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News
26 Nov 2025
AMD pushes for open ecosystem to challenge Cuda dominance
AMD’s head of AI software discusses the company’s plans to make its ROCm platform ubiquitous, and how it is leveraging open source to democratise access to AI capabilities Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2025
Lenovo to power FIFA World Cup 2026
Lenovo will provide its consumer and enterprise technology capabilities to power the upcoming FIFA World Cup, which has been deemed the most technologically advanced tournament in the game’s history Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2025
Starlink broadband skyrockets as internet gets fundamentally rewired
Research from leading connectivity cloud company finds several internet milestones throughout the year Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Dec 2025
AI and digital twins: a powerful partnership for urban management
Digital twin virtualisations are increasingly being used to design and reconsider urban environments, with city planning, management and operations set to benefit tremendously from AI capabilities Continue Reading
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Opinion
12 Dec 2025
A call to action to rebuild the UK’s semiconductor industry
The UK has a chance to shape the next era of chip technology. The challenge is turning pockets of excellence into national strength Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2025
Interview: Art Hu, global CIO, Lenovo
The IT chief at the PC, servers and storage supplier is using his experience of rolling out tech internally to boost the growing services ambitions of the Chinese tech giant Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2025
Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia team to deliver end-to-end enterprise network services
Enterprise secure networking services provider and global comms tech firm expand partnership to provide joint networking, driving digital transformation at deployment sites Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Dec 2025
Supporting sustainability in IT
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, there is a focus on IT sustainability, as we dig into how to ensure the networking infrastructure underpinning our artificial intelligence workloads is as green as possible. We also speak to the chief sustainability officer of Genesys about how going green is helping the cloud software provider achieve its business objectives. With the fallout from the Autumn Budget still being keenly felt, we find out more about where the £300m promised to fund improvements in NHS technology is really going. And in the second of our three buyer’s guide features on self-service developer tools, we shine a light on how the technology can help organisations revamp their DevOps workflows. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2025
UK altnet market ‘entering its most dangerous phase yet’
Research predicts shakeout for UK’s independent broadband sector, with likely survivors being those companies that build infrastructure where it matters, invest where returns can be realised and collaborate where value can be unlocked Continue Reading
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News
04 Dec 2025
Western coalition supplying tech to Ukraine prepared for long war
Russia is deploying hybrid warfare against Europe as western nations supply critical IT and telecoms equipment to Ukraine’s front line Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2025
HPE expands AMD collaboration to advance open rack-scale AI
IT and networking provider to adopt open, full-stack AI platform engineered for large-scale AI workloads looking to deliver high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity across massive AI clusters Continue Reading
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News
01 Dec 2025
UK full-fibre overtakes FTTC for first time
Study finds FTTP connectivity in the UK now mainstream with competition intensifying, but with pricing and operational models facing increasing pressure, raising questions about business sustainability Continue Reading
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News
27 Nov 2025
UK partnership extends fibre optic tech for more reliable radio comms
Knowledge transfer partnership aims to make ‘radio-over-fibre’ technology available to new sectors, developing ways to amplify and extend radio signals through fibre optics for fewer delays and stronger signals Continue Reading
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News
26 Nov 2025
AMD pushes for open ecosystem to challenge Cuda dominance
AMD’s head of AI software discusses the company’s plans to make its ROCm platform ubiquitous, and how it is leveraging open source to democratise access to AI capabilities Continue Reading
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News
24 Nov 2025
MWC25 Doha debut marks a new chapter for MENA mobile innovation
GSMA’s Jawad Jalal Abbassi outlines how Qatar’s first Mobile World Congress will accelerate digital transformation, 5G adoption and AI integration across the region Continue Reading
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News
24 Nov 2025
IBM and Cisco light up quantum networking collaboration
Firms collaborate to design a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, laying the groundwork for a quantum computing internet Continue Reading
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News
24 Nov 2025
UK connected tech upgrades could spur productivity boost
Report from UK’s leading comms provider finds investment in UK’s connected technology could offset the days lost due to employee sick leave every year by 2030 Continue Reading
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News
21 Nov 2025
Meta announces completion of core 2Africa cable
IT behemoth reveals final phase of subsea cable connecting Africa and the world Continue Reading
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News
21 Nov 2025
First fibre laid under Project Reach UK digital backbone
High-count fibre laid along Great Western Main Line in four weeks, marking the first milestone in strengthening the UK’s connectivity infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2025
Nvidia prepares for exponential growth in AI inference
The company, famous for its datacentre AI acceleration, is focused on delivering better performance per watt to fuel the AI boom Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2025
AWS claims cloud-provider first with DWDM transponder
IT and cloud giant reveals in-house development project for dense wavelength division multiplexing transponder system showing significant bandwidth gains, and reduced failure rates and power consumption Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2025
Cloudflare contrite after worst outage since 2019
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince apologises for the firm’s worst outage in years and shares details of how a change to database system permissions caused a cascading effect that brought down some of the web’s biggest names Continue Reading
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E-Zine
18 Nov 2025
Viewing business through a sustainability lens
In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a closer look at reports of low workplace morale within the Police Digital Service, as its staff eagerly await the outcome of the long-promised Home Office’s policing reform whitepaper. Jérôme Goulard, the chief sustainability officer of Orange Business, talks us through the work he is doing to balance business objectives with IT sustainability within the organisation. This week’s buyer’s guide features the second instalment of three articles advising IT buyers on how to get started on using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) – and sets out how enterprises can use the technology to take their automation efforts to the next level. Rounding out the issue is our look at what is holding European startups back when it comes to leading the way in the field of quantum computing. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
18 Nov 2025
Groq commits up to $300m in Australia expansion
US chip startup Groq plans to invest up to $300m to provide Australian businesses with compute capacity for AI inferencing and help solve issues around data sovereignty for major users like Quantium Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2025
Zayo builds backbone for Western US AI growth
Route connects two of the US’s fastest-growing AI, cloud hubs through first direct inland path, offering a resilient, diverse alternative to the existing corridor while expanding critical access to underserved communities Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2025
Nokia strengthens AI datacentre network performance
Supplier enhances portfolio, claiming ‘breakthrough’ network performance for new datacentre switches, doubling throughput and interface performance with added flexibility for range of deployment scenarios Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2025
Lenovo to power FIFA World Cup 2026
Lenovo will provide its consumer and enterprise technology capabilities to power the upcoming FIFA World Cup, which has been deemed the most technologically advanced tournament in the game’s history Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2025
Government showcases UK quantum computing pledge
With £670m set aside, the government is keen to show how the funding is supporting quantum innovation Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2025
City of London deploys SASE to future-proof public infrastructure
Managed services provider to deliver an end-to-end networking connectivity offering, encompassing what is said to be a UK-first enterprise secure access service edge roll-out for public services Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Nov 2025
From prototype to partner: The key to building trust in humanoids is thoughtful integration
Humanoids are moving from labs to industry, enhancing efficiency and working alongside humans, not replacing them. Ethical, socially beneficial integration is key to trust and adoption Continue Reading
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News
04 Nov 2025
Unequal access: The digital divide in criminal justice
Access to expert digital forensic analysis is biased towards the prosecution, says criminal defence Continue Reading
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Podcast
04 Nov 2025
HDD metrics and why mean time to failure is not terribly useful
In this podcast, we talk to Rainer Kaese of Toshiba about hard drive metrics, why MTTF is less useful than annualised failure rate, and why big systems need to use enterprise drives Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2025
Cyber agencies co-sign Exchange Server security guide
US and allied cyber agencies team up to try to nudge users to pay more attention to securing Microsoft Exchange Server Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2025
Nokia, Zayo team on future-ready IP network infrastructure
Upgraded IP network architecture seeks to provide operator’s customers with faster, broader set of services, including cloud access, datacentre connectivity and secure high-speed links Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2025
Extreme lands enterprise Wi-Fi 7 wins
AI-powered networking automation firm reveals number of significant deployments of services based on latest wireless comms standard Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Oct 2025
Pulling the plug: A way to halt a cyber attacker in your network?
Rumours of an organisation taking its systems offline during a cyber attack spurred conversation on the consequences of simply pulling the power, or internet access, to stop intruders. We consider the ethics and practicality Continue Reading
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News
28 Oct 2025
Qualcomm gears up for AI inference revolution
Rack-based AI acceleration hardware is being positioned as a cost-effective and straightforward way to power AI inference workloads Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Oct 2025
Interview: Lenovo’s Mary Jacques on combining environmental sustainability with circularity
The Hong Kong-headquartered hardware supplier remains serious about tackling climate change – and achieving results, including Scope 3 emissions reduction Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Oct 2025
Windows 10: Microsoft Extended Support Upgrade programme explained
Gartner explains how IT leaders can manage their migration from Windows 10 to Windows 11 using the Microsoft ESU programme Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2025
AI chip challenger Groq eyes APAC expansion
Groq’s novel chip architecture that speeds up AI inferencing has attracted a fast-growing developer base as it plans its first datacentre in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2025
Singapore unveils efforts to govern agentic AI, prepare for post-quantum era
Guidelines and tools will help organisations in the city-state manage risks from AI agents and prepare for a future where quantum computers could break current encryption Continue Reading
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Podcast
22 Oct 2025
Podcast: SSD for high performance, but HDD suits ‘warm’ workloads
We talk to Axel Stoermann of drive maker Kioxia about the efficiencies and performance that flash storage can bring, but why hard disk drives are still a key choice in some use cases Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2025
Container storage: Five key things you need to know
We look at container storage and backup, diving deep into how storage works in containers, container storage interface, container-native storage, and the management platforms storage suppliers offer Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2025
Dell Technologies accelerates AI and digital transformation across the Middle East
Through strategic partnerships and innovations unveiled at Gitex 2025, Dell is helping UAE organisations harness AI, multi-cloud, and edge computing to drive faster, smarter business transformation Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2025
Nscale founding director exits AI infrastructure provider in wake of $1.1bn investment round
Much-hyped artificial intelligence infrastructure provider Nscale has parted ways with one of its founding directors, Companies House documents confirm Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2025
EXA Infrastructure raises over €1bn to support digital infra boom
Global digital infrastructure platform provider refinances and expands its facilities, raising over €1.3bn to fuel network growth – including fibre footprint and subsea routes – and M&A plans across Europe and North America Continue Reading
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News
13 Oct 2025
Nvidia scores Meta and Oracle for networking fabric
Nvidia lands hyperscalers Meta and Oracle for its Spectrum-X networking fabric and is leading an industry coalition to adopt an 800-volt DC power standard for datacentres Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Oct 2025
The importance of upgrading to the latest Windows operating system
Despite plans to make it the last major upgrade, Windows 10 was superseded by Windows 11, and now Microsoft support for Windows 10 has come to an end Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Oct 2025
Beyond the refresh: Your cyber strategy must include AI PCs
Viewing a PC refresh as part of security strategy helps build a more resilient and productive enterprise and is an opportunity to move beyond tactical upgrades to adopt a security-first hardware strategy for the AI era. Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2025
Orange lands first Medusa subsea cable in Marseille
Global telco reveals key milestone in ongoing development of submarine networks connecting both sides of the Mediterranean, positioning the French city as a global digital hub Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Oct 2025
Windows 10 end of support: Time to go virtual?
With Windows 10 no longer supported, IT leaders need to consider how to manage the devices that haven’t yet been upgraded to Windows 11 Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2025
FairPrice deploys autonomous vehicles for supply chain operations
The supermarket giant has teamed up with tech firm Zelos to deploy a fleet of electric autonomous vehicles to bolster supply chain efficiency and cut carbon emissions Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2025
How OpenAI’s AMD bet raises the stakes in GPU dominance
The OpenAI partnership with AMD gives it the option to invest directly in the chipmaker Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Oct 2025
Keep an eye on Windows 10 long-term support options
Just as day follows night, a new release of Windows is generally aligned to the end of life of the version preceding the most recently shipped version. And this means that roughly every five years ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2025
Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage
Italian service provider gets Cubbit DS3 distributed S3 storage to provide up to 2PB of cloud services to customers demanding data sovereignty, while cutting costs by up to 50% Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2025
CityFibre doubles customer connection rate in Q3
UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform reveals unprecedented growth in third quarter, almost double that recorded over the previous three-month period Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2025
North Wales Police pilots hybrid quantum emergency response
A hybrid quantum solver accessed through D-Wave’s cloud has been used to halve police incident response times in Wales Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2025
Apple’s first iOS 26 security update fixes memory corruption flaw
Apple issues an update for its brand new iOS 26 mobile operating system, fixing a potentially dangerous vulnerability affecting iPhones, iPads and other Mac devices Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2025
Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UK
In the face of mounting data sovereignty concerns across Europe, UK cloud provider Civo lays out high-level plan for how the government can retain control and access of its data should the geopolitical situation sour Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2025
Infinidat doubles InfiniBox Hybrid array capacity
Enterprise array maker boosts capacity by two times to 33PB, promises high-density QLC flash drives in the fourth quarter, and adds native object storage that can be set up as customers configure volumes Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2025
UK gigabit broadband coverage hits 89% of population
Research finds UK has hit a major broadband milestone, marking a significant step towards nationwide coverage and reflecting rapid roll-out by market leaders and a growing number of alternative networks Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2025
Cisco unveils software to accelerate quantum networks
IT and networking giant claims first of its kind network-aware distributed quantum compiler capable of running quantum algorithms across multiple processors while handling error correction across a network Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2025
£3bn opportunity in digital network upgrade of UK critical infrastructure
Study from BT highlights multibillion-pound net benefit that could be unlocked by upgrading critical services to digital Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2025
Openreach UK broadband upgrade reaches 20 million homes
UK’s largest comms provider celebrates full-fibre access milestone but points to lag in active network switchovers Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2025
Get HDD temperature right, or risk more drive failures
We talk to Rainer Kaese of Toshiba about the right temperature to run hard disk drives at. Not getting it right risks higher failure rates than what would normally be expected Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2025
Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth
The tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2025
Internet shutdowns in Africa on upward trajectory
A comparative analysis of internet shutdowns in African countries highlights how the tactic is increasingly used to repress dissent and political opposition, depriving millions of people and businesses access to vital digital tools that sustain their social, economic and political life Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2025
Klaasmeyer Construction taps Render Networks for quicker buildout
Digitising network provider engaged by network construction management company to build scalable model for predictable broadband deployment and customer adoption Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2025
NUS supercomputer enters global Top500
Dubbed Hopper, the supercomputer can perform 25 quadrillion calculations per second and is already fast-tracking research in fields from biomedical engineering to clean energy applications Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Sep 2025
A case for smart glasses for all
Meta’s latest addition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses is the integration of an in-lens display. Not wanting to belittle the technical ingenuity of this latest addition to the Meta Ray-Ban ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2025
Huawei unveils interconnects to address large-scale AI infrastructure bottlenecks
IT and networking giant announces technology designed to set standard in compute power for AI-driven workloads Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Sep 2025
How the UK can seize the robotics opportunity
The UK has world-leading capabilities in robotics and as the technology starts to go mainstream, it's vital we make the most of the opportunity – but further action and commitment from government is essential Continue Reading
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Definition
18 Sep 2025
What is hardware security?
Hardware security is vulnerability protection that comes in the form of a physical device rather than software installed on a computer system's hardware. It also refers to the protection of physical systems from harm. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Sep 2025
Cloud file storage: Key benefits and use cases
We look at file storage in the cloud, its key benefits and how it can complement on-prem storage, in particular to burst to the cloud in times of increased application demand Continue Reading
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Podcast
17 Sep 2025
Podcast: Data sovereignty and what you need to do about it
Patrick Smith, EMEA CTO of Pure Storage, talks about data sovereignty, what’s driving heightened interest in it, and how customers, the tech industry and states are preparing for it Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2025
Heightened global risk pushes interest in data sovereignty
Survey finds all those questioned have looked at data location, with most recognising the need to plan for data sovereignty or risk severe damage to reputation and customer trust Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2025
Virgin Media O2 creates single team to challenge fixed wholesale market
Leading UK operator places wholesale teams covering consumer and business segments into single structure Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2025
UK government signs US partnership to deliver Europe’s largest AI factory
Some 120,000 GPUs are set to be deployed in the UK over the next 12 months, as the government says it’s laser-focused on attracting talent and startups Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2025
eEVOS brings GUI-accessible VMware alternative for SMEs
eEVOS from EuroNAS plays in the same space as ProxMox, but isn’t free. It does, however, offer a graphical UI so customers don’t need to flex the Linux CLI skills to use it Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2025
Olilo launches multi-gig broadband service
UK broadband service provider launches network built by engineers for techies, with no arbitrary throttling or traffic shaping and no ‘pointless rules’ Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2025
Smart headset gives visually impaired a new way to ‘see’
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a wearable device that combines a camera with conversational AI powered by Meta’s Llama models to give sight to the visually impaired Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Sep 2025
Cloud block storage: Key benefits and use cases
We look at block storage in the cloud, why you might want to use it, its key benefits, how it fits with on-premise storage, and the main block storage offers from the cloud providers Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Sep 2025
What is device as a service (DaaS)?
The device as a service (DaaS) model offers PCs, smartphones and other mobile computing devices as a paid service. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Sep 2025
Storage is key to AI projects that succeed
Artificial intelligence is a key project for enterprise IT currently, but the difference between success and failure rests on having the right infrastructure, especially in data storage Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2025
The digital forensics crisis in policing: What’s going wrong?
Forensics experts say that most crime has a digital footprint, but the police are unable to keep up with the soaring number of devices that require analysis Continue Reading
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News
08 Sep 2025
Dell AI server revenues leap but storage waits on Project Lightning
During the past quarter, Dell’s datacentre sales went through the roof due to new server and networking products for AI – but storage has not shared the same dynamic Continue Reading
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Definition
05 Sep 2025
What is a graphics processing unit (GPU)?
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a computer chip that renders graphics and images by performing rapid mathematical calculations. Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2025
How Metrobank is tapping VMware Cloud Foundation
The Philippine bank has adopted nearly all of the capabilities in VMware’s private cloud platform to modernise its IT infrastructure while reaping cost savings Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2025
Microsoft shows potential of analogue optical computing in AI
Microsoft has worked with Barclays on a financial optimisation problem using consumer-grade electronics Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2025
IT departments face huge Windows 10 support bill
When Windows 10 reaches end-of-life on October 14th, organisations will need to purchase an Extended Support contract to receive Microsoft patches Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Sep 2025
Windows 10 end-of-life: A time to open up
Broadly speaking, there are two types of people in IT: those who like to tinker, constantly seeking the next best thing and those who yearn for a stable environment. Years ago, businesses and IT ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2025
CityFibre appoints Simon Holden as CEO
UK independent broadband provider sees new role for senior executive credited with being the driving force of its current status as ‘leading digital infrastructure challenger’ Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Sep 2025
What is classical computing?
Classical computing is another name for binary computing. Continue Reading
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Podcast
02 Sep 2025
Agentic AI: Storage and ‘the biggest tech refresh in IT history’
We talk to Jeff Denworth of Vast Data about a future where employees are outnumbered by artificial intelligence agents and even smaller enterprises may need supercomputing levels of resources Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2025
Netomnia completes £300m junior debt raise with additional £140m
Funding facility designed to strengthen wholesale fibre operator’s claimed position as the UK’s fastest-growing altnet, supporting path to profitability in 2025 and to its target of five million premises by 2027 Continue Reading
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News
01 Sep 2025
Flash drive prices grow quickly while SAS and SATA diverge
Manufacturers have throttled back production of flash drives to tackle over-supply and it shows in rising prices Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2025
DFA, Ciena fibre test reveals capacity record
Planned deployment of optical connectivity technology designed to future-proof South African wholesale network and drive economic growth across country Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2025
Enterprises believe networking will make or break AI adoption
Research reveals more than 40% of enterprises in advanced stages of GenAI adoption plan to integrate artificial intelligence into 20-30 applications, further raising the stakes for modernised networks Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Aug 2025
AI and backup: How backup products leverage AI
We look at how AI helps with backup, from AI analysis of backup jobs and their integrity through natural language support functionality to ransomware and anomaly detection Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2025
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang lobbies Trump administration to sell Blackwell to China
The AI acceleration technology provider is looking at the massive opportunity in selling high-end chips to China Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Aug 2025
VMware virtualisation alternatives and the storage they need
We look at the main choices available to those that want to migrate away from VMware and the core requirements for storage to support virtualisation environments Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2025
Intel filing shows risks of US government stake
The US government now has a significant stake in Intel’s business. This could effect its ability to obtain grants from other governments Continue Reading