Information management
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E-Zine
16 Sep 2025
School monitored
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we hear about the toll the Post Office scandal is having on the mental health of those affected by it, and the chief digital and technology officer of jewellery brand Pandora opens up about its ongoing digital transformation. We also delve into the knotty topic of surveillance in schools, as education providers try to balance student safety with their right to privacy. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2025
Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations
Amnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass deportations Continue Reading
By- Tiago Ventura, Computer Weekly
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News
12 Sep 2025
EU Data Act comes into force amid fears of regulation fatigue
The EU Data Act will potentially give users control of device data, and boost data sharing, cloud switching and competition while raising compliance demands Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Feature
12 Sep 2025
How AI can help to optimise supply chains under pressure
Globalisation boosted trade for decades, but crises, tariffs and climate change have made supply chains more fragile. Companies are responding with AI, nearshoring and planning Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover admits data has been compromised in cyber attack
The car maker revealed that data was stolen in the cyber attack that began on 31 August, as its production line continues to be affected Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Feature
10 Sep 2025
Headless CMS vs. decoupled CMS: What's the difference?
Both headless and decoupled CMSes support omnichannel publishing. Yet, headless systems have no native front end, whereas decoupled CMSes have an optional one. Continue Reading
By- Tim Murphy, Site editor
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Definition
09 Sep 2025
What is a standard operating procedure (SOP)?
A standard operating procedure is a set of step-by-step instructions for performing a routine activity. Continue Reading
By- Paul Kirvan
- Cameron Hashemi-Pour, Former Site Editor
- Kate Brush
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Definition
09 Sep 2025
What is OCR (optical character recognition)?
OCR (optical character recognition) is the use of technology to distinguish printed or handwritten text characters inside digital images of physical documents, such as a scanned paper document. Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2025
UK AI sector balloons by 85% to 5,800 companies from 2023 to 2025
A Perspective Economics study commissioned by DSIT sizes the UK AI sector at 5,800 companies, an increase of 85% over two years Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
09 Sep 2025
Rimini Street CEO sounds death knell on ERP software
Believing monolithic ERP applications will become obsolete in a decade, Seth Ravin is positioning Rimini Street to help enterprises transition to agentic ERP processes Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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E-Zine
09 Sep 2025
AI help for pet parents
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we do another deep-dive into the latest freedom of information request revelations that have emerged pertaining to Police Scotland’s use of Microsoft cloud technologies. Ex-Googler Kate Balingit, and head of digital innovation at Mars Pet Nutrition, opens up about how artificial intelligence is transforming pet care for the company’s customers. We also take a closer look at the possible impact the UK government’s devolution agenda could have on cloud spending trends within local authorities. And, in our final piece from this round of buyer’s guides, we delve into how platform engineering is affecting how enterprises approach DevOps-related projects. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Definition
09 Sep 2025
What is data migration? Definition, strategy and best practices
Data migration is the process of transferring data between data storage systems, data formats or computer systems. Continue Reading
By- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
- Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor
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News
08 Sep 2025
Splunk.conf: Splunk and Cisco showcase unified platform
With 18 months having elapsed since Cisco closed its acquisition of Splunk, joint platform capabilities and developments are being showcased at the annual Splunk.conf fair Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
08 Sep 2025
Dell AI server revenues leap but storage waits on Project Lightning
During the past quarter, Dell’s datacentre sales went through the roof due to new server and networking products for AI – but storage has not shared the same dynamic Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
05 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack keeps workers at home
The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is keeping workers out of the plants as possible attack group identity becomes public Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
04 Sep 2025
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team chooses SAP Cloud ERP to gain edge
Formula 1 team Mercedes-AMG Petronas has chosen SAP Cloud ERP to help it comply with upcoming regulatory changes from the FIA Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Feature
03 Sep 2025
Ethical challenges of LGBTQ+ data protection
America has rolled back data protection policies for the LGBTQ+ community, but what does that mean for the rest of the world? Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2025
Fastly CEO plots course through AI and security
Chief exec Kip Compton explains how Fastly’s unified platform is solving the web’s biggest challenges, from content scrapping by AI bots to distributed denial-of-service attacks Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
Cyber attackers damage Jaguar Land Rover production
Jaguar Land Rover reports a cyber attack has ‘severely disrupted’ its vehicle production and retail operations, recalling similar attacks on other prominent British brands this year Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Feature
02 Sep 2025
Interview: Holland & Barrett CDO preparing a Michelin star-worthy data strategy
Holland & Barrett’s chief data officer discusses the framework – and reasons – behind the retailer’s multi-layered data strategy Continue Reading
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Podcast
02 Sep 2025
Agentic AI: Storage and ‘the biggest tech refresh in IT history’
We talk to Jeff Denworth of Vast Data about a future where employees are outnumbered by artificial intelligence agents and even smaller enterprises may need supercomputing levels of resources Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
29 Aug 2025
ICO publishes summary of police facial recognition audit
The UK data regulator has released a summary of its facial recognition audit of two police forces Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
29 Aug 2025
Home Office ‘backdoor’ seeks worldwide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm
A court filing states that a government order against Apple would give it the capability to access communications and metadata of customers using the iCloud service anywhere in the world Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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News
28 Aug 2025
Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police Scotland
Tech giant Microsoft is declining to share key information with Police Scotland about where the sensitive data it uploads to Office 365 will be processed, leaving the force unable to comply with UK-wide data protection laws Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
21 Aug 2025
European digital sovereignty: Storage, surveillance concerns to overcome
As China and the US increase surveillance capabilities, are European companies caught in the middle of a data security storm? Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful
The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
21 Aug 2025
Judge throws out NHS whistleblower’s challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails
Appeal tribunal dismisses doctor’s bid to quash decision that cleared London hospital trust of concealing evidence through attempted destruction of electronic documents during live court proceedings Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2025
Reserve Bank of India proposes framework for AI adoption in India’s finance sector
India’s central bank has proposed a framework to guide artificial intelligence adoption in the financial sector, along with recommendations to build shared infrastructure, implement safeguards and promote financial inclusion Continue Reading
By- Mastufa Ahmed
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News
21 Aug 2025
Interview: Simon Goodyear, chief information and technology officer, Redwood Bank
Redwood Bank’s new IT boss is a problem solver who wants to eradicate every unnecessary Excel spreadsheet Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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21 Aug 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 Continue Reading
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21 Aug 2025
How AI shapes the future of business intelligence
As organisations race to build resilience and agility, business intelligence is evolving into a discipline focused on automated insights and trusted data Continue Reading
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E-Zine
21 Aug 2025
CW APAC – Trend Watch: Business intelligence and analytics
Artificial intelligence is changing the landscape of business intelligence and analytics. In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at the ways in which the technology is shaping the future of the field, the importance of building trust in data, and why Standard Chartered is modernising its governance. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Aug 2025
Is it time to build an AI factory?
If AI is to deliver real benefits, firms need to scale its deployment. Developing an internal AI factory, akin to a digital factory model used by some, is one option Continue Reading
By- Mark Chillingworth, Bury Hill Ltd: Business writing for leaders in business and technology
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News
20 Aug 2025
Interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and technology officer, Pandora
The jewellery retailer is building on a four-year digital transformation by adding agentic AI alongside a major overhaul of its back-end ERP infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2025
Without a data strategy, AI will just scale your chaos
Snowflake’s chief data analytics officer, Anahita Tafvizi, explains why a data strategy focused on governance, consistency and accuracy is the only way to build artificial intelligence that users will trust Continue Reading
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News
18 Aug 2025
Okta: AI adoption fuels problems for identity management
Okta research indicates the emergence and growth of novel security problems, connected with the spread of AI agents and non-human identities Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
18 Aug 2025
Docusign moves beyond e-signatures with AI-powered contract platform
Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen explains how the company is leveraging its brand recognition and GenAI capabilities to solve decades-old problems in how businesses create, negotiate and manage contracts Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Definition
18 Aug 2025
What is a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier)?
A UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) is a 128-bit value used to uniquely identify an object or entity on the internet. Continue Reading
By- Scott Robinson, New Era Technology
- Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor
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News
15 Aug 2025
Zendesk CTO on the new era of customer experience
Zendesk once pushed its AI vision, but now customers are leading the charge. Its CTO, Jason Maynard, explains how this reversal is creating roles like the ‘bot manager’ and shaping the future of customer experience Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
15 Aug 2025
The UK’s Online Safety Act explained: what you need to know
In this essential guide, Computer Weekly looks at the UK’s implementation of the Online Safety Act, including controversies around age verification measures and the threat it poses to end-to-end encryption Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
15 Aug 2025
Vodafone Greece automates deals for customers, saves 500 staff-days of work
Vodafone Greece hired an implementation partner for a business process management project while its own staff observed and learned how to use the technology Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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Definition
13 Aug 2025
What is data quality and why is it important?
Data quality measures a data set's condition based on factors such as accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness and validity. Continue Reading
By- Scott Robinson, New Era Technology
- Robert Sheldon
- Craig Stedman, Industry Editor
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Blog Post
13 Aug 2025
AI Agents and the data governance wild west
This is a guest blogpost by Fraser Dear, head of AI and innovation, BCN We’re now in an age where AI agents can summarise lengthy documents, trawl through SharePoint, and draft emails in seconds. ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Blog Post
13 Aug 2025
Is document management the real hero of the AI boom?
This is a guest blogpost by John Bates, chief executive officer of SER Group. If you hadn’t noticed, document management (DM) is having a moment. Gartner had previously phased out the term in ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
13 Aug 2025
SAP touts Business Suite as key to enterprise AI
The German software giant pitched its Business Suite set of integrated applications for the AI era, along with the SAP Joule copilot as the future orchestrator of business workflows, at its customer conference in Melbourne Continue Reading
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Podcast
13 Aug 2025
AI in pet health: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Mars Pet Nutrition’s head of digital innovation, Kate Balingit, about using computer vision with smartphone photos to assess pet health Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
13 Aug 2025
ODI tells EU to balance AI safeguards with innovation promotion
The Open Data Institute has published a manifesto to guide European Union data and artificial intelligence policy formation Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
12 Aug 2025
Workday research: 75% of employees will work with artificial intelligence, but not for it
Workday research finds 75% of workers like AI as a teammate, but only 30% want it to be the boss. Trust in the technology may grow with use, but human focus, clear roles and governance are key Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
12 Aug 2025
Salesforce research: CFOs zealous for agentic AI
A Salesforce study says chief financial officers have shifted from agentic artificial intelligence caution to putting the technology front and centre of their business strategies Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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E-Zine
12 Aug 2025
Keeping drivers driving at The AA
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how The AA is using AI and connected vehicle technology to get drivers back on the road as quickly as possible. The UK competition watchdog says Microsoft and AWS are too dominant in the cloud market – we examine what it means for IT leaders. And we look at the storage options for AI training and inference. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2025
Ola’s Krutrim builds ‘AI-first’ sovereign cloud for India
Krutrim is building a vertically integrated technology stack to make AI affordable, scalable and sovereign for Indian businesses while catering to the country’s linguistic needs Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
11 Aug 2025
Will CDPs deliver on the marketing promise of personalisation?
Customer data platforms are being touted by suppliers as the means to deliver the single customer view after which organisations have long lusted. Will the promise finally be delivered? Continue Reading
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News
11 Aug 2025
Watching the watchers: Is the Technical Advisory Panel a match for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ?
Dame Muffy Calder is chair of the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), a small group of experts that advises the Investigatory Powers Commissioner on surveillance technology. Do they have what it takes to oversee the intelligence community? Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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News
08 Aug 2025
Cloudera touts hybrid data platform to power enterprise AI boom
At its Evolve APAC 2025 conference in Singapore, Cloudera promises to end the compromise between on-premise data control and public cloud convenience with its hybrid data platform Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
07 Aug 2025
Interview: Kirsty Roth, chief operations and technology officer, Thomson Reuters
As a technologist who also runs corporate operations, Thomson Reuters’ CTO believes her tech background gives her a unique edge as the business information group looks to transform its products with AI Continue Reading
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News
07 Aug 2025
DeepSeek shows enterprises model distillation opportunity
DeepSeek showed how it is possible to run an AI model using far less compute than existing models. AI model distillation is now becoming mainstream Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
06 Aug 2025
Government looks at tech to tackle peak electricity demand
Forecasting, AI, smart meters and electrical vehicle batteries are part of an ambitious project to reduce the use of fossil fuels on the UK's energy grid Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
06 Aug 2025
Maybank inks RM1bn deal with Microsoft
The five-year deal will see Malaysia’s largest bank accelerate its digital transformation efforts, building on its current strategy to embed AI across the organisation and enhance its technological capabilities Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
06 Aug 2025
Hadoop vs. Spark for modern data pipelines
Hadoop and Spark differ in architecture, performance, scalability, cost and deployment. They offer distinct strengths for modern cloud-native data pipelines. Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2025
How Australian firms are using graph databases
Banks, miners and police forces in Australia are among those using graph databases to provide the context and data relationships needed for more accurate and trustworthy AI, moving projects from experimentation to production Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2025
How StanChart balances AI-powered innovation with security
Alvaro Garrido, Standard Chartered’s technology and security chief, explains how multi-layered defences and its approach to data protection allows the bank to embrace artificial intelligence without compromising on security Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
05 Aug 2025
What makes an effective data science team structure?
Data science team structures vary in strength, and their success depends on how roles and leadership align with business goals to meet analytics needs. Continue Reading
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News
04 Aug 2025
Agentic AI a target-rich zone for cyber attackers in 2025
At Black Hat USA 2025, CrowdStrike warns that cyber criminals and nation-states are weaponising GenAI to scale attacks and target AI agents, turning autonomous systems against their makers Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
04 Aug 2025
Integrated platforms offer lifeline to Singapore’s F&B sector
A partnership between payments firm Adyen and restaurant operating system provider Atlas is helping merchants to streamline operations, slashing errors by up to 80% and boosting sales as the sector faces record closures Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
04 Aug 2025
Gartner: What to look for in a customer data platform
The analyst firm identifies data collection, customer profile unification, integrations and segmentation as among the key features of a CDP Continue Reading
By- Rachel Smith
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Opinion
01 Aug 2025
The blind spot: digital supply chain is now a board-level imperative
Many companies lack visibility into complex digital supply chains, meaning hidden risks and regulatory exposure. Cyber security requires continuous mapping and board engagement Continue Reading
By- Tim Grieveson
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News
01 Aug 2025
Microsoft, DISG launch AI agent accelerator programme
Microsoft and DISG’s programme will provide cloud credits, training and tools to local businesses as part of a national push to create ‘frontier firms’ where humans work alongside autonomous AI agents Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Opinion
31 Jul 2025
I lost my sister to online harms, the OSA is failing vulnerable people
Adele is a member of Families and Survivors to Prevent Online Suicide Harms campaign, a network that brings together survivors and families bereaved by online harm-related suicides. They are calling for changes to the enforcement of the Online Safety Act Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2025
ServiceNow targets ‘data hell’, eyes BI play
The workflow giant is building a data foundation for agentic AI and eyeing a slice of the business intelligence and analytics market Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Blog Post
30 Jul 2025
Enough waiting: it’s time for government mandates in infrastructure data management
This is a guest blogpost by Andy Berry, CEO of VertiGIS. Working across infrastructure and geospatial technology, you have a front row seat to what effective digital transformation looks like. In ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
30 Jul 2025
Be wary of enterprise software providers’ AI
IT leaders need to assess lock-in risk, data silos, a lack of openness, removal of discounts and product bundling in AI offerings Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Blog Post
30 Jul 2025
Don’t let the AI buzz drown out the value of data sovereignty
This is a guest blogpost by Rick Vanover, vice president, product strategy, Veeam. AI has been constantly held up as the latest ‘business-transformer’ and, according to the recent McKinsey Global ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Opinion
30 Jul 2025
GDPR’s 7th anniversary: in the AI age, privacy legislation is still relevant
Seven years after GDPR reshaped data protection, AI is forcing a fresh look at governance. GDPR’s principles remain critical, guiding ethical AI use, risk management, and trusted innovation Continue Reading
By- James Hodge
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News
29 Jul 2025
European Commission ignores calls to reassess Israel data adequacy
The European Commission is ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status in spite of concerns raised about its data protection framework and use of personal data in ‘repressive practices’ Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2025
The future of enterprise AI is built on data, not applications
This is a guest blogpost by Andy MacMillan, CEO of Alteryx Market consolidation has been rife in the enterprise IT market this year, the most significant move happening in late May with ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Opinion
29 Jul 2025
Burnout burden: why CISOs are at breaking point, what needs to change
CISOs face growing burnout as their roles expand beyond security, with high stress, low organisational authority, and short tenure. AI can help but change requires autonomy Continue Reading
By- Tim Grieveson
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Feature
29 Jul 2025
Building digital resilience in retail
Retail is suffering economically and from hacking attacks. What steps can retailers can take to prevent cyber attacks, supply chain disruptions and migration downtime? Continue Reading
By- Madeline Bennett, Mowser Media
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Feature
25 Jul 2025
Data, digital receipts and demanding customers
More UK retailers are switching from paper to digital receipts, but what are the benefits and challenges, and what are the tech implications? Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2025
Interview: Cambridge Consultants CEO Monty Barlow scans for tech surprises
Cambridge Consultants is a technology and consulting business unit of Capgemini. Its chief executive, Monty Barlow, talks about its heritage and vision for the future of digital technology Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Tip
24 Jul 2025
What is data lineage? Techniques, best practices and tools
Organizations can bolster data governance efforts by tracking the lineage of data in their systems. Get advice on how to do so and how data lineage tools can help. Continue Reading
By- Rahul Awati
- Craig Stedman, Industry Editor
- David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity Inc.
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News
24 Jul 2025
SAP Q2 2025: 9% revenue growth to €9bn, with steady pace in cloud ERP
Amid what SAP CEO Klein has called this year’s ‘economic uncertainty’, the supplier posted 9% revenue growth for Q2 2025, with cloud revenue up 24% Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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Feature
24 Jul 2025
The rise (or not) of AI ethics officers
Job titles vary, but the principles shouldn’t – put AI ethics in the org chart, fund it and give it authority, so that good intentions turn into trust, accountability and good business Continue Reading
By- Mary Branscombe, Computer Weekly
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News
24 Jul 2025
ServiceNow tackles ‘sidecar AI’ chaos with agentic workforce strategy
ServiceNow unveils agentic workforce strategy to orchestrate autonomous AI agents across business processes to help organisations avoid the complexity and problems with managing disconnected applications Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
23 Jul 2025
Judge questions HP’s ‘exaggerated’ Autonomy loss claim
Did HP pay 10% more than it needed to for Mike Lynch’s company? Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Feature
23 Jul 2025
Business resilience needs comprehensive approach
The cyber attack on Marks & Spencer showed the vulnerability of even very established companies. But business applications resilience goes beyond cyber security basics Continue Reading
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Definition
22 Jul 2025
What is a distributed database?
A distributed database is a database that consists of two or more files located in different sites on the same or different networks. Continue Reading
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Opinion
22 Jul 2025
Overconfidence in cyber security: a silent catalyst for CNI breaches
Many CNI organisations are perilously overconfident in their ability to manage and combat cyber risks, according to Bridewell research. This is leaving vital systems exposed. Continue Reading
By- Anthony Young
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Tip
22 Jul 2025
How to accomplish a SharePoint-Teams integration
Depending on the complexity of a business's SharePoint sites, a Teams integration can benefit organizations by being cost-effective and simplifying user access. Continue Reading
By- Reda Chouffani, Biz Technology Solutions
- Jonathan Bordoli
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News
22 Jul 2025
UK government signs partnership with OpenAI
Deal sees firm behind ChatGPT collaborate with government on AI security research to explore investment opportunities Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2025
Hitachi Vantara claims Hitachi iQ the most complete AI stack
Hitachi Vantara says its approach to storage and AI offers the most comprehensive solutions, based on its industrial heritage and RAG-like functionality it claims others don’t have Continue Reading
By- Stéphane Larcher, LeMagIT
- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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News
22 Jul 2025
Fresh allegations of ‘sustained’ police and MI5 surveillance against BBC reporters
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal is investigating claims that police spied on the phone of investigative journalist Chris Moore amid further claims of a sustained monitoring operation against BBC reporters in Northern Ireland between 2006 and 2022 Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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E-Zine
22 Jul 2025
UKtech50 2025: The most influential people in UK IT
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we share the results of this year’s UKTech50 list of the IT leaders who are shaping the UK’s digital economy. We also feature a profile of this year’s winner, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who is the first person ever to top the list twice. Elsewhere in the issue, we also take a look at what steps IT leaders can take to lockdown their Amazon Web Services stacks, and discover the role that data management platforms play in the delivery of a great customer experience. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jul 2025
Data lake vs. data warehouse: Key differences explained
Data lakes and data warehouses differ in structure, processing and use cases, offering distinct advantages for enterprise analytics and data strategies. Continue Reading
By- Bridget Botelho, Editorial Director, News
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Feature
21 Jul 2025
How AI is shaping the future of business intelligence
As organisations race to build resilience and agility, business intelligence is evolving into an AI-powered, forward-looking discipline focused on automated insights, trusted data and a strong data culture Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Definition
21 Jul 2025
What are oversampling and undersampling?
Oversampling and undersampling are techniques used in data analytics and statistics to modify unequal data classes to create balanced data sets. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jul 2025
Interview: Alexandra Willis, director of digital media and audience development, The Premier League
Digital media is core to engaging nearly two billion fans of Premier League football around the world, with data analytics and AI playing an ever-more important role Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Jul 2025
The role of customer data platforms
We look at where a customer data platform sits alongside other technologies that offer features to boost customer experience Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Definition
18 Jul 2025
What is MySQL?
MySQL is a popular, scalable, user-friendly, open source and free relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL) to store, manage, and manipulate data. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2025
DWP accused of shielding AI deployments from public scrutiny
Amnesty International and Big Brother Watch say Department for Work and Pensions’ ‘unchecked’ and opaque use of AI in the UK benefits system treats claimants as suspicious and is shielded from public scrutiny Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
17 Jul 2025
Estimated 96% of EMEA financial services sector not ready for DORA
Research from data backup provider Veeam indicates that vast majority of European financial services firms do not feel ready to meet the resiliency requirements of the EU’s DORA act Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
17 Jul 2025
Terrorist potential of generative AI ‘purely theoretical’
UK terror legislation advisor takes stock of the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems to be adopted by terrorists, particularly for propaganda and attack planning purposes, but acknowledges the impact may be limited Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Podcast
17 Jul 2025
Podcast: How (agentic) AI can help with unstructured data
In this podcast, MongoDB CTO Boris Bialek discusses how artificial intelligence can bring together multiple levels of corporate data to better automate processes and how agentic AI can be a key part of that Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor