IT management

Startups: how to navigate at high velocity

When up to 90% of startups fail, tech entrepreneurs must do something different to get a different result and to be part of the 10% Continue Reading

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• Raihan Islam, defineXTEND

China ramps up use of AI misinformation

Microsoft researchers have identified a growing pattern of AI-laced misinformation and political interference coming from Chinese threat actors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Future Councils pilot finds systemic blockers to digital innovation

Councils face a range of challenges, hindering digital transformation, including inconsistent approaches to making the case for change, complexities surrounding resource allocations, lack of data and time Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UKtech50 2024 – 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

Changes needed for SOCs and CSIRTs, claims Dutch research institute

Cyber security specialists need a game-changer to keep up with their adversaries, who increasingly use automation and AI for their attacks Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Education sector facing huge VMware cost increases after Broadcom ends discounts

UK non-profit London Grid for Learning and Belgian university KU Leuven are just two of the academic organisations facing huge licensing increases after Broadcom scraps VMware academic discount scheme Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Forrester: IT departments are blowing their cloud budgets

A poll of IT decision-makers has found that cloud spending is rising, driven by more workloads and ineffective IT architecture planning Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Fujitsu should stop bending rules, stop bidding and pay up, says MP

MP Liam Byrne calls on Fujitsu to put actions behind the promises it made to MPs, victims of the Post Office scandal and UK taxpayers Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Obituary: Professor Ross Anderson, pioneer in security engineering and campaigner

Ross Anderson, a titan in the field of security engineering and campaigner for privacy and security, has passed away Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Boomi CEO anticipates rise of the AI agent economy

Boomi CEO talks up the company’s efforts to build up an AI agent architecture, its upcoming AI capabilities set to debut next month, and its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Security Think Tank: Banning ransomware payments is not so straightforward

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• John Scott

RDP abused in over 90% of cyber attacks, Sophos finds

Threat actors continue to see great success using simple, tried and tested methods, and many defenders are failing to do the basics Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Ransomware kill switch may save 99% of files from encryption

MDR specialist Adlumin says its new features will help customers stop in-progress ransomware attacks before they can cause significant damage Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Fujitsu staff instructed how to bid for government contracts during self-imposed ban

Leak reveals how Fujitsu advises staff to approach UK government customers during its self-imposed bidding pause, as well as details of a multimillion-pound project to protect its reputation Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Security Think Tank: How to tackle the scourge of ransomware?

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Toby Sibley and Louise Barber

Microsoft pushes Teams out of M365 and O365 bundle globally

Microsoft claims Teams push out of bundle will simplify pricing, with enterprise IT buyers possibly better off Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Risks and rewards of AI in HCM

Research from Citi Commercial Bank warns of the risks associated with overusing AI in human capital management Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Flash storage prices rise by 25% as manufacturers chase profitability

Analysis of 30,000-plus drive prices shows cost of flash drives per gigabyte rose sharply since October 2023, as memory manufacturers limit supplies and increase prices Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Finnish industrial groups launch AI and robotics ventures

Industrial companies across a broad range of sectors in Finland are applying artificial intelligence to their operation Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Everyone involved – expert advice surrounding D&I in tech

At the 2023 Computer Weekly diversity in tech event, in partnership with Nash Squared, more than 100 experts from the tech and employment sectors shared their ideas for improving diversity in the technology industry Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

US and UK agree AI safety collaboration

The UK and US governments have signed an agreement to forge close ties between their respective AI Safety Institutes Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Open source alert over intentionally placed backdoor

A backdoor in the open source XZ Utils data compression library could have led to widespread compromise across the Linux ecosystem - and the community is on the trail of a developer who seems to be behind it Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Security Think Tank: Ransomware lessons from the armed forces

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Rob Dartnall, SecAlliance

Organisations getting better at spotting identity fraud

As the barriers to committing identity fraud continue to drop, organisations should consider more sophisticated technical measures to successfully up their game, according to a report Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Government lifts chip strategy with a bit more cash

Unlike the EU and US, the UK government appears to be taking its time on providing a large cash injection to build out the UK semiconductor sector Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK plc going backwards on cyber maturity, Cisco report claims

Fewer UK organisations believe their cyber security postures have reached a mature level than did so 12 months ago, as they struggle to keep up with new challenges and a fast-evolving threat landscape Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Sellafield to be prosecuted over alleged cyber compliance failure

Sellafield Ltd, the organisation responsible for cleaning up and decommissioning the UK's largest nuclear waste site, is to be prosecuted over alleged cyber security failings dating back to 2019 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Counter-eavesdropping agency unlawfully used surveillance powers to identify journalist’s source

More than 750 journalists had their communications data accessed by law enforcement and government agencies between 2018 and 2022 Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Facial recognition endangers us all without a clear legal basis

Technology researcher Stephanie Hare outlines the growing danger of the UK’s failure to legalise and regulate facial recognition technology Continue Reading

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• Stephanie Hare

Remote access is the Post Office’s known unknown

Calls for criminal investigation after covert recordings are latest evidence to reveal extent of Post Office knowledge of remote access to subpostmaster accounts Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

A local government GDS might work - but only on top of standard technology

The old debate about an equivalent of the Government Digital Service for local authorities has swung round again - but it will only ever work if it's founded on common standards and technologies Continue Reading

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• Mark Thompson, Exeter Business School and DIGITLab

Podcast: What is distributed cloud storage and what are its benefits?

We talk to Enrico Signoretti of Cubbit about how distributed cloud allows customers to control their data in hybrid and multicloud storage and the workloads the company targets Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Balancing regulation and innovation to ensure the UK remains a global leader in AI

The EU has taken a lead in regulating artificial intelligence through its AI Act - the UK government needs to respond or it risks losing the UK's status as an AI innovation frontrunner Continue Reading

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• Gavin Poole

18 real-world use cases of the metaverse, plus examples

Use cases for the still-developing metaverse are growing as the technologies that enable this next iteration of the internet mature. Here are 18 enterprise and consumer examples. Continue Reading

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• Mary K. Pratt

Ransomware gang leaks data stolen from Scottish NHS board

Data stolen from an earlier attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been leaked by a ransomware gang that claims to be in possession of much more content Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cyber spies, not cyber criminals, behind most zero-day exploitation

Analysis from Google has found that zero-day vulnerabilities are much more heavily exploited for espionage purposes than for financially motivated cyber crime Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Ofgem begins consultation on dynamic price caps

Smart meters make it possible to manage the electricity grid in a more flexible way, but millions are facing connectivity issues Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Indian large language models gain momentum

Indian LLMs trained on Indic languages are now being used by businesses and governments to better serve the needs of a diverse multilingual country Continue Reading

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• Pratima Harigunani

Lord Holmes: UK cannot 'wait and see' to regulate AI

Legislation is needed to seize the benefits of artificial intelligence while minimising its risks, says Lord Holmes - but the government’s ‘wait and see’ approach to regulation will fail on both fronts Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Leaked comms reveal Fujitsu eyeing huge UK government bounty, despite Post Office scandal promise

While subpostmasters fight tooth and nail for justice and financial redress, Fujitsu continues to target millions of UK taxpayer pounds Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Qilin ransomware gang claims cyber attack on the Big Issue

A ransomware attack on the systems of publisher and social enterprise Big Issue Group has been claimed by the Qilin gang Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

IT project management

IT project management is the process of planning, organizing and delineating responsibility for the completion of an organizations' specific information technology (IT) goals. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan
• Ben Cole, Executive Editor

Cern: Challenges of GPU datacentre management

Cern is a major user of Kubernetes. The container orchestration technology offers a way to democratise AI hardware Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Alletra MP hardware changes see HPE orient arrays towards AI

HPE doubles controller nodes, boosts capacity with denser drives, cuts caches and builds in 100Gbps links to bring denser, faster storage aimed at all parts of the AI/ML pipeline Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Shareholders win when businesses do better at cyber

The more advanced a company’s cyber security performance, and the more engaged its board is with security issues, the greater the return for shareholders, a report has found Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Apple, Meta and Alphabet under EU scrutiny

Under the new Digital Markets Act, European commissioners are looking at potential issues with the way Apple, Alphabet and Meta operate their platforms Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Goldman Sachs discusses virtues of Kubernetes for virtual machine management

Kubernetes is not only a platform for orchestrating containers – Goldman Sachs has found it offers the same benefits when used to manage virtual machines Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How SAP is infusing AI into its business applications

SAP’s chief artificial intelligence officer, Philipp Herzig, outlines the company’s approach towards AI and how it is making the technology more accessible to customers Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

NCSC reaffirms guidance for those at risk of Chinese state hacking

As the UK and US governments announce sanctions and indictments of a Chinese state threat actor, the NCSC has reiterated its security advice for individuals at risk of being targeted for espionage purposes Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

US authorities charge seven over Chinese hacking

The US Department of Justice has charged seven Chinese nationals linked to the APT31 threat actor that targeted politicians in the UK and US Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

What are IT buyers spending their money on?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal the findings of our annual survey into the technologies that IT buyers are spending their money on this year. The European CIO at PepsiCo explains how to make digital transformation go with a pop. And we look at the growing importance of cloud-to-cloud backup for data protection and resilience. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Sums of money Post Office ‘stole’ from subpostmasters may never be known

MP asks government minister for figure on how much money the Post Office took from subpostmasters who were wrongly blamed for accounting shortfalls Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Which? calls for government action on fake banking sites

Amid high volumes of spoofed, fraudulent banking websites, Which? is calling for the government to implement new legal obligations for domain registrars Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Making digital transformation pop

PepsiCo’s European CIO is targeting customer engagement, supply chain improvements and greater sustainability as it works on its digital transformation plans. Continue Reading

Budgets rise as IT leaders focus on security

Our exclusive spending survey identifies which technologies are likely to see the greatest investment this year. Continue Reading

Interview: Priyanka Sharma, executive director, CNCF

We speak to the Cloud Native Computing Forum chief about her own journey in software development and the continuous drive towards greater inclusivity Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Making Tax Digital explained: Everything you need to know

Making Tax Digital is meant to overhaul the UK tax system, make it easier for businesses to file tax returns, and reduce error and fraud. How successful has the programme been? Computer Weekly looks at the details of tax digitisation Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Cloud Native Computing: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Priyanka Sharma, the executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Forum about having blind faith in tech innovation Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Biodiversity's importance to sustainable datacentre computing

Want to advance sustainability targets? It’s time to add biodiversity to your cloud equation Continue Reading

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• Fleur Doidge

Court finds EncroChat hacked messages admissible as former footballer is jailed

A judge in ‘lead’ EncroChat case found that messages obtained by police from the encrypted phone network can be lawfully used in evidence Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Nationwide building society falls victim to IT outage

Nationwide joins McDonald’s, Greggs, Sainsbury’s and Tesco as the fifth major high street name to experience an IT service outage in the space of a week Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Open Data Institute launches digital policy manifesto

The Open Data Institute has launched a policy manifesto ahead of the UK general election that outlines policies and issues it believes must be part of the political discussion around digital and data Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

chief strategy officer (CSO)

A chief strategy officer (CSO) is a C-level executive charged with helping formulate, facilitate and communicate an organization's strategic initiatives and future goals. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan
• Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
• Brian Holak

Nutanix CEO: VMware customers ‘not in a happy place’

Company CEO Rajiv Ramaswami claims VMware customers have doubts about whether VMware will be the right long-term platform for them, singling out those that have made the switch to Nutanix Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Post Office Capture users’ campaign for justice gathers pace

The government is taking Post Office Capture allegations seriously as former subpostmasters seek answers Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

US sues Apple, alleging smartphone monopoly

A major legal action against Apple over its dominance of the smartphone market has kicked off in the US, alleging anticompetitive practices on Apple’s part that have damaged the sector and restricted consumer choice Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Bit by Bit: Novel techniques to shrink AI's carbon footprint

We look at some of the new techniques that promise to reduce energy usage of AI by 65% Continue Reading

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• Oliver King-Smith

NCSC guidance to help CEOs work through cyber incidents

The NCSC has published in-depth guidance on how business leaders should respond to a cyber attack or data breach. Learn about some of the key steps you will need to follow Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office scandal fallout for Fujitsu could open UK public sector to Indian giants

Post Office scandal has damaged public trust in Japanese IT supplier Fujitsu, which could open door to primed rivals Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HMRC legacy UK customs system to be switched off for good

The 30-year-old Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (Chief) system will cease to exist on 4 June 2024, six years after HMRC originally planned to shut it down Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

IR35 reforms: IT contractors urged to reclaim tax they may have overpaid in off-payroll settlements

With the government set to fix the settlements offset issue from 6 April, contractor insurance firm Qdos is urging individuals who worked for non-compliant IR35 organisations to see if they can reclaim any money they have overpaid Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Ukrainians crack network that stole 100m email, social accounts

Three members of an organised cyber criminal group who hacked and appropriated personal email and social media accounts face up to 15 years in prison Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Oracle Cloud: A discussion about public cloud, dedicated regions and Alloy

We speak to Oracle cloud chief technical architect Pradeep Vincent about cloud deployment scenarios Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK’s cyber resilience stagnates as more fall victim to attacks

The government is calling on businesses to ramp up their cyber protections as study shows improvements to resilience are stagnating amid an ever-growing volume of attacks Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Inclusive approaches to AI governance needed to engage public

Technology practitioners and experts gathered at an annual Alan Turing Institute-run conference discussed the need for more inclusive approaches to AI governance that actually engage citizens and workers Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Greggs forced to close branches amid IT issue

Greggs is the latest in a string of retailers hit by IT problems that have caused major disruption Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

ServiceNow acquires 4Industry, EY Smart to boost smart industry

Digital workflow company announced its latest acquisitions of 4Industry and EY’s Smart Daily Management app to accelerate digital transformation Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

SAP S/4HANA data migration beset by poor and fragmented strategy

Survey finds customers transitioning to S/4HANA lack strategic thinking and skills, can’t access data, face challenges in data duplication, can’t use AI, and worry about compliance Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

strategic planning

Strategic planning is a process in which an organization's leaders define their vision for the future and identify their organization's goals and objectives. Continue Reading

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• Katie Terrell Hanna
• Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
• Mary K. Pratt

IT Governance for Today and Tomorrow: Minimum Viable Principles

Introduction The traditional one-size-fits-all approach to IT governance, particularly in relation to data, is becoming increasingly unsustainable in the flexible, Agile/DevOps/AI-driven IT ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics

Board-level buy-in: preparing cyber defences the right way

The cyber security function isn’t a back office team that is never seen and never heard. To truly protect the company, cyber security touches every corner of the business, and it starts from the top Continue Reading

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• Bruno Soares

Vast targets AI checkpointing write performance with distributed RAID

AI checkpointing operations targeted by Vast Data as it touts QLC-based storage for AI workloads Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

What went wrong with Birmingham’s Oracle project?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, after Birmingham City Council’s disastrous Oracle project cost over £100m, we analyse where it all went wrong. Our new buyer’s guide examines building a sustainable IT strategy. And we find out how Thomson Reuters is using AI to enhance its product offerings. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

How to stop data from driving government mad

The Institute for Government has recommended reforms to the way Number 10 operates - and a new way of managing and using data in the AI age is central to its proposals Continue Reading

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• Matthew Juniper

Spring Budget risks funding legally questionable police tech

Open legal questions around how UK police are using facial recognition and cloud technology could undermine the £230m investment committed in the Spring Budget to “time and money-saving technology” for police Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

The Security Interviews: Alex Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard

Alex Yampolskiy conceived the idea for risk management specialist SecurityScorecard after getting stung by a SaaS supplier that was being cavalier with its customer data. He tells his story to Computer Weekly Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cohesity: We won’t abandon NetBackup customers or force migration

CEO promises no forced migration to Cohesity and not to abandon any NetBackup product while building new leadership in artificial intelligence and security around Cohesity Gaia Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Budgets rise as IT decision-makers ramp up cyber security spending

Few IT leaders surveyed in the TechTarget/Enterprise Strategy Group 2024 Technology Spending Intentions study say they are spending less this year Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

6 sustainability reporting data tips for IT

Data overload presents a real challenge to ESG reporting. But with the right practices, IT teams can streamline their collection processes and help ensure sustainability success. Continue Reading

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• Carolyn Heinze

Deep fake AI services on Telegram pose risk for elections

Deep fake services advertised on Telegram and other platforms pose a risk to upcoming elections in Europe, Asia and the US Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Liverpool to get AI hub for health and social care

Artificial intelligence platform set to use NHS Integrated Care System Data to make better and decisions for patients in Liverpool, with a focus on mental health services Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

G7 nations sign deal to harness AI potential

G7 nations will produce a joint report on how to increase artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, boost growth of the quantum sector and create an AI toolkit to inform policy-making Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Government needs ‘realistic plan’ for adopting AI, says NAO

Benefits of artificial intelligence in public sector will only be realised if government ensures overall programme for adoption is supported by realistic plan to tackle range of longstanding barriers Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Neos Networks beefs up C-suite to prep for new phase of accelerated growth

Following recent investments in its UK-wide high-capacity network, critical network infrastructure provider makes two C-level appointments aimed at making the company ready to embark on a new phase of accelerated growth Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Digital government: problems on the horizon

Are government’s digital programmes becoming the next Post Office Horizon scandal? Continue Reading

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• Jerry Fishenden

Tips to improve IT sustainability

With every business function being asked to look closely at their carbon footprint, we look at ways to achieve greener IT operations Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

continuous delivery (CD)

Continuous delivery (CD) is an approach for software delivery in which development teams produce and test code in short but continuous cycles to improve software quality. Continue Reading

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• Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor

UK’s AI ambitions pointless while cyber security is still neglected

The UK’s AI ambitions may be at considerable risk without stronger cyber defences across the private and public sectors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Global McDonalds IT outage result of third-party error

An IT outage that forced McDonald's to temporarily shutter thousands of restaurants has been blamed on a configuration error by a third-party supplier, but there is no suspicion of foul play Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Key sustainability communications strategies for businesses

Sustainability communications are key to reaching lowered carbon emissions and other environmental goals. Learn practices that help improve outcomes and ways to avoid greenwashing. Continue Reading

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• Carolyn Heinze