Cloud storage
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					22 Oct 2025
					
									
										  Podcast: SSD for high performance, but HDD suits ‘warm’ workloadsWe talk to Axel Stoermann of drive maker Kioxia about the efficiencies and performance that flash storage can bring, but why hard disk drives are still a key choice in some use cases Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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					22 Oct 2025
					
									
										  Container storage: Five key things you need to knowWe look at container storage and backup, diving deep into how storage works in containers, container storage interface, container-native storage, and the management platforms storage suppliers offer Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                20 Oct 2025
                  Microsoft admonished for role in facilitating Gaza genocideFollowing credible allegations that Microsoft Azure was being used to facilitate mass surveillance and lethal force against Palestinians, which prompted the company to suspend services to the Israeli military unit responsible, human rights organisations are calling for further action Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                16 Oct 2025
                  AI market is ‘frothy not bubbly’, says Cloudian CEOTo meet the growth in demand for on-premise AI inferencing, Cloudian has developed an AI platform to help enterprises apply large language models to their private data and address security and sovereignty concerns Continue Reading 
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                News
                13 Oct 2025
                  UK police to upgrade illicit asset recovery systemA 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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                06 Oct 2025
                  Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storageItalian service provider gets Cubbit DS3 distributed S3 storage to provide up to 2PB of cloud services to customers demanding data sovereignty, while cutting costs by up to 50% Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                05 Oct 2025
                  Nakivo expands Proxmox backup and DR capabilities in v11.1Latest version of Backup & Replication adds MSP features, plus Proxmox VM backup functionality, while Nakivo responds to critical vulnerability it was tipped off about in February Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                01 Oct 2025
                  How AI is driving a rethink of storage architecturePure Storage’s head of AI infrastructure, Par Botes, argues that the growing use of artificial intelligence will require storage systems with audit trails and versioning to ensure trust and traceability Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                30 Sep 2025
                  Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UKIn 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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                30 Sep 2025
                  Infinidat doubles InfiniBox Hybrid array capacityEnterprise array maker boosts capacity by two times to 33PB, promises high-density QLC flash drives in the fourth quarter, and adds native object storage that can be set up as customers configure volumes Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                30 Sep 2025
                  Cloudian launches object storage AI platform at corporate LLMObject storage specialist teams up with Nvidia to provide RAG-based chatbot capability for organisations that want to mine in-house information in an air-gapped large language model Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                26 Sep 2025
                  Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sightMicrosoft’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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                23 Sep 2025
                  Podcast: How to get value from unstructured dataIn this podcast, we talk to Nasuni founder and CTO Andres Rodriguez about the obstacles to getting the most value from enterprise unstructured data, especially via metadata Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                19 Sep 2025
                  Can LLMs understand scientists?Research suggests large language model outputs are still too opaque, biased and inconsistent for recommending scientific experts Continue Reading By
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                Feature
                18 Sep 2025
                  The challenges posed by AI tools in educationArtificial intelligence tools to enhance productivity are being developed for use in multiple sectors, but are they sufficiently reliable for use in education or do they create other problems? Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                18 Sep 2025
                  Cloud file storage: Key benefits and use casesWe look at file storage in the cloud, its key benefits and how it can complement on-prem storage, in particular to burst to the cloud in times of increased application demand Continue Reading 
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                Podcast
                17 Sep 2025
                  Podcast: Data sovereignty and what you need to do about itPatrick Smith, EMEA CTO of Pure Storage, talks about data sovereignty, what’s driving heightened interest in it, and how customers, the tech industry and states are preparing for it Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                17 Sep 2025
                  Heightened global risk pushes interest in data sovereigntySurvey 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 Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                15 Sep 2025
                  Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportationsAmnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass deportations Continue Reading By- Tiago Ventura, Computer Weekly
 
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                Feature
                12 Sep 2025
                  Cloud block storage: Key benefits and use casesWe look at block storage in the cloud, why you might want to use it, its key benefits, how it fits with on-premise storage, and the main block storage offers from the cloud providers Continue Reading 
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                Podcast
                02 Sep 2025
                  Agentic AI: Storage and ‘the biggest tech refresh in IT history’We talk to Jeff Denworth of Vast Data about a future where employees are outnumbered by artificial intelligence agents and even smaller enterprises may need supercomputing levels of resources Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                02 Sep 2025
                  AWS goes live in New ZealandThe AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region, comprising three availability zones and powered by renewable energy, will enable organisations to store sensitive data in the country Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Feature
                28 Aug 2025
                  AI and backup: How backup products leverage AIWe look at how AI helps with backup, from AI analysis of backup jobs and their integrity through natural language support functionality to ransomware and anomaly detection Continue Reading 
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                News
                28 Aug 2025
                  Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police ScotlandTech 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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                28 Aug 2025
                  VMware rides on private cloud renaissance in APACAs enterprise rebalance workload placements and reinvest in private cloud infrastructure, Broadcom is positioning its VMware Cloud Foundation as the new standard for hybrid operations Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Feature
                27 Aug 2025
                  VMware virtualisation alternatives and the storage they needWe look at the main choices available to those that want to migrate away from VMware and the core requirements for storage to support virtualisation environments Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                26 Aug 2025
                  Storage suppliers’ market share and strategyWe look at the top eight enterprise storage suppliers’ market share, product offer and how they’ve responded to AI, hybrid cloud, as-a-service purchasing and containerisation Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                15 Aug 2025
                  Lenovo partners its way up the storage maker rankingsStorage profile: We look at Lenovo, a key storage player that has played the partnership game to rise in the array maker rankings and corner the SME and entry-level market Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                29 Jul 2025
                  M&A data storage integration challenges and how to tackle themThe need for efficiencies after mergers and acquisitions affects all IT operations. But data storage also raises issues around security, privacy and the reuse of data Continue Reading 
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                News
                28 Jul 2025
                  Kioxia launches 245TB LC9, the biggest flash drive on the marketJapanese 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 Continue Reading By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                23 Jul 2025
                  Disaster recovery: As-a-service vs on-premise?It’s easy to backup to the cloud, and we run lots of applications there now, too. So, running DR as-a-service in the cloud makes perfect sense for many. We look at the pros and cons Continue Reading 
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                News
                22 Jul 2025
                  AWS adds vector functionality to S3 object storageS3 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 Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                E-Zine
                22 Jul 2025
                  UKtech50 2025: The most influential people in UK ITIn this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we share the results of this year’s UKTech50 list of the IT leaders who are shaping the UK’s digital economy. We also feature a profile of this year’s winner, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who is the first person ever to top the list twice. Elsewhere in the issue, we also take a look at what steps IT leaders can take to lockdown their Amazon Web Services stacks, and discover the role that data management platforms play in the delivery of a great customer experience. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                16 Jul 2025
                  Pure Storage profits from all-flash, as-a-service and cloud focusStorage profile: Pure Storage evolves its all-flash offer across multiple workloads while embracing cloud models in data management, as-a-service and containerisation Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Tip
                10 Jul 2025
                  Get to know storage-as-a-service providers and their offeringsIf you're looking for cloud storage or an on-premises platform with similar billing methods, you might find what you need in this list of 14 storage-as-a-service providers. Continue Reading By
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                News
                07 Jul 2025
                  Tech firms complicit in ‘economy of genocide’, says UN rapporteurA UN special rapporteur has called for technology firms operating in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to immediately halt their activities, in wider report about the role corporate entities have played in the Israeli state’s ongoing ‘crimes of apartheid and genocide’ Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                02 Jul 2025
                  Enterprise AI adoption moving beyond experimentationMoe Abdula, vice-president of customer engineering at Google Cloud, discusses the shift from AI experimentation to production, and the role of infrastructure and agentic platforms Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Feature
                01 Jul 2025
                  NetApp: Not just NAS filers, and a comprehensive cloud strategyNetApp market share has slipped, but it has built out storage across file, block and object, plus capex purchasing, Kubernetes storage management and hybrid cloud Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                23 Jun 2025
                  Interview: Rolf Krolke, regional technology director, The Access GroupWe 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 Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                20 Jun 2025
                  Restaurant fills DR gap with all-flash Pure and dodges higher cloud costSeafood 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 Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                20 Jun 2025
                  Pure CEO Charlie Giancarlo on data management, all-flash and tariffsWe spoke to the Pure CEO about Enterprise Data Cloud and how it can offer insight and management across all its storage, plus a catch-up on the death of the HDD and tariff uncertainty Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                E-Zine
                17 Jun 2025
                  Would AI lie to you?In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear how data analytics and intelligence company Bloomberg keeps a lid on fib-telling AI, and learn how experts are predicting the future of the technology is set to become a lot more immersive. CCS Insight shares its take on the thorny issue of competition in the cloud, before we look at alternative storage management hardware strategies for legacy VMware vSAN users. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                Tip
                16 Jun 2025
                  Fine-tune your storage-as-a-service approachMethod of delivery, service levels, data protection and upgrade schedules can be differentiators for how well storage as a service works for your organization. Continue Reading 
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                News
                11 Jun 2025
                  AWS touts AI building blocks as key to customer innovationAt the recent AWS Summit in Singapore, company executives and customers showcased how cloud and artificial intelligence are enabling organisations to scale, transform and tackle business challenges Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Podcast
                11 Jun 2025
                  Podcast: Data management and storage strategy in the AI eraWe talk to Pure Storage EMEA field chief technology officer Patrick Smith about the challenges of data management in an era of AI and data proliferation, and how storage functionality can help Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                10 Jun 2025
                  Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the public sectorIn the first of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil in public sector IT procurement, the particular challenges faced by public sector procurement, and how the cloud and pay-as-you-go can help Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                10 Jun 2025
                  IBM reorients storage to cloud, containers and as-a-serviceStorage profile: We look at Big Blue’s storage offer, which spans file, block and object, on-premise, in the cloud, and mainframes, while also embracing containers and the cloud Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                04 Jun 2025
                  European Commission should rescind UK data adequacyCivil society organisations have urged the European Commissioner to not renew the UK’s data adequacy, given the country’s growing divergence from European data protection standards Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                19 May 2025
                  Keepit to expand SaaS backup footprint and intelligent automationDanish cloud backup provider will add Atlassian and Okta support and has plans for intelligent automated restores to customer RPOs and RTOs as well a threat library Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                19 May 2025
                  Gartner: Most firms not tapping cloud’s full potentialOrganisations have not fully leveraged the full potential of cloud and must navigate emerging trends such as artificial intelligence, multicloud complexity and security perceptions to stay competitive Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                14 May 2025
                  Roundtable: Why did customers sail away from VMware?At Nutanix’s recent .Next event in the US, customers talked about why they migrated away from VMware and the pain points that accelerated their decision to switch hypervisor Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                14 May 2025
                  Australian public cloud spending to hit A$26.6bn in 2025Gartner forecasts strong growth in cloud infrastructure and platform services even as Australian organisations grapple with scaling AI initiatives and managing rising cloud expenditure Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                13 May 2025
                  NHS trust cloud plans hampered by Trump tariff uncertaintyEssex 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 Continue Reading 
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                News
                12 May 2025
                  University will ‘pull the plug’ to test Nutanix disaster recoveryUniversity of Reading set to save circa £500,000 and deploy Nutanix NC2 hybrid cloud that will allow failover from main datacentre Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                08 May 2025
                  Nutanix opens up to all external storageCEO Rajiv Ramaswami says Nutanix will open its platform to all external storage, allowing it to profit from customers wanting to move away from VMware, as well as the hyper-converged curious Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                07 May 2025
                  Nutanix breaks the bounds of HCI again with Pure Storage linkupHyper-converged infrastructure pioneer adds external Pure Storage arrays in a move that it touts as a way for customers to get off VMware, but which also helps them scale for AI Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                07 May 2025
                  Nutanix escapes the datacentre with Cloud Native AOSHyper-converged infrastructure provider offers its operating system independently of a hypervisor to allow containerised apps to run at the edge or on Kubernetes runtimes in the Amazon cloud Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                07 May 2025
                  Cloud storage for AI: Options, pros and consWe look at cloud vs on-premise for AI workloads, why cloud is sometimes best, and the technologies speeding AI in the cloud such as parallelism and GPUDirect Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                06 May 2025
                  Driven by data: The RAF’s revamped maritime patrol capabilitiesComputer Weekly visited RAF Lossiemouth to see how its fleet of Boeing P-8A surveillance aircraft, supported by NetApp storage, keep watch over the North Atlantic gap Continue Reading 
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                E-Zine
                06 May 2025
                  Accused by algorithmIn this week’s Computer Weekly, we shine a light on the Ministry of Justice’s controversial use of crime prediction algorithms. The CIO of Boehringer Ingelheim sets out how his organisation has built a data platform that is paving the way for the pharmaceutical giant to embrace AI and quantum computing. And, with the fallout from the VMware-Broadcom merger showing no signs of letting up, we weigh up what the migration options are for VMware vSAN users. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                29 Apr 2025
                  VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud featuresVeeam 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 Continue Reading By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
 
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                Definition
                23 Apr 2025
                  What is Amazon? Definition and company history of Amazon.comAmazon (Amazon.com) is the world's largest online retailer and one of the largest providers of cloud services. Continue Reading By- Rahul Awati
- Kinza Yasar, Technical Writer
 
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                Feature
                23 Apr 2025
                  Hitachi Vantara: VSP One leads revamped storage portfolioStorage supplier profile: Block, file and object as part of full-stack IT offer for hybrid cloud and containerised applications comes via VSP One arrays and EverFlex as-a-service options Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Podcast
                23 Apr 2025
                  Podcast: Quantum lacks profitability but it will come, says CEOComputer Weekly talks to Quantum CEO Jamie Lerner about the company’s expertise in massive volumes of data and a roadmap that includes Myriad, a new file system for forever flash in the AI era Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                16 Apr 2025
                  Huawei rises in the storage ranks despite sanctions and tariffsSupplier profile: Huawei has leapfrogged HPE in revenue and market share and broadened its storage offer towards AI, the cloud and as-a-service despite sanctions and tariffs Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                15 Apr 2025
                  Alibaba Cloud bolsters AI offeringsThe Chinese hyperscaler has launched new models, tools and infrastructure upgrades for international customers following plans to advance its cloud computing and AI infrastructure Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                14 Apr 2025
                  VMware backup: Key decision points if you migrate away from VMwareVMware’s pricing changes have spurred some organisations to move to new virtualisation environments, but they’ll need backing up. We look at the key points to consider Continue Reading 
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                News
                11 Apr 2025
                  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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                Tip
                31 Mar 2025
                  10 multi-cloud backup considerations for adminsUsing a multi-cloud data backup strategy can be good for data protection, but make sure that the providers are a good fit for your business first. Continue Reading By
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                News
                31 Mar 2025
                  Reassessing UK law enforcement data adequacyComputer 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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                31 Mar 2025
                  UK law enforcement data adequacy at riskThe 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 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                Definition
                31 Mar 2025
                  What is cloud NAS (cloud network-attached storage)?Cloud NAS (network-attached storage) is remote storage that is accessed over the internet as if it is local. Continue Reading By
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                News
                26 Mar 2025
                  Oracle bets big on AI, drives Australian business transformationAt the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Sydney, Oracle executives talked up the company’s strategy to integrate AI across its entire technology stack, empowering Australian businesses to move beyond experimentation and into practical AI-driven solutions Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                19 Mar 2025
                  HPE storage battles hard and smart in challenging marketStorage profile: We look at HPE, which has slipped in the storage supplier rankings, but brings a full range of AI-era storage over a mature cloud and consumption model offer Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                18 Mar 2025
                  AI pushes data storage need but UK firms struggle to manage itThe rise of AI means potentially almost any corporate data could be useful, but has led to ballooning data volumes and organisations spending more on storage and energy Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                E-Zine
                18 Mar 2025
                  UK under-prepared for catastrophic cyber attackIn this week’s Computer Weekly, MPs have been told the UK is under-prepared to cope with a catastrophic cyber attack – we find out where the problems lie. Our new buyer’s guide assesses the challenges of datacentre capacity planning. And one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, Sir Martin Sorrell, gives his view on the risks and opportunities of AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                05 Mar 2025
                  Dell still tops the pile as it deepens enterprise storage offerThe US giant is top dog in revenue and market share as its storage array range – still largely EMC-derived – deepens its cloud, containers and as-a-service options Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                E-Zine
                25 Feb 2025
                  Rethinking the route to net zeroIn this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at the need to apply innovative and long-term thinking to reducing carbon emissions in IT. We find out how retailer Dunelm is benefiting from a programme to attract, retain and support women in tech. And Volvo Cars explains why the future for its vehicles is software-defined. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                24 Feb 2025
                  Alibaba bets $53bn on cloud and AIChinese tech giant Alibaba unveils massive three-year investment in a move to capitalise on the AI opportunity and position its cloud infrastructure as the backbone for future growth Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                12 Feb 2025
                  Amazon opens Asia-Pacific hub in SingaporeAmazon has launched a 360,000 sq ft Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, housing both Amazon and AWS employees Continue Reading By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                News
                11 Feb 2025
                  New componentry extends NetApp ASA and E-series block storageOne-time king of the filers adds anti-ransomware to its more recent block storage families, while also adding in an extra FAS array, all on the back of upgraded components Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                E-Zine
                11 Feb 2025
                  A two-horse race? Competition concerns cloud AWS and MicrosoftIn this week’s Computer Weekly, Microsoft and AWS don’t like it, but the UK competition watchdog says their hold on the cloud market is cause for concern. We talk to AutoTrader’s CEO about how to become a digital business. And we go behind the scenes at Zoom to see how AI will revolutionise the former lockdown success story. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                News
                10 Feb 2025
                  Google drops pledge not to develop AI weaponsGoogle has dropped an ethical pledge to not develop artificial intelligence systems that can be used in weapon or surveillance systems Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                Podcast
                04 Feb 2025
                  Podcast: AI to boost drive innovation in 2025We talk to Jason Feist of Seagate about artificial intelligence and how it is driving drive innovation, the growth of data and how sustainability and energy efficiency is vital to meeting capacity needs Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                28 Jan 2025
                  Has Pure got the first of its ‘HDD is doomed’ ducks in a row?Pure Storage predicted the end of spinning disk by 2028. Will its agreements with flash makers Micron and Kioxia, and an unnamed hyperscaler, be the first nails in the coffin for HDD? Continue Reading By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                28 Jan 2025
                  Datafy promises to slash massive EBS overprovisioning costsAWS Elastic Block Storage is often over-provisioned. Datafy virtualises EBS volumes to allow customers to scale capacity up and down, and says it will not charge customers if it doesn’t cut their costs Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Feature
                27 Jan 2025
                  VMware backup: Key decision points if you migrate away from VMwareVMware’s pricing changes have spurred some organisations to move to new virtualisation environments, but they’ll need backing up. We look at the key points to consider Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                15 Jan 2025
                  Backup technology explained: The fundamentals of enterprise backupWe look at backup and its role in enterprise data protection, including what to backup and how often, RPO and RTO, full and incremental, and if backups can be replaced by snapshots Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                Opinion
                14 Jan 2025
                  Labour's AI Action Plan - a gift to the far rightCritical computing expert Dan McQuillan argues that, on top of the clear social and environmental harms associated with the technology, Labour's vapid fixation on AI-led growth in lieu of real change will further enable the far right. Instead, he proposes an alternative strategy of 'decomputing'. Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                13 Jan 2025
                  Third-party storage: Key storage supplier offers in big three cloudsWe look at storage supplier offerings available in the big three public clouds, their pros and cons, and key use cases Continue Reading 
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                News
                10 Jan 2025
                  UK Defence Committee urges MoD to embrace AIDefence Committee outlines changes it thinks the Ministry of Defence should make to realise the battlefield advantages of artificial intelligence Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                24 Dec 2024
                  Top 10 police technology stories of 2024Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2024 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                18 Dec 2024
                  Axon still in possession of Police Scotland encryption keysSupplier’s possession of encryption keys for Police Scotland data sharing system opens potential for access and transfer of sensitive data without the knowledge or consent of the force Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                News
                18 Dec 2024
                  Top 10 Kubernetes and storage stories of 2024In 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 Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                17 Dec 2024
                  Digital Ethics Summit 2024: recognising AI’s socio-technical natureAt 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 the direction of travel set for 2025 Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                E-Zine
                17 Dec 2024
                  Technology on the beatIn this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the future of technology in policing as the Home Office announces plans for a new IT organisation. We look at the security risks from employees using publicly available generative AI tools in the workplace. And we hear how Hyatt Hotels is creating a data culture across the organisation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                Definition
                13 Dec 2024
                  What is pay-as-you-go cloud computing (PAYG cloud computing)?Pay-as-you-go cloud computing, or PAYG cloud computing, is a payment method for cloud computing that charges based on usage. The practice is similar to that of utility bills, using only resources that are needed. Continue Reading By- Kinza Yasar, Technical Writer
- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
- Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor
 
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                Feature
                12 Dec 2024
                  Google Cloud Platform: Key storage options in the Google CloudWe survey the key cloud storage offers available from GCP, which include Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk and Filestore, with a range of service levels and app-specific options Continue Reading 
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                News
                11 Dec 2024
                  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 Continue Reading By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
 
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                News
                10 Dec 2024
                  UK police continue to hold millions of custody images unlawfullyAnnual report from the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner of England and Wales highlights the ongoing and unlawful retention millions of custody images of innocent people never charged with a crime by police Continue Reading By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                E-Zine
                10 Dec 2024
                  On the road to change at Aston MartinIn this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO at luxury car maker Aston Martin to find out how technology is helping tackle the huge challenges facing the automotive sector. The new National Cyber Security boss explains why organisations need to be extra vigilant against the growing online threats. And we examine the future of secure remote connectivity in the cloud era. Read the issue now. Continue Reading 
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                Feature
                03 Dec 2024
                  AIOps and storage management: What it is and who provides itWe look at AI-powered tools to manage storage and data protection that can help to detect infrastructure issues and help to optimise performance and even cloud costs Continue Reading 

 
		