• NRF review: no escaping AI for retail in 2025

  What themes will be seen in the retail tech space over the next year, according to the 2025 National Retail Federation’s Big Show?  Continue Reading

• DACH’s venture capital prominence: an outlier, or the start of a golden age?

  The DACH region is attracting venture capital investment with startups in Austria and Switzerland benefiting, but will it be sustained?  Continue Reading

• Quantum datacentre deployments: How they are supporting evolving compute projects

  Quantum datacentre deployments are emerging worldwide, so what are they and where are the benefits?  Continue Reading

• All change: Weighing up the options for enterprises as open source licences evolve

  Software suppliers have been rowing back on open-source licensing. Will enterprises with datacentres have to change their software approach?  Continue Reading

• Addressing the legacy: Modernising creaky cloud infrastructures for data benefits

  With so many enterprises reliant on outdated IT assets that lack resilience, where should organisations start with infrastructure modernisation projects?  Continue Reading

• Forrester: Why digitisation needs strong data engineering skills

  How do enterprises become adaptive? If you can’t measure it responsively, you can’t manage it as an adaptive enterprise  Continue Reading

• Where IT comes from: Behind the scenes at Pure Storage’s European R&D centre

  We look inside Pure Storage’s Prague research and development centre, where multi-year projects parallel real lifecycles of deployed hardware and the complexities that arise over time  Continue Reading

• Where IT comes from: Pure Storage’s lean Czech assembly

  We look behind the scenes at Pure Storage’s Czechia assembly plant, where change is baked into processes to ensure products are built right and always improving  Continue Reading

• EU law could usher in transformative change to digital ecosystems

  The EU’s Digital Fairness Act aims to end exploitative practices online and enhance consumer protection, but civil society groups say it must address the power and information asymmetries between users and tech firms  Continue Reading

• The CMA anti-trust investigation into AWS and Microsoft explained: Everything you need to know

  After regulator Ofcom raised red flags about the anti-competitive behaviour of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, the UK cloud market was referred to the Competition and Markets Authority – here’s why  Continue Reading

• LGE gains mileage in smart automotive

  In part two of our look at how LGE plans to take its accumulated wealth of knowledge in its traditional business lines to the business sector, we explore the firm’s moves in the automotive sector  Continue Reading

• VMware backup: Key decision points if you migrate away from VMware

  VMware’s pricing changes have spurred some organisations to move to new virtualisation environments, but they’ll need backing up. We look at the key points to consider  Continue Reading

• Public cloud: Data sovereignty and data security in the UK

  We assess the impact of new regulations and government policy on the ability to use public cloud services  Continue Reading

• Why run AI on-premise?

  Much of artificial intelligence’s rapid growth has come from cloud-based tools. But there are very good reasons to host AI workloads on-premise  Continue Reading

• Clubcard at 30 – the evolution of retail loyalty

  When Tesco Clubcard was developed 30 years ago, using the technology of the time to analyse data was a long shot, but it grew into a scheme that birthed retail loyalty as we know it today  Continue Reading

• EdgeNebula: The UK startup turning disused office spaces into micro-datacentres

  With the government committed to growing the number of UK datacentres, despite long-standing concerns about suitable sites and power availability, EdgeNebula thinks it might have the answer  Continue Reading

• A guide to DORA compliance

  We look at the new EU regulation for cyber resiliency, the role of IT asset management in auditing and third-party risks  Continue Reading

• Backup technology explained: The fundamentals of enterprise backup

  We look at backup and its role in enterprise data protection, including what to backup and how often, RPO and RTO, full and incremental, and if backups can be replaced by snapshots  Continue Reading

• Third-party storage: Key storage supplier offers in big three clouds

  We look at storage supplier offerings available in the big three public clouds, their pros and cons, and key use cases  Continue Reading

• Preparing for AI regulation: The EU AI Act

  The EU AI Act builds on existing cyber security, privacy and data governance regulations such as GDPR  Continue Reading

• Will Europe be the first region to enact regulation for green software?

  There is currently no regulation in the world specific to the environmental impact of software, but Europe is expected to be the first region to enact regulation that enforces green software practices  Continue Reading

• Nordic innovators drive the evolution of engagement

  Nothing is off limits for digitisation in the Nordic region, with startups applying their skills to even the most unexpected lifestyle and business challenges  Continue Reading

• Digital twins drive efficiency across machines and infrastructure

  Digital twins of machines, facilities and infrastructures will create a portfolio of virtual representations that, in time, will connect to allow city planners and engineers to plan and monitor urban environments from the smallest features to its ...  Continue Reading

• Digital twins map the world and guide strategic decisions

  Digital twins are seeing use in an increasing number of potential applications such as decision-making purposes with a focus on scenarios and potential dynamics to capture uncertainties and make them manageable  Continue Reading

• Collaborative transport optimisation helps towards decarbonisation goals

  Real-life pilot projects show the potential, but industry mindset change is required to help retail and wholesale fleets drive major decarbonisation gains in the year ahead  Continue Reading

• What is Dunelm doing for women in tech?

  A dedicated Women in Tech Week event, coffee roulette, and boosting knowledge, confidence and connections – the women in tech work at Dunelm is building momentum  Continue Reading