IT services and outsourcing

How FPT Software is expanding its footprint in APAC

Vietnamese IT giant is experiencing rapid growth in the region, driven by its diverse workforce, focus on key technologies and ability to navigate a highly competitive IT services market Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Government urged to introduce 10-year visas for overseas tech graduates

Labour-linked think tank calls for government to introduce low-cost schemes to boost innovation Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Tata Consultancy Services to deliver Irish pension scheme

Indian IT services giant adds to its growing customer base in the pensions sector with Irish contract win Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK launches cyber guidance package for tech startups

The NCSC and NPSA, alongside agencies from the Five Eyes alliance, have issued guidance for startups on how to secure themselves against common cyber threats and targeted industrial espionage Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Inside Google Cloud’s secure AI framework

Google Cloud’s secure AI framework that’s integrated into its Vertex AI platform offers practical tools and guidance to manage the lifecycle, data governance and operational risks of AI Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Lords committee warns about risks of the UK losing its EU data adequacy

The UK government must work with the European Commission (EC) to secure a renewal of UK’s two data adequacy statuses, says cross-party Lords committee, in stark warning about impacts of losing the ability to seamlessly exchange citizens’ personal data Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

How Infoblox is tackling multicloud complexity and boosting security

Infoblox CEO Scott Harrell discusses the company’s new Universal DDI service designed to address the growing challenges of managing network security in hybrid IT environments Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

What is cloud sprawl?

Cloud sprawl is the uncontrolled proliferation of an organization's cloud instances, services or providers. Continue Reading

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• Kinza Yasar, Technical Writer
• Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor

Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEO

Acting CEO meets two campaigning former subpostmasters emphasising need for their input into the Post Office’s future direction, including its branch system development Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

ServiceNow touts Now platform as AI engine for transformation

At the ServiceNow World Forum in Melbourne, company executives touted the transformative power of AI in streamlining workflows, improving user experiences and driving business value Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Former Post Office IT boss alleged to have misrepresented alternative to in-house build

Internal Post Office document reveals allegations that former transformation boss misrepresented off-the-shelf option to replace Horizon Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Delivering Olympic IT

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we speak to a former Olympian and CIO of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games about continuous improvement. We also look at new enterprise AI services from major IT providers and assess the unified communications as a service market. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

What is multi-cloud? Definition, pros and cons

Multi-cloud is an approach to cloud computing that involves combining two or more cloud services from different providers. Continue Reading

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• Cameron Hashemi-Pour, Former Site Editor
• Alan R. Earls

Techcombank’s tech investments set to fuel record profit

The Vietnam bank is targeting $1bn in profit in 2024 while maintaining a flat headcount and reducing physical branches, thanks to its investments in artificial intelligence and a data engine Continue Reading

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• Ai Lei Tao

How Philippine Airlines is transforming customer experience

The flag carrier of the Philippines discusses how its digital transformation journey has improved customer experience and streamlined internal processes Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

What are tensor processing units and what is their role in AI?

We look at Google’s TPUs – tensor processing units – and ask what makes them different to CPUs, GPUs and DPUs, as well as how you can take advantage of them in AI processing Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

Philippines leaps forward in e-government with cloud-first strategy

A common infrastructure and a ‘once-only’ principle have propelled the Philippines up the UN’s E-Government Development Index, streamlining services and bolstering data sovereignty Continue Reading

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• Ai Lei Tao

Tech and digital skills key to improving police productivity

The Policing Productivity Review sees data and technology as a way of improving productivity and outcomes, as well as a potential means of restoring diminishing legitimacy, but warns there needs to be a revamp in digital skills, investment and coordination to harness the full range of benefits Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Hillingdon Council commits £9m to tech revamp in digital strategy

Hillingdon’s three-year digital strategy will see the council fund attempts to modernise its systems and infrastructure, change how residents interact with the local authority and make better use of data Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Google launches Parallelstore file storage at cloud AI training

Originally driven by Intel’s now-defunct Optane storage class memory, Parallelstore offers massive parallel file storage targeted at artificial intelligence training use cases on Google Cloud Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

How Zoom is charting its course towards an AI-first platform

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan talks up his vision for the future of work, the company's transition to an AI-powered platform and what it is doing to stay ahead of rivals Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Robust cloud IAM should align to zero-trust principles

The Security Think Tank considers best practices in identity and access management and how can they be deployed to enable IT departments to combat cyber-attacks, phishing attacks and ransomware. Continue Reading

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• Ricky Simpson, Quorum Cyber

Post Office believes it took £36m from subpostmasters with unexplained losses

The Post Office wrongly blamed subpostmasters for unexplained account shortfalls and made them cover losses out of their own pockets - then banked the money itself Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Global file systems: A single view of on-premise and cloud data

Global file systems aggregate data into a single hybrid cloud from multiple locations using object storage with access that satisfies traditional application needs, like file locking Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Azure storage: Key options in Microsoft cloud storage

We survey the key cloud storage options available from Microsoft Azure, which include Files, Blob, Elastic SAN, Managed Disk and NetApp files, for a range of use cases Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’

Former minister gave Post Office ‘green light’ to take robust action against existing staff with links to Post Office scandal wrongdoing Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Zoom expands AI Companion capabilities, adds customisation options

Zoom reveals major advancements in AI Companion, including customisation options, personalised avatars and integration across the entire Zoom workplace platform Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge

Post Office boss Nick Read was not prepared for the task ahead of him when he joined the organisation as CEO in 2019 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

OpenAI to open office in Singapore to spearhead APAC expansion

OpenAI will establish a regional hub in Singapore later this year, partnering with the government and AI Singapore to boost AI development across the region Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025

The UK government says that enforced cyber incident and ransomware reporting for critical sectors of the economy will help to build a better picture of the threat landscape and enable more proactive and preventative responses Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How AI is permeating enterprise IT

The industry is ramping up efforts to help enterprise IT deliver artificial intelligence-based business applications Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Can the Post Office project to replace Horizon be rescued?

Evidence from the Post Office public inquiry shows huge problems with the critical project to replace the troubled Horizon IT system – after two government-mandated reviews, is there any sign it can succeed? Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

What is contact center as a service (CCaaS)?

Contact center as a service (CCaaS) is a framework that combines contact center hosting principles and cloud-based contact center infrastructure. Continue Reading

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• Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor
• Wesley Chai
• Lauren Horwitz, Cisco

Post Office recruiting tech-savvy board member amid unravelling IT disaster

Public inquiry told that the Post Office is currently recruiting a tech-savvy non-executive director Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Late evidence in Post Office Capture investigation could not be reviewed

Evidence failed to reach investigators in time for report into controversial pre-Horizon Post Office software Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Local councils need ‘better support’ to buy AI responsibly

The Ada Lovelace Institute says there is lack of adequate support on how councils can safely and responsibly procure artificial intelligence systems in the public interest Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Post Office and Fujitsu: from blood brothers to bad blood

Former Post Office chief transformation officer’s evidence to the public inquiry reveals organisation’s strained relationship with main IT supplier Fujitsu Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Nutanix courts VMware customers in APAC amid Broadcom concerns

Nutanix is driving double-digit growth across the region by capitalising on the evolving cloud landscape with its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence offerings, as well as anxieties about the future direction of VMware under Broadcom’s ownership Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Amazon Mechanical Turk workers suspended without explanation

A likely glitch in Amazon Payments resulted in hundreds of Mechanical Turk workers being suspended from the platform without proper explanation or pay Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash

Revelation is latest evidence of the Post Office’s struggles to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon software used in branches Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

‘Shocked’ MoneyGram hits back at Post Office

Money transfer fintech wrote to subpostmasters expressing its disappointment with the Post Office over end of contract Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

APAC organisations embrace generative AI

Study reveals a surge in GenAI adoption across APAC, with businesses looking to train their own models, likely to address specific regional needs and market dynamics Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Google invests $1bn in Thailand’s cloud future

The five-year investment will bolster Thailand’s digital economy, create more than 10,000 jobs each year and support the country’s cloud-first policy Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

How UEM Sunrise is driving transformation with Salesforce and AI

Malaysian property developer UEM Sunrise is leveraging Salesforce and AI to boost sales and enhance customer experience while prioritising data sovereignty and a diversified cloud strategy Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Government plans reverse pitch events to drive digital change

The government will hold three events for startups to showcase and collaborate with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice to solve key problems faced by the departments Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Fujitsu accused of ‘paying lip service’ to Post Office scandal victims

Victims of the Horizon scandal believe Fujitsu’s offer of support to be a 'box-ticking' exercise with no commitments, nine months after seemingly heartfelt pledges Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board member

Post Office IT procurement mistakes have wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money, non-executive board member tells public inquiry Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office IT department’s focus on chasing a discount meant botched procurement

Post Office IT team and executives slammed for rushing into tech hardware purchase while eyeing a discount Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How VMware is supporting AI workloads

VMware claims its Private AI Foundation with Nvidia platform that speeds up AI deployment in private cloud environments is gaining significant traction in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Medtech startup brings Oracle AI to bear on cancer drug research

Learn how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and its cutting-edge AI features are bringing new benefits to cancer care by helping doctors identify better treatment options Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Metro Bank outsources IT to Infosys to cut costs and digitally transform

Indian IT services giant taken on to support Metro Bank’s digital transformation in multi-year deal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters

A quarter of today’s subpostmasters are ‘very dissatisfied’ with how the current Horizon IT system works Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Zendesk debuts outcome-based pricing for AI agents

Zendesk customers only pay for successful AI query resolutions, easing the transition to AI-powered customer support and improving scalability during peak periods Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

CIOs urged to pace AI adoption

At the recent Gartner IT Symposium 2024 in Gold Coast, experts call for CIOs to pace their adoption of AI, manage costs and embrace ‘augmented leadership’ Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

M1 ditches 70% of legacy systems in cloud transformation drive

Singapore telco M1 is switching off 70% of its legacy systems by the end of 2024 and leveraging Salesforce to offer more personalised services Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce

At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce and Nvidia detail some of the tech that will power the software giant's newly launched Agentforce service Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Salesforce’s agentic AI platform to transform business automation

CRM giant’s Agentforce lets organisations build and deploy autonomous agents to automate business processes through advanced learning and data integration Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

First CyberBoost Catalyse startup cohort named

The first group of companies named to a cyber incubator programme run by Plexal and the National University of Singapore includes two growing UK businesses Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Olam Agri to deploy S/4Hana on AWS

Olam Agri is enhancing its global supply chain by deploying SAP’s S/4Hana ERP suite on Amazon Web Services, leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline operations and mitigate risks Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

What is Salesforce Platform (formerly Force.com)?

Salesforce Platform (formerly known as Force.com) is a platform as a service (PaaS) product that simplifies the development and deployment of cloud-based applications and websites. Continue Reading

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• Gavin Wright
• Rahul Awati

Mphasis expands UK roots with leap into quantum computing

Indian heritage software development services supplier opens London hub to help customers integrate the latest technologies into their business plans Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujitsu cuts annual staff pay rise as Post Office scandal bites

UK staff morale is at an all-time low as Japanese IT giant deals with the backlash from its involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Oracle lauds customers and cloud collaboration at CloudWorld ’24

Oracle’s leadership was in celebratory mood opening its annual CloudWorld jamboree, and with its announcement of a new cloud partnership with AWS, multicloud futures were high on everyone’s agenda Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

At CloudWorld, Oracle completes hyperscaler trifecta with AWS

Oracle opens up its annual CloudWorld event with a plethora of announcements, launching a partnership with cloud giant AWS and expanding previously announced tie-ups with Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office scandal victims given route to appeal unfair financial settlements

Subpostmasters who feel they received inadequate financial redress in the Horizon Shortfalls Scheme can appeal the settlements through a new independent process Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How MongoDB is driving AI adoption in ASEAN

MongoDB field CTO Boris Bialek delves into how the company is supporting ASEAN organisations in their AI journey, highlighting the importance of data governance and real-time capabilities in driving successful adoption Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Tencent Cloud debuts palm scanning tech in global markets

Tencent Cloud launches palm verification technology for global markets, offering AI-driven identity authentication to support contactless payments and security access management Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

What is AWS? Ultimate guide to Amazon Web Services

AWS (Amazon Web Services) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazon. It includes a mixture of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service and packaged software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan
• Nick Barney, Technology Writer
• Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor

What is cloud application performance management (cloud APM)?

Cloud application performance management (cloud APM) is the process of monitoring resources that support software application performance in public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud environments. It takes actions to resolve issues and maintain optimal performance. Continue Reading

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• Cameron Hashemi-Pour, Former Site Editor
• Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor

Cloud repatriation: How to do it successfully

The keys to reverse migration success include workload selection, how to prepare your on-premise infrastructure and future-proofing the decision to come back in-house Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Lloyds Bank uses artificial intelligence to check trade finance documents

Bank is automating checks of digital and paper-based documentation in trade financing with the help of artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The politics of techno-refusal

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we learn about the politics of techno-refusal and the lessons to be learned from a group of IT workers who spent the early 1980s sabotaging tech infrastructure. Following the controversy around Broadcom’s purchase of VMware, we examine some alternative virtualisation solutions. And our latest buyer’s guide looks at the state of software-defined wide-area networking. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

UK and Ukraine digital trade deal comes into force

The UK eases access to the deep tech startup community in Ukraine through digital-only agreement Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Storage technology explained: Kubernetes, containers and persistent storage

In this guide, we look at the market-leading container platform Kubernetes, how it works, the challenges with persistent storage and backup, and how they have been overcome Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

What is AWS Outposts?

AWS Outposts is a fully managed service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables users to set up a hybrid cloud by extending AWS infrastructure, services, application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools to any datacenter, colocation space or on-premises facility. Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor

Primark adds five more years to IT outsourcing contract with TCS

Retailer has worked with Indian IT services giant for eight years and new agreement will take the relationship to 13 years at least Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI is now more than just a science project

AI-for-AI’s sake is giving way to an enterprise AI model that demands skillful, value-driven results based on technology that can adapt with minimal cost Continue Reading

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• Michael Alp

Cambridge Enterprise saves big with Keepit SaaS backup

University innovation body avoids hardware spend and saves management time as it switches from tape to cloud-to-cloud backup, instant recovery and decades-long retention from Keepit Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

Linus Torvalds discusses Linux development, security and AI at KubeCon

Linus Torvalds delves into the challenges in Linux development, the importance of swift security responses, and artificial intelligence’s future role in kernel programming Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

What is AWS Serverless Application Model?

AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) is an open source framework that helps developers create and deploy serverless applications for the AWS cloud. Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• Tim Culverhouse, Site Editor

Post Office apologises for IT problem text alert that was never sent

After subpostmasters complained they received no communications from the Post Office when they could not log in to the Horizon IT system, the organisation admits a text message alert failed to be sent Continue Reading

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

The rise and rise of open source in China

China’s embrace of open source software has evolved into a powerful force in the global technology landscape, driving innovations in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other areas Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

QiStor flashes key-value storage software for hardware acceleration

US-based startup will develop storage software allied with FPGA chips to allow data storage to bypass spinning disk era block addressing to speed performance and cut energy use Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

What is an AWS landing zone?

An AWS landing zone is a scalable, secure Amazon Web Services environment that enables AWS users and organizations to launch and deploy workloads and applications in the AWS cloud. Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor

Post Office Horizon crash disconnected branches from datacentre

The Post Office has apologised to subpostmasters affected by a major IT outage, which stopped them from doing business Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

What is AWS Lambda?

AWS Lambda is an event-driven cloud computing service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows developers to run code without having to provision, administer, or manage compute resources. Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• David Carty, Site Editor

What is AWS Glue?

AWS Glue is a cloud-based and serverless data integration service that helps users to prepare data for analysis through automated extract, transform and load (ETL) processes. Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• Ben Lutkevich, Site Editor

Post Office systems crash hits 'collapsing' Horizon system

Thousands of subpostmasters were unable to log into the controversial Horizon IT system at the start of business Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

A gold medal for Olympic mobile coverage

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes with Orange, networking partner for the Paris Olympic Games, to discuss the challenges of connecting 120 venues. We talk to a CIO for whom IT accessibility and usability is a very personal concern. And we look at how to keep control of SaaS licensing costs. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

What is AWS Migration Hub?

AWS Migration Hub is a service from Amazon Web Services that enables AWS users to simplify migration to the AWS public cloud. Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• Tim Culverhouse, Site Editor

Keeping control of SaaS costs

The ease with which someone with a corporate credit card can buy a SaaS product can lead to runaway costs and data leakage risks Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Singtel expands GPUaaS offering to Southeast Asia

Singapore telco teams up with the Bridge Alliance industry group to bring its GPU-as-a-Service to enterprises across Southeast Asia Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

New Relic CEO on APAC growth and future of observability

New Relic CEO Ashan Willy talks up growth trajectory in APAC, the company’s long-term vision, and how going private has enabled it to make strategic investments Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

What is Microsoft Azure File Service?

Microsoft Azure Files -- sometimes known as Microsoft Azure File Service -- is a simple, secure, serverless, fully managed and cloud-based file sharing service for enterprise users. Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• Toni Boger, TechTarget

With the right tools and strategy, public cloud should be safe to use

Despite the complexity and evolving nature of threats, with the right strategy, tools, and constant vigilance, businesses can safely and securely leverage public cloud services Continue Reading

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• Jason Lau

ASEAN organisations lack mature AI strategy

IBM-commissioned study reveals that while ASEAN organisations are engaging with AI, only 4% have reached a transformative level of AI maturity Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Newcastle City Council swaps out Oracle Java for Azul

Changes to Oracle’s Java licensing meant the council no longer received free security patches Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

What is Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN)?

Oracle PartnerNetwork, also known as OPN, is a channel partner program that provides resources and benefits for value-added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and other businesses that want to collaborate with Oracle. Continue Reading

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• Nick Barney, Technology Writer
• Spencer Smith, Site Editor

Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement

Incoming tech leader Andy Nice will be responsible for the troubled programme to replace the Horizon IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal - and a new non-executive director for technology is on the way too Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

IR35 public sector reforms: HS2 finalises £6.2m settlement with HMRC over compliance failings

After setting aside over £10m to cover its IR35 compliance liabilities, HS2 accounts confirm the organisation reached a final settlement with HMRC totalling £6.2m Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor