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
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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Opinion
09 Oct 2025
Brazil’s broadband boom: lessons for the Global South
While Brazil boasts of some of the fastest internet speeds in the Americas, its broadband market is fragmented and under-monetised, posing challenges for investors, operators and the country’s digital future Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
Cyber attackers damage Jaguar Land Rover production
Jaguar Land Rover reports a cyber attack has ‘severely disrupted’ its vehicle production and retail operations, recalling similar attacks on other prominent British brands this year Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
Meet the IT leader In Lebanon who became an IT entrepreneur
Nassib Chamoun says CIOs could follow his lead in swapping IT management for life as a startup, but they must be prepared to make sacrifices Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Sep 2025
Interview: Holland & Barrett CDO preparing a Michelin star-worthy data strategy
Holland & Barrett’s chief data officer discusses the framework – and reasons – behind the retailer’s multi-layered data strategy Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
Scottish Widows completes migration of millions of accounts to TCS platform
Pension provider reaches milestone in its digital transformation with Indian IT services giant Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Sep 2025
What is functional testing and how does it work?
Functional testing is a type of software testing intended to ensure that the software behaves as expected and its output meets end user or business expectations. Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
Fujitsu’s roots in government go too deep
MPs and peers call on prime minister to review Japanese supplier’s ‘eligibility’ to bid for government contracts Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
AWS goes live in New Zealand
The AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region, comprising three availability zones and powered by renewable energy, will enable organisations to store sensitive data in the country Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
JFrog extends DevSecOps playbook to AI governance
The software security specialist is leveraging its capabilities in DevSecOps to address security, data provenance and bias in AI models Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Sep 2025
AI workflows - xtype: Everything you wanted to know (no, really, everything)
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Scott Willson, head of product marketing at xtype. The company is a venture-backed startup that provides platform ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
02 Sep 2025
Do Fujitsu contracts cross the line?
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we examine the conflict of interest concerns that are growing around the police investigation into Fujitsu’s role in the Post Office scandal, given the firm is a supplier of tech to police forces across the UK. We also catch up with Redwood Bank’s new IT boss, Simon Goodyear, and hear about his plans to eradicate the use of unnecessary Excel spreadsheets within the organisation, as part of a wider revamp of the firm’s digital processes. We also take a closer look at the possibility of the artificial intelligence investment bubble bursting, and the implications that could have on the continued take-up of the technology. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Sep 2025
What is technical requirements?
In software development and systems engineering, technical requirements define what is needed to ensure a desired system function or behavior will work as expected. Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Sep 2025
Growing demand for AI-skilled cyber specialists
AI is increasingly at the heart of organisations’ digital transformation journeys – whether that’s to drive up efficiencies, generate powerful insights from data, delight customers, or supercharge internal productivity. Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Sep 2025
The government’s AI push needs clear accountability
The UK AI Opportunities Action Plan reads like a technology leader’s wish list. But public sector AI needs to be designed with human oversight Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Sep 2025
What should platform engineering look like?
Platform engineering can help IT infrastructure and operations teams become faster, more responsive and empathetic with internal customers Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Sep 2025
AI Workflows - WisdomAI: Why we must move beyond reactive analysis
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Soham Mazumdar in his capacity as co-founder & CEO of WisdomAI. WisdomAI is a knowledge platform that connects into ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2025
Google Cloud brings on-premise Gemini AI to Singapore
Move allows government agencies and regulated industries to run Google’s most powerful artificial intelligence models in their own datacentres, directly addressing data security and residency requirements to fuel the nation’s AI ambitions Continue Reading
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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
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News
29 Aug 2025
HPE ups ante in self-driving net ops with enhanced Mist agentic AI
Merged company simplifies IT operations portfolio with aim of elevating user experiences with more autonomous actions delivered via agentic workflows and expanded digital experience twinning Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2025
AI supports care of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon hospital
Artificial intelligence pilot in Lebanon hospital aimed at freeing up time for medics to treat more Palestinian refugees Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2025
8x8 lines up for Southampton FC to boost customer experience
Integrated customer experience platform provider extends role as official partner of English Football League Championship team, with cloud platform supporting ticketing and hospitality and delivering unique fan experiences Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Aug 2025
AI workflows - Storyblok: Delivering AI impact in the digital experience
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Facundo Giuliani, solutions engineering team manager at Storyblok - the company is known for its headless content ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
29 Aug 2025
How to manage Active Directory security
Understanding prevention and recovery steps is crucial for managing attacks on Active Directory Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2025
Enterprises believe networking will make or break AI adoption
Research reveals more than 40% of enterprises in advanced stages of GenAI adoption plan to integrate artificial intelligence into 20-30 applications, further raising the stakes for modernised networks Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Aug 2025
How to use generative AI for sales
Sales teams can use generative AI to create personalized content, coach sales reps and improve forecasting. However, challenges include scaling and data readiness. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Aug 2025
Value chain vs. value stream: What are the differences?
Understanding value chains vs. value streams can be difficult, but both approaches can help companies improve their operations and customer service. Learn more. Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2025
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang lobbies Trump administration to sell Blackwell to China
The AI acceleration technology provider is looking at the massive opportunity in selling high-end chips to China Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2025
Zopa Bank seeks partners to form AI skills coalition
Survey by Juniper Research and Zopa Bank reveals full return on investment in artificial intelligence over next five years Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2025
Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police Scotland
Tech giant Microsoft is declining to share key information with Police Scotland about where the sensitive data it uploads to Office 365 will be processed, leaving the force unable to comply with UK-wide data protection laws Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Aug 2025
What to expect from NTT R&D Forum 2025
NTT R&D Forum 2025 is staged at Tokyo’s Musashino R&D Center this November… and the Computer Weekly Developer Network team is ready to attend, read, listen and report… so what can we ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Aug 2025
Yugabyte CEO: The rise and sprawl of PostgreSQL
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Karthik Ranganathan, CEO and co-founder of Yugabyte. Reminding us that every time you buy something online, stream a video, ... Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2025
VMware rides on private cloud renaissance in APAC
As enterprise rebalance workload placements and reinvest in private cloud infrastructure, Broadcom is positioning its VMware Cloud Foundation as the new standard for hybrid operations Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Aug 2025
IBM: AI cost pressures fuelling cloud repatriation
The drive to fund AI projects is forcing IT leaders to re-examine cloud spend, prompting a rethink of cloud-first strategies and a new focus on IT financial management Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2025
FairPrice taps Google Cloud to build agentic AI workforce
Singapore’s largest retailer is deploying a suite of agentic AI applications built on Google’s Gemini, Vertex AI and Agentspace to transform its customer experience and internal workflows Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Aug 2025
What is product analytics, and why is it important?
Product analytics is the process of gathering and transforming user-level data into insights that reveal how customers interact with specific products. 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
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Definition
27 Aug 2025
What is an ISV (independent software vendor)?
An ISV (independent software vendor) makes and sells software products that work with computer hardware, operating systems (OSes) or software platforms made by another company. Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2025
Intel filing shows risks of US government stake
The US government now has a significant stake in Intel’s business. This could effect its ability to obtain grants from other governments Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2025
TUC calls for government crackdown on business AI shortcuts
Artificial intelligence promises to boost productivity and shareholder value, but the Trades Union Congress is concerned that AI-fuelled economic growth is leaving workers behind Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2025
Broadcom bundles private AI into VCF, adds security automation
At VMware Explore 2025, Broadcom unveiled an integrated private cloud stack with VMware Private AI now included in VCF subscriptions, alongside cyber security services and support for cloud-native object storage Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Aug 2025
Top 10 HR technology challenges in the workplace
Technology has improved some aspects of HR but brought new problems in some cases as well. Learn about some of the most common tech challenges that come up in HR. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Aug 2025
Societal implications of enabling a better version of ourselves
In the Adam and Eve Garden of Eden that is artificial intelligence (AI), the forbidden fruit appears to be AI that is subtly better at being human than us. For all the potential to improve society, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Aug 2025
Vast revs up SyncEngine to drive data mobility
Data mobility is of paramount importance… a) always, regardless b) especially in the age of multi-cloud distributed computing c) due to the now widely variegated information landscape that AI ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Aug 2025
UBS banks on Domino Data Lab
Enterprise technology vendors sell to customers. That makes vendors vendors and it makes customers customers, usually. Every now and again, that part of the fabric in the space-time continuum gets ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
21 Aug 2025
Can the M1-Simba merger rewrite the telco playbook?
The merger of investment-heavy M1 and lean challenger Simba has created Singapore’s newest telecom giant. Their attempt to solve the “investment-agility paradox” could offer a blueprint for saturated telco markets in Asia-Pacific Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI
US authorities warn of an uptick in state-sponsored exploitation of a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco's operating system software Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
Apple iOS update fixes new iPhone zero-day flaw
Latest Apple zero-day found in the ImageIO framework opens the door for targeted zero-click attacks on iPhone users Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
ICO investigates lawfulness of algorithms used in immigration enforcement
The UK information commissioner is investigating claims that the use of algorithms by the Home Office to make recommendations on migrants breaches privacy laws Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Aug 2025
European digital sovereignty: Storage, surveillance concerns to overcome
As China and the US increase surveillance capabilities, are European companies caught in the middle of a data security storm? Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m
Metropolitan Police-led investigation into Post Office scandal is expected to run to 2030 and cost taxpayers tens of millions of pounds Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
Subpostmaster federation accepted money from Fujitsu in run-up to High Court Post Office trial
The National Federation of Subpostmasters accepted sponsorship money from Fujitsu in the run-up to a High Court case examining the IT firm’s faulty Post Office system Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful
The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Aug 2025
LXP vs. LMS: What are the differences?
An LXP is often used in conjunction with an LMS but doesn't have to be. Learn more about LMS vs. LXP and how their use cases differ. Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
Reserve Bank of India proposes framework for AI adoption in India’s finance sector
India’s central bank has proposed a framework to guide artificial intelligence adoption in the financial sector, along with recommendations to build shared infrastructure, implement safeguards and promote financial inclusion Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
Interview: Simon Goodyear, chief information and technology officer, Redwood Bank
Redwood Bank’s new IT boss is a problem solver who wants to eradicate every unnecessary Excel spreadsheet Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Aug 2025
What to expect from Sitecore Symposium 2025
The Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to Sitecore Symposium 2025. As many readers will know, Sitecore is recognised as a company that creates digital products through its agentic experience ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Aug 2025
IFS points to ‘invisible revolution' in Industrial AI
Industrial AI software company IFS has released a global study detailing the scale of Industrial AI adoption across industries. The research aims to suggest that there is an “invisible revolution” ... Continue Reading
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21 Aug 2025
Gartner: Build trust in data before betting the business on AI
At its Data & Analytics Summit in Sydney, Gartner analysts advised firms to prioritise data trust over hype, and outlined the era of autonomous business processes guided by AI agents Continue Reading
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E-Zine
21 Aug 2025
CW APAC – Trend Watch: Business intelligence and analytics
Artificial intelligence is changing the landscape of business intelligence and analytics. In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at the ways in which the technology is shaping the future of the field, the importance of building trust in data, and why Standard Chartered is modernising its governance. Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
Dell builds on $50m Singapore investment with new AI hub
Dell Technologies has opened an AI innovation hub to speed artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises across Asia-Pacific and upskill 10,000 students and mid-career professionals in Singapore Continue Reading
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Definition
20 Aug 2025
What is defragmentation?
Defragmentation, also known as 'defragging' or 'defrag,' is the process of rearranging the data on a storage medium, such as a hard disk drive (HDD), to ensure efficient storage and access. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Aug 2025
8 challenges customer success teams face
Effective customer success improves retention and growth, but many teams struggle to understand customers' goals, create a smooth onboarding process and align with sales teams. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Aug 2025
Is it time to build an AI factory?
If AI is to deliver real benefits, firms need to scale its deployment. Developing an internal AI factory, akin to a digital factory model used by some, is one option Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Aug 2025
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know
Computer Weekly provides an essential guide to the generative artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2025
Nasa and IBM apply artificial intelligence to tackle solar digital disruption
Solar storms and flares can have a big impact on digital society, which is why IBM and Nasa are forecasting solar weather with AI Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2025
Interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and technology officer, Pandora
The jewellery retailer is building on a four-year digital transformation by adding agentic AI alongside a major overhaul of its back-end ERP infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2025
Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe
Freedom of information request reveals sub-contract between Fujitsu and the police force leading nationwide investigation of the IT firm’s part in the Post Office scandal Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Aug 2025
What to expect from Qualys QSC 2025
A firm fixture on the global technology event calendar every year, the Computer Weekly Developer Network is once again off to Qualys QSC Americas. Held at the JW Marriott Houston, Texas from ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2025
UK chip strategy needs an AI acceleration slant
Analysis for the government shows gaps in Labour’s AI plan of action, but the big opportunity is in optoelectronics Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Aug 2025
Software engineers brace for foldable smartphone development
There was a time when we defined developers as developers. Then, over the years, they became mobile-first developers, cloud-native developers, API-first orchestration-aware developers and then… ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2025
Google spins up agentic SOC to speed up incident management
Google Cloud elaborates on its vision for securing artificial intelligence unveiling new protections and capabilities across its product suite Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2025
ISACA launches AI security management certification
ISACA accredited security professionals can now pursue a new AI security management credential Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Aug 2025
The future workforce is not fully human, and that is a good thing
Studies show AI agents can boost productivity of people at work but making the most of AI agents is not just an IT challenge, it is a leadership challenge. Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2025
Lumen lights up 400GB datacentre connectivity to fuel AI
Network expansion across 16 major US metro markets and more than 70 third-party datacentres designed to support AI-first planning and multi-cloud architectures aimed to ensure high-performance environment for business applications Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2025
AI, streaming to deliver ‘network crunch’ by 2030
Research from carrier routing software provider finds that despite significant investment in AI, operators admit they can’t fully optimise networks without access to more real-time data and network modernisation delayed through staff issues Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2025
Interview: Differentiating with AI in pet care
We speak to Mars Pet Nutrition’s head of digital innovation about making artificial intelligence relevant across its brands to support pet health Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Aug 2025
JetBrains details state of Python in 2025
JetBrains has detailed its eighth annual Python Developers Survey. This survey is conducted as a collaborative effort between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains’ PyCharm team. ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2025
Concierge now on call 24/7 for Zoom Phone
AI-first work platform provider unveils integration of virtual agent with phone platform to deliver concierge experience for organisations that ‘goes beyond’ basic call answering services or auto-attendants Continue Reading
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E-Zine
19 Aug 2025
A winning formula for peak performance
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a look under the hood at the IT powering the McLaren Formula 1 team, with the help of its director of business technology, Dan Keyworth. We also delve into the Metropolitan Police’s controversial plans to expand its use of live facial recognition technology to counteract budget and job cuts in the force. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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19 Aug 2025
An introduction to platform engineering
It is largely recognised that current software development practices are not sustainable – platform engineering is the IT sector’s remedy Continue Reading
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News
18 Aug 2025
China Unicom 5G-A network powers world’s first humanoid robot games
Leading Chinese telco offers robot showcase next-gen 5G network that supports embodied AI realising seamless connectivity for both spectators and robots even during peak usage Continue Reading
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News
18 Aug 2025
AI advances clear path to software development careers
Programming skills are always in demand, but with artificial intelligence, people will have to adapt their approach to writing code Continue Reading
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News
18 Aug 2025
Okta: AI adoption fuels problems for identity management
Okta research indicates the emergence and growth of novel security problems, connected with the spread of AI agents and non-human identities Continue Reading
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News
18 Aug 2025
Docusign moves beyond e-signatures with AI-powered contract platform
Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen explains how the company is leveraging its brand recognition and GenAI capabilities to solve decades-old problems in how businesses create, negotiate and manage contracts Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Aug 2025
An introduction to platform engineering
It is largely recognised that current software development practices are not sustainable – platform engineering is the IT sector’s remedy Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Aug 2025
Series brief: AI workflow platforms & tools
AI got to work. Well, to be clear, AI has “gotten” to work for us as it now permeates enterprise applications with its automations, accelerators and ancillary augmentations that we hope will make ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2025
US trade body calls on Washington to cut cyber red tape
The US Information Technology Industry Council has called on the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director to cut burdensome regulations in areas such as AI and incident reporting, and to do more to build a unified security regime Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2025
Zendesk CTO on the new era of customer experience
Zendesk once pushed its AI vision, but now customers are leading the charge. Its CTO, Jason Maynard, explains how this reversal is creating roles like the ‘bot manager’ and shaping the future of customer experience 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
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News
15 Aug 2025
Autocratic UAE gets democratic artificial intelligence
US-China rivalry has come to a head in authoritarian Gulf state UAE, where OpenAI is attempting to make a stand for democracy and free speech Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Aug 2025
The UK’s Online Safety Act explained: what you need to know
In this essential guide, Computer Weekly looks at the UK’s implementation of the Online Safety Act, including controversies around age verification measures and the threat it poses to end-to-end encryption Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2025
India revives national datacentre policy amid AI push
The government is pushing for single-window clearances and distributed infrastructure to prepare India for AI and cloud workloads in its national datacentre policy Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2025
Vodafone Greece automates deals for customers, saves 500 staff-days of work
Vodafone Greece hired an implementation partner for a business process management project while its own staff observed and learned how to use the technology Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Aug 2025
Guardian agents: Stopping AI from going rogue
AI systems don't share our values and can easily go rogue. But instead of trying to make AI more human, we need a new class of guardian agents to act as digital sentinels, monitoring our autonomous systems before we lose control completely Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2025
SK Telecom to build sovereign AI infrastructure
The South Korean telco is building the Haein Cluster AI infrastructure to support its Petasus AI Cloud service in a bid to meet the demand for AI training and inference within its borders Continue Reading
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News
14 Aug 2025
What’s going on inside Intel?
Chipmaker Intel has had a tough couple of weeks: job cuts, Donald Trump calling for the CEO’s resignation, and now an attack by its former chief executive Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Aug 2025
What to expect from Cloudera EVOLVE25
The Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to Cloudera Evolve25. The conference is held on September 25th at Glasshouse 660 in New York and is set to showcase the organisation’s anywhere cloud ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2025
Santander will make AI training mandatory for all staff in 2026
Spanish banking giant announces mandatory AI training for staff, and collaborates with OpenAI on a ‘data and AI-first transformation’ Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Aug 2025
Snyk CTO: Platform engineering is a DevOps ally in the AI era
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Danny Allan in his role as chief technology officer at Snyk. Allan writes in full as follows… There’s a common ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2025
SAP touts Business Suite as key to enterprise AI
The German software giant pitched its Business Suite set of integrated applications for the AI era, along with the SAP Joule copilot as the future orchestrator of business workflows, at its customer conference in Melbourne Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Aug 2025
Rogue agents: how can organisations manage thousands of new micro decision makers?
This is a guest blogpost by Markus Mueller, global field CTO APIM at Boomi. AI agents are autonomous by definition, which makes them ideal for automating data analysis, orchestrating workflows, and ... Continue Reading