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
12 Jun 2026
Labour MP Jess Asato launches legal action over Grok deepfakes
After xAI’s Grok chatbot was used to create sexualised images and videos of her, Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against the company in a bid to hold the firm accountable for the harms associated with its design choices Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Jun 2026
Inside the AI factory of the future
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we visit the latest in AI factory technology and construction at TeraWulf’s Lake Ontario datacentre, where a former coal-fired power station is being rapidly transformed. American Express talks about the latest digital innovations being introduced at the credit card giant. And we ask the hyperscalers – can you really deliver a sovereign cloud? Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
04 Jun 2026
Publishers can now opt out of Google AI summaries and training
The UK’s competition watchdog has ruled that Google must provide online publishers and news organisations with the ability to opt out of their work being summarised by artificial intelligence, or otherwise used to train the company’s models Continue Reading
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News
04 Jun 2026
EU unveils full-stack sovereignty package to build Euro tech muscle
European Commission launches package spanning chips, cloud and energy to reduce dependency on US and Chinese supply chains and to foster a sovereign vertical domestic stack Continue Reading
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News
28 May 2026
Challenging AI hype narratives with director Valerie Veatch
Computer Weekly speaks with Valerie Veatch, the director of a documentary charting the historical development of artificial intelligence, about the difficulties of challenging hype narratives and the pressing need to build a culture of technological refusal Continue Reading
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News
27 May 2026
Datacentre dive: ‘We’re at Chinese levels’ at TeraWulf 750MW AI factory
We see the latest in artificial intelligence factory technology and construction at TeraWulf’s Lake Ontario datacentre, where a former coal-fired power station is the site of a rapid transformation Continue Reading
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News
22 May 2026
Google AI engineer claims dismissal for opposing tech sales to Israel
‘Our work on AI was sold to facilitate genocide’: Artificial intelligence engineer claims Google unfairly sacked them for internally criticising the company’s decision to continue supplying technology to the Israeli military, despite credible claims of war crimes committed in Gaza Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 May 2026
Can AI Apps Really Be Secure From Birth? Oh Yes (it's an Atsign of the times)
Timing and IT are not always aligned – spoiler alert: major understatement… How many times over the decades have we seen a wonderful technology looking for a problem to solve? Some are still out ... Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2026
How geopolitical instability could reshape Gulf datacentre investments and sovereign AI strategies
Rising tensions are forcing hyperscalers, governments and investors to reassess risk, resilience and infrastructure strategies as the Gulf positions itself as a global AI powerhouse Continue Reading
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News
07 May 2026
Data residency becomes the GCC’s next AI battleground
As sovereign AI strategies accelerate across the Gulf, organisations are shifting their focus from ‘how do we use AI?’ to ‘where does the data live?’, turning data residency into a strategic differentiator rather than a compliance exercise Continue Reading
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E-Zine
05 May 2026
Mastering a marathon with the future of healthtech
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how digital twins of the human body are helping athletes prepare for the London Marathon. We find out how AI is set to deliver new driving experiences in the latest cars. And we speak to a 146-year-old bank about taking an entrepreneurial approach to tackling legacy IT. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
28 Apr 2026
One year on from M&S attack – has retail cyber security improved?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, it’s been a year since the ransomware attack that brought down Marks & Spencer – but has the retail sector learned from the experience? Connected vehicles are entering the AI era – we look at the latest automotive developments. And a quantum algorithm scientist explains what’s happening in this important emerging field. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
23 Apr 2026
AI adoption is rapid but many stuck at basic levels, says AWS
The UK could unlock £35bn of productivity – equivalent to the economy of Manchester – if organisations can move from basic use of AI to productive, often agentic, modes of working Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2026
Egypt targets nearshore IT outsourcing market as global demand shifts
Talent scale, cost advantage and AI capability position Egypt as an alternative to Eastern Europe in evolving sourcing strategies Continue Reading
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E-Zine
21 Apr 2026
Will the UK’s datacentre strategy deliver?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we dive into the data around datacentres – and discover that the UK government’s ambitions for growth look unachievable. We talk to the European data chief at Toyota about the car maker’s plans for analytics and AI. And our latest buyer’s guide delves into persistent storage for containers. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Apr 2026
Using Augmented Intelligence to restore confidence in the On-line World
As predicted twenty years ago (paper for the 50th Anniversary of the LEO computer) trust in the on-line world has collapsed under a landslide of falsehood and misinformation. But at the time that ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Apr 2026
A modern approach to technical debt reduction
While it may have been conceived as an elegant way to host microservices, containerisation is seeping into mainstream enterprise IT. When asked about their IT strategy, IT leaders will often say ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 Apr 2026
How a risky move paid off for Nvidia
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to Nvidia, the chip company at the centre of the AI revolution, about how its 20-year technology bet paid off. Oracle is laying off 30,000 workers – we find out what’s behind the controversial move. And we analyse the risks and opportunities from edge AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2026
UAE unveils Falcon Perception in push for AI independence
Technology Innovation Institute’s compact multimodal model rivals global heavyweights while signalling a shift towards efficient, real-world AI deployment Continue Reading
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E-Zine
31 Mar 2026
HMRC is watching you…
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we investigate how HM Revenue & Customs has been quietly building its surveillance capabilities to crack down on tax fraud. We find out how a new supercomputer is helping the UK Atomic Energy Authority research nuclear fusion. And we visit Estonia to learn why its healthtech startups are targeting the NHS. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2026
Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks
LFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI
The UK government has ruled out forcing creatives to opt out of their intellectual property being used by artificial intelligence developers as its preferred solution to the AI-copyright controversy, but may still implement copyright exemptions later 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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