IT innovation, research and development

UKtech50: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology

Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of nearly 500 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

CNCF eyes open source Cuda alternative as AI’s influence grows

Open source leaders highlight breakthroughs in projects like OpenTelemetry and discuss the open source community’s role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence workloads and fostering global collaboration amid geopolitical tensions Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Innovation culture is in our DNA, says Alibaba chairman

Alibaba chair Joe Tsai on why the company is open sourcing its large language model, how it dealt with the DeepSeek crisis, and plans for the future Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Google Cloud and Singapore’s DISG launch AI initiative

The AI Cloud Takeoff initiative, part of the Singapore government’s Enterprise Compute Initiative, will offer local firms up to S$500,000 in incentives to establish in-house AI centres of excellence and build AI capabilities Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Fusion and AI: How private sector tech is powering progress at ITER

When commercial AI meets the world’s most ambitious science experiment, nuclear fusion, surprising things start to happen Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

UKtech50 2025: the longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders

Each year, Computer Weekly launches a search for the most influential people in UK IT, asking the tech community who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist of everyone nominated for 2025 Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Sweden gets help pulling its sovereign AI socks up

Urgent government calls for more high-powered sovereign computers to fulfil Swedish goal of building a more powerful AI industry answered by foreign financiers, US tech and Europe’s AI emergency fund Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

AI vs creative industries - the UK government's foolish choice

The UK government is cosying up to Big Tech when instead it should be vociferously protecting the creative industries from the avarice of AI giants Continue Reading

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• Emer Coleman

AWS touts AI building blocks as key to customer innovation

At the recent AWS Summit in Singapore, company executives and customers showcased how cloud and artificial intelligence are enabling organisations to scale, transform and tackle business challenges Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

London Tech Week: More funding, fellowships and skills

The government wants to make the UK the best place for tech and AI, opening pathways for global talent and venture capital funding Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK defence scheme invests in future cyber tech Cheri

Cambridge-based SCI Semiconductors is awarded DTEP funding to work on the application of defensive Cheri technology Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

IBM updates path to fault-tolerant quantum computing

Two academic papers show how the company plans to provide quantum error correction using a technique that can run in real time Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Open source a ‘force multiplier’ for AI innovation

From powerful large language models to the next wave of AI agents, the open-source community is driving innovation and setting the agenda for the entire field, according to leaders at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Labour commits £17.2m to support Spärck AI scholarships

The government has put up money to help drive the UK’s expertise in artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Starmer opens London Tech Week with £1bn AI boost

Prime Minister unveiled plans to boost UK’s high-performance compute capacity 20-fold, along with funding to bolster skills Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

An industrial strategy without tech is no strategy at all

Ahead of the delivery of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy white paper, TechUK sets out how the tech sector can drive growth, and the steps the government should take to harness it Continue Reading

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• Julian David, TechUK

What happens if Silicon Valley’s AI investment bubble bursts?

US tech giants are burning through unprecedented amounts of capital to develop artificial superintelligence, but authoritarian regimes around the world could keep the pursuit of a techno-utopian future alive when the bubble subsides Continue Reading

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• Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly

UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy

The UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

CISOs: Don't block AI, but adopt it with eyes wide open

The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions. Continue Reading

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• Mike Gillespie and Ellie Hurst, Advent IM

SXSW: An immersive experience is the future of AI

OpenAI’s recent acquisition heralds a new direction for generative AI, away from the screen-based user experience Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

SXSW London: Risk of AI removing choice

The modern era, where AI speeds up day-to-day chores, is undermining creativity and the ability to make choices Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Artificial intelligence to initiate and manage litigations after ‘landmark’ approval

The Garfield Project created an artificial intelligence-based litigation service for small claims, but how far can the technology reach in the legal sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fintech growth three times that of finance sector as a whole

Global fintech revenues reached £280bn in 2024, according to Boston Consulting Group report Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The hidden security risks of open source AI

The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions. Continue Reading

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• Brian Fox, Sonatype

Microsoft Copilot AI saves civil service hours of admin work

Over a third of Microsoft 365 users who took part in trials across government departments claimed they saved more than half an hour in productivity a day Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Cyber and digital get over £1bn to enhance UK’s national security

The government has set out plans to spend over a billion pounds on digital and cyber warfare capabilities to enhance the UK’s ability to defend itself and fight offensive wars Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

AI security: Balancing innovation with protection

The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions. Continue Reading

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• Javvad Malik, KnowBe4

NPCC calls for better tech investment

The National Police Chiefs’ Council sets out a series of digital ambitions and asks for £220m per year in the upcoming spending review to scale up science and technology capabilities Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

How Mistral is driving growth through open source and enterprise AI

Company CEO Arthur Mensch details how the French startup is balancing its open source ethos with a strong enterprise focus and delivering efficient, customisable AI to solve business problems and expand its global reach Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Tech adaptability helps Zopa unwrap current account and test generative AI

Zopa Bank’s current account, already used by thousands of existing customers, will be made available to the wider public before end of 2025 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

RSAC rewind: Agentic AI, governance gaps and insider threats

AI was naturally a major theme of this year's RSAC conference, but we maybe failed to anticipate how it is coming to dominate every conversation. Continue Reading

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• James Robinson, Netskope

Gov.uk Wallet open to public sector bodies

Government departments can soon begin to add documents to Gov.uk Wallet, as the Government Digital Service publishes guidance for public sector bodies on how to use the smartphone app Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UK biometric surveillance exists in ‘legal grey area’

The rapid proliferation of ‘biometric mass surveillance technologies’ throughout the UK’s public and private sectors is taking place without legal certainty or adequate safeguards for the public Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Salesforce pays $8bn for Informatica to underpin agentic AI play

Salesforce is to pay approximately $8bn for cloud data management specialist Informatica as it looks to shore up the foundations of its developing agentic AI strategy Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Government launches search to link UK to European supercomputers

As part of Horizon 2020, the UK recently signed up to an EU initiative to support the expansion of high-performance computing for AI Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Imec ITF World 2025: The hardware horizon for AI

At its recent ITF World 2025 conference in Antwerp, Belgian research institute Imec delivered a pointed message: as AI accelerates, the world needs new thinking – not just in software, but in the hardware ecosystems underpinning it Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

Essex Police discloses ‘incoherent’ facial recognition assessment

An equality impact assessment of Essex Police live facial recognition deployments is plagued by inconsistencies and poor methodology, undermining the force’s claim that its use of the technology will not be discriminatory Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Labour puts Humphrey AI to work for council admin

A tool built on the government’s Humphrey AI toolset is being piloted by 25 councils to take notes during meetings Continue Reading

Grab opens AI centre of excellence, bets on home-grown AI

Southeast Asian super app Grab has launched an AI centre of excellence in Singapore, aiming to develop its own specialised foundation model, bolster developer productivity and create 50 new roles, among other goals Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

DSIT makes £5.5m of funding available to new projects

The government is focusing on easing the regulatory burden that can often hamper the introduction of innovative technologies in the public sector Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Lloyds and Nationwide to use UK finance sector LLM

Industry-specific large language models could improve customer services, strengthen security and support regulatory compliance Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Government sets up guidance for 10-year R&D commitment

Research and development is one of the main areas of focus for Labour’s Plan for Change as it readies its Industrial Strategy Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How digital identity will empower people and drive economic growth

The government has finally plotted out the future of digital identity in the UK in a way that makes sense for private sector, public sector, and citizens. Now let's make it happen Continue Reading

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• David Crack, Association of Digital Verification Professionals

The Security Interviews: David Faugno, 1Password

David Faugno, co-CEO of 1Password, discusses how his background led to him joining the company and why maintaining profitability is a key factor in overcoming the challenges of switching markets. Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

How close is quantum computing to commercial reality?

At a recent event, experts explored the progress towards logical qubits and how these will be applied to empower business IT Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government starts private sector engagement on digital ID and Gov.uk Wallet

Following concerns from the digital identity industry that Gov.uk Wallet would dominate the market, the government has offered private sector providers a ‘critical role’ in its future, as it revealed further details on the wallet Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool

Data reveals that bank employees are saving an average of almost three hours every week by using ChatGPT Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Humphrey AI tool powers Scottish Parliament consultation

AI-powered Consult tool has helped the Scottish Parliament to organise feedback from a public consultation into themes Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Australian public cloud spending to hit A$26.6bn in 2025

Gartner forecasts strong growth in cloud infrastructure and platform services even as Australian organisations grapple with scaling AI initiatives and managing rising cloud expenditure Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

UKRI must do more to drive innovation agenda and avoid fraud

UKRI’s funding of research and innovation to support the government’s growth strategy has room for improvement Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud

UniCredit will transform operations through cloud, AI and data analytics technologies from Google Cloud Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: Amanda Stent, head of AI strategy and research, Bloomberg

Hallucinating AI, which lies through its teeth, keeps Amanda Stent busy at data analytics and intelligence giant Bloomberg Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Government calls on tech companies to join crime-cutting campaign

The justice secretary met with 30 tech companies to discuss how technology can help to tackle prison violence and reduce reoffending rates Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UK Digital Services Tax survives US trade negotiations

The UK will retain its Digital Services Tax on tech giants in a landmark US trade agreement that paves the way for a future digital tech deal Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NHS launches digital tool to improve cancer care

Cancer 360 tool aims to bring together data on cancer patients in one place, allowing clinicians access to all the information through the Federated Data Platform Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Schools pilot exam results app that could save £30m

Exam results and certificates will be provided digitally in a pilot the government hopes will lead to huge financial savings Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK hands Indian IT suppliers competitive boost in trade deal

Trade deal will exempt IT workers from India from paying National Insurance contributions for three years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Bill Gates hails ‘stunning’ AI progress, urges focus on global equality

The Microsoft co-founder underscored AI’s transformative potential in healthcare, education and agriculture while highlighting the need to ensure its benefits reach lower-income nations Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Fintech summit reveals what’s next for sector

The UK’s fintech sector attracted $3.6bn investment last year, which was only bettered by the US, but how will UK fintech continue to grow? Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

EU acts to mend ailing AI competitiveness

Lack of private investors, malformed markets and over-regulation present a big challenge for European officials trying to turn the continent into a global AI superpower Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Driven by data: The RAF’s revamped maritime patrol capabilities

Computer Weekly visited RAF Lossiemouth to see how its fleet of Boeing P-8A surveillance aircraft, supported by NetApp storage, keep watch over the North Atlantic gap Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Interview: Joe Depa, global chief innovation officer, EY

Accounting firm EY is focused on ‘AI-ready data’ to maximise the benefits of agentic AI and enable the use of emerging frontier technologies for its business and clients Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Accused by algorithm

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we shine a light on the Ministry of Justice’s controversial use of crime prediction algorithms. The CIO of Boehringer Ingelheim sets out how his organisation has built a data platform that is paving the way for the pharmaceutical giant to embrace AI and quantum computing. And, with the fallout from the VMware-Broadcom merger showing no signs of letting up, we weigh up what the migration options are for VMware vSAN users. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

How AsiaPac transformed into a multicloud powerhouse

AsiaPac CEO Andrew Cheng outlines the company’s growth from a laptop PC distributor to a regional technology service provider known for its multicloud capabilities Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Will the government be able to achieve its £45bn savings target through tech?

Computer Weekly takes a closer look at Whitehall’s ambitious plans to save billions through the adoption of digital technologies, whether the goal is achievable, and why there is such a big focus on AI Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

FCA wants ‘safe place’ for finance firms to test artificial intelligence

Financial services regulator proposes artificial intelligence testing environment as part of its AI Lab Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Artificial intelligence roles the ‘only safe jobs in banking’

World’s biggest banks have increased the number of employees working with artificial intelligence by 13% in the past six months Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Japanese researchers advance combinatorial problem solving

Some tasks cannot be solved easily on classical computers. Quantum mechanics offers one approach, but an Ising machine tackles the problem differently Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Pharma leaders see AI revolutionising medicine

Pharmaceutical industry experts at Gitex Asia 2025 discuss how AI is revolutionising drug discovery, from accelerating clinical trials and diagnosing rare diseases to validating traditional medicines Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

UK MoJ crime prediction algorithms raise serious concerns

The Ministry of Justice is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but critics say the profiling in these systems raises ‘serious concerns’ over racism, classism and data inaccuracies Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Beyond the usual suspects: What’s really blocking public sector tech reform

Former GDS boss Steve Foreshew-Cain delves into why government is still struggling to deliver its digital transformation vision Continue Reading

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• Steve Foreshew-Cain

Saudi Arabia to be global kingpin of AI grunt work for US leader Groq

Saudi Arabia is positioning itself to take on huge volumes of the grunt work required by the artificial intelligence sector Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Interview: Daniele Tonella, CTO, ING

The bank’s global CTO has been in the role for less than a year and in that time has been working his way through four layers of tech Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Podcast: Quantum lacks profitability but it will come, says CEO

Computer Weekly talks to Quantum CEO Jamie Lerner about the company’s expertise in massive volumes of data and a roadmap that includes Myriad, a new file system for forever flash in the AI era Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

The tech investment gap: bridging the divide for underrepresented entrepreneurs

The figures for funding of female-led startups are shocking - and the same applies to most underrepresented groups. Tech leaders need to take action or risk missing out on new innovations and opportunities Continue Reading

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• Dax Grant

What is business transformation?

Business transformation refers to fundamental changes in an organization’s operations, strategy or structure to improve efficiency, competitiveness and financial performance. Continue Reading

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• Katie Terrell Hanna
• George Lawton

Government tests experimental AI for housing

The AI tool will be used to turn handwritten notes and scanned documents into high-quality data, aiming to improve efficiency in planning decisions for housing Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Top APAC firms recognised at innovation awards

Citic Telecom, CapitaLand Investment and DBS Bank were among the region’s top industry innovators recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2025 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

CW Innovation Awards: Finding revenue gains from parked cars

Singapore real estate investment firm CapitaLand Investment taps machine learning models to optimise space utilisation across 23 commercial buildings and business parks Continue Reading

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• Eileen Yu

CW Innovation Awards: M1 aims to become digital-native telco

The digital-first telco is running all its back-end systems on the cloud, enabling it to speed up decision-making and enhance customer service Continue Reading

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• Eileen Yu

CW Innovation Awards: Transforming cyber security with AI

Facing rising cyber threats and a shortage of experts, Citic Telecom International CPC developed an AI-powered penetration testing tool to automate security audits and reduce costs Continue Reading

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• Ai Lei Tao

CW Innovation Awards: DBS AI assistant slashes call times and boosts productivity

The bank’s in-house generative AI tool is streamlining customer service, reducing manual work and speeding up response times, improving both employee and customer experience Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance

The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Interview: Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim

The pharmaceutical giant has built a digital and data platform based on cloud and standardisation, from which it is exploring technology opportunities in AI and quantum computing Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Microsoft remains committed to AI in France

During its recent AI tour event in Paris, Microsoft reiterated its commitment to investing more than ever in France Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

Saudi Arabia struggling to reach global leadership in deeptech

Petrostate monarchy trying to build surrogate industry made of foreign startups because own ecosystem is too immature Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Roadmap for commercial adoption of quantum computing gains clarity

There has been plenty going on in the world of quantum computing, suggesting that commercial systems are on the horizon Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government injects extra funding to drive quantum growth

The UK government has ploughed an extra £121m into quantum to drive development of the technology Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

SUSE CEO champions open source choice

Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen warns against suppliers diluting open source to lock in customers, and touts SUSE’s commitment to providing choice and support across multiple Linux and Kubernetes distributions Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Wes Streeting launches digital qualification for social care leaders

As part of the government’s plan to create a digital national care service, social care leaders will be trained in adopting and using cutting-edge technology Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Google bets on unifying security tools to ease CISO pain

At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Google launches its Unified Security platform with the goal of bringing together disparate security solutions to help cyber leaders and practitioners address their most keenly felt pain points Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

GCHQ historian Dave Abrutat’s mission to preserve the UK’s forgotten signals intelligence history

Dave Abrutat, GCHQ’s official historian, is on a mission to preserve the UK’s historic signals intelligence sites and capture their stories before they disappear from folk memory. A new charity, NSIST, will raise funds and recruit volunteers Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Lloyds Bank moves AI work onto Google Cloud platform

Banking group is cutting its emissions and accelerating the development of AI platforms by moving work onto Google Cloud Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

DeepSeek will help evolve the conversation around privacy

The rise of DeepSeek has prompted the usual well-documented concerns around AI, but also raised worries about its potential links to the Chinese state. The Security Think Tank considers the steps security leaders can take to counter threats posed by nation state industrial espionage? Continue Reading

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• Nick New, Optalysys

Labour MPs launch digital ID campaign

A large group of Labour MPs have called for the introduction of a digital ID system to crack down on illegal migration and benefits fraud Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Current funding models prevent health and social care integration, according to report

Whitepaper by telecare provider Tunstall calls for government to develop a national strategy to resolve fragmentation between health and social care Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Innovating for the arts at Royal Ballet and Opera

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how virtual reality and other tech innovations are helping Royal Ballet and Opera to stage world-class performances. After a spate of banking IT outages, we examine why further bank crashes are inevitable. And our new buyer’s guide looks at how to get started with small language models for AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Danish supercomputer to drive innovation

Supercomputer project will add a competitive edge to drive innovation and growth among Denmark’s enterprises and research organisations Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Virtual reality enterprise journey a marathon, not a sprint

IT supplier is using virtual reality in not-for-profit projects that demonstrate its wider potential Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UKtech50 2025 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad