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March 28, 2024 28Mar2024 Opinion

Balancing regulation and innovation to ensure the UK remains a global leader in AI

The EU has taken a lead in regulating artificial intelligence through its AI Act - the UK government needs to respond or it risks losing the UK's status as an AI innovation frontrunner Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Ransomware gang leaks data stolen from Scottish NHS board

Data stolen from an earlier attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been leaked by a ransomware gang that claims to be in possession of much more content Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

RingCentral goes global with AI-powered contact centre solution

Provider of artificial intelligence-driven cloud solutions expands global footprint and drives adoption momentum of contact centre products with CRM integrations that enable integrated, immersive agent experience Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

HMRC’s online IR35 status checker tool CEST not updated in five years, FOI confirms

Despite a previous pledge that HMRC’s IR35 online status checker tool will be continually updated as employment cases and tribunals occur, a freedom of information request confirms CEST has not been updated since October 2019 Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Cyber spies, not cyber criminals, behind most zero-day exploitation

Analysis from Google has found that zero-day vulnerabilities are much more heavily exploited for espionage purposes than for financially motivated cyber crime Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Ofgem begins consultation on dynamic price caps

Smart meters make it possible to manage the electricity grid in a more flexible way, but millions are facing connectivity issues Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Indian large language models gain momentum

Indian LLMs trained on Indic languages are now being used by businesses and governments to better serve the needs of a diverse multilingual country Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Avaya announces Zoom strategic partnership for collaboration

Avaya selects Zoom’s recently launched AI-powered Workplace platform to integrate with its Communication and Collaboration Suite to help enterprises ‘reimagine’ teamwork Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Generative AI: Databricks unveils open source large language model

Enterprise customers are shifting to open source options to build customised generative AI tools using their own data, says Databricks Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Cisco unveils enhanced collaboration tech for the hybrid workforce

Multifunctional devices from Cisco aim to enhance collaboration in offices through optimised cameras and AI-powered collaboration features for hybrid teamwork Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Lord Holmes: UK cannot 'wait and see' to regulate AI

Legislation is needed to seize the benefits of artificial intelligence while minimising its risks, says Lord Holmes - but the government’s ‘wait and see’ approach to regulation will fail on both fronts Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

Leaked comms reveal Fujitsu eyeing huge UK government bounty, despite Post Office scandal promise

While subpostmasters fight tooth and nail for justice and financial redress, Fujitsu continues to target millions of UK taxpayer pounds Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 27Mar2024 News

UK regional science and tech startups grew in 2023

Globally there is still a post-pandemic funding slump, but UK startups in regions such as Wales and Yorkshire grew private sector investment in 2023 Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Qilin ransomware gang claims cyber attack on the Big Issue

A ransomware attack on the systems of publisher and social enterprise Big Issue Group has been claimed by the Qilin gang Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Cern: Challenges of GPU datacentre management

Cern is a major user of Kubernetes. The container orchestration technology offers a way to democratise AI hardware Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange given temporary reprieve over extradition

Court seeks assurances from the US that Assange will be given First Amendment Rights, will not prejudiced at trial because of his nationality, and will not be subject to the death penalty Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Alletra MP hardware changes see HPE orient arrays towards AI

HPE doubles controller nodes, boosts capacity with denser drives, cuts caches and builds in 100Gbps links to bring denser, faster storage aimed at all parts of the AI/ML pipeline Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Shareholders win when businesses do better at cyber

The more advanced a company’s cyber security performance, and the more engaged its board is with security issues, the greater the return for shareholders, a report has found Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

HPE taps GenAI to bolster AIOps on Aruba Networking Central

Cloud-native network management service to be enhanced through GenAI LLM models applied directly to AI search to improve performance and accuracy for enhanced operator experience Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Ogi, MS3 push altnet-delivered gigabit Britain

Wales and north of England-based gigabit broadband networks providers reveal strategies to cash in on accelerated roll-out of full-fibre gigabit services to businesses and homes alike Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Apple, Meta and Alphabet under EU scrutiny

Under the new Digital Markets Act, European commissioners are looking at potential issues with the way Apple, Alphabet and Meta operate their platforms Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Goldman Sachs discusses virtues of Kubernetes for virtual machine management

Kubernetes is not only a platform for orchestrating containers – Goldman Sachs has found it offers the same benefits when used to manage virtual machines Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

NHS SBS launches digital advisory framework

The Digital Health Advisory Services framework agreement aims to provide a way for health and care organisations to get help with digital transformation and skills Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Zoom aims to reimagine teamwork with Workplace AI collaboration platform

Comms and collaboration specialist unveils artificial intelligence-powered platform to help reimagine teamwork, facilitate connections and improve productivity intelligence within familiar experience Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

GTC 2024: Storage suppliers queue up to ride the Nvidia AI wave

Storage supplier announcements at Nvdia conference centre on infrastructure integration, tackling the GPU I/O bottleneck and AI hallucinations by running Nvidia NeMo and NIM microservices Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

How SAP is infusing AI into its business applications

SAP’s chief artificial intelligence officer, Philipp Herzig, outlines the company’s approach towards AI and how it is making the technology more accessible to customers Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

RingCentral looks to ‘reimagine’ business phone system with real-time AI

Cloud business communications provider adds artificial intelligence to provide immersive employee experience, with capabilities including real-time call notes, conversation intelligence, message translator and generative search Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

NCSC reaffirms guidance for those at risk of Chinese state hacking

As the UK and US governments announce sanctions and indictments of a Chinese state threat actor, the NCSC has reiterated its security advice for individuals at risk of being targeted for espionage purposes Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

US authorities charge seven over Chinese hacking

The US Department of Justice has charged seven Chinese nationals linked to the APT31 threat actor that targeted politicians in the UK and US Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 Blog Post

Green coding - Codeium: Mind your codebase

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Varun Mohan in his role as CEO and co-founder at Codeium – the company is known for its platform designed to help ... Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 News

Sums of money Post Office ‘stole’ from subpostmasters may never be known

MP asks government minister for figure on how much money the Post Office took from subpostmasters who were wrongly blamed for accounting shortfalls Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 26Mar2024 E-Zine

What are IT buyers spending their money on?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal the findings of our annual survey into the technologies that IT buyers are spending their money on this year. The European CIO at PepsiCo explains how to make digital transformation go with a pop. And we ... Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

Which? calls for government action on fake banking sites

Amid high volumes of spoofed, fraudulent banking websites, Which? is calling for the government to implement new legal obligations for domain registrars Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

Chinese hackers responsible for two ‘malicious’ cyber campaigns against UK

Government sanctions two Chinese nationals and a Chinese company identified as responsible for cyber campaigns against government officials and members of parliament Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

NEC, NTT claim success in first-of-its-kind subsea optical fibre cable trial

Tech giant and leading Japanese telecoms provider reveals research making progress towards increasing capacity of transoceanic optical submarine cable through use of over 7,000km using 12-core fibre net Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

Marked growth in UK broadband proves elusive in 2023

Quarterly study from specialist comms analyst finds persistent challenging macro-economic conditions acting as headwind for overall fixed and wireless broadband market in final quarter of 2023, but with fibre still a shining light Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

Interview: Priyanka Sharma, executive director, CNCF

We speak to the Cloud Native Computing Forum chief about her own journey in software development and the continuous drive towards greater inclusivity Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 In Depth

Making Tax Digital explained: Everything you need to know

Making Tax Digital is meant to overhaul the UK tax system, make it easier for businesses to file tax returns, and reduce error and fraud. How successful has the programme been? Computer Weekly looks at the details of tax digitisation Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

Turing Institute: Generative AI is going to change the face of government

Turing Institute researchers say there is a ‘huge’ opportunity for artificial intelligence to automate many government services Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

IBM enhances network IT automation capabilities with Pliant acquisition

Tech giant makes strategic purchase to further boost software networking capabilities, offering customers the tools to enable network infrastructure observability, connectivity, control and automation across hybrid cloud environments Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 Podcast

Cloud Native Computing: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Priyanka Sharma, the executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Forum about having blind faith in tech innovation Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

Britain’s democracy under threat from Chinese cyber attackers, government warns

The deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, is due to tell Parliament that Beijing is behind a hacking attack that obtained details of 40 million UK voters and has targeted parliamentarians who have criticised the regime Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

Vodafone Business aims to boost SME effectiveness with IT Hubs channel

UK IT experts and entrepreneurs are invited to join local franchise opportunity as part of strategic drive from Vodafone to help smaller businesses better manage their IT solutions Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 Blog Post

Green code - TurinTech: Code optimisation for sustainable AI

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Dr Leslie Kanthan, CEO and co-founder of TurinTech. TurinTech pledges to help software application developers unlock the ... Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 News

Vodafone, Three merger faces further competition review

Blow to major UK operators’ merger plans as competition watchdog takes investigation to new level, concluding that combining firms could leave consumers and businesses worse off Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 25Mar2024 In Depth

Biodiversity's importance to sustainable datacentre computing

Want to advance sustainability targets? It’s time to add biodiversity to your cloud equation Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

Court finds EncroChat hacked messages admissible as former footballer is jailed

A judge in ‘lead’ EncroChat case found that messages obtained by police from the encrypted phone network can be lawfully used in evidence Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

Nationwide building society falls victim to IT outage

Nationwide joins McDonald’s, Greggs, Sainsbury’s and Tesco as the fifth major high street name to experience an IT service outage in the space of a week Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

Fujitsu won’t sign any new business in Ireland

Fujitsu is closing down its Irish business after a review of the operation’s current performance and market outlook Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

Open Data Institute launches digital policy manifesto

The Open Data Institute has launched a policy manifesto ahead of the UK general election that outlines policies and issues it believes must be part of the political discussion around digital and data Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 Blog Post

Green coding - Ryan Mangan: The role of energy efficiency in development

This is a guest post in the ‘green coding’ story series written by Ryan Mangan, FBCS CITP. Mangan a datacentre and cloud evangelist… and founder of Efficient Ether. Efficient Ether is a startup on ... Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 In Depth

5G-Advanced networks explained: Everything you need to know

In this guide, Computer Weekly investigates the prospects for the soon-to-be-launched iteration of fifth-generation mobile communications: 5G-Advanced, or 5.5G as some are calling it Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

Nutanix CEO: VMware customers ‘not in a happy place’

Company CEO Rajiv Ramaswami claims VMware customers have doubts about whether VMware will be the right long-term platform for them, singling out those that have made the switch to Nutanix Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

The evolution of DevOps: Why platform engineering is gaining momentum

Platform teams are extending their responsibilities to security as platform engineering takes DevOps to the next level Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

Women in Data panel: NHS needs to get data basics right before rushing into AI

During a panel discussion at the recent Women in Data event, speakers from across the public healthcare sector outlined the groundwork that has to be laid for artificial intelligence to take the NHS by storm Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 Blog Post

No slacking at #TeamCloudNative hacking: CNCF CloudNativeHacks hackathon

What’s a hard-core cloud-native focused conference without a solid fingers-to-keyboard code challenge? Well, nothing, clearly. Thankfully the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) knows this ... Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

Everywoman announces 2024 Women in Tech Awards winners

Network for women in business, Everywoman, has announced the winners of this year’s technology awards, in partnership with Bupa Continue Reading

March 22, 2024 22Mar2024 News

Post Office Capture users’ campaign for justice gathers pace

The government is taking Post Office Capture allegations seriously as former subpostmasters seek answers Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

US sues Apple, alleging smartphone monopoly

A major legal action against Apple over its dominance of the smartphone market has kicked off in the US, alleging anticompetitive practices on Apple’s part that have damaged the sector and restricted consumer choice Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 Blog Post

Challenging the traditional boundaries between IAM and UEM

It's always refreshing to engage with vendors who aren't bound by the rigid category definitions that large analyst firms often impose on the market. At Freeform Dynamics, our view is that it's ... Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

UK government takes measures to boost resilience of 999 call system

The government is introducing additional safeguards to ensure resilience of the 999 emergency call handling system following a technical fault in 2023 Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

BICS partners with SaaS startup

Recently rebranded software-as-a-service customer engagement company switching up its communication partner to BICS as it looks to consolidate and expand across Europe Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 Opinion

Bit by Bit: Novel techniques to shrink AI's carbon footprint

We look at some of the new techniques that promise to reduce energy usage of AI by 65% Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

NCSC guidance to help CEOs work through cyber incidents

The NCSC has published in-depth guidance on how business leaders should respond to a cyber attack or data breach. Learn about some of the key steps you will need to follow Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

Three UK sees top-line revenue growth but first EBIT loss since 2010

UK mobile network operator reports earnings loss for the first time since 2010 but growth in certain customer segments driven by business-to-business, 5G, home broadband and Smarty service Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

UK mobile users satisfied with download speeds

Despite the UK having some of the lowest 5G download speeds in the G7, consumer needs are being met when it comes to mobile speeds delivering services that satisfy the majority of mobile users Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

Post Office scandal fallout for Fujitsu could open UK public sector to Indian giants

Post Office scandal has damaged public trust in Japanese IT supplier Fujitsu, which could open door to primed rivals Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

Ericsson establishes Federal Technologies Group in US

Comms tech provider ups engagement with US government services by creating entity designed to drive digital transformation and accelerate innovation Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

HMRC legacy UK customs system to be switched off for good

The 30-year-old Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (Chief) system will cease to exist on 4 June 2024, six years after HMRC originally planned to shut it down Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

IR35 reforms: IT contractors urged to reclaim tax they may have overpaid in off-payroll settlements

With the government set to fix the settlements offset issue from 6 April, contractor insurance firm Qdos is urging individuals who worked for non-compliant IR35 organisations to see if they can reclaim any money they have overpaid Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

Port of Tyne sets sail on private 5G-enabled ‘smart port’ operations

Latest part of UK’s 5G Innovation Regions project sees North East regional port gain funding to develop 5G and advanced wireless connectivity projects, and reap benefits such as enhanced operational efficiency, safety and sustainability Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 News

CCS holding firm on G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements for prospective Lot 4 suppliers

The government’s procurement arm is seemingly refusing to give in to supplier calls to extend its decision to revise down the insurance requirements for G-Cloud 14 to the framework’s fourth Lot Continue Reading

March 21, 2024 21Mar2024 Blog Post

Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2024: Flux CD tool solidified for growth

The Computer Weekly Developer Network team found itself in the city of lights this week for the Paris, France-located KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe conference. The Cloud Native Computing ... Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

Ukrainians crack network that stole 100m email, social accounts

Three members of an organised cyber criminal group who hacked and appropriated personal email and social media accounts face up to 15 years in prison Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

Oracle Cloud: A discussion about public cloud, dedicated regions and Alloy

We speak to Oracle cloud chief technical architect Pradeep Vincent about cloud deployment scenarios Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

UK’s cyber resilience stagnates as more fall victim to attacks

The government is calling on businesses to ramp up their cyber protections as study shows improvements to resilience are stagnating amid an ever-growing volume of attacks Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

Inclusive approaches to AI governance needed to engage public

Technology practitioners and experts gathered at an annual Alan Turing Institute-run conference discussed the need for more inclusive approaches to AI governance that actually engage citizens and workers Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

How Vast Data is simplifying data infrastructure

Vast Data CEO Renen Hallak explains how the company’s unified data platform that combines storage, database and compute capabilities into a single technology stack can improve the efficiency of analytics and artificial intelligence workloads Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

AWS Public Sector Day: AI-enabled care homes and using big data to ease biodiversity crisis

At this year’s AWS Public Sector Day, delegates heard how AI and cloud-based data processing tools are helping address skills shortfalls in the health and social care sector, as well as the UK’s biodiversity crisis Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

Greggs forced to close branches amid IT issue

Greggs is the latest in a string of retailers hit by IT problems that have caused major disruption Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 Blog Post

Maybe Einstein Was Wrong with E and MC - Apparently SoftIron = VM Squared...

Let’s face it, the scenario facing VMware for resellers and customer alike, post-Broadcom acquisition is common knowledge – the future landscape is not as it was. On top of that, it has to be ... Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

Global UCaaS market set for over 130 million users by 2028

Study from specialist comms research and consulting firm finds growth in UCaaS market continues apace, but price pressures are driving interest in value-added services Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

ServiceNow acquires 4Industry, EY Smart to boost smart industry

Digital workflow company announced its latest acquisitions of 4Industry and EY’s Smart Daily Management app to accelerate digital transformation Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

SAP S/4HANA data migration beset by poor and fragmented strategy

Survey finds customers transitioning to S/4HANA lack strategic thinking and skills, can’t access data, face challenges in data duplication, can’t use AI, and worry about compliance Continue Reading

March 20, 2024 20Mar2024 News

Singtel to host Vultr’s GPU workloads in AI datacentres

Vultr users will be able to deploy large-scale clusters of Nvidia H100 GPUs in Vultr’s Singapore region hosted in Singtel’s AI datacentres by the third quarter this year Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 News

EMEA security spend will have another boom year in 2024

Cyber security services and technology will once again be the focus of major investment across EMEA during 2024, according to the latest Technology Spending Intentions study from TechTarget and ESG Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 News

Cato claims first for AI-driven networking, security incident detection and response

Artificial intelligence option from Cato enhanced to detect and identify the root cause of networking incidents and to reduce outages from hours to minutes Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 News

Qualcomm brings more on-device AI to smartphones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Chip giant unveils mobile platform using specially selected premium capabilities for next-level on-device generative AI features set to be adopted by major OEMs over the coming months Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 Blog Post

IT Governance for Today and Tomorrow: Minimum Viable Principles

Introduction The traditional one-size-fits-all approach to IT governance, particularly in relation to data, is becoming increasingly unsustainable in the flexible, Agile/DevOps/AI-driven IT ... Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 News

Vast targets AI checkpointing write performance with distributed RAID

AI checkpointing operations targeted by Vast Data as it touts QLC-based storage for AI workloads Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 Opinion

Board-level buy-in: preparing cyber defences the right way

The cyber security function isn’t a back office team that is never seen and never heard. To truly protect the company, cyber security touches every corner of the business, and it starts from the top Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 News

UK government looks to end of 4G mobile blackspots in rural Wales

First of 86 UK government-funded 4G masts have been switched on as part of joint plan with telecoms firms in £1bn scheme to deliver mobile connectivity across 95% of UK Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 Blog Post

DataStax drives high-performance RAG for AI

DataStax appears to have changed its name. Once the enterprise database company, the organisation then became the real-time vector database company… then, after a while, it became the real-time AI ... Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 Blog Post

SuSE tightens bolts on container management portfolio

Whether you prefer to say Suse, SUSE or SuSE, the team at Gesellschaft für Software und Systementwicklung (Ed: surely that should GfSuS?) know a thing or two about open source enterprise software, ... Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 E-Zine

What went wrong with Birmingham’s Oracle project?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, after Birmingham City Council’s disastrous Oracle project cost over £100m, we analyse where it all went wrong. Our new buyer’s guide examines building a sustainable IT strategy. And we find out how Thomson Reuters is ... Continue Reading

March 19, 2024 19Mar2024 Opinion

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