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• October 15, 2025 15 Oct'25

  Why the future of work is agentic

  Organisations are starting to look at where artificial intelligence fits into business workflows

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  Infosys multiplies UK public sector revenue by 160 with £1.2bn NHS deal

  Gone are the days of Indian IT suppliers being shunned in UK government contracts through job and security fears

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  Shameless Fujitsu boss confident firm will be back in ‘good books’ in 18 months

  Pressure is mounting on Fujitsu as its internal culture and lack of genuine regret over its part in the Post Office scandal are revealed by Computer Weekly

• October 13, 2025 13 Oct'25

  UK police to upgrade illicit asset recovery system

  A new system is being developed by the Police Digital Service and NEC Software Solutions to help manage the recovery of criminal assets, replacing 20-year-old legacy infrastructure

• October 08, 2025 08 Oct'25

  Fujitsu boss said Post Office inquiry report wasn’t ‘that bad’, despite link to suicides

  Computer Weekly reveals callous comments made by a senior Fujitsu executive about Post Office scandal inquiry report

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  Alert over Medusa ransomware attacks targeting Fortra MFT

  Microsoft warns it is seeing potential mass exploitation of a Fortra GoAnywhere vulnerability by a threat actor linked to the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service operation.

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  The Security Interviews: David Bradbury, CSO, Okta

  Okta’s chief security officer talks security by default and explains why he thinks time is running out for the shared responsibility model

• October 06, 2025 06 Oct'25

  Oracle patches E-Business suite targeted by Cl0p ransomware

  Oracle pushes a patch for a dangerous zero-day under active exploitation by one of the most notorious ransomware gangs around

• October 06, 2025 06 Oct'25

  SAP: AI is commoditising business applications

  Business applications are at risk of being commoditised with artificial intelligence increasingly becoming the new interface that lets businesses execute tasks across different systems, according to a senior SAP leader

• October 06, 2025 06 Oct'25

  UK government to consult on police live facial recognition use

  The UK’s policing minister has confirmed the government will consult on the use of live facial recognition by law enforcement before expanding its use throughout England, but so far, the technology has been deployed with minimal public debate or ...

• October 03, 2025 03 Oct'25

  Interview: Sacha Vaughan, chief supply chain officer, Joseph Joseph

  As the houseware maker’s supply chain is being transformed for the digital age, its leader explains why technology knowledge is critical to her job

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Interview: Wayne Barlow, head of terminal products, Bloomberg

  Techie turned business leader Wayne Barlow heads up the development of Bloomberg’s customer-touching terminal software

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  MPs press outsourcer TCS over Jaguar cyber attack

  The government’s cross-bench Business and Trade Committee has written to Tata Consultancy Services seeking answers over possible links to cyber attacks on Jaguar Land Rover, Marks and Spencer, and Co-op

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UK

  In the face of mounting data sovereignty concerns across Europe, UK cloud provider Civo lays out high-level plan for how the government can retain control and access of its data should the geopolitical situation sour

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Harrods hackers start contacting customers

  Retailer Harrods has revealed that a number of customers whose data was stolen in a cyber attack have been contacted by the perpetrators

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  UK and US urge Cisco users to ditch end-of-life security appliances

  An ongoing campaign of cyber attacks is targeting users of end-of-life Cisco security appliance kit

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Harrods hit by second cyber attack in six months

  Data on approximately 430,000 Harrods shoppers was stolen in a third-party breach, but the cyber attack is not related to an earlier Scattered Spider incident, says the retailer

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Global payments network Swift builds blockchain capability

  Not-for-profit global payments network to initially use blockchain-based shared ledger for cross-border payments, with further use cases to follow

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight

  Microsoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its UK law enforcement customers

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  ‘Our worst day’: The untold story of the Electoral Commission cyber attack

  As head of digital at The Electoral Commission, Andrew Simpson’s mettle was tested when threat actors gained access to the regulator’s email systems and accessed sensitive voter data. Three years on, he tells his story to Computer Weekly

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  EU to shut door on Big Tech in financial data sharing

  US tech giants to be excluded from EU’s Financial Data Access initiative, which enables the sharing of certain customer financial data

• September 22, 2025 22 Sep'25

  Cyber attack that downed airport systems confirmed as ransomware

  Authorities in Europe say the cyber attack that caused disruption to passenger-facing services at multiple airports, including Heathrow, was the result of ransomware, as investigations continue

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  Government meets with car parts suppliers amid JLR cyber crisis

  Government officials have met with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to discuss the challenges they are facing amid disrupted production at Jaguar Land Rover

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  UK cyber action plan lays out path to resilience

  A report produced for the government by academics at Imperial College London and the University of Bristol sets out nine recommendations to strengthen the UK’s cyber sector

• September 18, 2025 18 Sep'25

  Should you run VMware 7 unsupported?

  In just a few weeks, VMware version 7 reaches end of life, which means Broadcom will no longer issue patches

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  Heightened global risk pushes interest in data sovereignty

  Survey finds all those questioned have looked at data location, with most recognising the need to plan for data sovereignty or risk severe damage to reputation and customer trust

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  Lufthansa pilots EU Digital Identity Wallet-based travel

  Travellers will only be required to tap their phone to pass the various steps of checking in and boarding aircraft

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  eEVOS brings GUI-accessible VMware alternative for SMEs

  eEVOS from EuroNAS plays in the same space as ProxMox, but isn’t free. It does, however, offer a graphical UI so customers don’t need to flex the Linux CLI skills to use it

• September 15, 2025 15 Sep'25

  ‘Utter madness’ as Post Office paid law firm double the cost of scandal public inquiry

  The Post Office legal representation at public inquiry into Horizon scandal cost twice as much as the actual inquiry

• September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

  Fujitsu braced for double-digit decline triggered by ‘foolish display of legal machismo’

  Internally, Fujitsu UK is braced for major revenue decline as Post Office scandal takes its toll

• September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

  Rimini Street CEO sounds death knell on ERP software

  Believing monolithic ERP applications will become obsolete in a decade, Seth Ravin is positioning Rimini Street to help enterprises transition to agentic ERP processes

• 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

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  AI boom to push Australian IT spending past A$172bn

  Australian IT spending is set to grow by 8.9% in 2026, driven by growing investments in artificial intelligence, datacentre systems and cloud, according to Gartner

• September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

  US politicians ponder Wimwig cyber intel sharing law

  US cyber data sharing legislation is set to replace an Obama-era law, but time is running out to get it over the line, with global ramifications for the security industry, and intelligence and law enforcement communities

• 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

• September 04, 2025 04 Sep'25

  Depression, anxiety, PTSD and suicidal thoughts: Post Office victims speak out

  Report finds that former subpostmasters suffered and are continuing to suffer severe mental and physical problems due to their treatment by the Post Office

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  Scottish Widows completes migration of millions of accounts to TCS platform

  Pension provider reaches milestone in its digital transformation with Indian IT services giant

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  Fujitsu’s roots in government go too deep

  MPs and peers call on prime minister to review Japanese supplier’s ‘eligibility’ to bid for government contracts

• 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

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  ICO publishes summary of police facial recognition audit

  The UK data regulator has released a summary of its facial recognition audit of two police forces

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  AI supports care of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon hospital

  Artificial intelligence pilot in Lebanon hospital aimed at freeing up time for medics to treat more Palestinian refugees

• 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

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe

  Fujitsu supplies police with the network that supports national investigations, while its former staff are part of a national investigation

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful

  The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully

• 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

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe

  Freedom of information request reveals sub-contract between Fujitsu and the police force leading nationwide investigation of the IT firm’s part in the Post Office scandal

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  India banks on mature-node chips to build semiconductor niche

  India is doubling down on mature-node chips that power cars, healthcare and electronics, using incentives and global supply shifts to make its mark

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  Workday hit in wave of social engineering attacks

  A campaign of voice-based social engineering attacks targeting users of Salesforce’s services appears to have struck HR platform Workday

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  L’Oréal to promote cyber resilience for Britain’s beauty salons

  L’Oréal UK and Ireland will work with law enforcement, cyber educators and students, and other large organisations to help thousands of small salons across the UK improve their cyber resilience practice

• August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

  UK cyber leaders feel impact of Trump cutbacks

  The ripple effects of US cyber security cutbacks have reached this side of the Atlantic, according to a report