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How FWD is driving its digital strategy

FWD’s group chief technology and operations officer talks up how the pan-Asian insurer is driving change faster and putting technology at the heart of its services Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

UKtech50 winner interview: Alan Bates, Post Office Horizon scandal campaigner

UKtech50 winner Alan Bates talks to Computer Weekly about why the Post Office needs to be modernised, how to deploy an IT system the right way and his plans to write a book Continue Reading

UKtech50 2024: The most influential people in UK technology

Computer Weekly has announced the 14th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector Continue Reading

Podcast: Storage for AI needs scale, hybrid cloud and multiple integrations

We talk to NetApp’s Grant Caley about AI and data storage, the need for scale, performance and hybrid cloud, and to move, copy and clone data for wrangling for inference runs Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Why on-device AI Is the future of consumer and enterprise applications

While it may seem logical to run AI workloads in the cloud, the emergence of AI on PC hardware provides a local compute alternative Continue Reading

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• Reece Hayden, ABI Research

Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence

Gareth Jenkins turned his fire on the Post Office on the final day of his marathon evidence session at the Post Office public inquiry Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UKtech50 winner interview: Alan Bates, Post Office Horizon scandal campaigner

UKtech50 winner Alan Bates talks to Computer Weekly about why the Post Office needs to be modernised, how to deploy an IT system the right way and his plans to write a book Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UKtech50 2024: The most influential people in UK technology

Computer Weekly has announced the 14th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

IT giant Atos faces collapse if restructuring talks fail

French IT giant Atos is facing financial problems that could affect the ability of its UK arm to deliver key government contracts, including those related to NHS records in hospitals Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

7 supply chain resilience strategies to use now

Weather events, geopolitical unrest and other disruptions are occurring more frequently. These seven supply chain resilience techniques can help manage them. Continue Reading

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• Paul Maplesden, Freelance Editorial Services

Wales partners with OpenAI to improve Welsh language tech

The Welsh government’s data partnership with the company behind ChatGPT aims to improve how artificial intelligence technologies work in the Welsh language Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness

A former Fujitsu engineer made an ‘unbelievable’ claim about evidence he gave in witness statements when acting as an expert witness during Post Office prosecutions of subpostmasters Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Gulf Edge to operate Google Distributed Cloud in Thailand

The Gulf Energy subsidiary will offer Google’s sovereign cloud service in Thailand with a focus on air-gapped configurations Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

What is multi-tenancy (multi-tenant architecture)?

Multi-tenancy is an architecture in which a single instance of a software application serves multiple customers. Continue Reading

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• Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
• Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor

Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed

IT expert used by Post Office to give evidence supporting prosecutions of subpostmasters did not understand legal duties he was bound to Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Police Scotland did not consult ICO about high-risk cloud system

Police Scotland chose not to formally consult with the data regulator about the risks identified with a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system, while the regulator itself did not follow up for nearly three months Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Kubernetes at 10: Building stateful app storage and data protection

Google engineer Michelle Au was involved in Kubernetes storage early, as the container orchestration platform was developed to support data protection operations such as snapshots Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

SAP public cloud migration requires architectural rethink

Research from analyst Gartner has identified common issues IT leaders may encounter when moving S/4HANA to the public cloud Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Mainframe skills; time to flip the telescope around?

The more I learn about the world of mainframes, the more I find myself drawn to it. When I started investigating the topic of mainframe skills in particular, it was on the premise that ... Continue Reading

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• Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics

NHS experts raise warning over patient data breach risk in registries project

Clinicians warn that the NHS England Outcome Registries Platform has poor security and is vulnerable to cyber attack, putting critical patient data at risk of being exposed Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The Post Office Offences Bill leaves much unresolved

The passing of a law to exonerate most of the victims of the Post Office scandal was undoubtedly good news - but the next government must address the anomaly that left thirteen people outside its remit Continue Reading

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• Lord Chris Holmes, House of Lords

Interview: Javed Iqbal, digital and information director, British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco’s director of digital and information, Javed Iqbal, talks to Computer Weekly about breaking with tradition, the importance of cultural mindset and AI ethics Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Numbers prove former subpostmaster federation boss’s ignorance over Post Office scandal

George Thomson is ignoring the numbers when he downplays subpostmaster prosecutions based on Horizon data Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

A revolution in space

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to astronaut Tim Peake about the imminent revolution in space tech and what it means for IT leaders. AI is set to transform the movie industry – we hear from the producers of the latest Mad Max film about how it’s already changed the process for them. And we find out about plans for Neom, the Saudi Arabian smart city in the desert. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

7 of the top tech and IT jobs in demand for the future

Businesses of the future will rely on workers with IT skills even more than they do today. Find out which jobs might be most in demand and what those roles entail. Continue Reading

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• David Weldon

Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership

The former Fujitsu chief architect for Horizon has resigned as a member of the BCS after he was told he could be investigated Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Pure’s storage as a service: We can offer what others can’t

All-flash storage vendor Pure makes bold claims about subscription pricing for storage, stating that the competition can’t offer what it can because its arrays are built for non-disruptive upgrades Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Sellafield pleads guilty to criminal charges over cyber security

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority-backed organisation Sellafield Ltd pleads guilty to criminal charges brought over significant cyber security failings that could have compromised sensitive nuclear information Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Buckinghamshire Council drives efficiencies with Microsoft Copilot

With local government facing a funding crisis, Buckinghamshire Council hopes artificial intelligence can boost efficiency and reduce outgoings Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

AI and outsourcing: What’s the future for relationships and contracts? (Part two)

In the second part of this two-part series, two technology lawyers offer guidance on what the integration of artificial intelligence in IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing will mean for customers and providers in outsourcing relationships and contracts Continue Reading

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• Marl Lewis and Simon Bollans

Macquarie Cloud debuts Australia-first hybrid offering

Macquarie Flex brings Azure services to a broader set of workloads that are not suited to run natively on public cloud Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Metropolitan Police could investigate one of its own staff in Post Office probe

Former Post Office investigator deleted references to software errors in a witness statement from Fujitsu’s Gareth Jenkins during the wrongful prosecution of a subpostmaster Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why SAP ECC customers need to upgrade before 2027

While SAP will support its Enterprise Central Component ERP until 2027, this is only the case if you’re on a later enhancement pack Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Sellafield whistleblower ordered to pay costs after email tampering claims

A former consultant at Sellafield has been ordered to pay costs for having ‘acted unreasonably’ in claiming the nuclear facility tampered with metadata in letters used against her in court Continue Reading

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• Tommy Greene

Qilin ransomware gang publishes stolen NHS data online

The ransomware gang behind a major cyber attack on NHS supplier Synnovis has published a 400GB trove of private healthcare data online Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Executive interview: Open models pros and cons

We speak to Meta’s vice-president of AI research about recent publicly released research and models, and the role of closed AI models Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

IT leaders share tips for AI success

With everyone talking about artificial intelligence, at a recent event in London, speakers shared their experiences of deploying AI business applications Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Kaspersky says it can continue to sell cyber threat intelligence in spite of US ban

The US government is stopping Kaspersky Lab from offering its antivirus software and cyber security tools to US firms and citizens Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

ICO police cloud guidance released under FOI

Long-awaited guidance from the UK data regulator on police cloud deployments highlights some potential data transfer mechanisms it thinks can clear up ongoing legal issues, but tells forces it’s up to them to decide if the measures would work Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Sir Alan Bates hits out at Post Office ‘incompetence’ after data breach

Victims of the scandal react with anger at news the Post Office published a document containing their names and addresses on its website Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Post Office and Fujitsu had tense relationship, but were joined at hip when protecting their brands

Problems in the roll-out of Horizon Online in 2010 created a tense relationship between the Post Office and Fujitsu Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why AI is talking politics this year

AI is already playing a part in this year’s General Election - for good and bad Continue Reading

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• Resham Kotecha

Mitigating AI Risks: 5 Essential Steps for Secure Adoption

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are finding their way into industries worldwide as organisations look to leverage these technologies to drive innovation, efficiency, and ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics

Post Office Horizon system investigators were blocked and threatened as they witnessed cover-up

Independent investigators who put Post Office and its Horizon system under spotlight faced aggression as they witnessed cover-up Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft admits no guarantee of sovereignty for UK policing data

Documents show Microsoft’s lawyers admitted to Scottish policing bodies that the company cannot guarantee sensitive law enforcement data will remain in the UK, despite long-standing public claims to the contrary Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Benelux specialised venture capital fund finds global deep tech investments

A venture capital fund in Belgium partners with tech research organisation in its search for investments Continue Reading

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

Digital leaders spending more on tech for efficiency gains

In spite of the economic slowdown, IT budgets are on the rise, but GenAI deployments are being marred by poor corporate data Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

General election 2024: The Green Party promises Digital Bill of Rights

The Green Party manifesto contains several tech nuggets, including a bill to ensure independent regulation of social media platforms, increase R&D investment and a cautious regulatory approach to AI pledges Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Digital transformation - the missing government mission?

Not for the first time, an incoming government has an enormous opportunity to improve public services through digital transformation - but whoever wins the general election will need to learn the lessons of the past Continue Reading

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• Jerry Fishenden

We need a judge-led inquiry into police spying on journalists and lawyers

When journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney were wrongly arrested in 2018, their case led to the discovery of a widespread police surveillance operation targeting journalists and lawyers in Northern Ireland. Barry McCaffrey tells the story Continue Reading

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• Barry McCaffrey

General election 2024 – the digital policies examined

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the digital policies revealed in the three main political parties’ general election manifestos. Our new buyer’s guide looks at the latest trends in cloud security. And we find out about the EU’s plans for a digital single market that could span the globe. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Artificial intelligence to make Olympic Games more inclusive

The International Olympic Committee is working with Intel to use AI at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Cloud security: Finding the right provider to protect your data

This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage. Continue Reading

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• Stephen McDermid

Autonomous weapons systems defy rigid attempts at arms control

In an ever more dangerous world, the technology is outpacing diplomacy and holds clear strategic value. Retaining human control over its use will require embracing imperfect solutions Continue Reading

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• Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly

IBM deploys GenAI to power new Wimbledon features

With Wimbledon 2024 running at the start of July, IBM has used the Watsonx platform with GenAI to power a new catchup feature Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Gartner: Navigating incident response in the cloud

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud security, incident response strategies must be as dynamic and flexible as the environments they protect Continue Reading

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• Carlos De Sola Caraballo

AI and outsourcing: What’s the future? (Part one)

Artificial intelligence is a hot topic in the outsourcing industry, with some predicting that it will revolutionise IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing, while others warn of its potential dangers and challenges Continue Reading

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• Mark Lewis and Simon Bollans

Once ridiculed Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates receives knighthood

Campaigner for justice, once labelled a ‘nutter’ and a ‘thief’, knighted for his work to expose the Post Office scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

General election 2024: Digital threads run through all parties' manifesto commitments

We’re not yet at the stage where a general election manifesto contains an entire section on digital economy issues, alongside the expected priorities of health, education, defence, housing and so ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Post Office scandal victims in Scotland have convictions quashed

Scotland follows England, Wales and Northern Ireland in exonerating wrongfully convicted subpostmasters en masse Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

General election 2024: Labour promises to boost digital infrastructure

The Labour Party manifesto for the UK general election promises a new industrial strategy and an overhaul of planning rules to help support the digital and tech sector Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

AI’s environmental cost could outweigh sustainability benefits

Artificial intelligence can help organisations manage and mitigate their environmental impacts in a number of ways, but the highly polluting nature of the technology could outweigh its other sustainability benefits if not dealt with Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Black Basta ransomware crew may be exploiting Microsoft zero-day

A Microsoft vulnerability that was addressed without fanfare in March may in fact have been exploited as a zero-day by the notorious Black Basta ransomware gang, threat hunters warn Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Data leakage in the cloud – can data truly be safe in the cloud?

This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage. Continue Reading

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• Scott Swalling

Best practices to beat container misconfiguration

How can organisations ensure containerised environments are configured correctly and adequately defended, without getting lost in the complexity? Continue Reading

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• Fleur Doidge

VMware/Broadcom: Prepare for legacy support

VMware is not going away anytime soon. While some IT leaders may be feeling the pain of Broadcom’s changes, they still need to seek a long-term plan Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Q&A: Adalbjorn Thorolfsson on IT project management in Iceland

With a small, but very sophisticated population, Iceland has unique ways of keeping up with the rest of the world in the IT sector. Adalbjorn Thorolfsson, president of the Icelandic Project Management Association, describes some lessons for the rest of the world Continue Reading

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

Epicor rides Southeast Asia manufacturing boom

Midmarket ERP software supplier capitalising on growing investments by Chinese and local manufacturing firms in region to drive business Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

ESG vs. CSR vs. sustainability: What's the difference?

Environmental, social and governance and corporate social responsibility are related but different concepts that can be combined to boost corporate sustainability. Continue Reading

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• Ben Lutkevich, Site Editor

8 green computing best practices

As climate change becomes a more pressing issue, these sustainability best practices can help your data center go greener, which benefits both your business and the environment. Continue Reading

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• Julia Borgini, Spacebarpress Media

How to ensure public cloud services are used safely and securely

This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage. Continue Reading

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• Beji Jacob

CIO interview: Career progression and business alignment

We speak to the CIO of law firm Kingsley Napley about his progression from PC support to IT leadership Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

IT witness was hidden away from Post Office court battle, but supported it from shadows

Former Fujitsu chief architect provided evidence support to Post Office witnesses in High Court battle despite being unfit to provide it directly Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Tableau CEO on AI moves to ease analytics adoption

Tableau’s head honcho Ryan Aytay talks up Tableau’s efforts to bring more consumerisation and personalisation capabilities to data analytics through the use of AI Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

PSNI ran secret unit to monitor journalists’ and lawyers’ phones, claims former senior officer

The Police Service of Northern Ireland denies claims that its anti-corruption unit used a standalone computer to ‘avoid scrutiny and control’ Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

True cloud security requires in-depth understanding

This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage. Continue Reading

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• Elliott Wilkes

Breaking Free From Vendor Lock-in with Managed Services

As organisations become more intertwined with their key IT vendors, they may find themselves in a situation known as vendor lock-in. This occurs when an organisation becomes so dependent on a ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics

Kubernetes at 10: Persistent storage matures, helped by Operators

Google engineer Saad Ali remembers the early days of Kubernetes, the storage challenges faced and overcome, and the revolution in application awareness that comes from Operators Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

More than 160 Snowflake customers hit in targeted data theft spree

Mandiant reports that more than 160 Snowflake customers have been hit in a broad data theft and extortion campaign targeting organisations that have failed to pay proper attention to securing valuable credentials Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Apple adopts ChatGPT to put the ‘A’ in AI

At its worldwide developer conference, Apple updated macOS and iOS, making Siri more context-aware Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Nuclear waste body cuts energy use by 20% as Pure replaces HPE

French nuclear waste agency Andra has cut storage energy use by 20% and strengthened its disaster recovery capabilities by deploying Pure Storage and 10-year controller upgrades Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

CDO interview: Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director, Etam

The French retailer has some catching up to do on its data strategy and digital transformation – and its new data chief has an ambitious roadmap to deliver on data science, business intelligence and artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Cobol knowledge crisis threatens Dutch financial systems

Expertise in complex Cobol systems, critical to major financial institutions, is dwindling in The Netherlands, resulting in retired professionals returning work Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Interview: Astronaut Tim Peake on an imminent revolution in space tech

Britain’s first male astronaut discusses the UK’s successful space sector, its overlaps with enterprise IT, and how to encourage more young people to work in science and technology Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Drilling into data to help the UK’s energy transition

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how data is accelerating the UK’s energy transition to net zero. With Windows 10 support ending next year, we examine the issues around preparing to upgrade to Windows 11. And we explore the key considerations when deploying artificial intelligence infrastructure to harness its full potential. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

NHS blood stocks running low after ransomware attack

The NHS is appealing for people with O Positive and O Negative blood types to come forward to donate as hospitals in London struggle to keep critical services running after ransomware attack Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Prepare for a future without Windows 10

We look at what IT teams need to consider when migrating from Microsoft Windows 10 to Windows 11. Continue Reading

AI firms can’t be trusted to voluntarily share risk information

Workers at frontier AI firms have warned that their employers – including OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic – can’t be trusted to voluntarily share information about their systems capabilities and risks with governments or civil society Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Post Office Capture software training deficit echoes systemic Horizon problems

Post Office branch managers have told Computer Weekly they had no training on how to use Capture software, which pre-dated Horizon Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Driving customer experience through cloud and AI

Autodesk’s global CIO Prakash Kota explains how the company is modernising its IT infrastructure and adopting cloud and AI to drive customer experience Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

An IT admin’s guide: Windows 10 end of support explained

In this guide, we look at what issues end user computing IT teams need to consider when migrating from Microsoft Windows 10 to Windows 11 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

DDoS gang threatens to disrupt European elections

Russian hacktivists are threatening to disrupt the European Parliament elections, while the BBC reports on new deepfake threats to the UK’s electoral process Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Salesforce boosts London AI scene

SaaS pioneer Salesforce has chosen London as the location of its new AI centre, enabling users to test-drive and work on AI-driven business innovation Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

HP loses in US fraud case against Autonomy's Mike Lynch

Autonomy founder cleared of fraud in US trial, following on from HP's $5bn write-down after tts acquisition of the data discovery firm Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Bitdefender makes MDR services free to NHS bodies hit by Qilin

Bitdefender offers NHS bodies affected by a major cyber incident free access to its product suite, as the health service continues to deal with the impact of the Qilin ransomware attack on partner Synnovis Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Rapid AI development poses supervisory challenges in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, the financial regulator and the monetary authority are grappling with the pace of artificial intelligence development and its implications for the financial industry Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

FBI finds 7,000 LockBit decryption keys in blow to criminal gang

The US authorities say they now have more than 7,000 LockBit decryption keys in their possession and are urging victims of the prolific ransomware gang to come forward Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Nvidia sees massive datacentre compute growth, says networking is next

After posting revenues of $19.4bn in its datacentre business, Nvidia is now looking to revolutionise ethernet interconnects Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Are diamonds a quantum computer’s best friend?

The UK report on quantum tech is out, revealing that synthetic diamonds could play a key role in establishing a niche for the UK quantum sector Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Mystery Post Office software developer revealed in 1995 Horizon project document

Capture software was used by about 2,000 subpostmasters in the 1990s, with allegations that errors in the software caused account shortfalls Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA