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• January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26

  SAP overcomes rough start to post 8% growth

  SAP reports €36.8bn for 2025, up 8%, despite what CEO Christian Klein called a ‘rough start to the year’ due to geopolitical unrest from tariff conflict between the US and the EU

• January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26

  JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’

  The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt ‘civil unrest’ if governments and companies fail to protect workers from its displacing effects, says JPMorgan boss

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  Interview: Barry Panayi, group chief data officer, Howden

  The fast-growing insurance firm wants data insights and artificial intelligence to give customer-facing employees all the information they need at their fingertips through data-powered conversational interfaces

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  UK open banking is eight years old and ready to grow into the wider economy

  The next phase of open banking will have a greater impact as it morphs into cross-sector open finance

• January 07, 2026 07 Jan'26

  Interview: Diana Schildhouse, chief data and analytics officer, Colgate-Palmolive

  The consumer goods giant is taking its advanced analytics approach and adding AI for greater value, but its data leader stresses the importance of getting the data foundations in place first

• January 05, 2026 05 Jan'26

  Falcon and beyond: Abu Dhabi’s blueprint for national AI governance

  Through national frameworks, open-source innovation and homegrown models such as Falcon, Abu Dhabi is shaping a distinctive approach to AI governance and deployment

• January 02, 2026 02 Jan'26

  ServiceNow predicts more than one million new AI-driven jobs in UAE by 2030

  Enterprise AI adoption, national strategy and large-scale digital transformation programmes are set to reshape the UAE labour market and technology landscape, according to ServiceNow research

• December 31, 2025 31 Dec'25

  Top 10 business applications stories of 2025

  There is no doubt what took centre stage in the theatre of business applications in 25: agentic AI, surpassing pre-2022 AI, and generative AI. C-level executives bang the AI drum while enterprises find value

• December 30, 2025 30 Dec'25

  PwC: AI, cloud and next-generation networks redefine the Middle East’s TMT future

  From sovereign cloud and AI compute to gaming and quantum, PwC research shows how the region is reshaping growth, competitiveness and digital sovereignty

• December 30, 2025 30 Dec'25

  Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 tech ethics stories of 2025

• December 12, 2025 12 Dec'25

  University of York plumps for Workday to spruce up HR and finance

  The University of York is replacing 57 HR and finance systems with a Workday platform, supported by KPMG, aiming for real-time insights and simpler processes

• December 09, 2025 09 Dec'25

  How Oracle Red Bull Racing is driving Formula 1 into the future with cloud, AI and data

  Access to the F1 team’s garage in Abu Dhabi reveals how Monte Carlo simulations, artificial intelligence and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure power split-second decisions, strategy and championship-winning performance

• December 09, 2025 09 Dec'25

  Cloudera CEO on the Middle East’s hybrid AI future: ‘Workload portability is the foundation’

  Charles Sansbury explains how Gulf enterprises are driving demand for private AI, data sovereignty and hybrid architectures as hyperscalers compete for their workloads

• November 25, 2025 25 Nov'25

  Emirates Group partners with OpenAI to accelerate enterprise-wide AI transformation

  The airline will deploy ChatGPT Enterprise and build an AI Centre of Excellence as it accelerates digital transformation across operations, customer experience and future air mobility

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  Interview: Ian Ruffle, head of data and insight, RAC

  Real-time data insights and artificial intelligence are central to supporting the RAC’s motoring services and to getting drivers back on the road as quickly as possible

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Workday sets out to reinvent ERP with agentic AI platform

  At Workday Rising EMEA, the HR and financial applications SaaS supplier signalled a new phase of development as an agentic AI platform provider that might disrupt traditional ERP

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Dubai Airshow 2025: AI and technology transforming air mobility

  Leaders reveal how AI, automation and data-driven innovation are reshaping airports, airlines and passenger experiences

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  SAP TechEd 2025: Make AI real, grind in data

  SAP TechEd in Berlin put an accent on building agentic and generative AI systems to create real business outcomes, beyond what its executives say is excessive hype

• October 28, 2025 28 Oct'25

  Amazon links planned mass layoff to AI

  E-commerce giant Amazon has cited artificial intelligence as a key driver of its decision to lay off thousands of its corporate employees

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Render Networks unveils next-generation business intelligence platform

  Digitising network provider embeds advanced data and AI capabilities in bid to ‘redefine’ how entire broadband value chain anticipates risks, forecasts outcomes and uncovers opportunities across large-scale environments

• October 17, 2025 17 Oct'25

  UK Salesforce execs: Agentforce begins to stoke new business forms

  Salesforce UK CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi and CTO Paul O’Sullivan put Dreamforce 2025 discourse about agentic AI into a UK context

• October 09, 2025 09 Oct'25

  Cloudera Evolve London: 91% of organisations say data unfit for AI purposes

  Cloudera research finds only 9% of organisations have fully AI-ready data, with siloed data and security major barriers to enterprise AI success, as well as gender bias in AI development

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Women’s Rugby World Cup premiered GenAI for broadcast match analysis

  England’s triumph at the Women’s Rugby World Cup also saw the debut of generative AI for real-time broadcast rugby match analysis

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  Splunk.conf: Splunk and Cisco showcase unified platform

  With 18 months having elapsed since Cisco closed its acquisition of Splunk, joint platform capabilities and developments are being showcased at the annual Splunk.conf fair

• September 04, 2025 04 Sep'25

  Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team chooses SAP Cloud ERP to gain edge

  Formula 1 team Mercedes-AMG Petronas has chosen SAP Cloud ERP to help it comply with upcoming regulatory changes from the FIA

• August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

  Vodafone Greece automates deals for customers, saves 500 staff-days of work

  Vodafone Greece hired an implementation partner for a business process management project while its own staff observed and learned how to use the technology

• August 13, 2025 13 Aug'25

  ODI tells EU to balance AI safeguards with innovation promotion

  The Open Data Institute has published a manifesto to guide European Union data and artificial intelligence policy formation

• July 25, 2025 25 Jul'25

  Interview: Cambridge Consultants CEO Monty Barlow scans for tech surprises

  Cambridge Consultants is a technology and consulting business unit of Capgemini. Its chief executive, Monty Barlow, talks about its heritage and vision for the future of digital technology

• July 24, 2025 24 Jul'25

  SAP Q2 2025: 9% revenue growth to €9bn, with steady pace in cloud ERP

  Amid what SAP CEO Klein has called this year’s ‘economic uncertainty’, the supplier posted 9% revenue growth for Q2 2025, with cloud revenue up 24%

• July 23, 2025 23 Jul'25

  Judge questions HP’s ‘exaggerated’ Autonomy loss claim

  Did HP pay 10% more than it needed to for Mike Lynch’s company?

• July 21, 2025 21 Jul'25

  Interview: Alexandra Willis, director of digital media and audience development, The Premier League

  Digital media is core to engaging nearly two billion fans of Premier League football around the world, with data analytics and AI playing an ever-more important role

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  UK data reforms become law

  UK passes wide-ranging data protection reforms to ‘simplify’ organisations’ sharing and processing of data, but questions remain whether changes will be accepted by European Commission when renewing UK data adequacy

• June 18, 2025 18 Jun'25

  Workday UK head 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

• June 13, 2025 13 Jun'25

  CIOs baffled by ‘buzzwords, hype and confusion’ around AI

  Alan Trefler, CEO of Pegasystems, is scathing about big tech companies that are pushing the use of AI agents and large language models for business-critical applications

• June 06, 2025 06 Jun'25

  UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy

  The UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition

• June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25

  Interview: Pega’s ‘Blueprint’ for breaking the curse of legacy IT

  Legacy IT is a drag on profits and innovation, but AI agents will help companies rebuild their processes better than before, claims Pegasystems CTO Don Schuerman

• June 02, 2025 02 Jun'25

  NPCC calls for better tech investment

  The National Police Chiefs’ Council sets out a series of digital ambitions and asks for £220m per year in the upcoming spending review to scale up science and technology capabilities

• June 02, 2025 02 Jun'25

  Infosecurity 2025: NCA cyber intelligence head spells out trends

  Will Lyne, head of cyber intelligence at the National Crime Agency, sketches out cyber criminal trends as ransomware and other attack varieties become democratised beyond Russophone, skilled software developers

• May 29, 2025 29 May'25

  Sapphire 2025: BASF evolves business with move to SAP S/4Hana

  Germany-based global chemical giant BASF has elected to move its SAP IT estate to S/4Hana private cloud to evolve its business in uncertain times

• May 26, 2025 26 May'25

  Gprnt platform to ease sustainability reporting

  Singapore businesses can now automatically generate basic sustainability reports free of charge using Gprnt, a platform aimed at simplifying reporting and unlocking green financing

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Sapphire 2025: SAP mints business AI flywheel with Palantir on board

  SAP CEO Christian Klein put economic and geopolitical uncertainty at the centre of the opening keynote at the supplier’s global Sapphire event in Orlando

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  Smart ball analytics proves value in rugby

  Welsh professional rugby player Dan Biggar gives his thoughts on the role of data analytics in his sport, at an event where the Sportable smart ball was demonstrated

• April 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

  Edinburgh University evaluation of NHS AI Lab finds early promise

  A report into the NHS AI Lab from the University of Edinburgh identifies early signs of return on investment amid barriers to scaling and implementation

• April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

  Top APAC firms recognised at innovation awards

  Citic Telecom, CapitaLand Investment and DBS Bank were among the region’s top industry innovators recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2025

• April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

  CW Innovation Awards: Taking the big bang approach to reporting

  A company-wide SAP revamp has transformed Bosch Global Software Technologies’ financial and HR processes, delivering granular insights and streamlined operations

• March 24, 2025 24 Mar'25

  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

• March 06, 2025 06 Mar'25

  NHS chief data officers concerned by FDP roll-out

  The Chief Data and Analytical Officers Network has raised concerns over the way the NHS Federated Data Platform is being implemented and NHS England’s approach to its adoption

• March 06, 2025 06 Mar'25

  TDX 2025: Salesforce vaunts Agentforce 2dx as evolved agentic AI platform

  Salesforce unveils Agentforce 2DX as further development of its autonomously agentic AI platform at its developer conference in San Francisco

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Lord Holmes warns of increasingly ‘urgent’ need to regulate AI

  The real-world negative impacts of artificial intelligence will only get worse if the UK does not move to regulate the technology in a way that centres on accountability, trust and public participation, says Lord Holmes

• February 06, 2025 06 Feb'25

  Data maturity survey finds a quarter of organisations with no strategy

  One quarter of organisations surveyed for the third Carruthers and Jackson Data Maturity Index found to have no data strategy as they increase artificial intelligence engagement