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IBM: AI cost pressures fuelling cloud repatriation

The drive to fund AI projects is forcing IT leaders to re-examine cloud spend, prompting a rethink of cloud-first strategies and a new focus on IT financial management Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

FairPrice taps Google Cloud to build agentic AI workforce

Singapore’s largest retailer is deploying a suite of agentic AI applications built on Google’s Gemini, Vertex AI and Agentspace to transform its customer experience and internal workflows Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

VMware virtualisation alternatives and the storage they need

We look at the main choices available to those that want to migrate away from VMware and the core requirements for storage to support virtualisation environments Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Incident response planning cuts the risk of claiming on cyber security insurance

Proper attention to incident response planning is emerging as a core cyber control when it comes to reducing the risk of having to claim on cyber security insurance, according to a report Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

PDS confirms ‘strategic restructuring’ with series of interim senior leadership hires

The Police Digital Service has seemingly streamlined and revamped its senior leadership team, more than a year after two of its staff were arrested for suspected misconduct in public office Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Intel filing shows risks of US government stake

The US government now has a significant stake in Intel’s business. This could effect its ability to obtain grants from other governments Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe

Fujitsu supplies police with the network that supports national investigations, while its former staff are part of a national investigation Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Ransomware activity levelled off in July, says NCC

Ransomware levels held steady in the month of July, although the risk remained as persistent as ever Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

TUC calls for government crackdown on business AI shortcuts

Artificial intelligence promises to boost productivity and shareholder value, but the Trades Union Congress is concerned that AI-fuelled economic growth is leaving workers behind Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Broadcom bundles private AI into VCF, adds security automation

At VMware Explore 2025, Broadcom unveiled an integrated private cloud stack with VMware Private AI now included in VCF subscriptions, alongside cyber security services and support for cloud-native object storage Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Three new Citrix NetScaler zero-days under active exploitation

Citrix patches three new vulnerabilities in its NetScaler lines warning of active zero-day exploitation by an undisclosed threat actor Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Okta makes AI identity play with Axiom acquisition

Okta says Axiom Security’s technology will reinforce its own offerings in privileged access management, especially when it comes to the growing number of non-human identities Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Societal implications of enabling a better version of ourselves

In the Adam and Eve Garden of Eden that is artificial intelligence (AI), the forbidden fruit appears to be AI that is subtly better at being human than us. For all the potential to improve society, ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Dartmouth College’s infrastructure head on solving the VMware puzzle and serving Ivy League needs

Ty Peavey from Dartmouth College counts his rapid answer to the Broadcom-VMware farrago as one of his best calls Continue Reading

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• Martin Veitch

Why digital transformation has a physical address

CCS Insight looks at how Sidara, Cisco, Schneider Electric, Ideal and Para have flipped building design to put digital and sustainability first Continue Reading

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• Bola Rotibi

Ransomware attack volumes up nearly three times on 2024

During the first six months of 2025, the number of observed and tracked ransomware attacks far outpaced the volume seen in 2024 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

ESG data collection: Guide and best practices

Sustainability initiatives won't succeed without quality data. Following an ESG data collection framework and best practices ensures program and reporting success. Continue Reading

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• George Lawton

Can the M1-Simba merger rewrite the telco playbook?

The merger of investment-heavy M1 and lean challenger Simba has created Singapore’s newest telecom giant. Their attempt to solve the “investment-agility paradox” could offer a blueprint for saturated telco markets in Asia-Pacific Continue Reading

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• Edwin Lin

Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI

US authorities warn of an uptick in state-sponsored exploitation of a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco's operating system software Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Scale of MoD Afghan data breaches widens dramatically

Many more data breaches at the MoD's Arap programme to relocate at-risk Afghan citizens to Britain have emerged following an FoI request by BBC journalists Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Apple iOS update fixes new iPhone zero-day flaw

Latest Apple zero-day found in the ImageIO framework opens the door for targeted zero-click attacks on iPhone users Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m

Metropolitan Police-led investigation into Post Office scandal is expected to run to 2030 and cost taxpayers tens of millions of pounds Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Judge throws out NHS whistleblower’s challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails

Appeal tribunal dismisses doctor’s bid to quash decision that cleared London hospital trust of concealing evidence through attempted destruction of electronic documents during live court proceedings Continue Reading

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• Tommy Greene

UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful

The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Reserve Bank of India proposes framework for AI adoption in India’s finance sector

India’s central bank has proposed a framework to guide artificial intelligence adoption in the financial sector, along with recommendations to build shared infrastructure, implement safeguards and promote financial inclusion Continue Reading

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• Mastufa Ahmed

Interview: Simon Goodyear, chief information and technology officer, Redwood Bank

Redwood Bank’s new IT boss is a problem solver who wants to eradicate every unnecessary Excel spreadsheet Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Dell builds on $50m Singapore investment with new AI hub

Dell Technologies has opened an AI innovation hub to speed artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises across Asia-Pacific and upskill 10,000 students and mid-career professionals in Singapore Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Microsoft starts including PQC algorithms in cyber foundations

Microsoft updates on its post-quantum cyber strategy as it continues integrating quantum-safe algorithms into some of the core foundations underpinning its products and services Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Commvault users told to patch two RCE exploit chains

Storage firm Commvault fixes four vulnerabilities that, when combined, create a pair of RCE exploit chains that could be used to target on-premise customers with ransomware and other nasties Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Warlock claims more victims as cyber attacks hit Colt and Orange

Ransomware gang Warlock is adding more victims to its data leak site as the impact of a spreading wave of cyber attacks continues to be felt Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Jack of all managed security services, or master of none?

Large managed cyber services providers rule the roost when it comes to security buying priorities, but could this be watering down the overall quality of services available on the market? Continue Reading

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• Andy Kays, Socura

Interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and technology officer, Pandora

The jewellery retailer is building on a four-year digital transformation by adding agentic AI alongside a major overhaul of its back-end ERP infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe

Freedom of information request reveals sub-contract between Fujitsu and the police force leading nationwide investigation of the IT firm’s part in the Post Office scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK chip strategy needs an AI acceleration slant

Analysis for the government shows gaps in Labour’s AI plan of action, but the big opportunity is in optoelectronics Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

India banks on mature-node chips to build semiconductor niche

India is doubling down on mature-node chips that power cars, healthcare and electronics, using incentives and global supply shifts to make its mark Continue Reading

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• Mastufa Ahmed

Google spins up agentic SOC to speed up incident management

Google Cloud elaborates on its vision for securing artificial intelligence unveiling new protections and capabilities across its product suite Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Deepfake AI scammers target the Big Yin

Cyber criminal scammers exploiting GenAI to create deepfake AI tools are targeting one of the UK’s most beloved comics, and one of its strongest accents Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

ISACA launches AI security management certification

ISACA accredited security professionals can now pursue a new AI security management credential Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

What is e-waste?

Electronic waste, or end-of-life (EOL) electronics or e-waste, refers to discarded, recycled or refurbished electrical and electronic products. Continue Reading

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• Scott Robinson, New Era Technology
• Sam Campanella

Storage data management tools: What they do and what’s available

We look at data management tools from storage array makers, who supplies them, what they can do, and whether they stretch to managing third-party storage in customer datacentres Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Interview: Differentiating with AI in pet care

We speak to Mars Pet Nutrition’s head of digital innovation about making artificial intelligence relevant across its brands to support pet health Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Singapore board directors to get cyber crisis training

The Singapore Institute of Directors and Ensign InfoSecurity have launched a programme to equip 1,000 board leaders with the skills to navigate high-stakes decisions during a cyber crisis Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Workday hit in wave of social engineering attacks

A campaign of voice-based social engineering attacks targeting users of Salesforce’s services appears to have struck HR platform Workday Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Extremist hacker who defaced websites and stole data imprisoned

Hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky pled guilty to attacking multiple websites based on extremist political and religious ideology Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

L’Oréal to promote cyber resilience for Britain’s beauty salons

L’Oréal UK and Ireland will work with law enforcement, cyber educators and students, and other large organisations to help thousands of small salons across the UK improve their cyber resilience practice Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

AI advances clear path to software development careers

Programming skills are always in demand, but with artificial intelligence, people will have to adapt their approach to writing code Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Docusign moves beyond e-signatures with AI-powered contract platform

Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen explains how the company is leveraging its brand recognition and GenAI capabilities to solve decades-old problems in how businesses create, negotiate and manage contracts Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

An introduction to platform engineering

It is largely recognised that current software development practices are not sustainable – platform engineering is the IT sector’s remedy Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
• Adrian Bridgwater

Warlock claims ransomware attack on network services firm Colt

UK network services firm Colt is attempting to recover various customer-facing systems following a cyber attack that has been claimed by the Warlock ransomware gang and may have arisen via a SharePoint flaw Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Would you hire a hacker?

At a time when cyber security breaches are on the up and skills remain in short supply, security experts believe we may be missing a trick by overlooking unconventional sources of talent Continue Reading

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• Cath Everett

UK cyber leaders feel impact of Trump cutbacks

The ripple effects of US cyber security cutbacks have reached this side of the Atlantic, according to a report Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

US trade body calls on Washington to cut cyber red tape

The US Information Technology Industry Council has called on the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director to cut burdensome regulations in areas such as AI and incident reporting, and to do more to build a unified security regime Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Zendesk CTO on the new era of customer experience

Zendesk once pushed its AI vision, but now customers are leading the charge. Its CTO, Jason Maynard, explains how this reversal is creating roles like the ‘bot manager’ and shaping the future of customer experience Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Lenovo partners its way up the storage maker rankings

Storage profile: We look at Lenovo, a key storage player that has played the partnership game to rise in the array maker rankings and corner the SME and entry-level market Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Whitehall IT projects face complex challenges, Nista report finds

The annual report from the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority gives major police IT project ‘red’ rating, while several others are rated ‘amber’, including Gov.uk One Login and Making Tax Digital Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Teen hackers aren't the problem. They're the wake-up call

If we take the time to build the right pathways into cyber, young people could be our best line of defence. Continue Reading

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• Fergus Hay, The Hacking Games

Autocratic UAE gets democratic artificial intelligence

US-China rivalry has come to a head in authoritarian Gulf state UAE, where OpenAI is attempting to make a stand for democracy and free speech Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

The UK’s Online Safety Act explained: what you need to know

In this essential guide, Computer Weekly looks at the UK’s implementation of the Online Safety Act, including controversies around age verification measures and the threat it poses to end-to-end encryption Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

India revives national datacentre policy amid AI push

The government is pushing for single-window clearances and distributed infrastructure to prepare India for AI and cloud workloads in its national datacentre policy Continue Reading

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• Mastufa Ahmed

Vodafone Greece automates deals for customers, saves 500 staff-days of work

Vodafone Greece hired an implementation partner for a business process management project while its own staff observed and learned how to use the technology Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Guardian agents: Stopping AI from going rogue

AI systems don't share our values and can easily go rogue. But instead of trying to make AI more human, we need a new class of guardian agents to act as digital sentinels, monitoring our autonomous systems before we lose control completely Continue Reading

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• Daryl Plummer

SK Telecom to build sovereign AI infrastructure

The South Korean telco is building the Haein Cluster AI infrastructure to support its Petasus AI Cloud service in a bid to meet the demand for AI training and inference within its borders Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

What’s going on inside Intel?

Chipmaker Intel has had a tough couple of weeks: job cuts, Donald Trump calling for the CEO’s resignation, and now an attack by its former chief executive Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

What is data quality and why is it important?

Data quality measures a data set's condition based on factors such as accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness and validity. Continue Reading

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• Scott Robinson, New Era Technology
• Robert Sheldon
• Craig Stedman, Industry Editor

BlackSuit ransomware payment recovered in takedown operation

US authorities reveal how over a million dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency assets laundered by the BlackSuit ransomware gang were seized ahead of a July takedown operation Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Santander will make AI training mandatory for all staff in 2026

Spanish banking giant announces mandatory AI training for staff, and collaborates with OpenAI on a ‘data and AI-first transformation’ Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

What the UK's ransomware crackdown signals for Europe

The UK government is forging a bold path as it aims to ban ransomware payments from certain organisations. Its actions could herald an inflexion point in Europe's broader response to ransomware. Continue Reading

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• Fintan Quinn, Gartner

SAP touts Business Suite as key to enterprise AI

The German software giant pitched its Business Suite set of integrated applications for the AI era, along with the SAP Joule copilot as the future orchestrator of business workflows, at its customer conference in Melbourne Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

AI in pet health: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Mars Pet Nutrition’s head of digital innovation, Kate Balingit, about using computer vision with smartphone photos to assess pet health Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Fujitsu orders staff to retain Post Office-related documentation as it braces for legal action

Japanese supplier tells all UK staff to preserve documents related to its work with the Post Office Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Macquarie Data Centres to offer Dell-Nvidia AI tech stack

The Australian datacentre operator will host the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia infrastructure platform in its sovereign facilities to meet growing demand for local, secure and compliant generative AI infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Researchers firm up ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider link

ReliaQuest researchers present new evidence that firms up a potential link, or outright partnership, between the ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider cyber gangs Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK work visa sponsors are target of phishing campaign

Mimecast identifies a phishing campaign targeting UK organisations that sponsor migrant workers and students, opening the door to account compromise and visa fraud Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK state-owned bank goes cloud-native

State-owned National Savings and Investments bank used contract renewal as an opportunity to keep pace with changes in the market Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

What boards should look for in a CISO

The role of the chief information security officer has evolved dramatically over the years – and will continue to do so. What should boards really looking for when hiring a security leader in 2025? Continue Reading

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• Rinki Sethi, Upwind Security

Norway fixing Big Bang e-health botch with fintech security

Experts call for Europe’s health sector to protect medical APIs with security originated from UK open banking as officials take urgent measures against unprecedented attacks Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Keeping drivers driving at The AA

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how The AA is using AI and connected vehicle technology to get drivers back on the road as quickly as possible. The UK competition watchdog says Microsoft and AWS are too dominant in the cloud market – we examine what it means for IT leaders. And we look at the storage options for AI training and inference. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Ola’s Krutrim builds ‘AI-first’ sovereign cloud for India

Krutrim is building a vertically integrated technology stack to make AI affordable, scalable and sovereign for Indian businesses while catering to the country’s linguistic needs Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

ShinyHunters Salesforce cyber attacks explained: What you need to know

Computer Weekly gets under the skin of an ongoing wave of ShinyHunters cyber attacks orchestrated via social engineering against Salesforce users Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How CISOs can adapt cyber strategies for the age of AI

Traditional security measures may not be able to cope with the AI reality. In order to safeguard enterprise operations, reputation and data integrity in an AI-first world, security leaders need to rethink. Continue Reading

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• Martin Riley, Bridewell Consulting

Why Intel’s woes show the fragility of the European Chips Act

Intel is facing political pressure and stress across its business, with its 2022 plans to manufacture in the EU one of the casualties Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

McCullough Review into PSNI spying on journalists and lawyers delayed

Angus McCullough KC is to present findings of an independent review of police spying on phone data of lawyers, journalists and NGOs in Northern Ireland in October   Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Podcast: Key hurdles in AI from proof of concept to production

We talk to DDN CTO Sven Oehme about key technical and organisational hurdles when taking AI projects from test to production, in storage and building the technical team Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Interview: Antony Hausdoerfer, group CIO, The AA

The vehicle recovery specialist is looking to artificial intelligence and connected vehicle technology to enhance customer experience and get drivers back on the road in the shortest possible time Continue Reading

Watching the watchers: Is the Technical Advisory Panel a match for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ?

Dame Muffy Calder is chair of the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), a small group of experts that advises the Investigatory Powers Commissioner on surveillance technology. Do they have what it takes to oversee the intelligence community? Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Interview: How PXP shifted off VMware

When a business begins to see less and less value from an incumbent IT provider, especially as its software becomes more expensive, it might be time to switch. Here’s how one company did just that Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

OpenAI closes gap to artificial general intelligence with GPT-5

As OpenAI’s latest large language model delivers smarter AI, experts are wary of the risks GPT-5 poses to human creativity Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Cloudera touts hybrid data platform to power enterprise AI boom

At its Evolve APAC 2025 conference in Singapore, Cloudera promises to end the compromise between on-premise data control and public cloud convenience with its hybrid data platform Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Interview: Kirsty Roth, chief operations and technology officer, Thomson Reuters

As a technologist who also runs corporate operations, Thomson Reuters’ CTO believes her tech background gives her a unique edge as the business information group looks to transform its products with AI Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Trump slaps 100% tariffs on chips to get tech onshore

The chip sector is being shaken up by the US administration’s plans to levy a tariff on semiconductors imported into the United States Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

DeepSeek shows enterprises model distillation opportunity

DeepSeek showed how it is possible to run an AI model using far less compute than existing models. AI model distillation is now becoming mainstream Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government looks at tech to tackle peak electricity demand

Forecasting, AI, smart meters and electrical vehicle batteries are part of an ambitious project to reduce the use of fossil fuels on the UK's energy grid Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Black Hat USA: Startup breaks secrets management tools

Researchers at Cyata, an agentic identity specialist that has just emerged from stealth, found 14 CVEs in the widely used CyberArk Conjur and HashiCorp Vault enterprise secrets management platforms Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cyber criminals would prefer businesses don’t use Okta

Okta details a phishing campaign in which the threat actor demonstrated some unusually strong opinions on what authentication methods they would like their targets to use Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Companies House ID verification to start in November 2025

Companies House plans to start vetting director identities from mid-November, but its reliance on the troubled One Login digital identity service may be cause for concern Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NCSC updates CNI Cyber Assessment Framework

Updates to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework are designed to help providers of critical services better manage their risk profiles Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

OpenAI now offers open AI models, but CIOs need to assess the risk

Open models offer enterprise IT a way to build tailored LLMs trained on corporate content. Open AI is now offering two open models Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Maybank inks RM1bn deal with Microsoft

The five-year deal will see Malaysia’s largest bank accelerate its digital transformation efforts, building on its current strategy to embed AI across the organisation and enhance its technological capabilities Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Australian scaleup to bring AI-led data protection to the MoD

The UK’s Ministry of Defence is embracing AI-led data protection in the wake of a major privacy breach, enlisting Australian cyber firm Castlepoint Systems to oversee sensitive records Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Airtel to sell its in-house tech globally, inks deal with Singtel

The Indian telecoms giant is commercialising the digital tools it built for its own vast network, using its subsidiary, Xtelify, to challenge cloud providers in India and sell its AI software to peers like Singtel and Globe Telecom Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget