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Post Office creates CTO role to support IT transformation

Post Office bolsters its IT leadership team as it grapples with massive tech transformation with the nation looking on
Government green lights denied datacentre build in Iver

The government has granted the developers of a proposed datacentre in Iver, Buckinghamshire, permission to press ahead with the project after the local council blocked the plans on Green Belt protection grounds
Railway connectivity on track to break $1bn revenue mark

Research finds spending on Future Railway Mobile Communication System based on 5G and LTE networks will gain speed over the next three years, with Asia being the engine of growth
Interview: Green Cargo’s IT switched tracks to logistics success

Green Cargo CIO Ingo Paas took a few turns to establish his company as a composable enterprise able to flex and react quickly
Interview: Wendy Redshaw, CDIO, NatWest Retail Bank

The retail bank is moving at pace to introduce generative AI into key customer-facing services as part of a wider digital transformation across the organisation
Government introduces technology adoption review

Whitehall has launched a call for evidence on barriers to adopting new technologies in the UK, wanting to know what needs to change for the country to stay at the forefront of technology adoption

Top 10 AI and storage stories of 2024

In this 2024 review, we look at the impact of AI on data storage, what’s needed to support AI during training and inference, and storage suppliers’ responses to the rise of AI
Google Cloud Platform: Key storage options in the Google Cloud

We survey the key cloud storage offers available from GCP, which include Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk and Filestore, with a range of service levels and app-specific options
Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal

Microsoft Copilot: A Year of Learning- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics

If 2023 was the year when generative AI burst onto the scene, 2024 has been one of experimentation and reality-checking. And nowhere is this more evident than in how UK CIOs have been responding to ... Continue Reading
Print Industry Trends, 2025- Quocirca Insights

In 2025, the print industry will be shaped by ongoing vendor consolidation, declining print volumes, and changing customer demands. Quocirca expects to see new entrants and diversification from ... Continue Reading
Data engineering - FlowX.ai: Orchestrating data pipelines for vertical AI agents - CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Bogdan Raduta in his role as head of research for FlowX.ai, a company that specialises in the creation of a developer ... Continue Reading
Looking ahead at long, mid and short term IT plans- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

The news that Google researchers have demonstrated quantum technology that can scale exponentially, without incurring massive error overheads, is seen by many as a breakthrough in this emerging ... Continue Reading

Why Keir Starmer’s plan to rewire Whitehall needs an IT-rethink

The government likes large scale IT projects but the prime minster’s plans to rewire Whitehall call for smaller, faster more agile work
A jobseeker’s guide to using AI and what it means for employers

Artificial intelligence tools can give you an edge in finding the right job if you use them in the right way. In this short guide, we explain what AI means for job hunters and recruiters, and how to take advantage of the latest technology
Hyperscale dominance: Is a new era of competition on the horizon?

With the dominant hold that Amazon and Microsoft has on the global cloud market under scrutiny by regulators across the world, could 2025 usher in a new era of cloud competition?