CIO interview: Sean Green, Birkbeck, University of London
Sean Green, interim CIO at Birkbeck, University of London, tells Computer Weekly that the promise of the university of the future requires a challenging journey…
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Will DeepSeek force us to take application security seriously?
DeepSeek, the Chinese chatbot launched in January 2025, has made waves across the tech and security world. With over 10 million downloads, its rapid adoption…
Ethical qualms prompt challenging social media migrations
Social media has become a fundamental aspect of modern life. Most people now use at least one platform, if not more. As such, having a…
The Netherlands bets on brain-inspired computing for a greener future
A computing approach that requires up to 8,000 times less energy than conventional methods is emerging as a potential answer to one of technology’s most…
‘Bankenstein’ and a cold calculation means banking crashes will continue
Banks are operating a “spaghetti” tech structure that is creating a game of “technology Jenga” for IT managers updating their systems. Making changes to IT…
Oracle plants agentic AI flag in business process automation
Oracle has put forward its AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications as a platform for orchestrating artificial intelligence (AI) agents and teams of agents. The…
Cloud, colocation or on-premise? Consider all options
Every CIO relies on their own or, more likely, someone else’s datacentre capacity, but the nature of that reliance is increasingly unpredictable. That’s because of…
NCSC, DSIT enlist IBM to spearhead cyber diversity agenda
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), working alongside the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), has enlisted the support of tech giant IBM…
Dutch workforce faces radical transformation as AI adoption accelerates
While the Netherlands leads Europe in AI adoption, with 95% of organisations running AI programmes, labour market experts warn that these dramatic predictions should be…
The datacentre energy deficit: How worried should operators be about power outages?
There has now been close to £40bn in new datacentre investment announced in the UK since the new government came to power in July 2024, and…
NCSC proposes three-step plan to move to quantum-safe encryption
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published extensive new guidance to help support organisations as they prepare for the looming IT security risks…
Hyperscale datacentre capacities continue to rise off back of AI boom
Hyperscale datacentres are increasing in capacity faster than number as operators push to meet the growing demand for compute capacity required by artificial intelligence (AI)…