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KubeCon London: Prepare for a shake-up

Developer overload, inadequate fault tolerance and regional fractionalisation are among the issues the Linux Foundation needs to address Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

India’s tech talent adapts to AI era

IT professionals in India need to unlearn old skills and embrace artificial intelligence, automation and specialised domains as the country cements its position as a global tech hub Continue Reading

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• Pratima Harigunani

Why SLMs could be a big deal for businesses looking for an edge

Sky-high infrastructure demands, rising operational expenses and data privacy concerns have left CIOs questioning whether bigger is always better when it comes to AI languages Continue Reading

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• Marc Ambasna-Jones

What is quantum as a service? Definition and top providers

Quantum as a service (QaaS), or quantum computing as a service, is a cloud-based way for organizations to access quantum computing technologies and capabilities more affordably through a third-party provider. Continue Reading

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• Jacob Roundy

Banks to share fraud data with tech firms in cross-sector collaboration

UK banks join tech firms in fraud data-sharing initiative to enable collaboration on action to stop online scams Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UN warns of economic productivity crash due to AI job losses

Artificial intelligence can improve productivity, but a report from the United Nations warns of potential job losses disrupting economies Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Microsoft at 50: Enterprise IT for the masses

On 4 April 1975, Paul Allen and Bill Gates formed Microsoft, a company that defined the PC era and opened up computing for all Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

What is a center of excellence (CoE)?

A center of excellence (CoE) is a team of skilled knowledge workers whose mission is to provide the organization they work for with best practices around a particular area of interest. Continue Reading

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• Scott Robinson, New Era Technology

Danish supercomputer to drive innovation

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

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Virtual reality enterprise journey a marathon, not a sprint

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

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Unlocking business benefits with sustainable IT infrastructure

To fully unlock the value of sustainable IT, infrastructure and operations leaders must go beyond meeting expectations and prove the business value of their sustainability efforts Continue Reading

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• Autumn Stanish

Apple’s appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over the UK’s encryption ‘backdoor’ explained

Apple has appealed to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over an order by home secretary Yvette Cooper to give the UK access to customers’ data protected by Advanced Data Protection encryption. What happens next?  Continue Reading

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• Bernard Keenan, UCL

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

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

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• Lis Evenstad

Tech sector still failing to rid supply chains of forced labour

KnowTheChain’s latest benchmark analysis of the IT sector’s efforts to address forced labour in supply chains shows there has been very little improvement in their due diligence practices over the last half decade Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Keysight introduces AI network architecture validation, optimisation tool

Tool designed to validate the network performance of AI workloads and system infrastructure by adjusting and optimising parameters Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Interview: Tomer Cohen, chief product officer, LinkedIn

The professional social network’s product chief is leading the introduction of artificial intelligence for the firm’s in-house development processes and to enhance services for users Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Bridging Borders: The rise of Ukrainian-British tech collaboration

The IT sectors of the UK and Ukraine have built strong relationships since Russia’s invasion of the latter, and there is more to come, writes the IT Ukraine Association’s ambassador in the UK Continue Reading

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• Alexandra Govorukha

StarHub trials first 5G cloud RAN network in Southeast Asia

Singapore telco trials cloud-based radio access network, unlocking new enterprise services and laying the groundwork for advanced 5G and 6G capabilities Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Nvidia tackles graphics processing unit hogging

People may try to lock up GPU resources even if they don’t need them all day – but not anymore, thanks to Nvidia KAI Scheduler Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Gmail ‘bubble’ encryption may be an S/MIME killer, says Google

Marking the 21st anniversary of Gmail, Google is preparing to roll out an end-to-end encryption standard for its email service in hopes of democratising encryption and leaving old standards in the dust Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office Capture and Ecco+ users asked to make contact with Scottish statutory body

Scottish statutory body attempting to contact people that might have been wrongly convicted of crimes based on the Post Office’s flawed systems Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: Ray McCann, Loan Charge independent review lead

Former HMRC assistant director Ray McCann is leading the latest independent review into the UK government’s controversial Loan Charge policy, which has left thousands of IT contractors saddled with life-changing tax bills Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Scottish support group for Post Office scandal victims launched

Support group calls on former subpostmasters in Scotland who have been affected by Horizon errors to come forward Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Apple devices are at ‘most risk’ in UK following government ‘backdoor’ order

Home Office refuses to answer questions from Lords over technical capability notice issued against Apple’s iCloud Advanced Data Protection encryption services Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Inside Amazon’s robot-powered warehouse

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at Amazon’s robot-powered Swindon warehouse to see how AI and humans are working together. We examine the state of open source licensing and find out how it’s affecting datacentre operators. And we visit a 130-year-old wine and drinks company to find out how technology has brought operations into the modern age. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Avoiding AI lock-in

One of the big problems with deploying a software as a service (SaaS) product across an entire organisation is that once it is widely used, swapping it out becomes an extremely costly exercise. In ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How Singapore researchers are using AI to fight Parkinson’s disease

Singapore researchers are using Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold to understand the intricate protein interactions at play in Parkinson's disease, paving the way for potential diagnostics and treatments Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Top 1,000 IT service providers in scope of UK cyber bill

The government’s proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is set to include regulatory provisions covering both datacentre operators and larger IT service providers Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Understanding of ‘black box’ IT systems will reduce Post Office scandal-like risk

A Parliamentary committee has reported that leadership teams need to understand the ‘black box’ IT systems that underpin their organisations Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Reassessing UK law enforcement data adequacy

Computer Weekly takes stock of proposed changes to the UK’s law enforcement data protection rules and how it could affect data adequacy with the European Union Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

UK law enforcement data adequacy at risk

The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help to simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

15 sustainable office ideas that businesses should explore

Learn how to create a more sustainable workplace with these eco-friendly ideas everyone can support. Leaders, managers and employees can all play a role. Continue Reading

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• Jacob Roundy
• Molly Driscoll, Site Editor

What are the 4 different types of blockchain technology?

Each blockchain network has distinct pluses and minuses that largely drive its ideal uses. Continue Reading

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• Christine Campbell, The Alpha Content Company
• Guilliean Pacheco, Associate Site Editor

Podcast: HDD safe from flash for a decade or more

We talk to Toshiba’s Rainer Kaese, who argues flash cannot replace spinning disk because it’s too costly to consider for anything but limited, performance-hungry applications Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Meeting the UK’s compute capacity needs: Alternatives to hyperscale datacentre builds

Since coming to power, the Labour government has set out plans to accelerate new datacentre builds. We look at how this is evolving Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Countering nation-state cyber espionage: A CISO field guide

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

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• Andrew Hodges, Quorum Cyber

Understanding RAG architecture and its fundamentals

Now seen as the ideal way to infuse generative AI into a business context, RAG architecture involves the implementation of various technological building blocks and practices - all involve trade-offs Continue Reading

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• Gaétan Raoul, LeMagIT

Government sends data scientists to AI school

Public sector data scientists will learn how to become artificial intelligence (AI) engineers as part of government scheme to upskill civil servants Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UK public expresses strong support for AI regulation

Most of the UK public have experienced an AI-related harm and say they want laws introduced to regulate the technology, according to national survey by the Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing Institutes Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Unleashing the power of data: redefining UK industrial growth

There’s a barrier stopping the use of AI to boost the economy. Government data that is essential to create game-changing LLMs is not yet AI-ready Continue Reading

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• Nigel Shadbolt, The Open Data Institute

Can regulatory oversight alone unlock cloud competition?

CCS Insight’s chief of enterprise research looks at the Competition and Markets Authority’s plans to regulate public cloud Continue Reading

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• Bola Rotibi

What happened when a tech journalist experimented with AI on a PC?

Google Gemma, Meta Llama, Mistral and DeepSeek can all be downloaded free of charge for use on a personal machine without paying for online services or exposing your data to the cloud. But what are the results? Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT

Research team demonstrates certified quantum randomness

A 56-qubit trapped ion quantum computer from Quantinuum has demonstrated quantum supremacy as a random number generator Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Experts question court’s rejection of former Post Office manager’s Horizon appeal

Experts on the use of computer evidence question why Court of Appeal rejected former Post Office branch manager’s appeal against conviction Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Selangor teams up with Google Cloud on AI

The Teraju AI Selangor initiative will provide state agencies with access to Google Cloud’s AI tools and training to build AI applications in areas such as education and healthcare Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Advanced Software fined £3m over LockBit attack

The ICO has issued a £3m fine to software provider Advanced in the wake of security failings that led to significant disruption to NHS customers in a ransomware attack Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

5 steps to design an effective AI pilot project

Getting employee feedback on new technology can help mitigate risks before deployment. Learn key steps to follow when implementing an AI pilot project. Continue Reading

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• Eric St-Jean

Learn the benefits of an environmental management system

An environmental management system offers cost savings, sustainability efficiencies and other benefits. Learn about its advantages as well as limitations and how ISO 14001 relates. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

How to respond to digital regulation in 2025

A wave of UK and EU regulation to promote competition and consumer protection in digital markets and services has been introduced that requires a strategic response from companies in the year ahead Continue Reading

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• Suchitra Nair and Robert MacDougall, Deloitte

Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use AI to catch wealthy tax dodgers

HMRC’s use of artificial intelligence is one of many initiatives outlined in Chancellor’s Spring Statement Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

More than 200 Lloyds Bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training

Lloyds Banking Group is running a six-month training programme with the aim of building AI skills among its senior leadership Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

4 Day Week Foundation launches tech sector pilot

UK tech firms are being invited to join a pilot programme run by the 4 Day Week Foundation, which aims to help prepare them for implementing shorter working weeks Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Deutsches Forschungsnetz accelerates research with green IP network

IP network upgrade designed to give German national research and education network enhanced access to critical resources and more efficient collaboration with interface speeds up to 800 Gbps, increased capacity and 75% reduced power consumption Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Podcast: AI data needs scalable flash, but also needs to be FAIR

We talk to Tim Sherbak of Quantum about the demands artificial intelligence puts on storage and the need for data management that can cope with large volumes of data that must be kept for long periods Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Military AI caught in tension between speed and control

The use of artificial intelligence in military contexts can unlock a range of benefits for defence organisations, but also highlights a clear tension between speed and control baked into the technology Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Gartner on agentic AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Gartner’s Anushree Verma about the route from robotic process automation to agentic AI in corporate IT Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Oracle bets big on AI, drives Australian business transformation

At the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Sydney, Oracle executives talked up the company’s strategy to integrate AI across its entire technology stack, empowering Australian businesses to move beyond experimentation and into practical AI-driven solutions Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Public Accounts Committee calls out legacy IT

Unsupported and out-of-date software and hardware are hindering the government’s artificial intelligence plans for the public sector Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

What is IT operations (IT ops)?

The term IT operations (IT ops) describes the many processes and services an IT department manages and maintains within an organization. Continue Reading

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• Kinza Yasar, Technical Writer
• Paul Kirvan
• Kate Brush

Government needs to fix tech staff hiring process, says Whitehall’s AI boss

Giving evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, tech experts highlighted the lack of clarity on data exchange, the need for the new Government Digital Service to execute, and a lack of actual tech experts Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

ETSI launches first post-quantum encryption standard

European telco standards body launches its first post-quantum cryptography cyber standard, covering the security of critical data and communications Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK internet trade bodies issue best practice guidance for telecoms poles

Trade associations for providers of internet services in the UK offer guidance outlines that encourage a community-conscious approach to telecoms infrastructure deployment Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Kroll reviewing Post Office Horizon’s current integrity and discrepancy identification

The Post Office appoints third party to review Horizon following concerns about current version of the system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Scottish police hold almost no data on facial recognition use

It is currently impossible to assess Police Scotland’s use of retrospective facial recognition for efficacy and fairness because the force does not collect meaningful information that would enable a proper evaluation Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

MPs demand government reconsider response to Post Office compensation report

Select committee calls on government to ‘reflect and revise’ response to Post Office scandal compensation scheme Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: The role of IT innovation at Royal Ballet and Opera

We speak to the Royal Ballet and Opera’s head of IT delivery, Keith Nolan, about how IT lowers costs and helps power stage innovations for world-class performances Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

NHS England scrapped – and what that means for health service digitisation

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the impact of scrapping NHS England on the health service’s long road to digital modernisation. We look at real-life examples of how digital twins are helping to improve manufacturing and urban infrastructure. And we analyse the options for datacentre expansion, from cloud to colocation and on-premise. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Does your organisation need an AI librarian?

An AI librarian ensures data accuracy and integrity, bridging the gap between powerful AI tools and reliable, human-validated knowledge Continue Reading

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• Dougal Martin

What is reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS)?

Reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) are related operational activities that must be considered when designing, manufacturing, purchasing and using a computer product or component. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

Storage players ride the Nvidia bus at GTC 2025

As artificial intelligence’s big beast holds its annual shindig, storage firms line up to launch everything from new array products to validations, certifications and vague ideas around data ecosystems Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

CIO interview: Sean Green, Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck University interim CIO got a taste for the ‘exciting’ and ‘challenging’ role of a tech leader in higher education while in his previous role at the University of East Anglia Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why I am challenging Yvette Cooper’s ‘secret backdoor’ order against Apple’s encryption

I took steps to lock down all personal data after I was named as an opponent of Russia. Now I am again worried about my family's safety after the home secretary issued a secret order against Apple Continue Reading

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• Gus Hosein

Will DeepSeek force us to take application security seriously?

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

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• Mike Gillespie and Ellie Hurst

How to build a sustainability performance management stack

Sustainability pressure will continue to grow -- despite headlines that suggest otherwise -- and smart business and IT leaders understand how to use new tech to help meet demands. Continue Reading

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• Kashyap Kompella, RPA2AI Research

Ethical qualms prompt challenging social media migrations

Changing content moderation and artificial intelligence training practices means social media has undergone a fundamental shift in the past six months, presenting organisations and people migrating away from these platforms for ethical reasons with a number of practical challenges Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

The Netherlands bets on brain-inspired computing for a greener future

The Netherlands is building a neuromorphic computing ecosystem, harnessing brain-inspired tech for unprecedented energy efficiency Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

‘Bankenstein’ and a cold calculation means banking crashes will continue

Following a three-day crash at Barclays, UK banks were forced to explain to MPs when, how and why digital services became unavailable over past two years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cloud, colocation or on-premise? Consider all options

When it comes to datacentres, every option should be considered Continue Reading

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• Joe Fay

How Jetstar is tapping data analytics

Low-cost carrier Jetstar is using the Snowflake data platform to optimise the number of meals to carry onboard and to generate flight schedules, among other data analytics initiatives to improve its operations Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Dutch workforce faces radical transformation as AI adoption accelerates

While the Netherlands leads Europe in AI adoption, a deeper analysis of the labour market reveals a more nuanced narrative than the apocalyptic predictions of job losses Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Podcast: How customers use multi-cloud and mitigate key challenges

We talk to Vawlt CEO Ricardo Mendes about the key challenges of multi-cloud operations, and how customers can mitigate the security, billing and complexity challenges they face Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

IT in opera and ballet: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Keith Nolan, head of technology delivery, Royal Ballet and Opera about using IT to save money Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

NCSC proposes three-step plan to move to quantum-safe encryption

The NCSC urges service providers, large organisations and critical sectors to start thinking today about how they will migrate to post-quantum cryptography over the next decade Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Government considering redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims

Campaign group brings together the children of subpostmasters to meet Post Office minister to discuss redress for their suffering Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Ofcom outlines plans to take UK full-fibre roll-out into ‘final phase’

UK communications regulator sets out plans that will help full-fibre gigabit broadband reach almost all UK homes and businesses over the next two years Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

NAS storage: TrueNAS aims to make it big in Europe

Aimed at the SME market, but with NAS systems that go to tens of petabytes, iXsystems brings dual controllers, NVMe and hybrid flash, AI-capable storage, and container support Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Snowflake founders reveal ‘cuckoo cloud’ vision that disrupted big data

Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes reveal the journey that led to their data platform, their bet against Hadoop and why they still code on weekends to stay connected to their creation Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

When open source isn’t really open

Vendor lock-in, once a threat from proprietary software, now lurks in open source and AI, trapping businesses in costly, inflexible ecosystems Continue Reading

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• Ben Henshall

Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal

The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Cinema is given a new lease of life by Danes and data

Those who think that cinema is dying out are failing to see the full picture and move with the times, according to Danish entertainment company Nordisk Film Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

VMware vSAN: What are the VM storage alternatives?

Licensing changes mean VMware vSAN customers are considering whether to move to an alternative to vSAN for VMware storage or away from VMware altogether. We look at the options Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Interview: Cynthia Stoddard, CIO, Adobe

After nearly 10 years in post, Adobe’s CIO is still driving digital transformation and looking to deliver lasting change through technology Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

An agentic AI reality check

No one can deny the tech sector’s level of excitement when something new starts to gain traction. Rather like the car mechanic or builder who urges their customers to buy more expensive components ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Clop resurgence drives ransomware attacks in February

The exploitation of two new vulnerabilities in a popular file transfer service saw the Clop ransomware gang soar in February, according to NCC Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

DeepMind founder warns of compounding AI agent errors

Artificial general intelligence may be years away, but in the meantime, organisations are being urged to adopt agent technology Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How Telefónica avoided VMware price hike

While some some organisations look for alternatives to VMware, Telefónica Germany has taken a different approach based on third-party support Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Former subpostmaster to sue Post Office and Fujitsu for judgment ‘obtained by fraud’

Lee Castleton, one of a group of seven former subpostmasters who began the fight against the Post Office in 2009, triggers ‘seismic’ shift in Post Office scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HPE storage battles hard and smart in challenging market

Storage profile: We look at HPE, which has slipped in the storage supplier rankings, but brings a full range of AI-era storage over a mature cloud and consumption model offer Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Digital Realty enters Indonesia through joint venture

New joint venture, Digital Realty Bersama, will develop and operate datacentres across Indonesia to meet the increasing demand for digital infrastructure in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Largest ever cyber deal reflects Google’s CNAPP ambitions

In a signal of its future ambitions, Google lays down $32bn to acquire cloud-native application protection platform Wiz, reflecting the increasing need to secure multicloud environments Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor