Category: ComputerWeekly

VMware vSphere 8 end-of-support challenges
03
Feb
2026

VMware vSphere 8 end-of-support challenges

Organisations using vSphere 8 have until October 2027 to migrate to vSphere 9 before product support ends, with additional costs…

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation
03
Feb
2026

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation

The UK is beginning 2026 with big artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, but without a clear approach to the data that…

Remote purchase fraud surges 14%, says banking industry
03
Feb
2026

Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement

UK banks reimbursed customers who fell victim to authorised push payment (APP) scams to the tune of £173m last year,…

Management reboot essential for agentic AI strategy
03
Feb
2026

AI agents, human judgement and the future of work in the UAE

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) agents is no longer a theoretical discussion for organisations in the UAE. As…

UK government vows to fast-track AI growth zone planning and energy access
03
Feb
2026

Kendall names Barnsley as UK’s first tech town

The government has named Barnsley the country’s first so-called “tech town”. This follows the launch of free artificial intelligence (AI)…

Answers to key questions about AI in IT security
02
Feb
2026

Answers to key questions about AI in IT security

The buzz around agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems, AI agents, autonomous security operations centres, and everything in between is louder…

Birmingham Oracle project: Data cleansing and resourcing issues
02
Feb
2026

Birmingham Oracle project: Data cleansing and resourcing issues

Questions raised during the latest audit committee meeting at Birmingham City Council show continued concerns among councillors that the project…

HMRC predicts IR35-related £20m annual tax loss due to business size classification changes
02
Feb
2026

HMRC chooses cloud SAP S/4Hana for tax system overhaul

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has chosen SAP S/4Hana in the cloud, using the supplier’s Rise pathway, for an overhaul…

Canva uses 1Password to secure ID during growth phase
02
Feb
2026

Canva uses 1Password to secure ID during growth phase

In May 2019, graphic design platform Canva fell victim to a major cyber security breach in which a threat actor…

Spanish court acquits suspects denied access to ‘raw’ Sky ECC intercepts in landmark decision
02
Feb
2026

Police intercept evidence from Sky ECC cryptophone network ‘unreliable’, Antwerp court told

A court in Belgium has refused to allow defence lawyers in a high-profile drugs case extra time after a forensic…

Post Office Capture and Ecco+ users asked to make contact with Scottish statutory body
30
Jan
2026

History repeats itself in Post Office Capture redress scheme with low-ball offers made

Subpostmasters who suffered at the hands of errors in the Post Office’s Capture software, like Horizon users, are receiving derisory…

Police Digital Service ex-staffers launch employment tribunal action over mistreatment claims
30
Jan
2026

Police Digital Service future remains uncertain as ‘radical’ Home Office policing reform unveiled

Uncertainty about what the future holds for the Police Digital Service (PDS) continues, despite the UK government confirming the organisation is…