AI and storage
AI places heavy demands on all IT infrastructure. Storage is a key part of that infrastructure and must be specified to handle a variety of I/O access requirements, from lots of small files and known and regular use cases to as-yet unknown AI needs and large repositories of unstructured data.
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News
06 Jan 2026
Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin architecture to power AI agents
The AI chip giant has taken the wraps off its latest compute platform designed for test-time scaling and reasoning models, alongside a slew of open source models for robotics and autonomous driving Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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E-Zine
20 Nov 2025
CW APAC – Trend Watch: Hybrid cloud infrastructure
Firms are optimising their work with systems tailored to their needs. In this handbook, focused on hybrid cloud infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how Google is bringing its AI to Singapore, what’s influencing cloud repatriation, and Macquarie Data Centres’ GenAI tech stack Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2026
UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems
The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
17 Mar 2026
NetApp targets E-Series at AI and neoclouds with EF50 and EF80
High-performance non-ONTAP workhorse targets AI use cases and aims to ensure GPUs get fed optimally, with claimed 2.5x boost in performance over previous models Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
17 Mar 2026
Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts
Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
16 Mar 2026
Everpure’s Evergreen One for AI brings Exa flash and GPU-based service-level agreements
Nvidia GTC is the occasion for beta launch of its Datastream appliance that marries software to ingest and manage AI data pipelines with Everpure storage and GPU resources Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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Tip
12 Mar 2026
Key issues to address in storage infrastructure management
Emerging technology, such as AI and software-based storage management systems, have simplified how IT manages its infrastructure. Explore the many components of modern management. Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech
London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
10 Mar 2026
Public and private sector key to Digital Realty in West Africa
As Digital Realty opens its first datacentre in Ghana, executives explain how the country – and wider continent – sits in its global strategy, and how local partnerships are vital Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Mar 2026
Electronic health records are still creating issues for patients
Almost every NHS trust will have moved onto a digital system by this spring. Experts have cautioned many patients are still struggling to access their own health data Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2026
Transnational AI regulation needed to protect human rights in the UK
Tech companies have told MPs and Lords they would welcome greater harmonisation in regulatory standards at a global level Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2026
National Grid, Nebius and Emerald hail datacentre power throttling
In a UK-first trial, Emerald AI acts as intelligence in datacentre energy management to throttle demand at peak loads, including being able to respond rapidly to energy system stress Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
02 Mar 2026
Micron opens $2.75bn chip assembly plant in India
Test and assembly site in Gujarat marks India’s first commercial semiconductor production following multibillion-dollar investments in US and Singapore to meet growing demand for storage and memory chips Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
02 Mar 2026
APAC firms still in AI test mode as data readiness issues persist
NetApp’s regional chief discusses the gap between AI intent and production, the rise of neoclouds, and why the storage firm is counting on getting data AI-ready to win market share Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
26 Feb 2026
India AI Impact Summit: Open source gains ground, but sovereignty tensions persist
While open source artificial intelligence gained unprecedented recognition during the latest global AI summit, divisions over governance, market concentration and regulatory power cast doubt on whether the technology will benefit society as a whole Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2026
UK to see weekend protests against ‘dirty datacentres’
Environmental charity Global Action Plan UK is coordinating a campaign effort to bring attention to wider concerns about datacentre electricity demand, water use and environmental impacts Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
26 Feb 2026
Khazna’s NexOps shift signals new operating model for AI-scale infrastructure
Managing director Bart Holsters explains why hybrid insourcing, competence assurance and sovereign readiness are becoming essential as artificial intelligence pushes datacentres to their limits Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
26 Feb 2026
US artificial intelligence developers accuse Chinese firms of stealing their data
Artificial intelligence developers are accusing Chinese firms of stealing their intellectual property following a spate of ‘distillation attacks’, despite their own alleged theft of training data Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
24 Feb 2026
Where MENA CIOs draw the line on AI sovereignty
From patient data that cannot be outsourced to banking risk systems that must stay in-country, CIOs are keeping regulated cores sovereign while using global clouds for speed and scale Continue Reading
By- Mastufa Ahmed
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News
24 Feb 2026
UAE CIOs feel AI heat as 85% fear role risk within two years
Technology leaders say careers, credibility and corporate resilience now hinge on delivering measurable artificial intelligence outcomes Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
17 Feb 2026
British Transport Police start using live facial recognition
British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2026
Large language models provide unreliable answers about public services, Open Data Institute finds
Research questions AI’s trustworthiness in giving people accurate information about government services Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2026
e& drives AI-first workforce transformation with Oracle Cloud
UAE technology group deploys Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM on OCI Dedicated Region to embed artificial intelligence across human resources while meeting national data sovereignty requirements Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
11 Feb 2026
London Assembly member: Police should halt facial-recognition technology use
In lieu of a full-blown ban on the technology, Green London Assembly member Zoë Garbett has called for a number of new safeguards to be implemented that she feels would protect Londoners from ‘escalating’ biometric surveillance Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
11 Feb 2026
Lack of resources greatest hurdle for regulating AI, MPs told
Regulators warned that statutory powers alone cannot address the ethical harms of artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2026
AI enters its ‘grassroots backlash’ era
As artificial intelligence permeates aspects of the economy and society, individuals and civic groups are devising creative ways to rebel - but any impact on AI’s development, adoption and regulation is unclear Continue Reading
By- Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly
- Alexander Martin
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News
10 Feb 2026
Second ever international AI safety report published
More than 100 artificial intelligence experts have produced the second international AI safety report ahead of a summit in India, outlining a high degree of uncertainty about the development and risks of AI Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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E-Zine
10 Feb 2026
Zooming in on police technology plans
This week’s edition of the Computer Weekly ezine takes a closer look at the technology changes the Home Office is seeking to introduce to the UK policing sector as part of its wide-ranging reform programme. We also hear from the global CIO of PC hardware manufacturer Lenovo about the work he is doing to grow the company’s services business. Rounding out the issue, we have two features digging deep-er into the security side of artificial intelligence, with one looking at how suppliers are adding the technology to their security portfolios and the other guiding buyers on what to look for when selecting AI security products. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2026
UAE’s TII challenges big tech dominance with open source Falcon AI models
Through its Falcon models and an open, efficiency-driven research strategy, the Technology Innovation Institute is positioning the UAE as a producer of foundational AI, not merely a consumer of global platforms Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
05 Feb 2026
Why sovereign and agentic AI will define next phase of Middle East’s digital transformation
Organisations shift from artificial intelligence pilots to operational deployment as governments prioritise digital sovereignty and infrastructure control Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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Opinion
03 Feb 2026
2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation
While the UK has the data assets and the expertise to deliver real public benefit with artificial intelligence, a lack of consistency, completeness and interoperability in its data foundations risks missing these opportunities Continue Reading
By- Resham Kotecha, The Open Data Institute
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News
30 Jan 2026
Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans
The Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
29 Jan 2026
Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears
The Metropolitan Police has defended its use of live facial recognition against a legal challenge that claims there are no effective constraints on where it can deploy the technology Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
29 Jan 2026
Interview: ManageEngine doubles down on data sovereignty with UAE datacentre launch
ManageEngine CEO Rajesh Ganesan explains why owning the cloud stack matters to CIOs in the Middle East, and how automation, AI and end-to-end IT management are reshaping enterprise priorities Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
27 Jan 2026
Landmark legal challenge against police facial recognition begins
The High Court will examine whether the Metropolitan Police is acting lawfully with its deployments of live facial recognition, in the UK’s first judicial review of how the technology is being used Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
22 Jan 2026
Dell Technologies Forum Dubai highlights AI as the next great economic accelerator
At its flagship regional event, Dell Technologies set out how AI leadership, data readiness and skills development are shaping digital transformation across the UAE and the wider Middle East Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
21 Jan 2026
E& enterprise brings agentic AI to MENAT
A strategic partnership introduces autonomous, governance-by-design artificial intelligence as enterprises in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey move from experimentation to real-world impact Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
20 Jan 2026
Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon
Met Police boasts that its permanent deployment of live facial recognition cameras in Croydon has led to more than 100 arrests and prompted a double-digit reduction in local crime, ahead of an upcoming judicial review assessing the technology’s lawfulness Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
20 Jan 2026
G42 introduces Digital Embassies framework for sovereign AI
The framework enables governments to deploy artificial intelligence securely and at scale, while maintaining full legal authority over data and systems, regardless of the location of the infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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E-Zine
20 Jan 2026
How open banking is evolving to unlock finances
In this week’s edition of the Computer Weekly ezine, we take a look at how – eight years after its introduction – the concept of open banking is expanding and evolving, and giving rise to new use cases within financial services. We also sit down with the CTO of Norsk Global and find out how swapping out its legacy VMware estate for Nutanix’s technology has saved it money and helped it shift away from having a reactive IT strategy. Elsewhere in the issue, we find out how agentic AI is shaking up business processes within the enterprise architecture landscape. And in the second of our three buyer’s guide features on digital sovereignty, we find out why this is a topic IT buyers and IT departments need to get a handle on in 2026. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2026
UK copyright law unfit for protecting creative workers from AI
As the UK government considers its approach to artificial intelligence and copyright, Computer Weekly explores the dynamics at play in copyright markets, and what measures can be taken to ensure that creatives are protected Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
19 Jan 2026
Liverpool FC signs WasabiAiR for fast video tagging and search
Reds can tag video frame-by-frame with AI-based ML-as-a-service to get rapid search and ‘hyper-personalisation’ of footage for fan engagement and partner content Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
19 Jan 2026
UAE signs Pax Silica declaration to advance AI-era security
The United Arab Emirates becomes the ninth signatory to Pax Silica, an economic security coalition for the AI age, reinforcing its leadership in trusted technology, energy and digital infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
13 Jan 2026
Berlin anarchists cite AI in attack on key energy infrastructure
Berlin anarchists have sabotaged key energy infrastructure in the city, claiming it as an act of ‘self-defence’ against the planet’s destruction by ‘energy-guzzling’ technologies and the wider fossil fuel economy that underpins their development Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
12 Jan 2026
Intersec Dubai highlights why AI has become critical in the race against cyber attackers
Cigna Healthcare’s Jean Wiles warns that healthcare security teams must act faster without sacrificing accuracy or compliance as threats driven by artificial intelligence scale Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
08 Jan 2026
Campaigners urge UK to develop digital sovereignty strategy
UK digital rights campaigners have urged UK parliamentarians to implement a digital sovereignty strategy as part of the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to reduce reliance on technology subject to foreign interference Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
06 Jan 2026
Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin architecture to power AI agents
The AI chip giant has taken the wraps off its latest compute platform designed for test-time scaling and reasoning models, alongside a slew of open source models for robotics and autonomous driving Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
31 Dec 2025
Top 10 police technology stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2025 Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
30 Dec 2025
Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 tech ethics stories of 2025 Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
28 Dec 2025
Middle East tech trends 2026: AI, cyber security and sovereign infrastructure take centre stage
As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to production and cyber threats escalate, the Middle East is entering a decisive phase of digital transformation, says Omdia chief analyst Trevor Clarke Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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Feature
16 Dec 2025
SAN vs NAS: For AI, virtual machines and containers
We look at block vs file storage for contemporary workloads, and find it’s largely a case of trade-offs between cost, complexity and the level of performance you can settle for Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
15 Dec 2025
Reinventing the Arabic newsroom: How Al-Masry Al-Youm is harnessing AI, data, and cloud to transform
Al-Masry Al-Youm CIO Omar Badr reveals how Egypt’s leading independent daily has navigated a decade of digital disruption, balancing editorial freedom with cutting-edge technology Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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News
12 Dec 2025
Digital Ethics Summit 2025: Open sourcing and assuring AI
Industry experts met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with assuring AI systems, and how open source approaches can challenge concentrations of capital and power Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
11 Dec 2025
AI drives storage array makers to embrace data management
We look at the efforts of storage suppliers to move to data management, often driven by AI – but analysts highlight the contradiction between supplier and customer needs Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
10 Dec 2025
Error-prone eVisa system a precursor of digital ID
Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government’s wider digital ID ambitions Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
08 Dec 2025
How police live facial recognition subtly reconfigures suspicion
A growing body of research suggests that the use of live facial recognition is reshaping police perceptions of suspicion in ways that undermine supposed human-in-the-loop protections Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
04 Dec 2025
Home Office launches police facial recognition consultation
The Home Office has formally opened a 10-week consultation on a legal framework for police use of facial recognition technologies, and will consider extending any new rules to police deployments of other biometric and inferential technologies Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
01 Dec 2025
Mandatory digital ID paves way for surveillance and exclusion, MPs hear
It is currently unclear how the UK’s government’s proposed mandatory digital ID scheme will help with its stated goal of curbing illegal migration and working Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
26 Nov 2025
Chip makers warn of a looming shortage in DRAM and SSD
Hyperscalers and server manufacturers are ordering too many memory components for their AI infrastructures - more than the market can produce. As a result, prices are rocketing, and a shortage could last until 2027 Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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E-Zine
20 Nov 2025
CW APAC – Trend Watch: Hybrid cloud infrastructure
Firms are optimising their work with systems tailored to their needs. In this handbook, focused on hybrid cloud infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how Google is bringing its AI to Singapore, what’s influencing cloud repatriation, and Macquarie Data Centres’ GenAI tech stack Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2025
Swedish welfare authority suspends ‘discriminatory’ AI model
A machine learning model used by Sweden’s social security agency to flag benefit fraud has been discontinued following investigations by media outlets and the country’s data protection watchdog Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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E-Zine
18 Nov 2025
Viewing business through a sustainability lens
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a closer look at reports of low workplace morale within the Police Digital Service, as its staff eagerly await the outcome of the long-promised Home Office’s policing reform whitepaper. Jérôme Goulard, the chief sustainability officer of Orange Business, talks us through the work he is doing to balance business objectives with IT sustainability within the organisation. This week’s buyer’s guide features the second instalment of three articles advising IT buyers on how to get started on using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) – and sets out how enterprises can use the technology to take their automation efforts to the next level. Rounding out the issue is our look at what is holding European startups back when it comes to leading the way in the field of quantum computing. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2025
Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme
The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for people across the bloc Continue Reading
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News
10 Nov 2025
UK’s ‘deregulatory’ AI approach won’t protect human rights
Expert witnesses called before Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights have told MPs and Lords that the UK’s current approach to artificial intelligence regulation will fail to effectively protect people’s rights Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
03 Nov 2025
What are the storage requirements for AI training and inference?
Storage for AI must cope with huge volumes of data that can multiply rapidly as vector data is created, plus lightning-fast I/O requirements and the needs of agentic AI Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
29 Oct 2025
Saudi Arabia launches AI health coach to transform preventive care
Integrated into the national Sehaty app, the AI feature, developed with Lean Business Services and Google Cloud, marks a major step in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 journey toward smarter, more personalised healthcare Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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Podcast
22 Oct 2025
Podcast: SSD for high performance, but HDD suits ‘warm’ workloads
We 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, Computer Weekly
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News
22 Oct 2025
Container storage: Five key things you need to know
We 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, Computer Weekly
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21 Oct 2025
Forget training, find your killer apps during AI inference
Pure Storage executives say most artificial intelligence projects are about inference during production, which means storage must respond to capacity needs and help optimise data management. Antony Adshead reports Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2025
Microsoft admonished for role in facilitating Gaza genocide
Following 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 CEO
To 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 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 Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
13 Oct 2025
UAE AI minister: ‘We’ll have 10,000 AI companies in five years’
Gulf state AI minister sets out plans to encourage artificial intelligence companies with certification and ranking based on AI competence and UAE presence at startup event in Dubai this week Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
09 Oct 2025
Forget training, find your killer apps during AI inference
Pure Storage executives talk about why most artificial intelligence projects are about inference, during production, and why that means storage must respond to capacity needs and help optimise data management Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
06 Oct 2025
Police facial recognition trials show little evidence of benefits
In-the-wild testing of police facial recognition systems has failed to generate clear evidence of the technology’s benefits, or to assess the full range of socio-technical impacts 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 storage
Italian 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, Computer Weekly
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News
06 Oct 2025
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 consultation Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
01 Oct 2025
How AI is driving a rethink of storage architecture
Pure 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 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 Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
30 Sep 2025
Infinidat doubles InfiniBox Hybrid array capacity
Enterprise 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, Computer Weekly
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News
30 Sep 2025
Cloudian launches object storage AI platform at corporate LLM
Object 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, Computer Weekly
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News
26 Sep 2025
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 Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
24 Sep 2025
Engagement-based advertising models are coming for AI
Tech companies are eyeing ad-driven revenue streams to offset a possible investment market recession. Without proper oversight, this risks immense user exploitation Continue Reading
By- Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly
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News
23 Sep 2025
Podcast: How to get value from unstructured data
In 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, Computer Weekly
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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
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Blog Post
19 Sep 2025
A case for smart glasses for all
Meta’s latest addition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses is the integration of an in-lens display. Not wanting to belittle the technical ingenuity of this latest addition to the Meta Ray-Ban ... Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Feature
18 Sep 2025
The challenges posed by AI tools in education
Artificial 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 cases
We 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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News
15 Sep 2025
Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations
Amnesty 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
The ‘people, process and technology’ triangle is key to AI success
Nutanix AI lead Debo Dutta has high hopes for AI and ‘digital minions’, pointing out that people, process and technology are the real promise to success Continue Reading
By- Martin Veitch
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Feature
11 Sep 2025
Storage is key to AI projects that succeed
Artificial intelligence is a key project for enterprise IT currently, but the difference between success and failure rests on having the right infrastructure, especially in data storage Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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News
08 Sep 2025
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 Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
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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, Computer Weekly
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News
29 Aug 2025
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 Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Blog Post
29 Aug 2025
All You Start-Ups (Or Upstarts): It's Your Final Call For The Flight To Tech Trailblazers 25
Yes, it’s that time of year again. No, not the “C” word, though there are only 119 shopping days to Christmas as I type. And yes, it is almost football transfer deadline day but... No – I’m talking ... Continue Reading
By- Steve Broadhead, Broadband Testing
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Feature
28 Aug 2025
AI and backup: How backup products leverage AI
We 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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Feature
27 Aug 2025
VMware virtualisation alternatives and the storage they need
We 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, Computer Weekly
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Feature
26 Aug 2025
Storage suppliers’ market share and strategy
We 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, Computer Weekly
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Feature
19 Aug 2025
Storage data management tools: What they do and what’s available
We look at data management tools from storage array makers, who supplies them, what they can do, and whether they stretch to managing third-party storage in customer datacentres Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Aug 2025
Lenovo partners its way up the storage maker rankings
Storage 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, Computer Weekly
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E-Zine
12 Aug 2025
Keeping drivers driving at The AA
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how The AA is using AI and connected vehicle technology to get drivers back on the road as quickly as possible. The UK competition watchdog says Microsoft and AWS are too dominant in the cloud market – we examine what it means for IT leaders. And we look at the storage options for AI training and inference. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Podcast
11 Aug 2025
Podcast: Key hurdles in AI from proof of concept to production
We talk to DDN CTO Sven Oehme about key technical and organisational hurdles when taking AI projects from test to production, in storage and building the technical team Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
