Category: ComputerWeekly

Google Cloud signs MoU to accelerate take-up of AI by UK defence sector
10
Feb
2024

MoD ethical hacking programme expands after initial success

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed it has expanded an existing defensive security initiative with ethical hacking and penetration…

Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium
09
Feb
2024

Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium

Amazon claims the FBI’s use of its Rekognition image and video analysis software does not violate its mortarium on sales…

The outlook for open source? Growing, but there are challenges
09
Feb
2024

The outlook for open source? Growing, but there are challenges

Use of open source software continues to grow as companies look for ways to squeeze the most value out of…

Scotland in renewed push to attract more hyperscale and colocation datacentre development
09
Feb
2024

HSBC and Google Cloud partner up for climate tech startup growth push

Google is teaming up with HSBC to make it easier for climate tech companies that run their infrastructure on the…

The Post Office Scandal: Drawing parallels between Horizon and the UK cloud market
09
Feb
2024

The Post Office Scandal: Drawing parallels between Horizon and the UK cloud market

Fujitsu’s decision to stop bidding on public sector contracts until the conclusion of the public inquiry into the Post Office…

Belgian researchers raise speed limit in European datacentres
09
Feb
2024

The rising prominence of hybrid cloud in the Nordics

Joen Meier Olsen, senior manager of strategy advisers in EMEA for Apptio, says: “The hybrid cloud conversation in the Nordics focuses more…

Researchers in Belgium move towards industrial production of qubits
09
Feb
2024

Europe carves out niche in quantum computing

While quantum computers will never be used to perform mundane tasks, such as word processing or accounting, they will be…

Google AI targets programmer productivity
08
Feb
2024

CIO interview: Sandy Venugopal, SentinelOne

Prior to joining SentinelOne last year, Sandy Venugopal was one of its customers. She was previously CIO at Uber, and…

Skills shortages hold back enterprises from reaching multicloud goals
08
Feb
2024

Microsoft reportedly in discussions with CISPE to remedy ‘unfair’ cloud software licensing practices

Microsoft has reportedly opened discussions with the Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) trade body with a view to…

Privacy and participation – technologies to open data for innovation
08
Feb
2024

Why open data is needed in the battle to address homelessness

During February’s State of Open Con 24 London conference, delegates were given a real-world example of the importance of opening…

SAP sustainability study reveals UK businesses lack funding
08
Feb
2024

Swedish CIO contributes best practices for ethical use of artificial intelligence

OpenAI writes on its website: “The amount of compute used in the largest AI [artificial intelligence] training runs has been…

South Staffs Water faces group action over Clop ransomware attack
08
Feb
2024

South Staffs Water faces group action over Clop ransomware attack

Close to 1,000 people have now signed up to an ongoing class action claim against South Staffordshire Plc after their…