Category: ComputerWeekly

What happens when the IT infrastructure is too big to fail?
19
Jul
2024

What happens when the IT infrastructure is too big to fail?

Today’s Microsoft outages, linked to a Crowdstrike update, shows the immense risk we face if we put all our eggs…

CrowdStrike update chaos explained: What you need to know
19
Jul
2024

CrowdStrike update chaos explained: What you need to know

On Friday 19 July 2024, the UK awoke to news of a fast-spreading IT outage, seemingly global in its nature,…

Interview: Nvidia on AI workload demands and storage performance
19
Jul
2024

Interview: Nvidia on AI workload demands and storage performance

Artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are new and different to those we’ve seen previously in the enterprise. They range from intensely…

Crowdstrike security update fails Windows PCs globally
19
Jul
2024

Crowdstrike security update fails Windows PCs globally

Systems using Microsoft Windows software were affected by a major global outage due to a configuration which caused PCs to…

Derby City Council eyes £12.25m annual savings with AI and chatbot deployments
19
Jul
2024

Derby City Council eyes £12.25m annual savings with AI and chatbot deployments

Derby City Council aims to save almost £12.5m a year in costs by rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools to…

Growth in nude image sharing heightens cyber abuse risk
18
Jul
2024

Growth in nude image sharing heightens cyber abuse risk

The growing normalisation of the widespread storing and sharing of self-created intimate images in the UK is heightening the risk…

Lawyers and journalists seeking ‘payback’ over police phone surveillance, claims former detective
18
Jul
2024

Lawyers and journalists seeking ‘payback’ over police phone surveillance, claims former detective

 A former detective regarded as a key witness in an investigation into allegations that police unlawfully monitored the phones of…

Government trusted ‘abuser’ over the abused on Post Office scandal
18
Jul
2024

Government trusted ‘abuser’ over the abused on Post Office scandal

The government trusted the views of the Post Office over allegations by subpostmasters that they were being mistreated over unexplained…

DHSC ramps up departmental investment in data scientists
18
Jul
2024

DHSC ramps up departmental investment in data scientists

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has upped its data personnel budget to £5.37m over the course of…

Kubernetes at 10: From stateless also-ran to ‘platform to build platforms’
18
Jul
2024

Kubernetes at 10: From stateless also-ran to ‘platform to build platforms’

Kubernetes is 10! Mid-2024 sees the 10th birthday of the market-leading container orchestration platform. But, says Sergey Pronin, group products manager…

UK Cyber Bill teases mandatory ransomware reporting
17
Jul
2024

UK Cyber Bill teases mandatory ransomware reporting

Keir Starmer’s Labour government is to bring forward a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill in the new parliamentary term, with…

Tech workers misinformed about number of women at top, finds Computer Weekly
17
Jul
2024

Tech workers misinformed about number of women at top, finds Computer Weekly

Women are well represented in tech leadership positions across Europe, according to half of the people asked during the annual…