Internet technology
Internet technology has transformed businesses and public services, and as a result has also revolutionised the IT department. Web trends such as e-commerce, social media, Web 2.0 and cloud computing are essential elements of any successful IT strategy. We follow the latest developments and help IT managers choose the right products for their organisation.
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Opinion
17 Apr 2026
AI, energy, and the new rules of cloud sustainability competition
AI has made cloud infrastructure core to enterprise architecture – more valuable, strategic, and resource-intensive. It has also made vague sustainability claims less defensible Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Apr 2026
Welcome to agentic AI. Welcome to per-agent licensing
Microsoft seems to have a new wheeze: Charging per-agent. Having made Copilot pervasive in the Microsoft stack, it looks like customers may face per-agent billing Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2026
Cintegral taps Taara connectivity for real-time live media production
Networking service from Google Moonshot allows directors and crew members to digitally collaborate in real time during a shoot using light-based connectivity instead of relying on cable-based infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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E-Zine
14 Apr 2026
How a risky move paid off for Nvidia
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to Nvidia, the chip company at the centre of the AI revolution, about how its 20-year technology bet paid off. Oracle is laying off 30,000 workers – we find out what’s behind the controversial move. And we analyse the risks and opportunities from edge AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Apr 2026
Flood warning: How citizens’ AI agents will swamp public services
While governments eagerly look to implement AI to cut costs, they are less prepared for an incoming wave as people begin to use AI agents to drive applications to public services Continue Reading
By- Tom Loosemore, Public Digital
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News
13 Apr 2026
UK reliance on US big tech companies is ‘national security risk’, claims report
UK government urged to follow European countries by backing technology based on open standards Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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News
13 Apr 2026
Qualcomm expands strategic advanced driver assistance systems, immersive eyewear collaborations
Mobile technology platform provider inks deal with Snap company to expand decade-long collaboration on XR services, and with Bosch to make ADAS offerings for enhanced safety and comfort Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
13 Apr 2026
Sapiom CEO: Software is becoming the ‘customer' of the Internet
For twenty years, the Internet economy has been designed for humans. We built interfaces for human eyes, authentication for human devices, and financial, fraud, and risk models that assume a person ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Apr 2026
Sateliot launches €100m series C financing round
Barcelona-based satellite operator announces investment that will see use in financing deployment of constellation and starts selection process for a lead investor in new round expected to close in summer Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
13 Apr 2026
Go West! US datacentres head for available and cheap energy
Texas the hotspot as US datacentres enter the GW age, Virginia set to hold its status as ‘datacentre alley’, while constrained west coast states set for market share decline Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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News
09 Apr 2026
UK Navy deters Russian submarines near critical undersea cables
Operation by Navy and RAF tracks Russian submarine operations close to critical undersea cables Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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Blog Post
09 Apr 2026
Zencoder zaps zero-sum zonking with Zenflow Work
Zencoder describes itself as the orchestration layer for AI engineering and the company says its platform is designed to build reliable software with AI. In recent months, the platform has been ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2026
Azure customers up in arms over ‘full’ UK South region
Microsoft customers report being refused capacity, migration projects stuck halfway, and accusations that AI is being prioritised over ‘bread and butter’ offerings Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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News
08 Apr 2026
Hyperscaler datacentres set to dominate by 2031
Driven by artificial intelligence deployments, hyperscaler datacentres are expected to comprise more than two-thirds of all capacity by 2031. Meanwhile, on-premise datacentre capacity will shrink to 20%, down from 56% in 2018 Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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Blog Post
08 Apr 2026
Nutanix Agentic AI drives neoclouds, NKP Metal forges bare-metal Kubernetes
Nutanix has had plenty to say at its .NEXT 2026 conference, held in Chicago this April. The company will now introduce new capabilities for its Nutanix Agentic AI service that are designed to help ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Apr 2026
Tech can’t wait for regulation to protect children online
The general secretary of the UK's largest teachers’ union explains why social media should be banned for under-sixteens Continue Reading
By- Daniel Kebede, general secretary, National Education Union
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Blog Post
07 Apr 2026
Nutanix aligns to agentic AI era with platform & ecosystem overhaul
Nutanix used its .NEXT 2026 Americas conference in Chicago this week to lay out a framework of technologies that it promises will deliver a complete platform for the agentic AI era. The hybrid ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Apr 2026
Sustainability accounting can be difficult, but can differentiate
It's difficult to get a handle on sustainability metrics, not least because of supplier efforts to obfuscate them. But building in a true and bigger picture can become a differentiator Continue Reading
By- Daniel Smith, Astralis Technology
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Opinion
07 Apr 2026
What you need to know before emissions regulators come knocking
Carbon emissions reporting is becoming mandatory. But accounting is not the same as reducing, especially given the smoke and mirrors in some carbon footprint reporting Continue Reading
By- Jay Dietrich, Uptime Institute
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Opinion
07 Apr 2026
Navigating the opaque fog of public cloud carbon footprints
Cloud providers make it impossible to really assess carbon footprint. Differing definitions mask the true impact, especially in emissions from hardware production Continue Reading
By- Shane Herath , Eco-Friendly Web Alliance
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News
02 Apr 2026
Wilson Connectivity, Autonomous Systems team for in-building wireless service
Joint development brings AI-ready, automated monitoring and real-time service assurance to indoor distributed antenna system and private network deployments Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
02 Apr 2026
North America drives video telematics market to 22 million units by 2030
Study from M2M/IoT market research firm finds installed base of active video telematics systems growing at a steady clip driven by North America and camera technology enhancements Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
02 Apr 2026
BlueRock forges Trust Context Engine to help developers control agentic systems
BlueRock is a company known for its provision of observability, context and control for agentic AI systems operating in production. The platform itself is designed to helps developers and data ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2026
Microsoft to invest $5.5b in Singapore’s AI and cloud infrastructure
The tech giant is spending over $5bn through 2029 to bolster its footprint in the city-state while rolling out programmes to equip students, educators and non-profit leaders with AI skills Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Blog Post
01 Apr 2026
GreenOps - Starburst: Abstracting the complexity of (legacy) distributed data estates
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Jitender Aswani in his role as senior vice president of engineering at Starburst. Aswani writes in full as follows… There ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2026
CityFibre launches 8.5Gb service across wholesale multi-gig network
UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform provider makes the next step in its roll-out of its 10Gb-capable network, and claims strong customer growth continuing as it approaches one million users Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
31 Mar 2026
CMA to launch strategic market status investigation into Microsoft; Amazon Web Services off the hook
CMA to investigate whether Microsoft should be given strategic market status. Amazon escaped, but both companies will need to make changes to egress fees and interoperability Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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E-Zine
31 Mar 2026
HMRC is watching you…
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we investigate how HM Revenue & Customs has been quietly building its surveillance capabilities to crack down on tax fraud. We find out how a new supercomputer is helping the UK Atomic Energy Authority research nuclear fusion. And we visit Estonia to learn why its healthtech startups are targeting the NHS. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Mar 2026
‘Hot’ property: Azzurri Group’s chicken chain and the greenfield tech opportunity
Dave’s Hot Chicken provides rare ‘greenfield’ tech development opportunity for Azzurri Group, says tech director Jim Hingston, amid rumours of an imminent sale of the US-themed food chain Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2026
Stop Scams steps up to online fraud challenge
After years of putting the building blocks in place, Stop Scams is ready and able to react quickly to fight emerging fraud threats Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Blog Post
29 Mar 2026
What to expect from SAS Innovate 2026
The Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to SAS Innovate 2026, held from April 27 to 30 2026, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas… so what can we expect? The ... Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2026
Virgin Media Business Wholesale accelerates high-capacity delivery in the UK
Fixed wholesale connectivity arm of leading UK operator announces biggest ever upgrade to its wholesale network, delivering 32% Ethernet lead time reduction and 10G delivery accelerated by up to 40 days Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
27 Mar 2026
Flaws in government procurement show in HMRC £473m AWS award
After a rushed contract award with only one bidder and a tender notice ‘for hyperscalers only’, critics call for live oversight on government contracts, claiming the procurement is unfair and likely to be expensive Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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News
26 Mar 2026
Nokia joins Linx as technical partner for London network refresh
Internet exchange based in UK capital completes project refreshing its 17-site interconnected network in London, with global comms tech provider selected as the technical partner to support development Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
25 Mar 2026
Akamai launches AI Grid intelligent orchestration
Cyber security and cloud computing company unveils global-scale implementation of AI Grid, intelligently routing artificial intelligence workloads across edge, regional and core footprint to balance latency, cost and performance Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
25 Mar 2026
Ciena optics deployed in Meta cable upgrade, JGA Lightstorm
Optical connectivity provider’s technology is used to set transmission record for across a transpacific submarine cable, enabling next-generation cloud and AI connectivity between Japan and Australia Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
25 Mar 2026
Cambridge MC boosts comms procurement with Carrier Club acquisition
International consulting firm swoops for ’unique’ procurement-as-a-service organisation to offer greater value to its clients in challenging times for businesses Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
24 Mar 2026
Tata Communications unveils self-healing network
Platform from digital ecosystem enabler aims to provide greater than 99.99% service availability to help enterprises reduce data centre operational costs by up to 30% Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
24 Mar 2026
AI infrastructure investment in the Middle East enters a new geopolitical reality
As the region builds large-scale compute capacity, technology leaders are focusing on resilience, supply chains and semiconductor dependencies Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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E-Zine
24 Mar 2026
Government digital identity – dystopia or dreamland?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the conflicting arguments for and against the UK government’s digital ID proposals. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at measuring the carbon footprint of AI. And we learn how a London NHS trust is using data to improve collaboration for the benefit of staff and patients. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2026
Zayo provides critical connectivity infrastructure for AI, cloud datacentres
Enterprise network provider deploys connectivity infrastructure to one of the UK’s largest AI cloud datacentre campuses to support up to 720 MW of AI-ready infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
19 Mar 2026
Questions raised about Instagram memorialisation in Noah Donohoe inquest
Court hears that a mother was frozen out of her son’s social media a day after he tragically died, potentially depriving a coroner investigating the case of a ‘huge’ amount of information Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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News
19 Mar 2026
Interview: Huy Dao, director of data and machine learning platform, Booking.com
Effective use of technology has already delivered significant cost savings at the online travel giant, and greater use of AI and machine learning promises to bring even greater opportunities to improve Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
Infrastructure is back as Orange Business drives trusted agentic platforms
Annual customer gathering of enterprise arm of global telco sees launch of four key applications taking advantage of agentic AI capabilities and emphasising the need for robust and secure infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
18 Mar 2026
Ofcom sets out regulation to push UK gigabit broadband to ‘final phase’
UK communications regulator lays down regulation required to drive full-fibre roll-out through its end phase to universal access across the country, aiming to allow businesses to unlock economic gains Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
17 Mar 2026
Alibaba joins AI agent race with Wukong launch
Following the viral success of OpenClaw and product launches from Nvidia and Tencent, Alibaba has unveiled an agentic AI platform that integrates with DingTalk to orchestrate business workflows Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
17 Mar 2026
Lendi Group standardises on MongoDB for AI-ready data layer
Following a merger that left the Australian fintech with a fragmented data architecture, Lendi Group has consolidated its databases onto MongoDB Atlas to reduce microservices sprawl and power AI-driven broker tools Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Mar 2026
Nutanix Agentic AI bids to stoke up enterprise AI factories
Nutanix is positioning its agentic AI solution as a full software stack, purpose-built for real-world enterprise deployments. The company thinks we have now hit a tipping point where the barrier to ... Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2026
C-suite execs flag core nature of edge AI to business strategy
Research from edge computing provider observes enterprise edge AI is now an intrinsic part of core business infrastructure, driven by rapid uptake of agentic operations Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
16 Mar 2026
UK government unveils gigabit broadband upgrade tracker
As full-fibre broadband deployments maintain steady pace across the nation, UK government introduces tool to allow businesses across England and Wales to discover if they are due a government-backed broadband upgrade Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
13 Mar 2026
Altnets ‘force to be reckoned with’ in UK broadband
Research shows peers reaching around 19.7 million premises, with more than 3.5 million live connections, outperforming the major providers on customer satisfaction and value Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
13 Mar 2026
CityFibre, AllPoints Fibre introduce multi-gigabit FTTP
Partnership aims to bring together leading networks to simplify wholesale consumption to enable ISPs and MSPs to meet the demands of high-value customers with access to 1.7Gbps and 2.3Gbps FTTP speeds Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Feature
12 Mar 2026
The rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses
We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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Opinion
12 Mar 2026
Is AI our agent, or are our governments becoming agents for AI?
Yet more billions are being spent on agentic AI, despite warnings of its potentially extreme fallibility. Just who are governments serving when they spout the messaging of Big Tech companies? Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
Met Office ‘supercomputing as a service’ one year old
Artificial intelligence is not key to the weather picture, as the forecasting and climate prediction agency lauds the benefits of moving from on-site supercomputers to cloud computing for scientific modelling Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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News
11 Mar 2026
Zendesk to acquire Forethought in major agentic AI play
Zendesk is acquiring Forethought to bolster its agentic AI chops with specialised and self-learning AI agents capable of managing complex customer service workflows Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Blog Post
11 Mar 2026
Zencoder CEO to developers: OpenClaw is the canary, not the destination
As every good software engineer known, OpenClaw is an open source autonomous AI agent framework that runs locally on a users own hardware. Quite viral in nature (its status has seen it rocket up ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
Ericsson, Future Technologies scale wireless infrastructure for industrial AI
Connectivity transformation systems integrator and comms tech giant expand collaboration to accelerate deployment of private 5G and enterprise wireless networks across North America Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
10 Mar 2026
Tricentis aims to define new era of enterprise agentic software quality
We have now entered the era of agentic software, obviously. That means agentic software tools i.e. developer toolsets, workflows, interconnects and more that are powered by agentic intelligence to ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
MWC 2026: Render Networks unveils synchronised agentic critical infrastructure
Critical infrastructure execution and intelligence software provider unveils agentic AI architecture designed for dynamic, scalable execution at infrastructure operators and constructors Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
09 Mar 2026
UK to launch cyber fraud squad in April
The UK’s Online Crime Centre, launching next month, will bring together government, police, intelligence agencies, banks, mobile networks and tech firms to take coordinated action against cyber fraud Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Blog Post
09 Mar 2026
GreenOps - Nutanix: Waste reduction through radically simplified infrastructure
Nutanix is built on a technology foundation designed to deliver hybrid multicloud compute efficiency at all levels. This is the mantra laid down by James Sturrock, director of systems engineering ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
AI factory builder Nscale announces another $2bn of funding
Nscale has a pipeline of 1.3GW of capacity across the UK, Norway and the US, with contracted supply of 200,000 Nvidia GPUs, and is name-checked as a British supplier of AI factories Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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News
06 Mar 2026
Stephen Lawrence detective calls for better checks after child’s Instagram account ‘memorialised’
Former detective Clive Driscoll, who secured convictions in the Stephen Lawrence case, calls for better checks after Instagram ‘memorialised’ the account of a child without the family’s knowledge Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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News
06 Mar 2026
Regulate AWS and Microsoft, says UK cloud provider survey
Open Cloud Coalition survey, commissioned ahead of the CMA’s decision on measures against the two hyperscale giants, finds competing cloud providers demand regulation Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Freelance storage writer and consultant
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Feature
05 Mar 2026
Edge AI: Business cost, risk and control
Right now, rather than asking whether or not to adopt edge artificial intelligence, the crucial question for most companies is how to do so without creating new security, cost and governance issues Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Mar 2026
WisdomAI federated agentic intelligence eats raw data with analytics-native MCP power
Analytics is all-important. Since the dawn of big data, analytics has been at the forefront of the way we talk about information intelligence and business decision making… actually, scratch that, ... Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2026
Weighing the trade-offs of neoclouds and sovereign clouds
Neocloud and sovereign cloud providers offer alternatives to hyperscalers for AI infrastructure and data sovereignty, but availability gaps and a lack of managed AI services can pose challenges to enterprise customers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
04 Mar 2026
Delivery comms, intelligent fulfilment, and AI’s growing influence
Some 90% of retailers planning to boost spending on artificial intelligence to optimise e-commerce operations, as new research identifies different AI shopper personas and The Delivery Conference provides forum for debate Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2026
AI workloads force a fundamental redesign of Middle East datacentres
From hyperscale GPU clusters to sovereign AI ambitions, Huawei outlines how infrastructure must evolve to meet regional demand Continue Reading
By- Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
04 Mar 2026
Nutanix Cloud Analysis: The reasons why AI is driving container adoption
Hybrid multi-cloud computing platform company Nutanix has detailed its eighth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report. This is the company’s most (internally, if not also ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2026
Interview: Wolf & Badger CEO George Graham on getting ‘hands-on’ with AI
From continually exploring the potential of artificial intelligence to actually building and introducing AI-enabled systems for his company, George Graham is leaning into the age of agentic commerce Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2026
Santander and Mastercard complete test of AI-initiated payment
Bank and payments giant complete first payment initiated by artificial intelligence in a controlled environment Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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E-Zine
03 Mar 2026
Is a social media ban for under-16s proportionate?
In this week’s Computer Weekly ezine, we dig into the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights’ arguments that governments should be doing more to police the actions of “big tech social media firms” rather than banning under-16s from using their platforms. We also hear about colocation giant CyrusOne’s approach to greening up its operations, and the wider benefits that its IT sustainability play is bringing to its business. The second part of this month’s buyer’s guide looks at the risk profile of neocloud providers, and the questions enterprise IT buyers should be asking themselves before signing up to use their offerings. And, rounding out the issue, we have a feature looking at various real-world use cases for augmented, virtual and extended realities. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2026
UK government consults on social media ban for under-16s
A UK government consultation launched today asks whether under-16s should be banned from social media, and age restrictions introduced for VPNs and chatbots Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
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Blog Post
26 Feb 2026
It’s time to ‘get physical’ on AI with private 5G
With Mobile World Congress (next week) creating a huge flurry (well, it’s a firehose really, isn’t it?) of news and activity, it’s not always easy to find a path through the noise. Of potential ... Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2026
The UK’s proposed social media ban explained
The UK government will use new legal powers to lay the groundwork for an under-16 social media ban after its consultation on children’s digital well-being, but opponents warn the measures being considered will only treat the symptoms of the problem if they ignore the structural power of big tech Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2026
Taara unveils photonics platform for wireless comms
Google Moonshot company unveils way to transmit ultra-high-speed internet through the air using light, shrinking core technology onto a single chip to deliver fibre-like speeds without cables or spectrum Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
24 Feb 2026
Microsoft CEO opens London AI Tour with Copilot push
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used his event keynote to showcase how the artificial intelligence in M365 is a foundation for agentic AI in the enterprise Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
24 Feb 2026
Singtel, Nvidia to help scale enterprise AI deployments
Singtel and Nvidia have teamed up on a multimillion-dollar facility to help organisations scale enterprise AI deployments, tackle extreme datacentre power densities, and prepare for the era of embodied AI Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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E-Zine
24 Feb 2026
Retirement plans postponed as tech issues delay pension payments
In this week’s Computer Weekly ezine, we dig into the tech issues affecting the Civil Service Pension Scheme, which have left some members in severe financial difficulties. We also sit down with Segro CIO Richard Corbridge to find out how he is bringing to bear his experience of working in both the private and public sector to make digital transformation happen at the property management company. The buyer’s guide this week starts a series of articles about neocloud providers, and how the rising demand for artificial intelligence and sovereign capabilities are reshaping the cloud computing market. And, rounding out the issue, we have a feature looking at the work that is going into creating a viable quantum internet. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Feb 2026
GreenOps - BlackLine: Why GreenOps needs finance-grade control to deliver value
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Philippe Omer-Decugis, general manager & SVP of sales at BlackLine. BlackLine is known for its cloud-based software ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Feb 2026
What it takes to secure agentic commerce
With AI agents increasingly acting as digital concierges for shoppers, verifying bot identities, securing the APIs they rely on and detecting anomalous behaviour will be key to safeguarding automated transactions, according to Akamai Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Blog Post
19 Feb 2026
FinOps Foundation on state of the FinOps nation: AI value & skills at the fore
The FinOps Foundation says it has extended and updated its mission to reflect the discipline's progression and evolution from reactive cloud cost management to a more proactive focus on technology ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Feb 2026
European politicians amplify disinformation about UN rapporteur
Government officials from the US and Europe have condemned UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese for remarks about Israel she never made, based on a truncated clip circulating online that takes her statements out of context Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
19 Feb 2026
T-Labs demos commercial viability of quantum networking
The research and development arm of telco Deutsche Telekom has worked with Qunnect to demo quantum networking over 30km of optical fibre Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
18 Feb 2026
VMO2 owners make Substantial acquisition to gain altnet broadband business
Acquisition of UK’s second-largest altnet by broadband major claimed to be able to unlock value of £3.5bn, creating sustainable, scaled network competition and wholesale choice in the UK Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
18 Feb 2026
CloudBolt analysis: Mass VMware exodus yet to come, but unwind underway
Two years after Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the fact that organisations are considering leaving VMware is (of course) not news. But, according to cloud cost optimisation company CloudBolt ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Feb 2026
Lumen targets AI bottlenecks with cloud gateway and metro expansion
AI network provider introduces enterprise capabilities designed to accelerate data movement across distributed artificial intelligence environments while aiming to lower complexity and cost Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Feature
17 Feb 2026
The ethical challenges of America’s social media vetting policy
The US government is incorporating social media vetting as part of its border control policy, leading to concerns about what data will be collected and how it will be protected Continue Reading
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News
17 Feb 2026
Linx upgrades Lunar Digital datacentre to full resilient point of presence
Manchester-based datacentre upgrading its network resilience with London Internet Exchange to support network traffic Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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E-Zine
17 Feb 2026
Charities turn to tech for greater impact
The fallout from the Post Office scandal is a recurring theme of reporting for Computer Weekly, and in this week’s ezine, we find out how the organisation’s efforts to address the shortcomings of its Horizon software have resulted in it being hit with a multimillion-pound IR35-related tax bill. We also sit down with Checkout.com CTO Mariano Albera to find out how he’s applying his knowledge of e-commerce to the finance sector, and why coding will always have a special place in his heart. In the third and final instalment of the AI security buyer’s guide, we take a look at how the technology can both help and hinder enterprise IT security strategies. And, rounding out the issue, we find out how five different charities are using CRM and digital experience technologies to bolster donations. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2026
Wesfarmers to deploy agentic AI in retail operations
Retail conglomerate behind Kmart and Officeworks signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to deploy AI agents for customer service and internal productivity Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Feature
13 Feb 2026
AI investment and the effect on urban digital twins
Investment in artificial intelligence will support development of the technology as an enabler for digital twins across many application areas, but analysts are concerned that AI spending has created a bubble that is ready to pop Continue Reading
By- Martin Schwirn, Computer Weekly
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News
13 Feb 2026
Openreach appoints new chief executive
UK’s leading broadband provider announces that its deputy CEO will succeed incumbent chief executive from 1 April 2026, and that the company looks to maintain pace of full-fibre deployment Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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Feature
12 Feb 2026
Urban digital twins – missing pieces and emerging divides
The versatility of digital twins is substantial, but hurdles exist that prevent them to reach their full potential – and while AI can reduce existing limitations, its deployment can create its own problematic issues Continue Reading
By- Martin Schwirn, Computer Weekly
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News
12 Feb 2026
European Commission: TikTok’s addictive design breaches EU law
In a preliminary ruling, European Commission says TikTok’s additive design features are in breach of laws designed to create safer digital spaces Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2026
AI enters its ‘grassroots backlash’ era
As artificial intelligence permeates aspects of the economy and society, individuals and civic groups are devising creative ways to rebel - but any impact on AI’s development, adoption and regulation is unclear Continue Reading
By- Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly
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Blog Post
10 Feb 2026
Kubernetes infrastructure now saved from 'minor repair bulldozer'
The Kubernetes community has released the latest version of Cluster API at version number 1.12 and it is described as a "significant update" for developers. A Kubernetes “sub-project” focused on ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Feb 2026
Cloudera offers AI inferencing progression & unified data access
Cloudera has this month developed its expansion to Cloudera AI Inference and Cloudera Data Warehouse with Trino to on-premises environments. The company says this move will empower customers to ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Feb 2026
Salesforce analysis: the road to multi-agents is paved with connected orchestration
Developers are set for acceleration… the new wave of agentic AI services will, in and of themselves, create a supercharged programming landscape that sees software engineers propelled forward into ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Feb 2026
GreenOps – Astronomer: Workflow orchestration is the hygiene layer a data team needs
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Carter Page in his capacity as EVP of R&D at Astronomer. Astronomer is the company behind Astro, the modern data ... Continue Reading
