News

IT strategy

• May 07, 2025 07 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

• 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?

• May 06, 2025 06 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

• May 05, 2025 05 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

• May 02, 2025 02 May'25

  Retail cyber crime spree a ‘wake-up call’, says NCSC CEO

  The National Cyber Security Centre confirms it is providing assistance to M&S, Co-op and Harrods as concerns grow among UK retailers

• May 02, 2025 02 May'25

  Will the government be able to achieve its £45bn savings target through tech?

  Computer Weekly takes a closer look at Whitehall’s ambitious plans to save billions through the adoption of digital technologies, whether the goal is achievable, and why there is such a big focus on AI

• May 01, 2025 01 May'25

  Harrods becomes latest UK retailer to fall victim to cyber attack

  Harrods confirms it is the latest UK retailer to experience a cyber attack, shutting off a number of systems in an attempt to lessen the impact

• May 01, 2025 01 May'25

  Co-op instructs staff to be wary of lurking hackers

  Co-op tells staff to stop using their VPNs and be wary that their communications channels may be being monitored, as a cyber attack on the organisation continues to develop

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  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

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  Co-op shuts off IT systems to contain cyber attack

  A developing cyber incident at Co-op has forced the retailer to pull the plug on some of its IT systems as it works to contain the attack

• April 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

  Scattered Spider on the hook for M&S cyber attack

  The infamous Scattered Spider hacking collective may have been behind the ongoing cyber attack on Marks and Spencer that has crippled systems at the retailer and left its ecommerce operation in disarray.

• 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

• April 28, 2025 28 Apr'25

  Pharma leaders see AI revolutionising medicine

  Pharmaceutical industry experts at Gitex Asia 2025 discuss how AI is revolutionising drug discovery, from accelerating clinical trials and diagnosing rare diseases to validating traditional medicines

• April 25, 2025 25 Apr'25

  M&S suspends all online sales as cyber attack worsens

  M&S shuts down online sales as it works to contain and mitigate a severe cyber attack on its systems

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  Saudi Arabia to be global kingpin of AI grunt work for US leader Groq

  Saudi Arabia is positioning itself to take on huge volumes of the grunt work required by the artificial intelligence sector

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  M&S systems remain offline days after cyber incident

  M&S is still unable to provide contactless payment or click-and-collect services amid a cyber attack that it says has forced it to move a number of processes offline to safeguard its customers, staff and business

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  Data breach class action costs mount up

  Organisations exposed to the US market paid out over $150m in class action settlements in just six months. Security leaders must do more to address cyber gaps, respond better to incidents and demonstrate compliance

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  South East Water modernises through Google Cloud

  Utility’s five-year transformation project sees it adopt Google Cloud technologies to help change how it works

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  ASEAN telcos going beyond the 5G hype

  Telcos from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are moving beyond the 5G hype as they focus on driving enterprise 5G and AI adoption to drive value for customers

• 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

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  March ransomware slowdown probably a red herring

  An apparent slowdown in ransomware attack volumes is raising eyebrows, but the statistics never tell the full story

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  Financially motivated cyber crime remains biggest threat source

  Mandiant’s latest annual threat report reveals data on how financially motivated cyber criminals, such as ransomware gangs, dominate the cyber security landscape

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  Amid uncertainty, Armis becomes newest CVE numbering authority

  Amid an uncertain future for vulnerability research, exposure management company Armis has been given the authority to assign CVE IDs to newly discovered vulnerabilities

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  Qualys goes to bat for US cricket side San Francisco Unicorns

  Cloud security specialist Qualys partners with US T20 cricket squad San Francisco Unicorns and its Sparkle Army fanclub as the team prepares for its summer 2025 campaign

• April 22, 2025 22 Apr'25

  Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security

  Cyber ‘agony aunts’ Amelia Hewitt and Rebecca Taylor are launching a book aimed at empowering women in their cyber security careers

• April 22, 2025 22 Apr'25

  AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack

  The growth of AI is proving a double-edged sword for API security, presenting opportunities for defenders to enhance their resilience, but also more risks from AI-powered attacks, according to report

• 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: Finding revenue gains from parked cars

  Singapore real estate investment firm CapitaLand Investment taps machine learning models to optimise space utilisation across 23 commercial buildings and business parks

• 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

• April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

  CW Innovation Awards: Transforming cyber security with AI

  Facing rising cyber threats and a shortage of experts, Citic Telecom International CPC developed an AI-powered penetration testing tool to automate security audits and reduce costs

• April 17, 2025 17 Apr'25

  Tariff turmoil is making supply chain security riskier

  Many businesses around the world are taking the decision to alter their supplier mix in the face of tariff uncertainty, but in doing so are creating more cyber risks for themselves, according to a report

• April 17, 2025 17 Apr'25

  Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance

  The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  Footballers object to processing of performance data

  Football players are seeking to gain more control of their performance data through ‘stop processing’ requests, in an attempt to strike a better balance between firms’ commercial interests and the data rights of footballers

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  CISA extends Mitre CVE contract at last moment

  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ridden to the rescue of the under-threat Mitre CVE Programme, approving a last-minute, 11-month contract extension to preserve the project’s vital security vulnerability work

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  CVE Foundation pledges continuity after Mitre funding cut

  With news that Mitre’s contract to run the world-renowned CVE Programme is abruptly terminating, a breakaway group is setting up a non-profit foundation to try to ensure the project’s continuity

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  Interview: Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim

  The pharmaceutical giant has built a digital and data platform based on cloud and standardisation, from which it is exploring technology opportunities in AI and quantum computing

• April 15, 2025 15 Apr'25

  Mitre warns over lapse in CVE coverage

  Mitre, the operator of the world-renowned CVE repository, has warned of significant impacts to global cyber security standards, and increased risk from threat actors, as it emerges its US government contract will lapse imminently

• April 15, 2025 15 Apr'25

  Hertz warns UK customers of Cleo-linked data breach

  Car hire giant Hertz reveals UK customer data was affected in a cyber incident orchestrated via a series of vulnerabilities in Cleo managed file transfer products

• April 15, 2025 15 Apr'25

  Alibaba Cloud bolsters AI offerings

  The Chinese hyperscaler has launched new models, tools and infrastructure upgrades for international customers following plans to advance its cloud computing and AI infrastructure

• April 14, 2025 14 Apr'25

  Meta settles lawsuit over surveillance business model

  Meta settles lawsuit over use of personal data in targeted advertising, opening up the possibility of other UK users raising legal objections to its processing

• April 14, 2025 14 Apr'25

  SUSE CEO champions open source choice

  Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen warns against suppliers diluting open source to lock in customers, and touts SUSE’s commitment to providing choice and support across multiple Linux and Kubernetes distributions

• April 10, 2025 10 Apr'25

  Google bets on unifying security tools to ease CISO pain

  At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Google launches its Unified Security platform with the goal of bringing together disparate security solutions to help cyber leaders and practitioners address their most keenly felt pain points

• April 09, 2025 09 Apr'25

  US tariffs drive PC sales boost

  IT buyers appear to have spent the past few months refreshing PCs in preparation for the new US tariffs

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  Spoofing vuln threatens security of WhatsApp Windows users

  Meta has disclosed and patched a potentially dangerous spoofing flaw in WhatsApp for Windows that could have caused big problems for unwitting users

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  IBM boosts AI mainframe capabilities with Z17

  IBM continues to try to break out of the mindset that mainframes are just for transaction processing. The latest server offers greater AI capabilities

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  Current funding models prevent health and social care integration, according to report

  Whitepaper by telecare provider Tunstall calls for government to develop a national strategy to resolve fragmentation between health and social care

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  Interview: Sarah Hawkins, CEO, National Family Mediation

  The CEO of the not-for-profit talks to Computer Weekly about how the organisation has finally automated referrals, after years of being told it was impossible, and launching its own mediation app

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  Over £18m stolen from Santander UK customers in first three months of year

  Bank’s latest quarterly report on scams said over £18m was stolen from its UK customers by scammers

• April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

  UK SMEs losing over £3bn a year to cyber incidents

  A lack of access to technology, little to no staff training, and competing priorities are losing UK SMEs up to £3.4bn to cyber incidents every year

• April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

  Fintech body calls on government for national anti-fraud centre

  Industry body says a national anti-fraud centre could be the vehicle required to effectively fight fraud through data sharing