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  • January 10, 2025 10 Jan'25

    US bank FNBO uses Pindrop to tackle voice fraud, deepfakes

    Learn how First National Bank of Omaha in the US is enhancing customer authentication and verification in its contact centres, eliminating friction points and making life easier for its customer service teams, with Pindrop voice security technology

  • January 09, 2025 09 Jan'25

    PC makers use CES to showcase AI PC efforts

    A range of AMD, Intel and ARM-powered PCs with neural processing units are aiming to boost office productivity

  • January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

    AWS plants flag in Thailand with new cloud region

    Amazon Web Services’ latest regional expansion brings its cloud services to Thailand, promising a $10bn boost to the nation's GDP and support for more than 11,000 jobs per year

  • January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

    Indian public cloud market set to hit over $25bn by 2028

    India’s public cloud services market is expected to surpass $25bn in the next three years, driven by digital transformation, generative AI and multicloud strategies

  • January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

    Regional skills plan to boost UK cyber defences

    Over 30 projects in England and Northern Ireland will receive a share of a £1.9m fund designed to enhance cyber security skills and protect small businesses

  • January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

    How StarHub is tapping OpenShift in its cloud strategy

    StarHub is harnessing Red Hat OpenShift to power its hybrid multi-cloud platform, balancing control over critical infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of public cloud

  • January 06, 2025 06 Jan'25

    How Toyota is transforming its digital employee experience

    The traditional way of handling IT issues through helpdesk tickets generally delivers an unsatisfactory user experience – something Toyota is looking to rectify in its business this year

  • January 03, 2025 03 Jan'25

    US Treasury incident a clear warning on supply chain security in 2025

    A cyber incident at the US Department of the Treasury – blamed on a Chinese state actor – raises fresh warnings about supply chain risk after it was found to have originated via vulnerabilities in a remote tech support product

  • January 03, 2025 03 Jan'25

    Corporate cover-up behind world-beating cyber security record in Middle East

    Report ranking Gulf corporations ahead of US and EU counterparts for cyber security has sparked debate about the region’s tendency for secrecy and state control

  • December 30, 2024 30 Dec'24

    Top 10 government IT stories of 2024

    The past year has provided one of the biggest changes in government for 14 years, with Labour coming to power. With it, the new government has brought plenty of tech promises

  • December 27, 2024 27 Dec'24

    Top 10 India stories of 2024

    India embraced AI in 2024, developing its own large language models, boosting supercomputing capabilities and applying the technology across sectors from healthcare to governance

  • December 24, 2024 24 Dec'24

    Top 10 EMEA stories of 2024

    Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Europe, Middle East and Africa stories of 2024

  • December 23, 2024 23 Dec'24

    Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2024

    The past year has provided a marked change in the approach to technology in the National Health Service, which has struggled to cope under significant pressure. We look back at the stories that made the headlines in 2024

  • December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

    Interview: How Green Cargo’s IT switched tracks to logistics success

    Green Cargo CIO Ingo Paas took a few turns to establish his company as a composable enterprise able to flex and react quickly

  • December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

    Interview: Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer, NatWest Retail Bank

    The retail bank is moving at pace to introduce generative AI into key customer-facing services as part of a wider digital transformation across the organisation

  • December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

    Government introduces technology adoption review

    Whitehall has launched a call for evidence on barriers to adopting new technologies in the UK, wanting to know what needs to change for the country to stay at the forefront of technology adoption

  • December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

    Top 10 data and ethics stories of 2024

    Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 data and ethics stories of 2024

  • December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

    Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2024

    Southeast Asia’s 2024 tech landscape saw major companies embracing AI, shifts in open source and the emergence of local large language models to address the needs of a diverse region

  • December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

    LockBit ransomware gang teases February 2025 return

    An individual associated with the LockBit ransomware gang has broken cover to tease details of a new phase of the cyber criminal operation's activity, which they claim is set to begin in February 2025

  • December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

    Latest attempt to override UK’s outdated hacking law stalls

    Amendments to the Data Bill that would have given the UK cyber industry a boost by updating restrictive elements of the Computer Misuse Act have failed to progress beyond a Lords committee

  • December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

    The Security Interviews: Martin Lee, Cisco Talos

    Threat intel expert and author Martin Lee, EMEA technical lead for security research at Cisco Talos, joins Computer Weekly to mark the 35th anniversary of the first ever ransomware attack

  • December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

    Top 10 cyber security stories of 2024

    Data breaches, data privacy and protection, and the thorny issue of open source security were all hot topics this year. Meanwhile, security companies frequently found themselves hitting the headlines, and not always for good reasons. Here are ...

  • December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

    Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2024

    From ransomware targeting the NHS to nation-state-backed intrusions, 2024 was another big year for cyber criminals and cyber spooks alike, but they didn't have it all their own way as the good guys fought back

  • December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

    Top 10 Kubernetes and storage stories of 2024

    In this 2024 review, Computer Weekly looks at Kubernetes’ evolution from stateless application runtime to enterprise-ready environment for cloud-native with persistent storage and data protection

  • December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

    Digital Ethics Summit 2024: recognising AI’s socio-technical nature

    At trade association TechUK’s eighth annual Digital Ethics Summit, public officials and industry figures and civil society groups met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with the proliferation of artificial intelligence tools globally and ...

  • December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

    VMware customers seek alternatives amid licensing changes

    Research reveals that while most VMware customers are satisfied with their current software, they are exploring alternatives due to concerns over rising costs

  • December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

    How NCS is tackling the enterprise IT market

    The technology service provider is counting on its government experience, global expert network and cyber security capabilities to penetrate the enterprise IT market

  • December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

    Top 10 business applications stories of 2024

    Business applications are now AI-enabled, but it is not easy to deploy these products successfully to improve business metrics

  • December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

    Top 10 IT leadership interviews of 2024

    The top technology leaders talk to Computer Weekly to discuss the challenges they face and the strategies, solutions and successes they are delivering

  • December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

    Top 10 software development stories of 2024

    This year has seen large language models get significantly better at code generation

  • December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

    The Security Interviews: Stephen McDermid, Okta

    Okta regional chief security officer for EMEA sits down with Dan Raywood to talk about how Okta is pivoting to a secure-by-design champion

  • December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

    Computer Misuse Act reform gains traction in Parliament

    An amendment to the proposed Data (Access and Use) Bill that will right a 35-year-old wrong and protect security professionals from criminalisation is to be debated at Westminster

  • December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

    Post Office scandal 2024 – part 3: Fujitsu’s 12-month fall from grace

    After years of refusing to comment, Fujitsu was unable to continue hiding from its role in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal as politicians and a public inquiry demanded answers

  • December 12, 2024 12 Dec'24

    Emerging Ymir ransomware heralds more coordinated threats in 2025

    A newly observed ransomware strain has the community talking about more collaboration, and blurred lines, between threat groups next year, according to NCC’s monthly cyber barometer

  • December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

    IaaS firm uses Pure Storage as a service for ‘virtual datacentres’

    Espresso Gridpoint moved from largely NetApp to Pure Storage FlashBlade file and object for its ‘virtual datacentres’ business model that offers VMware, Hyper-V and ProxMox VMs

  • December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

    Freshworks rides Asia’s digital wave

    The enterprise software firm’s exponential growth in the region is driven by demand for streamlined customer and employee experiences by its mid-market customers

  • December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

    Dangerous CLFS and LDAP flaws stand out on Patch Tuesday

    Microsoft has fixed over 70 CVEs in its final Patch Tuesday update of the year, and defenders should prioritise a zero-day in the Common Log File System Driver, and another impactful flaw in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

  • December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

    iOS vuln leaves user data dangerously exposed

    Jamf threat researchers detail an exploit chain for a recently patched iOS vulnerability that enables a threat actor to steal sensitive data, warning that many organisations are still neglecting mobile updates

  • December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

    Nvidia investigation signals widening of US and China chip war

    The Biden administration has expanded sanctions to prevent China extending its AI capabilities – now, China is going after Nvidia

  • December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

    Top IT predictions in APAC in 2025

    Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to focus on securing their AI workloads, invest in energy efficient infrastructure and rethink their platform strategy, among other tech trends in the new year