In Depth

In Depth

• Ukraine’s tech industry still stands strong

  Andy Burnham visited Kyiv in Aug 2026, the fourth UK PM since 2022. UK-Ukraine tech collaboration has grown with AI-focused military deals, and Ukraine’s tech sector has proven resilient despite the war  Continue Reading

• AI promises a productivity windfall – who will reap the benefits?

  Two previous industrial revolutions suggest gains arrive late and flow to capital first. Meanwhile, a 200-year-old idea – the ‘general intellect’ – holds the key to why  Continue Reading

• GCC organisations must ‘fight AI with AI’ to stay ahead of cyber threats

  Artificial intelligence is lowering the barrier to entry for cyber criminals, accelerating attack speeds and increasing the complexity of threats, prompting organisations to rethink resilience, governance and security operations  Continue Reading

• Interview: Paris Marx on why hyperscale datacentres pose greater threat than AI ‘science fiction’

  Ahead of the release of his book, Paris Marx tells Computer Weekly how tech companies’ insatiable datacentre demands are accelerating the climate crisis  Continue Reading

• Savola accelerates AI-driven transformation to support Saudi Vision 2030

  Hazim Al Ahmadi, general Manager of information technology at Savola, discusses how AI, cloud technologies and digital innovation are helping the organisation improve efficiency, modernise operations and prepare for the future of business in Saudi ...  Continue Reading

• Cloud sovereignty: Very complex and difficult to achieve

  Achieving true digital sovereignty is immensely difficult as geopolitical tensions, complex global supply chains and “sovereignty-washing” complicate IT infrastructure security  Continue Reading

• Digital Realty: Aaron Binkley’s passion and progress in sustainability

  From farm to tech: How Aaron Binkley bridged real estate and big tech to drive Digital Realty’s global sustainability strategy and massive renewable energy shift  Continue Reading

• Selective sovereignty: Why balance beats lockdown in the data debate

  Everpure CTO Patrick Smith argues data sovereignty demands selective control, balancing strict workload rules with global cloud speed rather than an all-or-nothing lockdown  Continue Reading

• CW@60: A front-row seat – a journey through the tech startup scene across four countries

  A former Computer Weekly colleague looks at a life in tech media, at the forefront of documenting technology all while the industry itself was being disrupted beyond recognition  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Geek is good (eventually) – a social journey through technology

  When Computer Weekly's editor in chief first became an accidental technologist, it was not a cool place to be. Joyously, things have changed  Continue Reading

• CW@60: AI will change the economics of business more profoundly than the cloud

  Having been a pioneer of cloud-based software, Evan Goldberg sees even greater potential benefits ahead from AI  Continue Reading

• What a new ‘Nature’s Rights’ bill could mean for UK datacentres

  A ‘Nature’s Rights’ bill introduced to Parliament by Green peer Natalie Bennett could change the UK’s approach to datacentre planning and construction  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Falling in love – why open source reflects my Scottish values

  Discovering the values embodied by open source software turned Amanda Brock from a commercial lawyer into a technology lover  Continue Reading

• CW@60: What sport taught me about technology, and vice versa

  The leadership traits required for building successful teams - and successful IT projects - span technology and sport, says Capgemini's CTO  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The language I could speak – and a lesson from a Sony Walkman

  A career in technology was inconceivable to a young Sheridan Ash - but the opportunities that career has offered show why diversity of both thought and workforce are essential to the future of tech  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The foundation that makes new technology pay off

  Context is everything - especially in a world driven by AI  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Six stories for sixty years

  Human-centric technology empowers us all - and that experience is more important than ever today as the risk from bad actors using AI becomes a global conversation  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Sixty years of hurt, hope, and high technology

  Fans of the England men's football team may have suffered 60 years of hurt, but for IT author Mark Hillary it's been a wild ride through a time of transformative change  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Sixty years of progress - but still not everyone's invited

  Technology can be amazing - but it's not so amazing when you're excluded from its life-changing benefits. We can and must do better, says Karen Blake  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The splice of life – how much has changed, and yet how little

  Across a career spent in networking - from research labs to writing about the industry - much has improved, but many things remain familiar, says Computer Weekly's Joe O'Halloran  Continue Reading

• CW@60: What Doom taught me about networking, security and trust

  How John Kindervag went from setting up LAN parties for playing Doom at the office, to creating the zero-trust model of cyber security  Continue Reading

• CW@60: 'Get in the kitchen' – how lack of inclusion harms women in tech every day

  In her youth, Computer Weekly's Clare McDonald thought a career in IT looked appealing - until she experienced the uncomfortable truth about attitudes towards women in tech  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The human imperative - what 30 years in tech taught me about innovation

  Today's tech job titles would seem like science fiction back in the 1960s, but what hasn't changed is the human perspective on innovation  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Don’t forget your toothbrush - guarding sources, exposing the secret state

  Computer Weekly's Bill Goodwin has seen both sides of the courtroom during a career spent exposing the surveillance state and protecting those who wish to let the world know its secrets  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The sibling view - why the channel matters

  Having sat alongside Computer Weekly for many years, the editor of MicroScope shares some thoughts about the milestone the publication has reached  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Navigating the waves and storms of technological change

  Technology has changed dramatically in the last 60 years - but the principles underlying its successful use in enterprises remain constant  Continue Reading

• Skills, culture and leadership: The foundations of the UAE’s digital economy

  Fatma Ashkanani, chief people and culture officer at Khazna Data Centers, discusses the changing nature of technology talent, the importance of inclusive leadership and the growing role of Emirati women in shaping the country’s digital future  Continue Reading

• UK cyber shortfalls: A skills gap and/or a gender gap?

  There is both a skills and gender gap occurring in UK cyber, says Code First Girls – something it is looking to remedy with an innovative partnership with Lloyds Banking Group  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The moment technology became personal

  The excitement of being in Silicon Valley as technology changed the world showed Claire Reid why managing people through change is the key to digital success  Continue Reading

• Gartner: Why the cloud is holding back agentic AI

  Edge computing has stopped being a niche networking conversation and is showing up in board-level infrastructure discussions  Continue Reading

• CW@60: This computer malarkey - one life-changing moment after another

  Technology has shaped Avril Chester's life - but it's the people, the conversations and the connections created that define a career in IT  Continue Reading

• IT event dive: Through the AWS public sector symposium revolving door

  What goes on in the gaps between reporting on vendor events, with a morning spent absorbing thousands of words at the AWS Public Sector AI Symposium in London  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Nobody notices when it works

  Sixty years of invisible engineering exists behind the systems we take for granted, explains Amazon's CTO  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Data is the new cure

  Former digital and health secretary Matt Hancock shares his history with tech, both inside and outside government, and explains why data will do for health what it has already done for everything else  Continue Reading

• CW@60: Saying yes - the choices that carried me from a Commodore PET to AI

  Computer science offered seemingly limitless creative possibility for Garth Gibson 50 years ago - much as AI does now. But not everyone invented RAID storage along the way  Continue Reading

• CW@60: All computers are bastards

  Technology and power have always gone hand in hand - but there is very much a better way, says Computer Weekly's ethics editor  Continue Reading

• CW@60: In the flow - how AI brought back the magic of coding

  AI is bringing back some of the joy of pure, creative coding - just like when Sage's Aaron Harris was a kid. But it comes with a warning...  Continue Reading

• Application diversity transforms Oslo’s AI scene from innovator to leader

  The AI scene in Oslo is once again confirming Norway’s refusal to be boxed in when it comes to innovation  Continue Reading

• Power: The UK’s next digital infrastructure bottleneck

  The UK has been investing billions into cloud computing, artificial intelligence and digital transformation. One increasingly scarce resource is becoming key to determining whether many of these ambitions become reality – electricity  Continue Reading

• Climate resilience reveals key enterprise networking blind spot

  Climate risk has moved from being an environmental externality to being a direct risk to productivity, continuity and the balance sheet – and network infrastructures are very much in the firing line  Continue Reading

• CW@60: The long gestation of a data nerd and agent overseer

  Computer Weekly's acting datacentre and cloud editor – and data journalist – Antony Adshead traces his tech evolution from green-screen mainframes and DIY coding to steering agentic AI  Continue Reading

• Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

  Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal  Continue Reading

• Snowflake pivots to AI platforming

  Snowflake says it is pivoting to being a ‘trusted’ AI platform, with an agentic control plane. It stresses openness, choice and governance  Continue Reading

• CW@60: From cassettes to cellular - how early constraints built a modern CTO

  Forrester's CTO charts his path from farm hand to tech leader, via his mother's love of 1980s soap operas  Continue Reading

• 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