IT services and outsourcing

Accenture joins IBM in battle for £323m Post Office Horizon deal

Services giant is bidding to take over existing Post Office Horizon operations alongside fellow IT giant IBM Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How to build a cloud carbon data supply chain

Why better architecture – not better promises – is the key to sustainable cloud computing. The data isn’t perfect but there are steps IT leaders can take to build the right structure Continue Reading

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• Luke Sperrin, senior practice lead for energy and sustainability at Digital Catapult

Can data sovereignty become a liability in war?

The recent Middle East conflict shows the contradictions inherent in modern data systems and the need to focus less on who controls data and more on how to protect the infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Moinul Zaber, research fellow, Institute of Development Studies

Data dive: Power grid data shows birth of AI in UK datacentres

Electricity supply utilisation ratios show datacentre developer ‘land grab’, capacity switch-ons, the coming of Hopper and Blackwell GPUs, and usage ramping during training runs Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Southeast Asia’s space economy set for $100bn lift-off

From predicting crop diseases to optimising bus routes, the application of AI and cloud technologies to satellite data could add $100bn to the region’s GDP by 2030 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Sovereign AI fund supports Hassabis startup, Isomorphic

Isomorphic, which is building a unified drug discovery product based on artificial intelligence, is the third company to receive Sovereign AI funding from the UK government Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis

Public and Commercial Services Union to hold a demonstration at outsourcing giant’s meeting in London Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

In video games of the future, your AI teammates will actually listen

Ubisoft executives offer a glimpse into the engineering behind its generative AI middleware, including the use of small language models, prompt optimisation and on-device processing to bring virtual teammates to life Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Security chiefs ‘too polite’ for startups, says cyber flywheel founder Alastair Paterson

Cyber flywheel initiative aims to nudge chief information security officers (CISOs) to join ‘design partnerships’ with startups to solve pressing cyber security problems Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Australian public cloud spending to surpass A$33.6bn in 2026

As hyperscalers such as AWS and Microsoft pour billions into Australian datacentres, Gartner predicts local public cloud spending will grow by 17.9% in 2026, driven by the growth in AI infrastructure demands Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal contribution

IT supplier will pay bonuses to UK staff again this year as it continues to hold back contribution to costs of Post Office scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Node4: AI and agentic the future, but culture the key to unlock it

UK mid-market supplier showcases the three stages of AI – assistance, co-work and orchestration – but faces a reality in which most users have yet to arrive at first base Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Data residency becomes the GCC’s next AI battleground

As sovereign AI strategies accelerate across the Gulf, organisations are shifting their focus from ‘how do we use AI?’ to ‘where does the data live?’, turning data residency into a strategic differentiator rather than a compliance exercise Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

Nutanix CEO maps out agentic AI strategy, targets VMware defectors

Rajiv Ramaswami talks up Nutanix’s agentic AI play, the growing demand for sovereign cloud capabilities, and why decoupling storage from HCI is hastening migrations from VMware Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Beyond telesurgery: How Proximie uses AI to optimise surgery logistics

AWS customer Proximie delivers AI-driven operating theatre logistics and tele-surgery. We spoke to its engineering vice-president about the challenges of cloud in a life or death environment Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

How Singapore firms are scaling AI initiatives

At AWS Summit Singapore, Certis and Grab showed how they are embedding AI in their business, such as automating finance operations and deploying robots in public safety and security patrols Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

AI to help mainframes remain business critical in 2026

Mainframes are very much still vital for performance- and security-conscious use cases. To optimise TCO, AI and hybrid cloud can help them retain their advantages Continue Reading

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• Greg Holmes, EMEA field CTO at Apptio, an IBM company

Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox

We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Is cloud data sovereignty all just a case of ‘Trust me, bro’?

Hyperscaler cloud is inherently global. Does that make data sovereignty unattainable – especially given the powers US courts hold? We grilled the hyperscalers in an attempt to find out Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

The illusion of digital sovereignty and the reality of control

Digital sovereignty is hugely important to IT leaders but in most cases systems have been built on foundations they don’t control. Open standards are key to organisational agility Continue Reading

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• Astor Nummelin Carlberg, director open source sovereignty, SUSE

Google AI workers vote to unionise over IDF and US military tech

Unions send letter to management requesting recognition for Google DeepMind employees, in particular over the company’s involvement in hi-tech systems used in Gaza and Iran wars Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

IBM: Enterprise AI to shift from ‘light bulb’ to ‘electric motor’ era

Enterprises are set to make productivity gains as business shifts from point use cases for artificial intelligence to orchestrated, policy-driven deployment of agentic AI, says IBM CEO Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Mastering a marathon with the future of healthtech

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how digital twins of the human body are helping athletes prepare for the London Marathon. We find out how AI is set to deliver new driving experiences in the latest cars. And we speak to a 146-year-old bank about taking an entrepreneurial approach to tackling legacy IT. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Google’s Agentic Data Cloud to power ‘systems of action’

As enterprises move from reactive analytics to AI agents, Google Cloud’s data chief details new metadata, cross-cloud and database tools to help them govern and scale AI agents Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

How Australian firms are using AI in customer experience

Local tech leaders from MYOB, Guzman y Gomez, and Aware Super reveal how AI is reshaping customer experience, streamlining business operations and driving efficiency Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Data is a sovereignty issue. And broader than just the hyperscalers

As data sovereignty comes under scrutiny the more chimera-like it looks, but ventures like Google’s S3NS in France show potential Continue Reading

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• Owen Sayers, Secon Solutions

Cloud revenues up 35% YoY in a hot market that’s accelerating

Synergy Research figures put Q1 cloud revenues at $129bn. Meanwhile, AWS, Microsoft and Google have 63% of the world market, which shows an acceleration delta of 13% Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Umbrella companies not working for IT contractors, survey finds

IT skills market impacted as contractors forced to use umbrellas or opt out altogether, while tax compliance remains deeply uncertain, with late payments and payslip inaccuracy rife Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

MPs call on UK government to learn from central bank’s IT project success story

Members of a parliamentary committee want the wider government to learn from success of Bank of England project Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

MP committees to double up on Capita’s civil service pension crisis

Parliamentary committees to hold joint hearing to investigate the problems experienced in Civil Service Pension Scheme Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

DP World Tour Europe selects HCLTech for ‘total shop window rebuild’

Sports association signs up Indian IT firm as global partner as it rebuilds its website and fan app in the ‘era of AI’ Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?

The Cabinet Office’s decision to end Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension follows heavy criticism of the supplier’s work on the civil service pension contract Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Wiz founder: Hack yourself with AI, before the bad guys do

At Google Cloud Next, Wiz co-founder Yinon Costica called on security defenders to use AI to steal a march on threat actors, and launched agentic capabilities for cyber teams Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

London Marathon runners get AI to go the extra mile

TCS has launched an artificial intelligence-powered digital mapping tool to help runners and spectators lessen the stress and find the fun during the 2026 London Marathon Continue Reading

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• Claire Cormack

Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union

Union representing civil servants said that when outsourcing suppliers fail, they should be dropped Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

FairPrice to roll out AI-powered smart carts to more stores

Shoppers can expect smart carts that slash checkout times to just 36 seconds, while supermarket staff will get an AI sidekick to automate daily operations Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

AI drives software productivity – and challenges – for Motorway

We talk to Ryan Cormack of used car marketplace Motorway about how AI-driven development increases the speed and productivity of engineering and the challenges it brings Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Digital twin of athlete’s heart to demonstrate future of healthcare

IT services firm opens a window to the future of healthcare and physical training as tech advancements converge Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI adoption is rapid but many stuck at basic levels, says AWS

The UK could unlock £35bn of productivity – equivalent to the economy of Manchester – if organisations can move from basic use of AI to productive, often agentic, modes of working Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Using AI to manage insider risk amid Middle East conflict

As geopolitical tensions reshape the cyber threat landscape across the region, organisations are turning to artificial intelligence-driven behaviour analytics, investigative automation and monitoring of AI agents to detect insider risk faster and strengthen operational resilience Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

Bunnings shows off AI shopping agent at Google showcase

The Australian hardware chain has gone from digital laggard to e-commerce pioneer, teaming up with Google Cloud to launch a conversational AI assistant that turns simple queries into DIY project plans Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Government terminates Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract

Contract termination comes as Capita’s failings in a separate government pension scheme hit the headlines Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Google launches Gemini Agent Platform, eighth-generation TPUs

With more AI agents moving to production, Google Cloud is targeting governance, multi-cloud data architecture and purpose-built silicon to help enterprises orchestrate agentic workflows Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Egypt targets nearshore IT outsourcing market as global demand shifts

Talent scale, cost advantage and AI capability position Egypt as an alternative to Eastern Europe in evolving sourcing strategies Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

Blackbox replaces two racks of HPE storage with 8U of Everpure

UK-based IaaS ‘sovereign’ provider, with multiple public sector-facing clients, replaced end-of-life 3PAR arrays with FlashArray storage that saw it reduce power consumption by 85% Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

More finance firms join FCA’s AI testing initiative

Barclays, Experian and UBS join the FCA’s live AI testing initiative, exploring cutting-edge technologies like agentic AI and SLMs to ensure safe, responsible innovation in UK financial markets Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Data dive: UK government’s 2030 datacentre capacity targets look shaky

We look at UK datacentre capacity – current and projected – and find DSIT’s 2030 target for 6GW of AI-capable capacity is currently out of reach, unless operators get a move on Continue Reading

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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• Abhijit Sunil, senior analyst, Forrester

Capita lacked ‘detail and thoroughness’ in planning botched Civil Service Pension Scheme takeover

CEO of former civil service pension administrator claims Capita’s pre-takeover processes were inadequate Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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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• Owen Sayers, Secon Solutions

One year on from the M&S cyber attack: What did we learn?

A year on from the Marks & Spencer cyber attack, we look back at the incident, consider the lessons learned and ask if the retail sector is any more secure today Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UAE education builds digital resilience as regional tensions accelerate shift to remote learning

Ankabut CEO Tarek Jundi outlines how national infrastructure, AI-driven platforms and distance-learning capabilities are helping schools and universities maintain continuity amid geopolitical uncertainty Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

Drone strikes show why key military principles apply to cloud data

One key thing every soldier knows is that bunching up under fire is a very bad idea. Here, a retired French general says CIOs need to apply the same principle to data in the cloud Continue Reading

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• Major General Laurent Boïté (retired)

Data dive: A new American Century in the datacentre pipeline?

Looking at datacentre development internationally, we see how the UK faces apparent relative decline, how countries are responding to the AI age, and what MW vs GDP can tell us Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

England Rugby chooses Capgemini as it targets half a million new fans

French supplier will support the Rugby Football Union’s four-year plan to ensure the sport thrives in England Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Finance regulator outlines its open finance vision

Financial Conduct Authority wants small businesses and consumers to be able to use their data to get better finance deals Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Finnish quantum computing champion IQM determined to make ‘impossible’ engineering breakthrough

As US defence research agency Darpa starts a programme to upend the dominant quantum computing architecture it says will fail, the CEO of Finland’s IQM speaks to Computer Weekly about why his firm is aiming to succeed Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

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

‘Grand Theft Auto’ publisher Rockstar hit by hackers again

The notorious ShinyHunters hacking collective menaces video game publisher Rockstar and says it will leak data on 14 April Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Pure/AVK self-powered Dublin datacentre dodges grid constraints

With grid connectivity denied, Pure Data Centres Group got creative, partnering with AVK on a microgrid to beat power constraints versus a tide of rising demand Continue Reading

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• Fleur Doidge

Breaking the stranglehold: Responses to data sovereignty risk

We look at the political and government responses to risks around data sovereignty and massive dependence on the three US hyperscalers – AWS, Azure and GCP – in the UK and Europe Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

OpenAI ‘pauses’ Stargate UK: Sudden setback or calculated move?

OpenAI’s decision to pause Stargate UK, much vaunted and based on a memorandum of understanding with government, cites energy costs and regulation, but may be driven by wider uncertainties Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

European Union deep tech plan too late for quantum champions IQM and Pasqal

European quantum computing firms hurry to get US stock exchange listings so they can be predator not prey in a coming wave of consolidation Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Capita’s troubled Civil Service Pension Scheme hit by data breach

A data breach affecting 138 members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme piles pressure on the service’s administrator, Capita, amid ongoing issues Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

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

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• Daniel Smith, Astralis Technology

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

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• Shane Herath , Eco-Friendly Web Alliance

How ‘Wikipedia of cyber’ helps SAP make sense of threat data

SAP runs enormous cloud environments for some of the world’s most heavily-regulated organisations, and in the hyperscale era, data security and compliance were becoming big challenges. It turned to cutting-edge agentic tools from Uptycs to cut through the noise Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Fujitsu injects another £80m into UK arm amid Post Office scandal fallout

IT services provider’s UK arm has received a further £80m from parent company headquarters in Japan Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Data dive: UK government’s 2030 datacentre capacity targets look shaky

We look at UK datacentre capacity – current and projected – and find DSIT’s 2030 target for 6GW of AI-capable capacity is currently out of reach, unless operators get a move on Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

How ANZ firms are driving automation and AIOps

Tech leaders from Westpac, NAB, Telstra and ACC New Zealand share their automation journeys, from overcoming cultural resistance to the cautious adoption of AI Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

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

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Post Office scandal supplier Fujitsu to cut nearly 10% of UK workforce

Troubled IT supplier announces voluntary redundancy programme with hundreds of UK jobs set to be cut Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Capita left to deal with 13,000 civil service pension cases over a year old

More details of the Civil Services Pension Scheme administration backlog left to Capita revealed in parliamentary committee hearing Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Amazon Web Services bags Fujitsu’s HMRC loss

US tech giant wins contract to run three datacentres for the government department after cutting ties with Fujitsu Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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

Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks

LFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

NHS digital ambition needs reality check amid frontline work pressures

The NHS 10-year plan is ambitious and brave. However, Cheshire and Merseyside GP Tom Micklewright says limited funding flexibility and pressure on primary care are among the issues hindering success Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

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 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Zopa Bank continues its transformation with further growth

UK digital challenger bank has 1.7 million customers, five years after it completed its transformation from a peer-to-peer lender Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Hit the north! UK datacentre focus shifts to M62 and points north

Barbour ABI data shows 8GW of total datacentre pipeline with most big projects in the north and Scotland, while London and the M4 corridor are about 25% of projected capacity Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems

The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

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

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts

Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

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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• Stephen Withers

How conflict is reshaping technology strategy in the Middle East

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to IT leaders in the Middle East about their challenges in keeping digital infrastructure running in a time of regional conflict. The chief data officer at Colgate-Palmolive explains the importance of getting your data foundations in place. And we find out how to overcome the barriers for underrepresented groups to get into tech. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Whitehall unable to reduce consultancy spend amid digital skills shortages

Digital transformation projects rely heavily on external consultants, and while government aims to reduce costs, it holds no accurate data on how much it spends on consultancy services Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Azure Local Disconnected looks the part for sovereignty. It isn’t.

Despite fanfare, Microsoft’s air-gapped cloud offer is far from GA-ready, can’t run Azure Kubernetes Service, maxes out workload clusters, and at scale can’t be truly disconnected Continue Reading

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• Owen Sayers, Secon Solutions

MP report calls for legislation to overturn Post Office Capture convictions

Report from MPs warns of unknown number of unsafe subpostmasters convictions based on multiple pre-Horizon systems Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

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

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Open banking presents £43bn opportunity for UK economy if warnings are heeded

Open banking has already delivered billions of pounds to the UK economy and has huge future potential, but industry leaders warn against complacency Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why Asia needs its own model of digital sovereignty

Framing digital sovereignty simply as a “US versus non-US cloud” debate is no longer fit for purpose. Asia must forge its own path through data jurisdiction, technical portability, and operational control Continue Reading

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• Terry Maiolo

IBM takes a second shot at Post Office contract to replace Horizon

The US tech giant is bidding for a £323m contract to replace the Post Office’s flawed Horizon IT system, a decade after its previous attempt was abandoned due to complexities Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA