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IT architecture
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September 10, 2025
10
Sep'25
Splunk.conf: Cisco and Splunk expand agentic SOC vision
The arrival of agentic AI in the security operations centre heralds an era of simplification for security professionals, Splunk claims
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September 08, 2025
08
Sep'25
Dell AI server revenues leap but storage waits on Project Lightning
During the past quarter, Dell’s datacentre sales went through the roof due to new server and networking products for AI – but storage has not shared the same dynamic
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September 05, 2025
05
Sep'25
How Metrobank is tapping VMware Cloud Foundation
The Philippine bank has adopted nearly all of the capabilities in VMware’s private cloud platform to modernise its IT infrastructure while reaping cost savings
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September 01, 2025
01
Sep'25
Flash drive prices grow quickly while SAS and SATA diverge
Manufacturers have throttled back production of flash drives to tackle over-supply and it shows in rising prices
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August 28, 2025
28
Aug'25
Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police Scotland
Tech giant Microsoft is declining to share key information with Police Scotland about where the sensitive data it uploads to Office 365 will be processed, leaving the force unable to comply with UK-wide data protection laws
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August 21, 2025
21
Aug'25
Interview: Simon Goodyear, chief information and technology officer, Redwood Bank
Redwood Bank’s new IT boss is a problem solver who wants to eradicate every unnecessary Excel spreadsheet
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August 20, 2025
20
Aug'25
Microsoft starts including PQC algorithms in cyber foundations
Microsoft updates on its post-quantum cyber strategy as it continues integrating quantum-safe algorithms into some of the core foundations underpinning its products and services
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August 12, 2025
12
Aug'25
Ola’s Krutrim builds ‘AI-first’ sovereign cloud for India
Krutrim is building a vertically integrated technology stack to make AI affordable, scalable and sovereign for Indian businesses while catering to the country’s linguistic needs
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August 06, 2025
06
Aug'25
NCSC updates CNI Cyber Assessment Framework
Updates to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework are designed to help providers of critical services better manage their risk profiles
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August 05, 2025
05
Aug'25
How StanChart balances AI-powered innovation with security
Alvaro Garrido, Standard Chartered’s technology and security chief, explains how multi-layered defences and its approach to data protection allows the bank to embrace artificial intelligence without compromising on security
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August 04, 2025
04
Aug'25
Proliferation of on-premise GenAI platforms is widening security risks
Research finds increased adoption of unsanctioned generative artificial intelligence platforms is magnifying risk and causing a headache for security teams
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July 29, 2025
29
Jul'25
European Commission ignores calls to reassess Israel data adequacy
The European Commission is ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status in spite of concerns raised about its data protection framework and use of personal data in ‘repressive practices’
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July 28, 2025
28
Jul'25
Kioxia launches 245TB LC9, the biggest flash drive on the market
Japanese drive maker piles one card on top of another to produce 245.76TB E3.L drive, with lower capacity variants in 2.5in and E3.S formats, and claimed low energy use benefits
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July 24, 2025
24
Jul'25
US seeks ‘unquestioned’ AI dominance
US AI action plan sets out aims to expand American dominance in the world of artificial intelligence
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July 22, 2025
22
Jul'25
AWS adds vector functionality to S3 object storage
S3 Vectors allows customers to store AI vector data in S3 object storage, a move that potentially allows for much cheaper storage of vectorised data usually held in vector databases
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July 22, 2025
22
Jul'25
The Bank of England’s quiet ‘Big Bang’
The Bank of England has completed its generational project to replace part of the UK’s critical infrastructure, which went unnoticed beyond the sector it underpins
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July 22, 2025
22
Jul'25
Hitachi Vantara claims Hitachi iQ the most complete AI stack
Hitachi Vantara says its approach to storage and AI offers the most comprehensive solutions, based on its industrial heritage and RAG-like functionality it claims others don’t have
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July 18, 2025
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Jul'25
DWP accused of shielding AI deployments from public scrutiny
Amnesty International and Big Brother Watch say Department for Work and Pensions’ ‘unchecked’ and opaque use of AI in the UK benefits system treats claimants as suspicious and is shielded from public scrutiny
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July 14, 2025
14
Jul'25
AI adoption grows amid falling trust in AI outputs
As organisations move from AI hype to reality, a decline in trust for AI outputs is not a sign of failure, but a signal of market maturity, according to Bhavya Kapoor, Avanade's Asia-Pacific president
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July 07, 2025
07
Jul'25
Interview: Antony Hausdoerfer, group CIO, The AA
The vehicle recovery specialist is looking to artificial intelligence and connected vehicle technology to enhance customer experience and get drivers back on the road in the shortest possible time
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July 02, 2025
02
Jul'25
Dutch study uncovers cognitive biases undermining cyber security board decisions
Dutch research reveals how cognitive biases can lead to catastrophic security decisions
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July 02, 2025
02
Jul'25
DDN targets enterprise-shaped hole in its AI storage offer
Specialist in AI and HPC storage DDN has oriented towards higher performance array products more suited to the enterprise as it aims at $1bn in turnover for 2025
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July 01, 2025
01
Jul'25
Cloudflare to let customers block AI web crawlers
Publishers and other providers of creative content now have the option to block AI crawlers from accessing and scraping their intellectual property with new tools from Cloudflare.
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June 24, 2025
24
Jun'25
Interview: Pure Storage on the AI data challenge beyond hardware
We talk to Pure Storage’s vice-president of AI infrastructure about data quality for artificial intelligence and the need for data engineering to ensure the integrity, completeness and appropriateness of data for AI training
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June 23, 2025
23
Jun'25
Interview: Rolf Krolke, regional technology director, The Access Group
We talk to The Access Group’s technology director for APAC about integration and ongoing management of legacy systems in an extremely acquisitive company, and the worldwide storage refresh he’s overseeing as part of that process
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June 20, 2025
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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
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June 20, 2025
20
Jun'25
Restaurant fills DR gap with all-flash Pure and dodges higher cloud cost
Seafood chain Red Lobster opted for Pure Storage as-a-service for rapid failover between datacentres. A fully cloud-based option was on the table, but would have been six times the cost
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June 05, 2025
05
Jun'25
UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
People experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
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May 30, 2025
30
May'25
Noisy quantum hardware could crack RSA-2048 in seven days
Research highlights the need for quantum safe cryptography given the speed with which quantum computing is evolving
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May 28, 2025
28
May'25
UK biometric surveillance exists in ‘legal grey area’
The rapid proliferation of ‘biometric mass surveillance technologies’ throughout the UK’s public and private sectors is taking place without legal certainty or adequate safeguards for the public
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May 28, 2025
28
May'25
VMware and Oracle licensing: Time to consider alternatives
With so much Java code running enterprise IT, we consider the benefits of adapting existing systems to make them more cloud-native
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May 26, 2025
26
May'25
Gartner: VMware users face multi-hypervisor future
With two-thirds of organisations reportedly negative about Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes, Gartner analyst Michael Warrilow advises IT leaders of multi-year migrations and an inevitable shift towards multiple hypervisors
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May 23, 2025
23
May'25
Essex Police discloses ‘incoherent’ facial recognition assessment
An equality impact assessment of Essex Police live facial recognition deployments is plagued by inconsistencies and poor methodology, undermining the force’s claim that its use of the technology will not be discriminatory
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May 21, 2025
21
May'25
Vast Data launches into AI stratosphere with AgentEngine
Vast has built out into data management from its roots and will now offer customisable agentic AI agents that can tap into its existing storage, database and messaging capabilities
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May 20, 2025
20
May'25
Build 2025: Microsoft opens up Windows machine learning
Windows machine learning is one of the highlights of this year’s Microsoft annual developer event. The company is also paving the way to multi-agent artificial intelligence in Windows
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May 20, 2025
20
May'25
Rio Tinto overhauls IT operations with platform model
Rio Tinto’s head of technology platforms outlines the mining giant’s move to an IT platform model designed to escape a reactive cycle of critical incidents and improve service quality for internal and external customers
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May 13, 2025
13
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 12, 2025
12
May'25
University will ‘pull the plug’ to test Nutanix disaster recovery
University of Reading set to save circa £500,000 and deploy Nutanix NC2 hybrid cloud that will allow failover from main datacentre
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May 07, 2025
07
May'25
Cisco lays out plans for networking in era of quantum computing
The network equipment provider has opened a new lab and developed a prototype chip as it fleshes out its quantum networking strategy
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May 06, 2025
06
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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April 29, 2025
29
Apr'25
VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features
Veeam showed a new Linux appliance, features in Veeam Backup & Replication that will see it run corporate backups as RAG data, and new cloud features that include Entra ID backup
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April 25, 2025
25
Apr'25
UK MoJ crime prediction algorithms raise serious concerns
The Ministry of Justice is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but critics say the profiling in these systems raises ‘serious concerns’ over racism, classism and data inaccuracies
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April 24, 2025
24
Apr'25
Interview: Daniele Tonella, CTO, ING
The bank’s global CTO has been in the role for less than a year and in that time has been working his way through four layers of tech
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April 21, 2025
21
Apr'25
CW Innovation Awards: M1 aims to become digital-native telco
The digital-first telco is running all its back-end systems on the cloud, enabling it to speed up decision-making and enhance customer service
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April 11, 2025
11
Apr'25
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’
The use of autonomous surveillance towers throughout the English coast forces migrants into increasingly dangerous routes and contributes to their criminalisation
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April 11, 2025
11
Apr'25
Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon
The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras on street furniture in Croydon from summer 2025, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community input – will further contribute the ...
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April 02, 2025
02
Apr'25
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
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March 31, 2025
31
Mar'25
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
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March 31, 2025
31
Mar'25
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
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March 31, 2025
31
Mar'25
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