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News
04 Jul 2025
NHS to be ‘digital by default’
Single Patient Records, a digitally enabled neighbourhood health service, and the NHS App becoming a ‘doctor in your pocket’ are all part of the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS Continue Reading
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04 Jul 2025
Medow Health AI debuts AI scribe tool in Singapore
The Australian health technology company has launched its AI-powered scribe platform in Singapore to help healthcare professionals automatically capture and structure clinical notes, reports and referral letters Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Opinion
08 Apr 2025
It’s time to stop the victim-blaming and insist on safer software
Businesses spend too much time and money protecting themselves against flaws and vulnerabilities in modern software products, when they ought to raise their expectations and insist on better solutions from providers Continue Reading
By- Mandy Andress, Elastic
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News
08 Apr 2025
Current funding models prevent health and social care integration, according to report
Whitepaper by telecare provider Tunstall calls for government to develop a national strategy to resolve fragmentation between health and social care Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2025
Interview: Sarah Hawkins, CEO, National Family Mediation
The CEO of the not-for-profit talks to Computer Weekly about how the organisation has finally automated referrals, after years of being told it was impossible, and launching its own mediation app Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2025
Government punts cyber governance code of practice for UK businesses
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s cyber security minister Feryal Clark announces a cyber security code of governance for UK businesses to follow Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
08 Apr 2025
Over £18m stolen from Santander UK customers in first three months of year
Bank’s latest quarterly report on scams said over £18m was stolen from its UK customers by scammers Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
08 Apr 2025
UK authority’s search for answers over deleted Julian Assange emails comes too late to retrieve data
The Crown Prosecution Service has finally searched for information about the destruction of emails from the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer – but too late to retrieve data about the deleted documents Continue Reading
By- Stefania Maurizi
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08 Apr 2025
‘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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News
07 Apr 2025
UK SMEs losing over £3bn a year to cyber incidents
A lack of access to technology, little to no staff training, and competing priorities are losing UK SMEs up to £3.4bn to cyber incidents every year Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
07 Apr 2025
Court rejects Home Office bid for blanket secrecy in hearings over Apple encryption case
Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejects Home Office arguments that identifying the ‘bare details’ of legal action by Apple would damage national security, leaving open possibility of future open court hearings Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
07 Apr 2025
Fintech body calls on government for national anti-fraud centre
Industry body says a national anti-fraud centre could be the vehicle required to effectively fight fraud through data sharing Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
07 Apr 2025
Post Office can’t find evidence for over 1,000 Horizon scandal redress claimants
The Post Office has no evidence of errors for more than 1,000 subpostmasters applying for compensation through the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
04 Apr 2025
Norway and Nordic financial sector ramps up cyber security
Finans Norge sets up cyber security unit CTSU to support the finance sector in Norway amid increasing threats Continue Reading
By- Gerard O'Dwyer
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News
04 Apr 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
04 Apr 2025
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
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Opinion
03 Apr 2025
Taking a ‘good enough’ approach with cloud security isn't enough
In the wake of the January 2025 'Codefinger' attacks against AWS S3 users, Thales Rob Elliss argues that many organisations are dropping the ball when it comes to their understanding of cloud security best practice Continue Reading
By- Rob Ellis, Thales
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News
03 Apr 2025
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
By- Gerard O'Dwyer
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News
03 Apr 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Opinion
02 Apr 2025
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
By- Bernard Keenan, UCL
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News
02 Apr 2025
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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News
02 Apr 2025
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
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Opinion
02 Apr 2025
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
By- Alexandra Govorukha
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News
01 Apr 2025
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
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
01 Apr 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
01 Apr 2025
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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Apr 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
01 Apr 2025
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
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
01 Apr 2025
Distrust builds between digital ID sector and government amid speculation over 'ID cards by stealth'
Wednesday 2 April sees the latest meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on digital identity. It’s more exciting than it sounds – honest! APPGs have no power or governmental role – ... Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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E-Zine
01 Apr 2025
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
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News
01 Apr 2025
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
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
31 Mar 2025
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
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
31 Mar 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
31 Mar 2025
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
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
31 Mar 2025
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
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Podcast
31 Mar 2025
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
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Opinion
28 Mar 2025
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
By- Andrew Hodges, Quorum Cyber
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News
28 Mar 2025
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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News
27 Mar 2025
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
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
27 Mar 2025
HMRC consults on clamping down on tax avoidance schemes that ensnare IT contractors
HMRC has launched two consultations in the wake of the Spring Statement on proposals to curb the activity of tax avoidance schemes and their promoters Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
27 Mar 2025
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
By- Nigel Shadbolt, The Open Data Institute
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News
27 Mar 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
27 Mar 2025
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
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
26 Mar 2025
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
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
26 Mar 2025
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
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
26 Mar 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
26 Mar 2025
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
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Podcast
26 Mar 2025
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
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
26 Mar 2025
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
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
25 Mar 2025
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
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
25 Mar 2025
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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News
25 Mar 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
25 Mar 2025
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
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
25 Mar 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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25 Mar 2025
Can a future digital NHS survive another change?
Computer Weekly looks at the prime minister’s decision to abolish NHS England and the potential impact on the progress of digitising the NHS Continue Reading
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E-Zine
25 Mar 2025
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
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News
25 Mar 2025
Tech specialist files legal claim after being refused security clearance for MI6 role
An IT specialist has asked the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to investigate a series of hacking incidents after disclosing their social media accounts to MI6 vetting staff Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
24 Mar 2025
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
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
24 Mar 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Opinion
24 Mar 2025
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
By- Gus Hosein
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Feature
24 Mar 2025
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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News
24 Mar 2025
‘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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
23 Mar 2025
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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News
21 Mar 2025
NCSC, DSIT enlist IBM to spearhead cyber diversity agenda
IBM signs on to a partnership deal in support of the popular NCSC CyberFirst Girls scheme designed to foster gender diversity in the cyber security profession Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
21 Mar 2025
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
By- Kim Loohuis
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News
20 Mar 2025
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
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
20 Mar 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
20 Mar 2025
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
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
19 Mar 2025
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
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
19 Mar 2025
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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Feature
19 Mar 2025
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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News
19 Mar 2025
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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News
19 Mar 2025
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
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
19 Mar 2025
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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Feature
19 Mar 2025
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
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
18 Mar 2025
Local digital government needs overhaul, says Future Governance Forum report
Future Governance Forum calls for a new blueprint to modernise and digitise local government Continue Reading
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E-Zine
18 Mar 2025
UK under-prepared for catastrophic cyber attack
In this week’s Computer Weekly, MPs have been told the UK is under-prepared to cope with a catastrophic cyber attack – we find out where the problems lie. Our new buyer’s guide assesses the challenges of datacentre capacity planning. And one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, Sir Martin Sorrell, gives his view on the risks and opportunities of AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2025
Seaco charts course for unified security strategy
Shipping container leasing giant consolidates security tools onto a single platform, leveraging AI and extended detection and response to improve security operations Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
17 Mar 2025
PSNI’s ‘ridiculous’ withholding of evidence in spying operation delayed court hearings
Landmark ruling by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal will decide whether the surveillance court can award costs against government bodies accused of unreasonable behaviour Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
- Cormac Kehoe
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News
17 Mar 2025
Online Safety Act measures come into effect
Regulator Ofcom is now able to take enforcement action against platforms under the Online Safety Act if they fail to proactively safeguard against content such as terrorist or child sexual abuse material Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
17 Mar 2025
Who takes responsibility? Birmingham’s ERP extraordinary meeting
Council members took the opportunity to raise their concerns during the Birmingham City Council ERP meeting, which took place on 11 March Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
17 Mar 2025
Satellite technology to provide broadband to remote areas of Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire Council harnesses low Earth orbit technology to serve the most remote areas of the county with ultrafast broadband Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Blog Post
17 Mar 2025
The importance of taking time to get IT right
The dust has yet to settle on the 67-page auditor’s report looking into what went so badly wrong at Birmingham City Council with its enterprise resource planning (ERP) project to replace SAP with ... Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
17 Mar 2025
How Oracle is using AI to combat financial crime
The tech giant is leveraging artificial intelligence to surface fraudulent financial transactions and improve the efficiency of financial crime investigations, offering relief to banks battling high costs and alert fatigue Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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16 Mar 2025
UK government under-prepared for catastrophic cyber attack, hears PAC
The Commons Public Accounts Committee heard government IT leaders respond to recent National Audit Office findings that the government’s cyber resilience is under par Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2025
Apple encryption legal challenge heard behind closed doors despite calls for public hearing
Investigatory Powers Tribunal hearing held behind closed doors as press and civil society groups argue for open hearings Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
14 Mar 2025
AI Action Summit review: Differing views cast doubt on AI’s ability to benefit whole of society
Governments, companies and civil society groups gathered at the third global AI summit to discuss how the technology can work for the benefit of everyone in society, but experts say competing imperatives mean there is no guarantee these visions will win out Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
14 Mar 2025
Can a future digital NHS survive another change?
Computer Weekly looks at the prime minister’s decision to abolish NHS England and the potential impact on the progress of digitising the NHS Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2025
Will Whitehall withstand Starmer’s AI revolution?
As the prime minister sets out plans for the use of artificial intelligence to take over civil service tasks, Computer Weekly looks at potential challenges and concerns around the decision Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Mar 2025
How CISOs can counter the threat of nation state espionage
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
By- Elisabeth Mackay, PA Consulting
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News
14 Mar 2025
Minister asks for evidence of Post Office ECCO+ system problems
Subpostmaster federation is calling on former Post Office crown branch staff to come forward if they experienced problems with ECCO+ Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
13 Mar 2025
US Congress demands UK lifts gag on Apple encryption order
Apple and Google have told US lawmakers that they cannot tell Congress whether they have received technical capability notices from the UK Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
- Duncan Campbell , 2QQ Ltd, Sussex University
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News
13 Mar 2025
SuperBlack ransomware may have ties to LockBit
Forescout researchers report on a new ransomware gang that appears to be keeping the legacy of the notorious LockBit crew alive Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
13 Mar 2025
HMRC looks to upgrade SOC with advanced SIEM tech
HMRC issues a request for information notice ahead of opening up bids for a new security information and event management project that aims to reinforce its ability to respond to cyber threats Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
13 Mar 2025
Starmer to send AI tech teams into government departments
In his plans to reform the state, the prime minister is pushing for artificial intelligence to take on tasks for civil servants and calling time on NHS England Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2025
Government announces inevitable end to Payments Services Regulator
The government has abolished the Payments Services Regulator and will move responsibilities to Financial Conduct Authority Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
13 Mar 2025
Driving licence data could be used for police facial recognition
The government’s Crime and Policing Bill could allow police to access the UK driving licence database for use in facial recognition watchlists, but the Home Office denies biometric data would be repurposed in this way Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Definition
13 Mar 2025
What is order to cash (OTC or O2C)?
Order to cash, or OTC or O2C, is a business process that involves receiving and fulfilling customer requests for goods or services. Continue Reading
By- Scott Robinson, New Era Technology
- Sarah Lewis
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News
13 Mar 2025
IR35 reforms: HMRC’s assessment of private sector impacts called into question
HM Revenue & Customs recently published figures that show it generated £1.8bn more than expected from private sector roll-out of IR35 reforms, but those figures are being called into question Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Mar 2025
Major strike by Fujitsu staff at ‘cash cow’ HMRC
Fujitsu staff working at government department will strike for 22 days in protest over pay offer Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Opinion
12 Mar 2025
Our data, our decisions, our AI future: why we need an AI Regulation Bill
The Labour government has failed to introduce measures to regulate AI - so a Lords' private members bill aims to do just that Continue Reading
By- Lord Chris Holmes, House of Lords
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News
11 Mar 2025
Singapore Airlines to roll out Salesforce Agentforce
Singapore’s flagship carrier is deploying Salesforce’s Agentforce AI agent platform to improve customer interactions and personalise experiences Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget