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Post Office inquiry: So, is Paula Vennells lying or not?

When former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells began her much-anticipated evidence to the public inquiry into the scandal that unfolded on her watch, she turned to the victims and said how grateful she ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Northern Ireland police face £750,000 fine after data protection blunder put lives at risks

Information commissioner John Edwards uses discretion to reduce proposed fine from £5.6m to £750,000 Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Third police probe into Post Office scandal under consideration

The Metropolitan Police Service is looking into investigating potential corporate and individual crimes committed in the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Rockwell urges users to disconnect ICS equipment

ICS systems maker Rockwell Automation calls on users to take steps to secure their equipment, and reminds them there is no reason to ever have its hardware connected to the public internet, as it tracks an increase in global threat activity Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

virtualization sprawl (VM sprawl)

Virtualization sprawl is a phenomenon that occurs when the number of virtual machines (VMs) on a network reaches a point where administrators can no longer manage them effectively. Continue Reading

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• Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor

‘You knew’ – former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems

Former Royal Mail CEO messaged Paula Vennells following the broadcasting of ITV’s dramatisation of the Post Office scandal, questioning what the former Post Office boss knew and removed her support Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Podcast: AI and its impact on data storage

We talk to Shawn Rosemarin, vice-president for R&D at Pure Storage, about the requirements of AI workloads, and what data storage needs to cope with AI Continue Reading

Dutch employers should discuss using algorithms in managing staff

Dutch organisations must engage in open discussions with employees about the use of algorithms and data in managing staff Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

AI Seoul Summit: 27 nations and EU to set red lines on AI risk

The countries will now work together to identify thresholds at which the risks presented by an AI model or system would be unacceptable without safeguards in place, as well as develop interoperable safety testing regimes for the technology Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

The IT Sustainability Paradox

IT leaders today often find themselves grappling with a perplexing situation. On one hand, they face growing pressure to drive sustainability initiatives and reduce the environmental impact of ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics

Infinidat adds smaller footprint G4 arrays with claimed 2x performance

Purveyor of triple-controller all-flash and hybrid flash arrays aimed at high-end customers tails and tops InfiniBox and InfiniBox SSA ranges, and adds Azure cloud storage to AWS Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

UK government announces £8.5m in grants for AI safety research

The funding programme will be directed by the UK’s AI Safety Institute, with grants being used to understand and mitigate the impacts of artificial intelligence, including any systemic risks it presents at the societal level Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Broadcom/VMware: Joining the dots to migrate off VMware

It may take several years to move off VMware. In the meantime, Nutanix and Rimini Street have ramped up efforts to target unhappy customers Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Neom: The tip of the tech iceberg in the Saudi desert

What is known about plans for Saudi Arabian smart city Neom could be just the tip of the iceberg Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

10 of the top carbon accounting software for 2024

Carbon accounting software can help organizations in their quest to meet environmental audit standards. Learn about some of the top software in this rapidly developing area. Continue Reading

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• George Lawton

AI Seoul Summit: 10 nations and EU recommit to safe inclusive AI

During the latest AI Summit in South Korea, the participating governments reaffirmed their prior commitments to deepening international cooperation on AI safety, and have agreed to launch an international network of ‘safety institutes’ Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

AI Seoul Summit: 16 AI firms make voluntary safety commitments

Prominent artificial intelligence companies from around the world have committed to a set of voluntary AI safety measures, which includes developing continuous risk assessment processes, setting acceptable risk thresholds, and ensuring greater transparency Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Nutanix ramps up VMware opportunity

During its annual Next conference in Barcelona, Nutanix has expanded its hardware partner programme to grab new business from Broadcom Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Parliamentary committee criticises big tech response to election threats

Parliamentary committee says tech companies ‘regurgitated publicly available content’ and failed to address questions raised by MPs and peers Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

CIO interview: Nic Granger, director of corporate and CFO, North Sea Transition Authority

Spending time with penguins in the Falkland Islands may not seem an obvious background for an IT leader, but it's worked for Nic Granger as she sets out to overhaul the way data is used in the oil and gas sector Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Post Office clique deepened Horizon scandal

A general counsel annoyed by independent investigators and comms director that bragged about his contacts were part of a Post Office clique with former CEO Paula Vennells Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Balancing AI with human creativity

We speak to the chief product officer at Getty Images and iStock about the role generative AI can play in the image-making process. Continue Reading

Can AI supercharge human creativity?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to Getty Images about the challenges of balancing human creativity with the risks and opportunities of generative AI. Our latest buyer’s guide examines the latest best practice in desktop IT management in a world of flexible working. And we review the benefits of open source software in the enterprise. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

The Security Interviews: What is the real cyber threat from China?

Former NCSC boss Ciaran Martin talks about nation-state attacks, why the UK has become so exercised about cyber espionage, and how our leaders are in danger of misunderstanding their adversaries Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Making tech changes: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the CIO of law firm, Kingsley Napley about effective change management to support successful digital transformation Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Dell Technologies World: AI at core of Dell’s next chapter

With a significant anniversary just passed, Dell CEO Michael Dell was in reflective mood as he looked ahead to the impact of artificial intelligence on the tech giant’s product stack Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

DataStax launches on-premise GenAI in ‘hyper-converged’ format

NoSQL database specialist adds generative AI for datacentre deployments where cloud is a no-no for cost, security or compliance reasons, with a focus on vector storage Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

HMRC underestimates Single Trade Window project complexity, says NAO

A National Audit Office report on UK border calls on government to have a more realistic approach to digital transformation Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UK AI Safety Institute to open San Francisco branch

News of the AI Safety Institute’s expansion to the US follows the first public release of its AI safety testing results Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted appeal

Two high court judges granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal against extradition to the US after defence lawyers argued that the US had failed to give adequate assurances Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Toshiba shows 32TB HDDs with heat-assisted and shingled drives

Drive maker demonstrates 32TB and 31TB capacity hard drives that boost write density by use of heat and microwave assistance plus shingled – overlapped – drive tracks Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Red Hat CEO on OpenShift evolution and AI moves

Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks talks up how OpenShift AI and RHEL AI can work together to lower the cost of training and inferencing to drive AI adoption and the company’s traction with customers looking to move away from VMware Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told

More details emerge about how close IBM came to replacing Fujitsu and its controversial Horizon system at the Post Office Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells

As Paula Vennells faces statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, Computer Weekly compiles some of its must-read articles about the controversial former Post Office boss Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT strategy: Supporting a distributed workforce

The idea of supporting hybrid or fully remote workers has changed the dynamics of end-user computing support. We explore the challenges Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Windows Server Client Access License (CAL)

A Windows Server Client Access License (CAL) is a license that gives a user or device the right to access services, such as printing or access to a file share, from a server running the Windows Server operating system (OS). Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• Tayla Holman, Site Editor

Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market

Ollie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security? Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Report highlights disagreement among experts on AI safety

An interim AI safety report coming out of the Bletchley Declaration shows AI experts are not in agreement over some of the biggest risks Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CW APAC – Trend Watch: AI infrastructure

Firms are starting to trust artificial intelligence in some of their most important processes. In this handbook, focused on AI infrastructure trends in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how it should be deployed, data and sustainability challenges and the advantages of large language models. Continue Reading

Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice,’ inquiry told

As the nation waits for the impending appearance of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells at the public inquiry, a former colleague reveals her certainty that there were no miscarriages of justice Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system

The Post Office CIO was tasked by directors with sizing up Computer Weekly for the task of reviewing a forensic investigation into Horizon Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements

Former Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell failed to raise concern over Post Office’s false stance on Horizon integrity Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Mainframes and workload placement: Time for a dose of objectivity?

When Tony Lock and I interviewed Reg Harbeck, Chief Strategist at Mainframe Analytics Ltd, it was immediately obvious that we had different perspectives on the world. As a self-proclaimed ... Continue Reading

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• Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics

HMRC Single Trade Window project hits turbulence

Less than a year into the programme to create a Single Trade Window as a digital gateway for traders, HMRC has already gone through a formal dispute resolution process with its supplier Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Sunak warned against changing foreign student visa rules

Business leaders have called on prime minister Rishi Sunak not to be pressured into altering the graduate visa route Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Tom Read to bid farewell to GDS

The Government Digital Service chief is leaving his role, and the civil service as a whole, in June, after three-and-a-half years in charge of the department Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

ESG audit vs. green IT audit: How are they different?

Companies often struggle with understanding how to start sustainability reporting. Learn the distinct roles ESG audits and green IT audits play in a complex reporting landscape. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

US authorities crack BreachForums for a second time

The BreachForums data leak website has been seized by the FBI and international partners again Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cyber Safety Force wants to change conversation around risk

A consortium to help cyber pros better manage risk has launched, with ambitious goals to change the nature of the conversation from cyber security to cyber safety Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Critical SharePoint, Qakbot-linked flaws focus of May Patch Tuesday

A critical SharePoint vulnerability warrants attention this month, but it is another flaw that seems to be linked to the infamous Qakbot malware that is drawing attention Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

WikiLeaks founder’s extradition case labelled ‘institutional corruption’

Call for Julian Assange to be prosecuted in the US has been condemned as ‘institutional corruption on a judicial level’ with the WikiLeaks founder a ‘political prisoner’ Continue Reading

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• Charlie Moloney

Government focuses on improving AI security

Two codes of practice are now available to help developers boost the security of their AI applications Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’

Head of communications at the Post Office painted a rosy picture of the error-prone Horizon system when challenged Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Google ups ante in GenAI with Gemini enhancements

Google has updated Gemini 1.5 Pro with a two-million-token context window and debuted a smaller, lightweight model optimised for high-frequency, specialised tasks Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse

The Scottish parliament will introduce its own legislation to exonerate subpostmasters with convictions based on evidence from Post Office Horizon system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How CIOs can navigate the green IT landscape

CIOs and IT leaders must take action now to ensure they have an accurate overview of the carbon emissions, energy use and sustainability of their organisation's overall activities. But how should they go about this? Continue Reading

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• Edward Barbor, PA Consulting
• Richard Barnes-Webb, PA Consulting

QStar launches tape access from anywhere with Global ArchiveSpace

Tape veteran provides file and object access to Exabyte scale archives aimed at AI, high-performance computing and hyperscaler storage. Single-site for now, multi-site to follow Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

CyberUK 24: UK insurance industry gets tough on ransomware

Three of the UK’s largest insurance associations have signed on to a new initiative spearheaded by the NCSC to try to bring down the number of ransomware payments being made Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NetApp upgrades AFF all-flash as it targets AI storage

New AFF arrays offer performance boost for artificial intelligence, while NetApp trumpets its advantages as a provider of sustainable and intelligent infrastructure for all kinds of workloads Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

NHS trust dismisses governors who questioned allegations of email tampering

Two NHS trust governors who raised questions in a dispute over allegations of email tampering concerning whistleblower Peter Duffy have been dismissed after an investigation that followed their suspension Continue Reading

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• Tommy Greene

Maria 01 rolls out ambitious pan-Europe startup plan

Ten-year plan will see pan-Nordic tech startup ecosystem based in Finnish capital Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Bristol goes live with UK AI supercomputer

The Isambard-AI supercomputer is set to revolutionise AI research in the UK Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

The UK may not have a choice on a ransomware payment ban

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Ian Thornton-Trump

Microsoft Remote Desktop Web Access (Microsoft RD Web Access)

Microsoft Remote Desktop Web Access (Microsoft RD Web Access) is a Remote Desktop Services role in some versions of the Windows Server OS. Continue Reading

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• Rahul Awati
• Tayla Holman, Site Editor

Finland develops quantum algorithms for the future

Finnish researchers are focusing on a small set of quantum algorithms they believe will have a global impact Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

How SingPost is delivering on digital transformation

SingPost group CIO outlines the company’s efforts to leverage AI and automation to improve operations, emphasising the importance of building the right culture as it expands its regional footprint Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

From clipboards to smart data capture; how software-defined scanning is changing the game

When I first heard about 'smart data capture', I couldn't help thinking back to a string of jobs in factories, warehouses and retail stores that helped me to fund my way through university. From my ... Continue Reading

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• Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics

Embracing Industry 4.0? Don’t overlook Cloud ERP

With the convergence of digitisation, wireless sensors, 5G networking, automation, and powerful processing, Industry 4.0 is redefining manufacturing Continue Reading

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• Guy Armstrong

Norway bolsters digital transformation drive

Norway’s government backs digital transformation with major capital investment this year Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Executive interview: AWS’s GenAI innovation opportunity

We speak to the head of the GenAI Innovation Center for Amazon Web Services about AI, tech innovation and IT challenges Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

operational technology (OT)

Operational technology (OT) is a category of hardware and software that monitors and controls how physical devices perform. Continue Reading

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• Cameron Hashemi-Pour, Site Editor
• Brien Posey

Major breach of customer information developing at Dell

Almost 50 million data records relating to Dell customers appear to have been compromised in a major cyber breach Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK hails first test of quantum aircraft navigation

The government’s £2.5bn quantum strategy receives a boost with test of quantum technology that gets around GPS jamming Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

MHRA launches AI regulatory sandbox

The Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) hopes the AI Airlock sandbox will help in improving safe development and use of medical devices Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Four key impacts of AI on data storage

We look at the key impacts of AI on data storage, including I/O and possible bottlenecks, how I/O differs across training and inference, plus data management and compliance concerns Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Edge AI explained: Everything you need to know

In this essential guide, Computer Weekly investigates the current rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence deployed at the edge of networks – edge AI Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

NAO report highlights tech failings in flagship DWP project

Lack of tech skills, disconnected agile development and non-compliance with government standards are among the issues identified in report Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Knowledge24: GenAI dominates ServiceNow annual user conference

ServiceNow put the future use of GenAI at the centre of its annual user conference, Knowledge24 Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Over 5.3 billion data records exposed in April 2024

The number of data records breached in April 2024 hit over five billion, a staggering year-on-year increase Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cyber attack victims need to speak up, says ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office is urging organisations to be transparent and learn from each other’s mistakes as it reveals most of the cyber attacks it responds to stem from the same core errors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Wales gets UK’s first national SOC

The first national security operations centre of its kind in the UK has opened in the south of Wales to safeguard public sector bodies across the country Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Red Hat bullish on APAC growth, targets automakers and SMEs

Red Hat is expanding its reach into smaller firms as well as the automotive and other industries to fuel its ‘high-double digit’ growth in the region Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Zero Trust: Unravelling the enigma and charting the future

A special interest group aims to start a long-overdue discourse on the merits, dangers, costs, and development of Zero Trust and IAM in information security Continue Reading

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• David Lacey

Barrister says Post Office lawyers misled him over Horizon cases

Simon Clarke told public inquiry he believes he was misled by Post Office internal lawyers over Horizon prosecutions Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujitsu’s Post Office Horizon admission was ‘bombshell’ amid ‘religious panic’ over reliability

Barrister Simon Clarke was representing the Post Office when he discovered an expert witness had misled courts in subpostmaster trials Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Enhance identity controls before banning ransomware payments

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Stephen McDermid

Government injects £1.8m into space tech innovation

Funding is being split between nine projects, covering a range of technologies aiming to support new space capabilities in the UK Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Executive interview: Adding common sense to generative AI creativity

We speak to the chief scientist at Neo4j about why graph databases should work alongside large language models to keep them in check Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms

In the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Currys signs up Microsoft and Accenture to modernise IT

IT modernisation programme covers datacentre migration to Azure cloud and roll-out of AI to boost shopping experience Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

strategic management

Strategic management is the ongoing planning, monitoring, analysis and assessment of all necessities an organization needs to meet its goals and objectives. Continue Reading

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• Robert Sheldon
• Linda Tucci, Industry Editor -- CIO/IT Strategy
• Mekhala Roy

Cyber attack ruled out as source of UK Border Force outage

An IT outage that caused automated passport control e-gates to crash across the UK has been resolved, with a cyber attack ruled out as the cause Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Huawei launches exabyte-scale OceanStor A800 at AI workloads

Chinese storage array maker announces high-performance NAS that can build out to clusters in excess of 1 exabyte, plus NVMe flash drives of 128TB coming to market next year Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

The Untapped Potential of Liquid Cooling in Modern Data Centres

Ever since IBM sold off its x86 business to Lenovo back in 2014, I've been closely watching how the company has transitioned from arguably a commodity player to one that often innovates in ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics

Red Hat eyes AI workloads in platform moves

Open source juggernaut rolls out offerings to make it easier to fine-tune large language models, among other moves to ease deployment of artificial intelligence workloads Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Gen AI: what we know and don’t know, what excites us, what scares us

GenAI is probably the most exciting technology development since the creation of the internet but its essential businesses put in the right controls Continue Reading

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•  Andrew Neal, Chief People Officer, Nash Squared

Chinese APT suspected of Ministry of Defence hack

A cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence is suspected to be the work of threat actors working on behalf of Chinese intelligence Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NCA unmasks LockBitSupp cyber gangster who toyed with pursuers

The NCA and its partners have named the administrator of the LockBit ransomware gang, LockBitSupp, as Dmitry Khoroshev, who now faces sanctions and criminal charges Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

What does the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill mean for UK industry?

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is the first shift in the UK’s data protection regime since leaving the EU, but what could it mean for UK industry? Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

Polar Bear Pitching: Hot mobile apps come in from the cold

Flexing its current technological muscle, the city of Oulu in Finland shows that in addition to being a hub of 5G and 6G development, it is also a hot house for mobile apps, even from a hole in the ice Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly