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  • January 04, 2024 04 Jan'24

    Record-breaking 2023 for UK home broadband

    Research from UK’s leading comms provider finds more broadband data used than ever before, as bumper traffic during Christmas and New Year contributes to the busiest days

  • January 03, 2024 03 Jan'24

    Openreach claims connectivity landmark with Fair Isle full fibre

    UK’s leading broadband provider furthers Scottish roll-out of gigabit connectivity with full fibre to the UK’s most geographically remote inhabited island, with funding from Scottish government’s R100 programme and UK government

  • December 29, 2023 29 Dec'23

    Top 10 investigations and national security stories of 2023

    From a secret campaign by right-wing Brexit supporters against science journal Nature to Investigatory Powers Act 2016 revisions that will make it easier for police and intelligence agencies to access databases on the population, here are Computer ...

  • December 29, 2023 29 Dec'23

    Top 10 India IT stories of 2023

    We recap the year’s top 10 stories in India, including the country’s datacentre boom and innovations in space and agriculture technologies

  • December 22, 2023 22 Dec'23

    Top 10 retail technology stories of 2023

    Computer Weekly looks at what 2023 had in store for the retail industry – a year of financial uncertainty and increasing cost of living has made consumers ever more demanding, so how are retailers using tech to cope?

  • December 22, 2023 22 Dec'23

    Top 10 financial services and fintech stories of 2023

    Generative AI is the buzzword on every financial services IT professional’s lips as the technology promises to accelerate the ongoing fintech revolution

  • December 21, 2023 21 Dec'23

    Immigration clampdown could worsen UK IT skills shortage

    The UK government’s recent clampdown on immigration could exacerbate the IT skills shortage in the country, especially in web design and development

  • December 21, 2023 21 Dec'23

    XR2 industry initiative targets European XR headset for Industry 5.0

    European tech suppliers reveal plan to take on global extended reality leaders and become the reference for mixed reality in region by targeting Industry 5.0 and addressing user needs

  • December 21, 2023 21 Dec'23

    Top 10 networking stories of 2023

    This year has seen the continued adoption of software-defined wide area networks and secure access service edge as firms phase out multi-protocol label switching infrastructures, with artificial intelligence also stepping into the networking ...

  • December 21, 2023 21 Dec'23

    Top 10 storage stories of 2023

    In this 2023 review, we consider if flash will thrash disk, what the Toyota outage shows about capacity planning, how to achieve green storage, the backup and compliance risks of AI, the lowdown on DPUs, and more

  • December 21, 2023 21 Dec'23

    Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023

    In 2023, we looked at the top storage suppliers, their market share and how they set themselves for a future of hybrid cloud, containerisation and consumption models of purchasing

  • December 20, 2023 20 Dec'23

    Orange Business boosts digital ambitions with Expertime acquisition

    Acquisition of consulting company by business services division of global telco becomes latest part of strategic ambition to accelerate growth in digital services and support growth in digital, public cloud, AI and data

  • December 20, 2023 20 Dec'23

    Top 10 Benelux stories of 2023

    The Benelux region is researching some of the latest digital technologies of the future with efforts to ensure the region keeps pace in quantum computing and artificial intelligence

  • December 20, 2023 20 Dec'23

    Inside Zoom’s generative AI strategy

    Zoom’s federated approach towards generative AI allows it to use a combination of models that are most suitable for the task on hand while lowering costs for itself and customers

  • December 19, 2023 19 Dec'23

    More than 17 million UK homes gain full-fibre broadband access

    Ofcom report into state of UK fixed and wireless communications shows surge in full-fibre uptake over the past 12 months and 5G mobile coverage continuing to grow rapidly

  • December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

    UK gigabit broadband furthers reach

    DSIT releases figures showing 2023 state-funded investment of more than £500m in gigabit connectivity, boosting broadband for over 330,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across the country

  • December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

    How threat intelligence is applied in DNS security

    Infoblox’s director of security architecture explains how the company leverages its threat intelligence capabilities to help organisations stay ahead of DNS security threats

  • December 15, 2023 15 Dec'23

    Alibaba debuts LLMs for Southeast Asia

    Alibaba’s SeaLLMs are built to address the linguistic diversity and nuances in Southeast Asia, enabling businesses to deploy localised chatbots and translation applications

  • December 12, 2023 12 Dec'23

    NTT reveals acceleration to the future for photonics comms innovation

    NTT releases annual report on the development of photonics-based wired and wireless communications infrastructure, claiming breakthrough in distributed datacentres and addressing communications for AI and LLM use cases

  • December 12, 2023 12 Dec'23

    Top IT predictions in APAC in 2024

    Generative AI will continue to leave its mark on many areas in business and IT, along with other trends such as sustainability, cyber security and smart factories that are expected to shape the region’s technology landscape in 2024

  • December 11, 2023 11 Dec'23

    Panasas set for Mach.2 throughput with multi-actuator HDDs

    Scale-out NAS maker claims to be the first enterprise array maker to use multi-actuator HDDs designed for hyperscaler architectures and which double throughput

  • December 08, 2023 08 Dec'23

    UK networks glow as Openreach hits halfway point in UK broadband upgrade plan

    Full-fibre forges ahead as Openreach progresses towards plan to extend gigabit to vast majority of UK promises over next three years, as it reveals its biggest ever hourly peak for network traffic was on 6 December

  • December 07, 2023 07 Dec'23

    UK names Russian FSB agents behind political hacking campaign

    Russian hacking group, Star Blizzard, was part of a Russian intelligence operation aimed at interfering with UK politics and the democratic process, says government.

  • December 04, 2023 04 Dec'23

    CIO interview: Sasha Jory, Hastings Direct

    For a company aiming to be the biggest digital insurer in the UK, that means going cloud-first, and focusing on innovation for both customers and employees

  • December 01, 2023 01 Dec'23

    Altnets spread wings across UK

    Alternative broadband providers from northern and southern countries, plus leading indie provider in metropolitan area, boost gigabit options  

  • November 30, 2023 30 Nov'23

    AWS debuts model evaluation tool in Bedrock

    The Model Evaluation tool in Bedrock will help organisations evaluate and test large language models that are best suited to their needs based on criteria like accuracy, toxicity and cost

  • November 30, 2023 30 Nov'23

    Government’s Online Fraud Charter welcomed

    The government has corralled 11 of the largest tech platforms in the world to commit to its Online Fraud Charter, designed to tackle online scams, fake adverts, and more

  • November 29, 2023 29 Nov'23

    Aerodyne taps AWS to power drone platform

    The Malaysia-based startup is running its Dronos platform on AWS to expand its footprint globally and support a variety of drone use cases, from agriculture seeding to cellular tower maintenance

  • November 28, 2023 28 Nov'23

    Meta faces GDPR complaint over processing personal data without 'free consent'

    Paid-for service means data protection is only available to those who can afford it, privacy group argues in data protection complaint

  • November 28, 2023 28 Nov'23

    AWS sharpens focus in APAC

    AWS is doubling down on industry offerings and investing in cloud infrastructure and skills training, among other efforts, to tap growth opportunities in the region

  • November 28, 2023 28 Nov'23

    Carlsberg serves up IoT to bring bars into digital world

    Brewer taps into global internet of things network to obtain real-time data on what’s selling at what time of day in which type of outlet and to obtain early warning of any technical problems

  • November 27, 2023 27 Nov'23

    Lack of government incentives stifling UK business broadband expansion

    Research from UK connectivity provider reveals that while 42% of UK businesses plan vital connectivity upgrades as part of growth strategy, one in every five are receiving insufficient internet speeds

  • November 23, 2023 23 Nov'23

    Expereo on tap for Carlsberg to deliver connectivity in 40 countries

    SD-WAN/SASE and internet provider brings brewing giant ‘unrivalled’ connectivity in global network

  • November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

    AWS to offer free AI training courses to two million people by 2025

    Public cloud giant AWS has set its sights on bolstering the AI skill sets of two million people globally

  • November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

    Boomi doubles down on AI and automation

    Boomi executives talk up the company’s artificial intelligence and automation capabilities and its growing traction in ANZ during a recent event in Sydney

  • November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

    BT and Telstra Broadcast Services team to enhance global network connectivity

    Five-year agreement delivers broadcast services firm an expanded media and broadcast network footprint across Asia-Pacific and key regions worldwide, with enhanced access to global markets

  • November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

    IT not ready for AI, Pure Storage survey finds

    Storage, compute and networking hardware won’t cope without upgrades, and that often means total IT infrastructure overhaul

  • November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

    Viasat, Skylo Technologies claim first global direct-to-device network

    Satellite communications provider and non-terrestrial network service provider announce what they say is world’s first global direct-to-device network

  • November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

    Workato CEO calls for new automation mindset

    Workato CEO Vijay Tella urges organisations to go beyond the ‘mechanistic glue’ of automating manual processes and embrace a new automation mindset that focuses on transforming their business

  • November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

    Cancer Research UK uses AWS for payments and trial search function

    Charity Cancer Research UK has been using AWS to make its donations platform more scalable, as well as making it easier for patients to find clinical trials