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May 19, 2025
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May'25
Keepit to expand SaaS backup footprint and intelligent automation
Danish cloud backup provider will add Atlassian and Okta support and has plans for intelligent automated restores to customer RPOs and RTOs as well a threat library
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May 19, 2025
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May'25
Gartner: Most firms not tapping cloud’s full potential
Organisations have not fully leveraged the full potential of cloud and must navigate emerging trends such as artificial intelligence, multicloud complexity and security perceptions to stay competitive
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May 19, 2025
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May'25
Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon
Post Office Horizon replacement magnifies missed opportunity as move from the controversial Horizon system to an off-the-shelf alternative is going back to a plan it rejected in the 1990s
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May 18, 2025
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May'25
AI’s thirst for power pushing enterprises into supercomputing
The compute and energy demands of large-scale AI are turning enterprise AI infrastructure into supercomputing, though the search for a killer app and concerns over initial infrastructure costs remain
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May 16, 2025
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May'25
Mid-career professionals must learn to understand and use AI as GenAI tips balance
Whether in the finance, IT or legal sectors, artificial intelligence will change the way businesses operate and how their people work
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May 16, 2025
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May'25
Kissflow finds its place in low-code market
The supplier of low-code software development tools that cater to both citizen developers and IT professionals is experiencing rapid growth in Southeast Asia where it has been doubling its revenue over the past four years
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May 15, 2025
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May'25
How close is quantum computing to commercial reality?
At a recent event, experts explored the progress towards logical qubits and how these will be applied to empower business IT
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May 15, 2025
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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
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May 15, 2025
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May'25
Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer
Inquiry announces that findings on compensation and human impact will be presented in the next few months
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May 14, 2025
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May'25
UK government outlines plan to surveil migrants with eVisa data
Electronic visa data and biometric technologies will be used by the UK’s immigration enforcement authorities to surveil migrants living in the country and to ‘tighten control of the border’, attracting strong criticism from migrant support groups
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May 14, 2025
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May'25
BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool
Data reveals that bank employees are saving an average of almost three hours every week by using ChatGPT
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May 14, 2025
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May'25
Humphrey AI tool powers Scottish Parliament consultation
AI-powered Consult tool has helped the Scottish Parliament to organise feedback from a public consultation into themes
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May 14, 2025
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May'25
Australian public cloud spending to hit A$26.6bn in 2025
Gartner forecasts strong growth in cloud infrastructure and platform services even as Australian organisations grapple with scaling AI initiatives and managing rising cloud expenditure
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May 13, 2025
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May'25
May Patch Tuesday brings five exploited zero-days to fix
Microsoft fixes five exploited, and two publicly disclosed, zero-days in the fifth Patch Tuesday update of 2025
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May 13, 2025
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May'25
Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033
Post Office seeks off-the-shelf Horizon replacement as part of £492m tender that includes ongoing support for Horizon up to 2033
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May 13, 2025
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May'25
NHS trust cloud plans hampered by Trump tariff uncertainty
Essex NHS wants to move some capacity to the Nutanix cloud, but can’t be certain prices will hold between product selection and when procurement plans gain approval
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May 13, 2025
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May'25
Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts
Subpostmasters who appealed compensation payments have significantly increased ‘worryingly undervalued’ settlements
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May 12, 2025
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May'25
Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud
UniCredit will transform operations through cloud, AI and data analytics technologies from Google Cloud
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May 09, 2025
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May'25
Interview: Amanda Stent, head of AI strategy and research, Bloomberg
Hallucinating AI, which lies through its teeth, keeps Amanda Stent busy at data analytics and intelligence giant Bloomberg
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May 09, 2025
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May'25
Broadcom letters demonstrate push to VMware subscriptions
The owner of VMware is reminding customers on perpetual licences that they will longer be able to buy support for their VMware products
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May 09, 2025
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May'25
Government calls on tech companies to join crime-cutting campaign
The justice secretary met with 30 tech companies to discuss how technology can help to tackle prison violence and reduce reoffending rates
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May 09, 2025
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May'25
AI training gap puts Europe at a disadvantage
Forrester study finds that workers in the US are more likely than their European counterparts to have received AI training to support their job roles
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May 08, 2025
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May'25
Nutanix opens up to all external storage
CEO Rajiv Ramaswami says Nutanix will open its platform to all external storage, allowing it to profit from customers wanting to move away from VMware, as well as the hyper-converged curious
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May 08, 2025
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May'25
SAP sales tactic fuels IT disconnect
Business heads are being targeted by SAP as it pushes out its Rise cloud ERP system
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May 08, 2025
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May'25
NHS launches digital tool to improve cancer care
Cancer 360 tool aims to bring together data on cancer patients in one place, allowing clinicians access to all the information through the Federated Data Platform
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May 08, 2025
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May'25
Oracle NetSuite’s Goldberg: Autonomous AI next applications phase
Speaking with Computer Weekly at SuiteConnect 2025 in London, Evan Goldberg, executive vice-president of Oracle NetSuite, discussed how artificial intelligence in ERP is evolving
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May 08, 2025
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May'25
Data streaming matures, cultural shift is key
Confluent’s Tim Berglund warns that a cultural transformation towards creating valued data products is vital even as the technology for data streaming is maturing
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May 08, 2025
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May'25
UK government websites to replace passwords with secure passkeys
Government websites are to replace difficult-to-remember passwords with highly secure passkeys that will protect against phishing and cyber attackers
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
DSIT aims to bolster expertise with year-long secondments
To drive forward its Plan for Change, the Labour government is looking to hire 25 experts for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Fellowship programme
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
Bill Gates hails ‘stunning’ AI progress, urges focus on global equality
The Microsoft co-founder underscored AI’s transformative potential in healthcare, education and agriculture while highlighting the need to ensure its benefits reach lower-income nations
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
UK critical systems at risk from ‘digital divide’ created by AI threats
GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre warns that a growing ‘digital divide’ between organisations that can keep pace with AI-enabled threats and those that cannot is set to heighten the UK's overall cyber risk
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
ServiceNow K25: McDermott vaunts agentic AI platform as revolutionary
At its Knowledge 25 customer and partner conference in Las Vegas, ServiceNow painted an orchestrated agentic AI future for its Now platform and targeted CRM as prime field for growth
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May 06, 2025
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May'25
Government industrial strategy will back cyber tech in drive for economic growth
With over 2,000 cyber security businesses across the UK, the government plans to target cyber as a priority to grow the economy
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May 06, 2025
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May'25
Options for Google as DoJ seeks divestiture
The US Department of Justice is calling for Google to divest its adtech business. Google says it’s impossible. But is there an alternative?
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May 06, 2025
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May'25
Belfast Digital Twin Centre to fast track industrial adoption of deep tech
Tech centre designed to create conditions for digital twins to be better understood, more easily developed and more meaningfully applied, giving businesses real-time capabilities to make smarter decisions
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May 06, 2025
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May'25
Fintech summit reveals what’s next for sector
The UK’s fintech sector attracted $3.6bn investment last year, which was only bettered by the US, but how will UK fintech continue to grow?
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May 06, 2025
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May'25
EU acts to mend ailing AI competitiveness
Lack of private investors, malformed markets and over-regulation present a big challenge for European officials trying to turn the continent into a global AI superpower
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May 06, 2025
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May'25
Data issues cost Australian businesses nearly A$500k annually
Research reveals Australian organisations are losing an average of nearly half a million dollars annually due to poor data integrity, hindering their ability to leverage AI and eroding their competitive edge
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May 06, 2025
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May'25
CIOs prepare for recession with greater cost control
Tariffs and the risk of economic slowdown have brought IT budgets into focus, with many IT leaders dropping projects and reducing tech investments
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May 06, 2025
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May'25
Interview: Joe Depa, global chief innovation officer, EY
Accounting firm EY is focused on ‘AI-ready data’ to maximise the benefits of agentic AI and enable the use of emerging frontier technologies for its business and clients
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May 05, 2025
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May'25
How AsiaPac transformed into a multicloud powerhouse
AsiaPac CEO Andrew Cheng outlines the company’s growth from a laptop PC distributor to a regional technology service provider known for its multicloud capabilities
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May 02, 2025
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May'25
India’s Hexaware targets public sector business as it expands UK operation
Indian heritage IT services firm opens office in Canary Wharf and sets is sights on growing its UK public sector business
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May 01, 2025
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Tariffs could cost Meta $8bn in extra datacentre costs
The owner of Facebook and WhatsApp has forecast an increase in CapEx due to higher IT infrastructure costs to power its AI strategy
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May 01, 2025
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Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain
Latest meeting between campaigners and business department seen as positive, but frustration and concerns remain
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May 01, 2025
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UK networks feel the strain under AI pressure
Global internet company’s study finds almost half of UK organisations say their network and connectivity infrastructure is not ready to support new technology initiatives, in particular artificial intelligence
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May 01, 2025
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May'25
Thomas Herdman’s legal battle over Sky ECC encrypted phone distribution set to enter fifth year
Computer Weekly speaks to Julie Kawai Herdman, daughter of Thomas Herdman, the only person in custody for distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones
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April 30, 2025
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Current SaaS delivery model a risk management nightmare, says CISO
JPMorgan Chase security chief Patrick Opet laments the state of SaaS security in an open letter to the industry and calls on software providers to do more to enhance resilience
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April 30, 2025
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How AI can attack corporate decision-making
As AI gets embedded in corporate systems, experts warn of emerging security risks caused by influencing retrieval augmentation systems
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April 30, 2025
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Apr'25
AI in national security raises proportionality and privacy concerns
AI could enable investigations to cover far more individuals than was ever previously possible, which is why oversight is needed
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April 30, 2025
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Apr'25
FCA wants ‘safe place’ for finance firms to test artificial intelligence
Financial services regulator proposes artificial intelligence testing environment as part of its AI Lab