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• CW@60: My life as an alt-tech geek

  Computer Weekly's tech-writer-in-chief Cliff Saran explains why he is perfectly suited to the job  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Action is the antithesis of anxiety

  Zahra Bahrololoumi, CEO of Salesforce UK & Ireland, charts a career through three decades of seismic tech shifts to arrive at a philosophy for meeting AI head-on  Continue Reading

• The sky’s the limit with connected vehicles

  The adoption of advanced AI and connectivity services has meant cars are now essentially networks on wheels, and manufacturer XPeng is aiming to create networks on the ground and in the air  Continue Reading

• Datacentre water use: Not so simple a picture as often painted

  Datacentres face intense scrutiny over water use. This article examines how cooling technologies, server efficiency and location shape their real footprint  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Why the excitement of a floppy disk is key to public sector IT success

  Computer Weekly's Lis Evenstad reflects on how technology can inspire us – and why that matters when delivering public sector IT  Continue Reading

• How to get hardware, software and even edge AI working in harmony

  Presenting the right subset of data to the right endpoints, especially in real time, means juggling an array of constraints  Continue Reading

• CW@60: IT outsourcing 60 years on - how technology, risk and regulation reshaped UK IT services

  Lawyer Mark Lewis looks back on the evolution of outsourcing and how recent developments such as AI continue to reshape the contractual and regulatory landscape  Continue Reading

• CW@60: People matter - lessons from Pascal to the UK’s first broadband service

  Society must celebrate authentic, bold and curious people who deliver real-world impact - and recognise the importance of connecting people, mentors and leadership  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Pursuing the most impactful tech investigations

  Technology had changed Tony Collins' work as a journalist even before he joined Computer Weekly and led some of the highest-profile investigations of the era  Continue Reading

• Emirati Women’s Day: Building the future of autonomous mobility

  From the garage to the forefront of AI-driven racing, Emirati women are helping shape the next generation of engineering and autonomous technology  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Technology must move businesses forward, not hold them back

  Alan Trefler, founder and CEO at Pega, explains why, in the technology industry, it pays to think a few steps ahead  Continue Reading

• CW@60: My computers and me

  Parliamentarian Lord Chris Holmes reflects on the importance of technology to his life when he lost his sight - and his determination to prevent the negative consequences of tech through legislation  Continue Reading

• CW@60: From Moon landings to AI - how our relationship with technology has changed

  If landing men on the Moon represented one giant leap for technology, we may just be at the cusp of another huge step forward  Continue Reading

• Sovereignty’s next chapter: Why AI makes sovereignty a competitive advantage

  In part two of a two-part series, Computer Weekly talks to 10 storage suppliers and a lawyer about the next frontier in data sovereignty – from AI model sovereignty to the sovereign SLAs that could redefine the storage market  Continue Reading

• The geography trap: Why a cloud region is no substitute for data sovereignty

  In part one of a two-part series, Computer Weekly talks to 10 storage experts and finds that unanimity in data residency is not enough – and that control, jurisdiction and architecture will define the next 18 months  Continue Reading

• Digital twins start seeing the forest for the trees

  Offering a structured way for scalability, interoperability and composability to realise transformative business value, digital twins have been constantly increasing their worth in real use cases – and this now set to accelerate  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The networks behind a connected society

  Computer Weekly may have chronicled IT in the UK for 60 years, but the country's telecoms infrastructure goes back three times that far  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The day I accidentally found my life’s work

  How Mark Wilson accidentally found a lifetime’s worth of fascinating problems to solve - it wasn’t planned and it certainly wasn’t where he expected life to take him  Continue Reading

• Mutualist technologies drive the advent of ubiquitous robotics

  Advanced sensors, AI, digital twins, extended reality and robotics are continuing to interact with each other in symbiotic ways. The result has been to improve, advance and help diffuse robotics applications  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Choosing change, building confidence - leading with clarity and resilience

  Technology is only as strong as the confidence people have in it. Building truly resilient organisations requires a deliberate blend of cultural adaptability, clear leadership, and systems designed for consistency under pressure  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Still amazed - three times computers changed my life

  Despite disappointment at the pollution of the internet's utopian ideals, cyber security expert Martin Lee sees hope in future generations experiencing the spark of amazement that launched his career in tech  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Information management in a world of ‘too much to know’

  Information management goes back several centuries – long before what we now call information technology. For Computer Weekly journalist Brian McKenna, it’s a perfect parallel for contextualising modern techniques  Continue Reading

• CW@60: A ringside seat as computers transformed banking

  Few industries have been transformed by technology as much as financial services - and banking veteran James Martin has been there to see it happen  Continue Reading

• CW@60: From the absurd to the obvious - the day we laughed at the future

  It's easy to get stuck in the present - the successful tech careers come to those with the skill to reason forward and work out the next trend before it happens, as a computing legend once demonstrated to his students  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Christmas in the Falklands and the importance of keeping in touch

  Sometimes our amazement at new innovations obscures what really matters - the way that technology connects people, and makes the world seem a smaller place  Continue Reading

• Why valuing neurodivergent workers is a cyber security essential

  Visible recognition and support are vital for neurodivergent cyber security professionals to flourish. So, how can leaders ensure they get it right?  Continue Reading

• Cyber protection against advances in frontier AI models

  Cyber security experts assess the impact of Claude Mythos Preview and how IT teams and cyber security tools address the threat  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Spending 40 years on things that no longer exist

  If you've been in IT for a long time, you're probably used to seeing everything you worked on disappear in the face of technological progress and innovation. Change truly is the only constant  Continue Reading

• CW@60: From Z Cars to The Capture - how technology has transformed UK policing

  The progress of technology in policing over 60 years is mirrored in the way TV police dramas have evolved in that time - just like Brian Plastow's career in the force  Continue Reading

• How KAFD is building the digital backbone of Riyadh’s financial district

  Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Financial District is combining AI, IoT, digital twins, multicloud infrastructure and next-generation connectivity to turn Riyadh’s financial centre into a living testbed for smart city technology  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The importance of a different path

  Technology has always been about creating new paths - new ways to do things. That curiosity drives individuals too - as James Gibson's career path demonstrates  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Being there at the start of business computing

  Former LEO programmer Peter Byford reflects on working with the world's first business computer  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The mirror and the machine - three decades on the frontlines of the tech revolution

  Every technology innovation and every IT project is, at its heart, a human-interest story - and those delivering the IT should always remember that, says IT services veteran Sam Kingston  Continue Reading

• From knowing to doing: Embodied AI gets to work

  At Hyundai’s smart factory in Singapore, robots handle two-thirds of the assembly work, offering a glimpse of AI that can sense, decide and act in the physical world  Continue Reading

• Attitude by algorithm: Companies entrust AI to assess worker morale

  Software that claims to decipher employees’ emotions is gaining popularity. There may be upsides – yet the tech also risks making workplaces ultra performative  Continue Reading

• Journalist Richard Medhurst had his mobile phone seized. Did using a secure phone protect his data?

  How can journalists protect confidential data and sources on their phones when crossing borders?  Continue Reading

• CW@60: How tech escaped the machine room - and why it never really did

  Julian David, CEO of the influential tech trade association TechUK, looks at what’s changed in tech across his career – and perhaps more importantly, what hasn’t  Continue Reading

• AI kicks in for 2026 FIFA World Cup

  Computer Weekly looks at the technological backbone in place for global football’s pinnacle event, the FIFA World Cup, and how AI has become a permanent fixture and first on the timesheet  Continue Reading

• Interview: Virgin Media O2's Dana Haidan on growing a green strategy

  Virgin Media O2’s CSO Dana Haidan is driving growth by embedding sustainability into core strategy, slashing emissions, boosting circularity and championing digital inclusion  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The real promise of technology is human

  The next chapter of technology will not be judged merely by the speed of its systems, but by its capacity to build trust, bridge societal divides and unlock human potential, says Dell's Asia-Pacific chief  Continue Reading

• Datacentre dive: Through the looking glass at Telehouse South

  We visit London’s Docklands datacentre cluster, where former docks now house windowless, aluminium-clad monoliths and Telehouse South is Thames-side fortress of edge connectivity  Continue Reading

• The modern CIO role is almost overwhelming – here’s how to survive and thrive

  Responsible for everything from keeping the IT lights on, to digital transformation, AI strategy, fostering cross-organisation relations and managing complexity, the modern CIO has their plate full. Top CIOs share their tips for success  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Creating connections through technology and empathy

  Everywoman founders Maxine Benson and Karen Gill highlight the importance of diversity and why women's voices need to be heard more widely in tech  Continue Reading

• CW@60: An adventure into cyber security

  Cyber security expert Rik Ferguson charts an unlikely career from The Hobbit through childhood thespianism to the cutting edge of cyber defence  Continue Reading

• How AI is pushing cyber resilience up GCC energy boardroom agendas

  TXOne Networks CEO Terence Liu says AI is transforming both industrial operations and cyber threats, forcing GCC energy operators to prioritise visibility, operational control and resilience as critical infrastructure becomes increasingly ...  Continue Reading

• Forrester: Managing supply chain volatility with agentic AI

  As well as churning through mundane tasks, artificial intelligence agents promise to transform supply chain management  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Preserving the wonder of a life in tech

  Mozilla's Linda Griffin shares how a life-changing experience taught her how life in tech ought to be  Continue Reading

• How CFOs are using AI-based finance tools to boost revenue

  AI-powered finance tools are helping firms boost revenue. Four CFOs reveal the investments their companies have made to modernise the finance function  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Living with the digital revolution

  Parliamentarian Lord Tim Clement-Jones highlights the growing impact of technology in politics across his career  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Reflections of an accidental technology anthropologist

  Computer Weekly security editor Alex Scroxton looks back at how a fascination with people watching became realised through technology  Continue Reading

• Datacentre dive: Inside nLighten’s Bristol edge datacentre

  We visit nLighten’s BRS1 datacentre, and travel from gritty city centre fringe to a high-tech overhaul that makes the case for reusing legacy infrastructure over new construction  Continue Reading

• Tracking AI in the supply chain

  Supply chains have become a key testing ground for AI as businesses manage vast data volumes and complex networks  Continue Reading

• CW@60: A career in data - it's all about the people that you meet

  Former chief data officer Caroline Carruthers reflects on an unexpected life in data  Continue Reading

• CW@60: A quarter-century as a CIO

  Veteran CIO Paul Coby looks back at the best and worst of decades of digital transformations   Continue Reading

• CW@60: From the Medici to machines - banking’s next renaissance

  Alvaro Garrido, CIO at Standard Chartered, examines how today’s technologies are driving a new banking renaissance  Continue Reading

• Satellite connectivity flies but enterprise integration remains chaotic

  Satcoms has been a hot sector over the past year, yet despite recent advancements in satellite technology, integration into existing enterprise architectures remains slow and inconsistent in many cases  Continue Reading

• How IAM providers are preparing for agentic AI

  There is little doubt that enterprises will be deploying agentic AI. As such, technology firms are looking at various ways to secure these systems  Continue Reading

• CW@60: An award-winning, ZX81-frisbee-throwing tech journalism career

  Computer Weekly's award-winning chief reporter Karl Flinders looks at how he became the unlikeliest tech journalist he knows  Continue Reading

• Why network automation is creating an observability paradox

  In the past few years, several organisations have invested more in automation to enhance visibility, resilience and speed. This has been through a blend of intent-based networking, AI-driven tools and zero-touch provisioning  Continue Reading

• The ‘year of AI’: 2026 sees influx of ransomware attacks

  At Infosecurity Europe 2026, Cynthia Kaiser, former FBI cyber deputy director and now senior vice-president of anti-ransomware platform services supplier Halcyon, warns that ransomware is evolving with AI and becoming readily available on the dark ...  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Powering progress – the unsung hero of innovation

  Gordon Thomson, president Europe, Middle East and Africa at Cisco, one of the most influential tech companies of the past 60 years, reflects on the changes he has seen  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Fighting for justice - twice

  Lord James Arbuthnot reflects on the role that Computer Weekly’s journalism has played in his parliamentary career  Continue Reading

• How can enterprise AI be made less sycophantic?

  AI tools are increasingly deployed in enterprises, but their sycophancy and unreliability can hamper efficiency. How can organisations take advantage of AI without pain?  Continue Reading

• CW@60: On longevity – a career spanning 60 years of modern computing

  Vint Cerf, one of the “fathers of the internet”, reflects on a career that started not long before Computer Weekly did  Continue Reading

• Navigating the AI access control minefield

  Rather like the early days of e-commerce, everyone seems to be ‘doing artificial intelligence’. IT leaders must now ensure these systems have secure access to enterprise data  Continue Reading

• What are the cyber threats to the 2026 Fifa World Cup?

  Dig deeper on some of the security issues facing the 2026 World Cup as the tournament faces unprecedented threat levels and challenges  Continue Reading

• The great datacentre backlash: The industry response

  In part two of a two-part series looking at attitudes to datacentres, we look at how developers and operators have responded to the wave of anti-datacentre sentiment sweeping through communities and what their plan is to avoid further escalation  Continue Reading

• Freshworks Refresh 2026: pivot to AI-driven employee experience

  Freshworks is pivoting to AI-driven employee experience, launching its AI Agent Studio, MCP Gateway and AI dashboards  Continue Reading

• ‘Don’t break the business’: Lessons from Ann Summers’ ESB transformation

  Ann Summers’ technology and supply chain director Jeannette Copeland talks through lessons learned during the retailer’s recent ESB overhaul  Continue Reading

• How AI is being used to manage networks

  Network management is becoming reliant on artificial intelligence-enabled tools, which use machine learning based on network monitoring data  Continue Reading

• Scandinavia’s Kitron leans into AI but depends on ERP and local links to keep electronics production

  Norway-headquartered Kitron Group is on a growth path and relies on local-market nous and partners  Continue Reading

• Sweden’s Hexagon takes a measuring tape to the industrial world… and its virtual counterpart

  Stockholm-headquartered company is applying precision observability and digital twins to make a safer, more sustainable and efficient world  Continue Reading

• The great datacentre backlash: The campaigners

  In part one of a series looking at attitudes to datacentres, we look at the organisations that oppose new builds, concerns and motivations, what the industry thinks and what solutions might resolve the various impasses  Continue Reading

• Retail Technology Show: No let-up in retail tech investments

  At the 2026 Retail Technology Show, retailers shared some of the challenges and benefits of implementing emerging technologies  Continue Reading

• The digital leader’s playbook: A guide for IT chiefs by Paul Coby

  In this extract from his book, ‘The digital leader’s playbook’, CIO Paul Coby offers expert advice for established IT leaders and IT professionals who have set their sights on digital leadership  Continue Reading

• How safer AI applications could be built

  Virgin Atlantic’s adoption of AI for customer service might indicate the fruits of a safety-first approach  Continue Reading

• UAE retailers turn to AI agents to drive faster decisions and smarter automation

  UiPath warns that governance, orchestration and security will determine whether agentic AI delivers value across retail and manufacturing  Continue Reading

• CISO burnout: How to prevent contagion across the team

  If employers fail to nip the problem of their CISO’s chronic, unmanaged stress in the bud, there could be serious consequences, not just for cyber security leaders themselves but for their teams too  Continue Reading

• What VTEX’s AI push really means for European retailers

  Brazilian platform provider VTEX is pushing hard into Europe with bold claims around artificial intelligence, but how relevant is that pitch for European CIOs?  Continue Reading

• Kazakhstan: The Freedom to tap into data reserves

  Continuing our round-up of the IT communications industry in Kazakhstan, we look at who could be the country’s and the region’s main player in driving digital transformation  Continue Reading

• Putting AI to work in network management

  We explore how artificial intelligence is being integrated into network management tools, and the challenges it presents  Continue Reading

• GCC firms rethink cyber defences as AI phishing surges

  With AI now powering the majority of phishing campaigns and attacks expanding beyond email into Teams, calendars and AI tools, security leaders across the Gulf are rethinking trust models, accelerating investments in identity security and preparing ...  Continue Reading

• Kazakhstan: Where data is set to be the real new oil

  Spanning huge distances, Kazakhstan has amassed riches from beneath its ground and its ability to launch rockets into space above. Yet the country sees its future prosperity in exploiting digital riches  Continue Reading

• Social media addiction by design poses hard questions for business use

  Governments are regulating social media for children, but adults can also suffer from addiction by design. How can employers balance business tech usage with digital well being?  Continue Reading

• Hot, or not? Why are there so few datacentre waste heat projects in the UK?

  There are some on the way, in London and Yorkshire, but the UK lags behind other European countries. We look at the challenges of providing district heating from datacentre waste heat  Continue Reading

• Gartner: How AI will transform managed network services

  Network service providers are deploying artificial intelligence-powered tools for network admin tasks. Gartner looks at how AI is being used  Continue Reading

• Why AI is forcing enterprises to rethink observability

  With only 5% of companies generating value from artificial intelligence, traditional observability tools might be failing, creating a need for AI to undergo smarter monitoring  Continue Reading

• What an LA County Court case means for the future of social media

  A recent county court judgment ruled in favour of a plaintiff who sued certain social media companies for damaging her mental health by addictive design practices. What does this mean for the future of social media and online platforms?  Continue Reading

• Workday majors on Sana acquisition to forward agentic AI programme

  On a visit to Workday’s Dublin EMEA HQ, we find the supplier aiming to leverage agentic artificial intelligence to improve enterprise operations with its Sana platform, said to enable automation and reskilling for an AI-driven workplace  Continue Reading

• What businesses need to fix now to avoid expensive 6G lock-ins

  6G networks will be coming over the course of the next three to four years, offering more unprecedented capability than their predecessors, but this does not mean unprecedented amounts need to be spent to make them viable  Continue Reading

• Why IoT grows in agriculture but needs tonic for healthcare

  Deployment environments matter far more than sophistication, when it comes to IoT success. This includes scaling costs, on-ground network realities and the difficulty of integrating new tech into legacy systems  Continue Reading

• Multisensory experiences drive immersive physical environments

  As extended reality advances, truly immersive environments will emerge to improve and enable an entire host of applications that benefit from sensory experiences  Continue Reading

• Immersive narratives: how VR transforms industries through storytelling

  Storytelling will play a bigger role in tomorrow’s society – whether through teaching and learning, arts and entertainment, or health – with virtual reality technology seeking to transform experiences by bringing stories alive  Continue Reading

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill prompts ethical concerns

  The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is intended to improve school standards, child safety and social care. However, recent amendments to the proposal have led to ethical concerns regarding personal data  Continue Reading

• Beyond telesurgery: How Proximie uses AI to optimise surgery logistics

  AWS customer Proximie delivers AI-driven operating theatre logistics and tele-surgery. We spoke to its engineering vice-president about the challenges of cloud in a life or death environment  Continue Reading

• Is cloud data sovereignty all just a case of ‘Trust me, bro’?

  Hyperscaler cloud is inherently global. Does that make data sovereignty unattainable – especially given the powers US courts hold? We grilled the hyperscalers in an attempt to find out  Continue Reading

• How a cloud-native architecture handles persistent storage

  A detailed understanding of how containerised applications work with data storage is needed to migrate enterprise IT to a cloud-native architecture  Continue Reading

• Container storage in the AI age: Block vs object and CSI vs container-native

  We look at key choices when it comes to providing storage for containerised applications and whether to choose block, file or object storage  Continue Reading

• Moving agentic AI from innovation theatre to enterprise production

  As enterprises move from prompting chatbots to orchestrating AI agents, IT leaders must rethink governance, data architecture and cost management to avoid chaotic deployments and runaway cloud bills  Continue Reading

• AI drives software productivity – and challenges – for Motorway

  We talk to Ryan Cormack of used car marketplace Motorway about how AI-driven development increases the speed and productivity of engineering and the challenges it brings  Continue Reading