Enterprise software
Enterprise software covers a wide range of vital IT management decisions, from operating systems to databases, from business applications to integration and middleware. Your software purchasing and development strategy is central to delivering successful IT systems, and we examine the products and trends that help IT managers make the right choices for their organisation.
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News
18 Jul 2025
Charities struggle to find the skills to adopt AI
Charities are building pace with digital adoption, but in many cases a lack of skills stands in the way of properly utilising tech Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2025
First Post Office Capture conviction referred to Court of Appeal
A former Capture software user’s 1998 theft conviction is the first to be referred to the Court of Appeal Continue Reading
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E-Zine
17 Jul 2025
Vive la AI
In this quarter’s CW EMEA, we look at how one of the Netherlands’ leading technology education centres, Eindhoven University of Technology, fell victim to sophisticated cyber attacks. What unfolded in the university’s reaction is evidence that the hard work and preparation for such an event pays off. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2025
Fujitsu outage crashes Post Office Horizon system
Japanese IT giant’s time serving the Post Office is due to end next year, but problems persist Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2025
Travelex replacing its software spine as part of cloud migration
The foreign currency supplier is replacing its legacy supply chain backbone to enable its migration to the cloud Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2025
ASEAN’s first driverless bus service debuts in Singapore
The fully autonomous shuttle will operate at Resorts World Sentosa, marking a significant step in Singapore’s push to integrate autonomous vehicles into its public transport network Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2025
Terrorist potential of generative AI ‘purely theoretical’
UK terror legislation advisor takes stock of the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems to be adopted by terrorists, particularly for propaganda and attack planning purposes, but acknowledges the impact may be limited Continue Reading
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Podcast
17 Jul 2025
Podcast: How (agentic) AI can help with unstructured data
In this podcast, MongoDB CTO Boris Bialek discusses how artificial intelligence can bring together multiple levels of corporate data to better automate processes and how agentic AI can be a key part of that Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2025
Hackbots biggest cloud security risk, slashing attack times to minutes
With cyber criminals using automated tools to steal data in minutes, organisations must focus on runtime protection and automated responses to combat the rising threat from AI and misconfigured cloud assets Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2025
Meta AI training will be challenged at Europe’s highest court, says data protection chief
The data protection commissioner for Hamburg believes Meta’s AI training should be stopped Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Jul 2025
Create a video marketing strategy in 10 steps
Video content can quickly engage people and reach broader audiences. A successful video marketing strategy should embrace different types of videos and SEO best practices. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jul 2025
Pure Storage profits from all-flash, as-a-service and cloud focus
Storage 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
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News
16 Jul 2025
Forrester urges IT leaders to dump technical debt
IT needs to invest in innovative technologies and outsource legacy IT management to tackle volatile global markets, says Forrester Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2025
Securonix tackles security data deluge with AI-driven platform
As security data volumes grow and security budgets tighten, Securonix is betting on its AI-driven platform to help businesses manage threats cost-effectively, says its CEO Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jul 2025
Clarifai drives agentic AI development with MCP server hosting & OpenAI compatibility
Clarifai is a full-stack AI platform company... and the organisation has announced software designed to help build AI agents. By integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) server hosting with ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2025
UKtech50 2025 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind
From chess prodigy to AI visionary, this year’s most influential person in UK technology is far from ordinary. From using AI to win video games to discovering the structure of proteins, Demis Hassabis is a force to be reckoned with Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2025
UKtech50 2025: The most influential people in UK technology
Computer Weekly has announced the 15th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector Continue Reading
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Definition
15 Jul 2025
What is IT service management (ITSM)?
IT service management (ITSM) is a general term that describes a strategic approach to designing, delivering, managing and improving the way businesses implement IT services. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2025
Businesses say they are getting four Oracle Java audits a year
Changes to Oracle Java licensing now means that IT leaders need to be wary of the footprint of this widely deployed enterprise platform Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2025
Interview: Philip Colligan, CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation
With the trend of ‘vibe coding’ growing, Raspberry Pi Foundation’s CEO warns schools should not be complacent about continued coding education Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2025
Ada Lovelace: using market forces to professionalise AI assurance
The Ada Lovelace Institute examines how ‘market forces’ can be used to drive the professionalisation of artificial intelligence assurance in the context of a wider political shift towards deregulation Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2025
Soaring cloud costs force firms to curtail IT staff hiring and AI efforts, research shows
Research from Akamai Technologies shines a light on how rising cloud costs are affecting business spending in other areas of IT Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Jul 2025
Data (Use and Access) Act: Reflections on an eight-month statute
It took a long time, but the government's new data legislation finally made it into the statute book - it holds a lot of promise, but also leaves a lot of unanswered questions Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Jul 2025
The big lie of artificial intelligence
The companies promoting AI fail to mention it's often underpinned not by code but by humans tagging data and viewing unsavoury content - AI could not exist without cheap labour largely outsourced to the Global South Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jul 2025
Platform engineering - Zencoder: Inside AI, build once... scale everywhere
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Andrew Filev in his capacity as CEO of Zencoder. Zencoder is an AI coding agent platform designed to accelerate software ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
15 Jul 2025
Mobile fit for festival fun
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we dig into the inner workings of the networking infrastructure that ensured revellers at this year’s Glastonbury Festival were able to stay connected to update their socials and the folks back home on how great a time they were having. We also take a look under the hood of banking firm ING’s IT estate. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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15 Jul 2025
Assessing the risk of AI in enterprise IT
Cliff Saran gathers insights from security experts about how IT departments and security leaders can ensure they run artificial intelligence systems safely and securely Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2025
Datadog doubles down on APAC, targets faster growth
The observability tools supplier is executing a multi-year growth plan for Asia-Pacific and Japan, focusing on data residency, localisation and AI-driven observability to grow its market share Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2025
Brits clinging to Windows 10 face heightened risk, says NCSC
Businesses and consumers alike may not feel the need to upgrade to Windows 11 as its predecessor approaches end-of-life, but they are putting their own security at risk, says the NCSC Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2025
Technology fuels successful FCA fight against unauthorised financial services
The UK finance regulator is using data and technology to identify websites and apps that could cause financial harm Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2025
UK sets sights on humanoid robot future
AI and robots are part of Labour’s plans to build out a high-tech economy, but a robot workforce is a long way off Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jul 2025
CNCF CTO: From golden paths to guardrails, platform engineering's role in developer velocity
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. As readers will know, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is an open source software ... Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Jul 2025
Assessing the risk of AI in enterprise IT
We speak to security experts about how IT departments and security leaders can ensure they run artificial intelligence systems safely and securely Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2025
AI adoption grows amid falling trust in AI outputs
As organisations move from AI hype to reality, a decline in trust for AI outputs is not a sign of failure, but a signal of market maturity, according to Bhavya Kapoor, Avanade's Asia-Pacific president Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jul 2025
AI for performance appraisals: Challenges and tips
HR, managers and employees are all trying to navigate the AI hype and use the newer tools to best support the performance management process. Here's how to get it right. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2025
ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sees a more humane role for AI
Panel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Jul 2025
Influencer marketing best practices for B2B brands
Influencer marketing can help B2B brands engage audiences across the entire marketing funnel. Best practices include setting goals and tailoring content for specific funnel stages. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2025
Schools using AI to personalise learning, finds Ofsted
When looking into how some education providers in the UK are using AI, Ofsted found many have hit the ground running Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2025
Meta and Alan Turing Institute back open source AI fellowship
Labour’s AI fellowship will see experts use open source AI tools in a bid deliver better public services at lower cost Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2025
Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team
Escher, which supplied middleware in the Post Office Horizon system, is eyeing up the contract to replace the controversial software Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2025
UK to create ‘governance framework’ for police facial recognition
Home secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed UK will regulate police facial recognition, citing police reticence to deploy systems without proper governance, but declined to say if any new framework will be statutory Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2025
UK online safety regime ineffective on misinformation, MPs say
A report from the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee outlines how the Online Safety Act fails to deal with the algorithmic amplification of ‘legal but harmful’ misinformation Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2025
AWS bolsters security tools to help customers manage AI risks
Amazon Web Services has unveiled new and updated security services, including container-level threat detection and a unified command centre, to help organisations build and secure artificial intelligence applications Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jul 2025
6 ways to reduce last-mile delivery costs
Taking steps like eliminating unnecessary packaging can help companies cut down on their last-mile delivery costs and reduce their overall bottom line. Learn more. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jul 2025
CO2 vs. CO2e: What is the difference and why does it matter?
Understanding the differences between CO2 and CO2e can help businesses more accurately understand the emissions they generate. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Jul 2025
Ambient ERP – breaking free of the enterprise software triad
This is a guest blogpost by Claus Jepsen, Chief Technology Officer, Unit4. Imagine a future where your back-office applications are context-aware, operating in the background, only surfacing what ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2025
UK and France forge closer cyber, tech research ties
The navigation and timing systems used by power suppliers and emergency services to run their operations will fall in scope of an Anglo-French research pact that will also foster development in AI and supercomputing Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jul 2025
12 of the top employee wellness software options
Employee wellness software ranges from applications with one function to those with multiple features and integrations. Here are some to consider when doing your research. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jul 2025
Customer success vs. sales: What's the difference?
Customer success and sales teams both interact with clients, but customer success prevents churn, whereas sales teams focus on acquisition. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2025
Irish bank rolls out AI tools to 10,000 staff
Following exploration of artificial intelligence’s potential in conjunction with staff, AIB is rolling the tools out across the company Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Jul 2025
Platform engineering - Mirantis: A route to resilience & compliance as-a-Service
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by William Rizzo in his capacity as strategy lead for Mirantis. Mirantis is known for its approach designed to simplify cloud ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Jul 2025
SAP’s Christian Klein – cloud, data, AI: How to harness new engines of progress
SAP’s chief executive outlines the triadic philosophy behind the company’s approach to business AI Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Jul 2025
Sysdig launches open source cloud security community
Sysdig is on a mission. That mission is one designed to unite millions of cloud security professionals and “builders” (spanning software application development practitioners, data science gurus, ... Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Jul 2025
What are BSD Licenses?
BSD licenses are a family of permissive open source licenses originally associated with the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix-like operating system. Continue Reading
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Definition
09 Jul 2025
What is SAP Fieldglass?
SAP Fieldglass is a cloud-based vendor management system (VMS) that enables organizations to manage their external workforce. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jul 2025
Enterprise IT risks of AI and agentic AI
Everyone involved in IT needs to be focused on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on enterprise cybersecurity. Yet precious little energy is being expended on making sure AI is ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2025
NAO says government should employ data analytics to tackle fraud
The National Audit Office recommends public bodies share and manage data in a way that prevents fraud and saves taxpayers’ money Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2025
Accounting watchdog ‘disclaims’ College of Policing financial accounts after serious IT failures
The professional body for policing in England and Wales failed to properly manage its transition to new accounting and payroll systems Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2025
CIOs will use AI and low-code to combat SaaS sprawl
Nintex CEO Amit Mathradas explains why the proliferation of software-as-a-service tools is unsustainable and how CIOs are reclaiming control by building their own applications using artificial intelligence and automation Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2025
July Patch Tuesday brings over 130 new flaws to address
Microsoft patched well over 100 new common vulnerabilities and exposures on the second Tuesday of the month, but its latest update is mercifully light on zero-days Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2025
AI for Good: Signal president warns of agentic AI security flaw
Secure by design is a mantra of the tech sector, but not if it’s agentic AI, which wants ‘root’ access to everything Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2025
Liverpool launches community AI charter
The charter, which was created by a residents’ assembly, outlines public data sharing principles and supports the use of AI for public benefit Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2025
Interview: Vivek Bharadwaj, CIO, Happy Socks
The clothing manufacturer’s IT chief has a foot in every aspect of the tech stack – and is placing data and AI at the centre of future digital strategy Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2025
Post Office inquiry chair 'cannot rule out' scandal caused 13 suicides
Post Office scandal public inquiry publishes its first report after three years of gathering and analysing evidence, examining the human impact on victims and the compensation process Continue Reading
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E-Zine
08 Jul 2025
Do tech executives in US Army present conflict of interest?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we take a deep dive into the controversial news that four technology executives have been sworn into the US military to make the armed forces ‘more lethal’. In other US-centric news, we look at how President Trump’s downgrading of diversity and inclusion initiatives could be potentially rippling across the Atlantic and affecting tech hiring trends in the UK. We also hear about a UK startup that is using AI to pinpoint the genetic code that needs tweaking to increase tomato and potato yields, as part of a broader push to increase the nation’s food security in the face of climate change. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jul 2025
Platform engineering - Composio: Agent connectivity is the new infrastructure challenge
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Soham Ganatra, founder of Composio – the company provides infrastructure for connecting AI agents to external tools, APIs ... Continue Reading
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08 Jul 2025
Silicon Valley execs sworn in to US Army reserves specialist unit
Four technology executives are brought into the military to make the armed forces ‘more lethal’, reflecting softening attitudes throughout the sector towards ‘the business of inflicting violence’ Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2025
Interview: Antony Hausdoerfer, group CIO, The AA
The vehicle recovery specialist is looking to artificial intelligence and connected vehicle technology to enhance customer experience and get drivers back on the road in the shortest possible time Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2025
Tech firms complicit in ‘economy of genocide’, says UN rapporteur
A 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
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News
07 Jul 2025
Financial services giant Prudential crafts agentic AI strategy
Like all technology deployments in highly regulated industries, agentic AI must be approached carefully. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2025
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Nokia reduce energy demand and support AI comms
Comms tech provider’s autonomous networks portfolio deployed to enable Asian operator to shut idle and unused radio equipment automatically during low network demand periods Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2025
Zopa to embed into Manchester’s tech ecosystem
Challenger bank Zopa plans to eventually have 500 staff in its Manchester office, which will launch next month Continue Reading
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Podcast
07 Jul 2025
Gartner’s view on AI security: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speaker to Gartner's Nader Heinen about why access control should be built into enterprise AI Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2025
Interview: Data processing for particle physics at Cern
We speak to Cern principal scientist Archana Sharma about pattern recognition, machine learning and quantum technology Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Jul 2025
Platform engineering - BairesDev: Maturity is redefining talent
This is a guest post written by Justice Erolin in his role, Chief Technology Officer, BairesDev, a nearshore software development and staff augmentation company. Erolin writes in full as follows… ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
04 Jul 2025
From the FBI to F&A: lessons learnt in safeguarding systems and data
One chief information security officer shares her experience of marshalling what she learned at the FBI for business security, with a particular focus on finance and accounting Continue Reading
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News
04 Jul 2025
Dassault Systèmes accelerates virtual twin offer with Ascon Qube acquisition
Leading engineering technology provider acquires core technology to advance its virtual twin strategy for factories, with AI-powered, SaaS-ready tech set to enable software-defined automation at the machine level Continue Reading
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News
04 Jul 2025
Medow Health AI debuts AI scribe tool in Singapore
The Australian health technology company has launched its AI-powered scribe platform in Singapore to help healthcare professionals automatically capture and structure clinical notes, reports and referral letters Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jul 2025
OpenUK Public Good AI report 2025, good (could do better)
A balmy summer evening in London and a need to champion open source software, open platforms, open data and open computing at large can only mean one thing. That thing is a chance to celebrate the ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2025
Air France-KLM to increase intelligence of bots that have saved 200,000 hours
Airline group will now use agentic AI technology to make existing bots ‘more intelligent’ Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2025
Fine-tuning to deliver business AI value
Foundation AI models offer knowledge that spans the internet, but they generally lack an understanding of proprietary business data and processes Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jul 2025
Cycloid on AI in platform engineering: acceleration, or technical debt on fast forward?
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Benjamin Brial, founder, Cycloid. Brial writes in full as follows... As AI continues to infiltrate every corner of the ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2025
How GoTo’s high-stakes cloud shift is powering its AI future
The Indonesian tech giant has migrated half its infrastructure to Alibaba Cloud, paving the way for AI initiatives to solve real-world business problems and support local languages Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2025
Google fixes type confusion flaw in Chrome browser
An actively exploited type confusion vulnerability in the Google Chrome web browser needs immediate attention from users Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2025
TSB faces another risky IT migration as Santander eyes UK bank
TSB’s customers were moved to the in-house-developed platform of its parent, Sabadell, in a disastrous migration in 2018 Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2025
Digital workers at US bank to get their own email accounts
The financial services sector is leading the way when it comes to using AI across operations – and it’s not afraid to talk about it Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Jul 2025
Sysdig delivers integrated cloud security AI analyst
The time has come for AI-driven precision across prevention, detection, investigation and response. This is the message from real-time cloud security company Sysdig. Sysdig Sage is said to equip ... Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2025
Enterprise AI adoption moving beyond experimentation
Moe 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
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News
02 Jul 2025
Qantas customer data exposed in contact centre breach
Australian flag carrier is investigating significant data theft of personal information for up to six million customers after a third-party platform used by its call centre was compromised Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2025
Cloudflare to let customers block AI web crawlers
Publishers and other providers of creative content now have the option to block AI crawlers from accessing and scraping their intellectual property with new tools from Cloudflare. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Jul 2025
12 best practices for HR data compliance
HR data compliance requires sharing data rules, carrying out audits, involving IT and legal, encouraging secure data sharing and removing terminated employees' system access. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Jul 2025
Nutanix CEO: Building the infrastructure to harness AI’s potential
Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami is fond of a big picture wide-angle view… after all, he used his keynote at this year’s .NEXT user conference in Washington, D.C. to explain to attendees how and why ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2025
The road to quantum datacentres goes beyond logical qubits
Industry experts gathered in London to explore the missing pieces needed to deploy quantum computing at scale in datacentres Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2025
ING Bank transforming operations through agentic AI
Netherlands-headquartered international bank is using artificial intelligence throughout its operations Continue Reading
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Podcast
01 Jul 2025
Podcast: AIOps in storage management, security and sustainability
Dell’s Stewart Hunwick explains why AIOps – artificial intelligence for IT operations – is key to gaining efficiencies in storage management and sustainability, and discusses reactive and proactive data security Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Jul 2025
OpenELA compatibility toolset helps Linux distros reduce testing costs
OpenELA has announced ELValidated, a verification and interoperability suite for Enterprise Linux operating systems. This gives developers the ability to verify the compatibility of their ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
01 Jul 2025
Empowering professionals
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we put HMRC’s online IR35 status checker under the microscope, after an FOI response revealed usage of the tool has plummeted over the past three years. We also hear how GenAI is being put to the test to enhance the customer experience for users in the healthcare and financial services space, before turning our attention to how AI is changing the way LinkedIn meets its users’ needs. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2025
Firms must adopt skills-based strategy for human-AI workforce
To unlock the value of AI agents, organisations must shift to a skills-based strategy and manage their new digital employees with the same rigour as their human workforce, according to a senior Workday executive Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2025
Government launches Gov.uk App
The public beta version of the app will allow users to access government services on their phones, based on their needs and interests Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Jun 2025
6 best practices for using analytics in talent acquisition
Learn the top approaches for using analytics in talent acquisition, including the necessity of ensuring data quality and consistently monitoring hiring KPIs. Continue Reading
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30 Jun 2025
How GenAI-driven knowledge management can enhance customer experience
Generative AI’s use for knowledge management is growing in customer experience programmes, writes Madeline Bennett Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jun 2025
Precision-bred veg from Phytoform Labs: Meet the AI startup looking to boost the UK’s food security
Phytoform Labs is on a mission to shore up the nation’s food supplies using artificial intelligence-backed biotechnology – and the humble tomato Continue Reading