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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, Informa 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, Informa 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, Informa 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

Slack lists drops, edging it ever closer to project management

Slack isn't a full-fledged project management platform. But new features help users organize, assign and track tasks as they would in more sophisticated clouds. Continue Reading

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• Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer

Bond University deploys Nutanix for on-premise servers

Australian university has migrated 700 on-premise servers to Nutanix following impending hardware refresh and desire to improve disaster recovery Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Post Office chair was aware of Horizon concerns from day one but failed to act

Almost immediately after joining the Post Office, Alice Perkins was told about software problems and was concerned about an imbalance of power in the Post Office’s relationship with Fujitsu Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Executive interview: Richard Wazacz, CEO, Travelex

The data-savvy chief executive is rebuilding Travelex as an omnichannel, digital business after the company foundered during the pandemic Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

HPE takes $4.5bn in enterprise IT AI server orders

The server company is prepping everything for greater enterprise artificial intelligence demand Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

S/4HANA Migration: Is Selective Transformation the Answer?

The last big market survey carried out by Freeform Dynamics on SAP migration was completed back in 2020 and it revealed no real consensus on either the appetite for migration to S/4HANA nor ... Continue Reading

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• Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics

Qilin ransomware gang likely behind crippling NHS attack

Security experts investigating a major cyber attack on an NHS partner that has caused frontline services across South London to grind to a halt say the Qilin ransomware gang appears to be the culprit Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Lack of upfront specifications kill agile projects

Research shows there is a high chance of failure when a software development project begins without a specification being signed off Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How Dataiku is supporting ‘everyday AI’

Dataiku president Krish Venkataraman outlines what it takes for enterprises to scale and govern their use of artificial intelligence while making the technology accessible across their business Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Subpostmasters consider legal action against government in pursuit of financial redress

Campaigner says former subpostmasters may have to resort to legal action in pursuit of the money they are owed Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Dell Technologies World 2024 showcases AIOps, sustainability

Dell Technologies World 2024 showcased hardware advancements to support AI and served as a launch for Apex AIOps, a rebranded software suite emphasizing sustainability. Continue Reading

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• Jon Brown, Senior Analyst
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How to lead a digital transformation: 10 key steps

Digital transformation success requires cross-organizational alignment, actionable goals and top-notch project management. Here's how leaders can create that. Continue Reading

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• Tom Nolle, Andover Intel

Security Think Tank: The cloud just got more complicated

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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• Rob Dartnall, SecAlliance

Invasive tracking ‘endemic’ on sensitive support websites

Websites set up by police, charities and universities to help people get support for sensitive issues like addiction and sexual harassment are deploying tracking technologies that harvest information without proper consent Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Building a more secure, and sustainable, open source ecosystem

In April 2024, the discovery of an intentionally-placed backdoor in the open source XZ Utils data compression caused concern. Sentry's Chad Whitacre says a more thoughtful approach is needed to balance the individual freedom and creativity of open source, with more rigorous security practice. Continue Reading

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• Chad Whitacre

NHS services at major London hospitals disrupted by cyber attack

A major cyber attack at NHS services provider Synnovis is disrupting frontline care at hospitals across London Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Fujitsu cuts half of UK-based Oracle practice team

Fujitsu is reducing staffing levels at its UK Oracle Practice in a move cited as ensuring its competitiveness Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Mad Max production company gets Dell PowerScale to leverage generative AI

One supplier enters, one supplier leaves: Australian film production company replaces HPE with Dell storage and compute as it leverages GenAI Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Leadership accountability is key to diversifying talent

Awareness is not enough - building a diverse and inclusive organisation requires leadership Continue Reading

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• Bev White, Nash Squared

Uncomfortable truth about agile transformations

With 94% of all agile transformations failing, we look at some engineering practices that promise to cut software project failure rates Continue Reading

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• Junade Ali

Russia used fake AI Tom Cruise in Olympic disinformation campaign

Microsoft threat researchers report a surge in Russian disinformation campaigns targeting the 2024 Summer Olympics, including AI-enhanced propaganda Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office bosses misled subpostmasters a day before IT project problems were exposed

Subpostmasters were reassured by Post Office executives that the Horizon replacement project was satisfactory the day before Computer Weekly reported news to the contrary Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

97 FTSE 100 firms exposed to supply chain breaches

Between March 2023 and March 2024, 97 out of 100 companies on the UK’s FTSE 100 list were put at risk of compromise following supply chain breaches at third-party suppliers Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Major breaches allegedly caused by unsecured Snowflake accounts

Significant data breaches at Ticketmaster and Santander appear to have been orchestrated through careful targeting of the victims’ Snowflake cloud data management accounts Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Researchers demonstrate value of AI in predicting heart disease

A decade-long study using an AI-based risk score of 40,000 people has shown it’s possible to detect the level of inflammation of heart arteries Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Dell launches PowerStore Prime and hints at PowerScale AI boost

Array range launched at Dell World 2024 in Las Vegas as PowerScale gets OS upgrade and new Intel Xeon CPUs, while Dell CEO hints at acceleration for PowerScale NAS Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

AI Seoul Summit review

Dozens of governments and tech companies attending the second global AI Safety Summit have committed themselves to the safe and inclusive development of the technology, but questions remain around whether the commitments made go far enough Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Uktech50 2024: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders

UKtech50 received a record-breaking 434 nominations for the 2024 list. Unfortunately, there wasn’t space for everyone in the top 50, and as you can see for yourself in this year’s longlist, it was a difficult decision for the judges Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

How poor IT project management failed Birmingham Oracle implementation

Birmingham City Council’s Oracle system – the biggest of its kind in Europe – went live in April 2022, resulting in a catastrophic IT failure. We investigate Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Proposed AI Bill scuppered by general election – so what comes next?

Lord Chris Holmes explains why he intends to bring his Private Member's Bill on AI back to Parliament once the new government is in place Continue Reading

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• Lord Chris Holmes, House of Lords

Post Office scandal: What is a systemic error?

For those following the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry, confused about what makes a computer error systemic, IT expert James Christie explains Continue Reading

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• James Christie

Delivering the Skills and Productivity Promises in the Party Manifestos: The Janet and John Strategy

Ensure that reliable, secure and affordable broadband connectivity is available to all schools and reliable and affordable 4G remote access to lifelong learning and careers advice and support is ... Continue Reading

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• Philip Virgo, Winsafe Ltd

Why every politician should study at least some science

Guest post: A personal view by physicist Phil Hopkins The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy's “Ark Fleet Ship B” came to mind, last Monday. This was the ship given to all the people who were deemed ... Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Top 7 ESG certifications and courses to consider

The best ESG and sustainability certification, workshop or course is the one that is right for you. Here are seven that work for a wide range of business and IT professionals. Continue Reading

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• Jacob Roundy

Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed

Problems with the Post Office project to replace its controversial Horizon IT system mean Fujitsu is set to receive up to £180m more in taxpayers' cash to support the system for another five years Continue Reading

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

IBM, AI Singapore to bolster Sea-Lion LLM

IBM will work with AI Singapore on technical exchanges to enhance Sea-Lion and make the region’s first LLM available to data scientists and engineers through its AI use case library Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled 'unachievable' as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn

The project to replace the Horizon IT system in Post Office branches is late, over budget and lacking quality – and government auditors sent in to assess a request for £1bn funding say it is currently unachievable Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Europol sting operation smokes multiple botnets

Malware droppers including Bumblebee and Smokeloader were among those targeted in one of the largest ever joint operations against cyber criminal botnets Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The challenges of supporting Copilot+ PCs in the enterprise

Windows PCs generally use x86 compatible hardware, with Intel or AMD processors. Microsoft is now propelling Windows on Arm for AI Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

The need for speed: How AI is driving faster cars for VCARB Formula One team

We go behind the scenes with the Visa Cash App RB F1 team to find out how data, AI and ERP are helping to deliver the millisecond improvements in lap time that make all the difference in Grand Prix racing Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

FWD teams up with AWS on cloud

The pan-Asian insurer plans to host its core applications on AWS in a five-year agreement that comes on the heels of an earlier deal with Microsoft to tap Azure cloud and AI services Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Storebrand divests from IBM over supply of biometrics to Israel

Norwegian asset manager Storebrand’s decision to divest from IBM comes amid growing scrutiny of the role technology companies play in Israel’s human rights abuses Continue Reading

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• Andrew Kersley

Proofpoint exposes AFF scammers’ piano gambit

Ransomware and nation state actors dominate the headlines, but fraud and scams still net career cyber criminals thousands from unsuspecting members of the public. Proofpoint reports on a campaign targeting victims of a musical inclination Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Organisations value digital trust, but aren’t working at it

Three quarters of organisations believe digital trust is relevant to their businesses, yet clear gaps in strategies still seem to persist Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

IT transformation fatigue? Time to bust those big bang blues

As an industry analyst, you always want your questions answered openly, confidently and convincingly when receiving a briefing from an IT vendor. Unfortunately, however, this doesn't always happen, ... Continue Reading

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• Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics

How to avoid joining the Dead Java Code Society

Unused or dead Java code is bogging down software engineers and developers, causing weird dependencies and security risks. Eric Costlow of Azul shares some advice on how to avoid becoming a member of a rather unpleasant club Continue Reading

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• Eric Costlow

Survey reveals generative AI employee fear

IBM/Oxford Economics global CEO survey shows generative AI success relies on employee training and business leader vision Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Storage technology explained: File, block and object storage

We ask the key questions about file, block and object storage: how they work on-premise and in the cloud, global file systems, and file and object locking Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Next UK government must be prepared to legislate on AI, say MPs

The House Science, Innovation and Technology Committee says the next government should be ready to legislate on artificial intelligence to plug any regulatory gaps Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

How APAC organisations are taking to VMware moves

Large organisations in ANZ are looking for transformation rather than a like-for-like replacement for VMware, while those in India have already adopted a dual-supplier strategy Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Interview: EU data chief Ulrich Ahle on obstacles to Europe’s digital single market

EU data scheme Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into Europe’s planned digital single market as opposition mounts to efforts to extend the reach of Europe’s vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Executive Interview: Why Dell wants to be your one-stop AI shop

At Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas, artificial intelligence was the talk of the town as Dell staked out an all-encompassing strategy ahead of an anticipated goldrush. Dell’s Nick Brackney explains why the tech giant believes it's onto a winner Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Why reliable data is essential for trustworthy AI

In little over two years, generative AI has changed the shape of the technology industry. Now is the time for proper due diligence Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard