BMW uses Ansible to manage HPC cluster
BMW Group has migrated its high-performance computing (HPC) cluster comprising 15,000 Windows and Linux servers to the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to improve manageability…
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Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs and employ more artificial intelligence
Barclays Bank is planning to reduce its headcount by 5,000 as technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) drives cost-cutting. The number equates to 5% of…
Five resellers won one in seven UK public sector IT deals in 2025-26
UK public sector bodies awarded 7,994 IT contracts in the year to August 2026, worth a combined £91bn, in a market that leans heavily towards…
Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix
Artificial intelligence (AI) forecasting non-profit organisation Open Climate Fix (OCF) has published an open letter calling on ministers to unlock energy datasets, and warned that…
What to do as critical PHP flaws puts millions of websites at risk
Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP – the server-side language behind much of the public web – allow unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on affected servers.…
Burnham ministry shifts look far from fixing datacentre gridlock
Westminster has spent a decade devolving economic decision-making away from London – to local mayors like Greater Manchester’s Andy Burnham, who, now as prime minister,…
UK government adapts Post Office scandal redress schemes and investigates pre-Horizon software
The UK government has launched an investigation into software used by subpostmasters before the controversial Horizon system was rolled out, and has opened up new…
Funding, people and patience: How the UK can become a deeptech leader
Artificial intelligence (AI), digital twinning, quantum, semiconductors – there are a number of technological advancements currently being developed that require a large amount of time,…
Cooling – not compute – is the binding constraint on the AI factory
The debate about AI infrastructure is dominated by two scarcities: GPUs and electricity. Both matter. But inside the building, a third constraint now decides how…
Google Cloud power event knocks out UK banks, courts and couriers
A power problem in Google Cloud’s London region knocked out banking apps, the courts’ video platform and delivery networks across the UK on Tuesday 20…
AstraZeneca works with Oracle to speed up drug trials
AstraZeneca is working with Oracle to investigate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and real-world data to help identify eligible patients for clinical trials. The…
Teachers’ pension transfers from Capita on eve of government’s civil service scheme decision
The switchover of the teachers’ pension scheme from Capita to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which begins this week, will be closely watched as government faces…