Enterprise software
Enterprise software covers a wide range of vital IT management decisions, from operating systems to databases, from business applications to integration and middleware. Your software purchasing and development strategy is central to delivering successful IT systems, and we examine the products and trends that help IT managers make the right choices for their organisation.
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Feature
10 Jul 2026
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
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News
10 Jul 2026
AI is making the mainframe harder to retire, not easier
Once dismissed as legacy tech on the way out, the mainframe is being reframed as the trusted anchor of hybrid, AI-era architectures Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2026
NatWest signs up to quantum trial for fraud detection
The retail bank is one of 11 organisations testing quantum technologies as part of Digital Catapult’s quantum technology access programme Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2026
Interview: Reflections on tech revolutions and silos
David Minahan, director of digital at Young Lives vs Cancer, discusses data silos and how new tech is offering a more natural user experience Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2026
Check Point builds homegrown AI model as attack barriers collapse
The company is training a security-only small language model as AI hands attackers industrial-scale capabilities and pushes cyber defence towards full automation Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2026
Palantir: Can anyone else do what it does?
Palantir is a US defence-intelligence company, born from the CIA's venture arm that now operates inside the UK public sector. We examine the claim that its technology does what no other supplier can Continue Reading
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E-Zine
16 Jul 2026
CW EMEA: Mission chips
In this quarter’s CW EMEA, we detail the European Commission’s plans to ensure the European Union (EU) has self-sufficiency in terms of technology. With IT embedded through society, the EU wants to reduce its dependency on tech from outside and at the same time boost its economy. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jul 2026
Chronosphere details mechanics of modern approach to observability
The observability platforms market is expanding. Dynatrace is still there, as is Datadog, Elastic and New Relic. All the while, Grafana is making more noise than your average Splunk, Honeycomb or ... Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2026
A fifth of PC devices still on Windows 10
While support ended in October 2025, community-driven insights from Lansweeper has found that smaller businesses are still using Windows 10 Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Jul 2026
Has Microsoft overstretched its cloud elasticity?
Microsoft promised "infinite" cloud scalability, but signs of capacity strain and regional rollbacks suggest it may be overstretched, forcing customers to rethink vendor lock-in Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2026
Chaotic July Patch Tuesday threatens to overwhelm defenders
Another mammoth Patch Tuesday update, likely topping 600 flaws in total, sends defenders into the weeds Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2026
Home Office proposes AI tooling to accelerate digital disclosure
PoliceAI will be used to pilot artificial intelligence tools that are capable of automatically generating summaries of digital material, saving ‘countless’ admin hours Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2026
Reeves speaks up about UK sovereign AI
The UK government has ambitions to build out its own AI capabilities, but its plans are stumped by high datacentre power costs Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jul 2026
Cribl nibbles up CardinalOps to serve up no quibble AI detection engineering
AI telemetry company Cribl this week acquired CardinalOps, an agentic detection engineering company. The move is designed to add “detection engineering capabilities” to Crible that help users ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2026
Digital Dubai and Emirates Group deepen collaboration on shared digital platforms
Agreement will give Emirates Group access to Dubai’s expanding ecosystem of digital services, data capabilities and shared platforms as the emirate pushes towards a more integrated, AI-enabled digital economy Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2026
Australia launches Office of AI to drive world-first national framework
Prime minister Anthony Albanese establishes Office of AI to coordinate binding standards for the technology, promising the world's first single national AI framework Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2026
Inside AWS’s $1bn forward-deployed engineering initiative
The cloud giant is embedding cross-functional teams of engineers, scientists and strategists with customers, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia among those already seeing results Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2026
PAC worried shared services strategy set to fail
The committee says Cabinet Office has no clear plan or timeline for achieving its predicted £4.3bn in savings from the strategy, as it continues to be delayed and suffers from lack of departmental buy-in Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2026
AI impacting stress levels among cyber professionals
AI is affecting the day-to-day careers of cyber security pros in regard to stress levels, but respondents to an ISC2 data-gathering exercise are split over whether or not their stress levels are going up or down Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Jul 2026
Dear Andy Burnham, a word about the government AI strategy...
Can our new Prime Minister bring a new approach to AI that treats the voracious Big Tech companies with less deference? Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2026
Study reveals Microsoft tactics to lure Windows users
The Edge browser may have a small market share, but research commissioned by Firefox shows how Microsoft muscles in Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Jul 2026
Modern datacentre infrastructure management (DCIM) is crucial
AI workloads are pushing traditional datacentre management to its limits. Modern DCIM is now essential, using predictive analytics to ensure resilience, efficiency, and sustainability Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jul 2026
Alation AIOS: An AI intelligence operating system
As we know, bad AI (and even good AI) is increasingly good at producing confident but quiet failures. Known for its data intelligence platform that works to provide behavioural analysis, semantic ... Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2026
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AI skills fund launches in Barnsley
The government is looking for ideas on how to deliver AI training to Barnsley residents as part of the government’s AI Upskilling Challenge Fund Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2026
Interview: Lucie Audibert, solicitor in MP Jess Asato’s Grok case
AWO solicitor Lucie Audibert speaks with Computer Weekly about representing Labour MP Jess Asato’s legal claim against xAI’s chatbot Grok, its nudification capabilities and how this case may define what liability for developers of AI tools look like Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2026
Scottish Building Society subscribes to embedded AI to begin a new journey
Oldest remaining building society becomes first customer to sign up to embedded AI offering from current supplier SBS Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2026
Couchbase eyes APAC growth as enterprises confront data problem
Having been taken private by private equity firm Haveli Investments, the NoSQL database supplier is pitching its newly launched AI data plane as the fix for the fragmented data layers Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Jul 2026
MPs heard Manchester is better than FDP. It seems they were misled
Tom Bartlett explains why Greater Manchester's integrated care record cannot match the Federated Data Platform (FDP), and why cancelling the FDP contract would be a mistake Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jul 2026
Codenotary AgentMon 3: An adaptive runtime security tool with integrated organisational history
Codenotary has this month detailed its AgentMon 3 offering. This is an enterprise AI security offering with adaptive runtime security policies. What makes a runtime security policy adaptive? It’s ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2026
Cyber body Crest launches AI security charter
Crest’s industry-backed AI charter commits signatories to supporting responsible AI adoption and aims to foster trust in AI-enabled security services. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2026
Microsoft admits datacentre greenhouse gas emissions hike
Growth in carbon emissions for 2024-25 matches total emissions over the previous four years, as Microsoft focuses on datacentre power Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2026
European Commission accepts SAP’s on-premise ERP commitment
The ERP provider has accepted that it will no longer charge admin fees for returning maintenance customers, and has stated it will offer on-premise flexibility Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2026
Tech giants come under watch of UK finance regulators
IT suppliers critical to the UK finance sector are now within the remit of the UK’s financial services regulators Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Jul 2026
Iris AWS collaboration widens aperture to semantic-enriched agentic knowledge
Oslo-based Iris (stylised as Iris.ai) provides what it calls a “semantic-enriched knowledge foundation” for enterprise software stacks building agentic AI services. To clarify, Iris builds ... Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Jul 2026
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
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News
13 Jul 2026
Singtel and Thales launch multi-operator IoT eSIM network
Bridge Alliance service will allow enterprises to provision and manage connected devices across four Asia-Pacific mobile operators through a single platform Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2026
Singapore investors embrace AI but still lean on human advisers
Singapore’s affluent investors are among the world’s keenest adopters of AI for investment research, but most still want a professional adviser to validate machine-generated insights Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jul 2026
The road to optical networking: IOWN & distributed infrastructures
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Sean Lawrence, vice president, head of IOWN development office, research and development planning department at NTT, Inc. ... Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jul 2026
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
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Blog Post
10 Jul 2026
IBM Bob bolsters, boosts & broadens AI-driven software application development
IBM called its agentic software development platform Bob. Was this because Big Blue wanted another three-letter acronym to sit alongside IBM perhaps? Bob could mean Best of Breed. Or it could ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2026
AI is making the mainframe harder to retire, not easier
Once dismissed as legacy tech on the way out, the mainframe is being reframed as the trusted anchor of hybrid, AI-era architectures Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Jul 2026
7 essentials for better HR software change management
HR software change management requires more than training before go-live. Learn how HR, IT and business leaders can improve adoption, communication and support. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2026
MPs call on NHS to scrap Palantir and its Federated Data Platform
Health and Social Care Committee urges health minister to get rid of US firm Palantir and its Federated Data Platform amid ‘mistrust’ and ‘contested benefits’ Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2026
Cyber field doubts promise of Cyber Shield
The NCSC has shared more details of its national AI Cyber Shield initiative, but experts say the project faces serious delivery challenges Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2026
UK Court of Appeal gives Microsoft complaint the green light
The path is now clear for preowned software reseller ValueLicensing’s market abuse case against Microsoft to go ahead Continue Reading
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Opinion
09 Jul 2026
Treat AI like electricity, not a killer app
Pilot failure and costs are maddening, but real impact is also being delivered. Learn that AI isn’t an app but a power source Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2026
Capita to lose money on pension debacle but ‘has government’s private parts in its grip’
Joint select committee grilling reveals that the tech Capita planned to use to increase process automation did not work Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2026
Insurer Unum aims to deliver benefits of $20m using AI to re-write old Cobol code
We speak to Shelia Anderson, chief information and digital officer of insurance company Unum, about its project to ‘reimagine’ mainframe software Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jul 2026
What to expect from Grafana ObservabilityCON
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team has been following the growth of observability for more than a decade now. Although some may define observability as a sub-sector function that sits under ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2026
R&A drives AI critical networking infrastructure refresh at Open
Golf governing body partners with networking and comms giant to deliver critical networking infrastructure to major championships and new global headquarters bringing AI-based next-gen connectivity Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2026
The FDP debate is looking in the rear-view mirror – what’s around the next bend?
The question is no longer whether the Federated Data Platform has delivered enough, but whether the NHS will have the data infrastructure to deploy AI before the workforce crisis forces the issue Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2026
NCS: Chinese open AI models gaining ground in Singapore
As American and Chinese AI worlds pull apart, the Singtel unit is courting both by putting OpenAI and Alibaba engineers on the same stage and folding Chinese models into its own products Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2026
Post Office Horizon replacement contract delayed further
The Post Office has once more extended the standstill period before putting pen to paper on EPOS system Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2026
NTT Data and HYMH claim physical AI breakthrough
Collaboration embeds AI‑driven quality assurance directly into production, helping validate assembly process in real time to support quality assurance, improve efficiency and enable smarter manufacturing Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2026
Lumen completes Alkira acquisition to boost enterprise networking
Acquisition designed to bring together network and digital services with intelligent networking software and simplify enterprise connections across cloud, AI and hybrid environments Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jul 2026
Sovereignty can wait. Competitiveness can't
Why European enterprises should adopt the best AI today, and build sovereignty alongside: guest blogpost by Rad Parvin, co-founder and senior value partner, Valliance. The debate about technology ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Jul 2026
The public deserves socially beneficial technology in return for its AI investment
The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies - it is time that the public receives socially beneficial technology in return for its investment Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Jul 2026
The silent substrate: how 175,000 AI endpoints are reshaping the internet
A new layer of compute is forming beneath our feet – distributed, ungoverned, and increasingly capable of action Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2026
European Central Bank demands AI security ‘action plan’
European Central Bank gives banks deadline to outline their plans to defend against artificial intelligence-based security threats Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2026
Road to higher vehicle automation accelerates
Research reveals how vehicle autonomy systems are advancing steadily, with as many as eight million new passenger cars sold globally in 2025 equipped with L2+ advanced driver assistance systems capabilities Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jul 2026
NTT Data puts more body into physical AI
Physical AI is a thing. It’s the process of embedding intelligence into quality assurance for critical assembly operations. We can say that, when compared to legacy techniques, physical AI cuts ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jul 2026
Series brief: Connecting the dots on fully-managed edge computing
The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) now starts its fully managed edge computing analysis series. This sector is projected to grow from roughly £500 billion in 2026 to nearly £1.4 trillion ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Jul 2026
A deep dive into the Dell Pro Max with GB10 and NemoClaw
AI agents such as OpenClaw are turning developer workstations into always-on edge servers. We test whether the Dell Pro Max with GB10 installed with Nvidia’s NemoClaw is up to the job Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Jul 2026
AI won't break your security, but your governance might
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2026
AI workloads to test mobile network capability
Research across 22 markets finds which 5G network metrics emerging AI use cases will place under stress, relative to standard internet traffic Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2026
Can Oman become the Gulf’s third AI infrastructure hub?
The Sultanate is leveraging subsea cables, lower costs and regulatory stability to position itself alongside regional AI giants, but a large ecosystem scale gap remains Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2026
Singtel’s AI push could lift its digital business to a third of earnings
Singtel’s group CEO, Yuen Kuan Moon, says the telco is investing in datacentres, GPUs and AI services while staying focused on shareholder returns Continue Reading
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E-Zine
07 Jul 2026
UKtech50 2026: The most influential people in UK IT
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we announce the 16th annual UKtech50 list of the most influential people in UK technology. We examine how this year’s winner – Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis – has helped establish the UK’s AI reputation worldwide. And our latest buyer’s guide looks at the role of AI in supply chain management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2026
Complaint urges ban on ‘unlawful’ Europol processing of personal data
Migration campaign group Front-Lex has filed a complaint to Europe’s data protection watchdog, calling for a ban on Europol’s data processing operations that do not comply with EU law, following an investigation by Computer Weekly, Solomon and Correctiv Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2026
Singapore Changi Airport’s 10-second border points to aviation’s AI future
As passenger volume heads towards 10 billion a year, airlines, airports and governments are leaning on AI, biometrics and real-time data to keep travellers moving Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2026
US Anthropic restrictions dent UK tech sovereignty ambition
The UK government cannot rely on allies. Instead, it must sort out startup funding and do more to build out a full tech stack Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2026
Asda’s supply chain woes bring lessons for IT project planning
In spite of preparing for the deployment of a cloud-based ERP system, Asda’s financial results show it faced months of supply chain disruption Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2026
9 supplier relationship management benefits for resilience
Strong supplier relationship management helps companies reduce disruption risk, improve collaboration, manage costs and build more resilient supply chains with strategic suppliers. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2026
Can the UK become a digital maker instead of a service taker?
Not yet, but maybe. Home grown UK development is not in a digital dark age, but we are absolutely in need of digital re-development. The next government needs to tackle this Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2026
UK regulator publishes ‘landmark’ AI review
FCA review of the use of artificial intelligence in retail finance follows MPs’ criticism of regulators Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Jul 2026
Free utility tool stipulates how AI uses human name, image, likeness & identity attributes
Human Consent Registry is a new free-to-use public utility tool built around the principle that each user’s identity should remain their own intellectual property. That sounds obvious, except ... Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2026
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
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News
05 Jul 2026
How Zoho’s full-stack strategy keeps it in control of cost and sovereignty
Zoho’s ANZ lead Rakesh Prabhakar explains how building its own infrastructure keeps the SaaS firm in control of cost, pricing and data sovereignty Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2026
Zoom inks deal to acquire Common Room
AI-first communications and collaboration firm enters into definitive agreement to acquire AI-native go-to-market intelligence platform Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jul 2026
Do one thing well: the case for small open source testing tools
This is a guest post by Mikhail Golikov, a Hove-based software engineer who works as the sole QA on a backend team at a high-load e-commerce platform. A software engineer, he drove regression ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2026
Interview: Oracle NetSuite’s Evan Goldberg – SaaSpocalypse averted
The executive vice-president of Oracle NetSuite discusses the evolution of AI in SaaS ERP, countering any SaaSpocalypse narrative, citing an ecosystem knowledge edge Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2026
Breach of IBM-managed environment exposes personal data of 70,000 in Singapore
Unauthorised access to a development and testing environment managed by IBM has exposed the names, NRIC numbers and property addresses of about 70,000 people held by the Singapore Land Authority Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2026
SAESL turbocharges aircraft engine maintenance with data and AI
The world’s largest supplier of Rolls-Royce engine maintenance services is working with Kyndryl to modernise its IT infrastructure, build a single source of truth for data, and scale up the use of AI across its business Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2026
UKtech50 2026: The most influential people in UK technology
Computer Weekly has announced the 16th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2026
UKtech50 2026 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind
Third-time UKtech50 winner Demis Hassabis has shown what homegrown UK tech talent can do, and the importance of tech for good Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2026
Bank of England explores trading ‘kill switches’ to contain AI meltdowns
UK central bank’s deputy governor outlines challenges facing regulators as artificial intelligence reshapes the finance sector Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Jul 2026
10 best practices for managing strategic supplier partnerships
Managing strategic supplier partnerships is essential for good supply chain management. Learn which practices can help strengthen them. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Jul 2026
Cloud, controlled: Nutanix tightens agentic AI governance & cost mechanisms
Cloud computing is for everyone, but not everything - or so the cloud industry’s mantra has variously specified over the years in an attempt to balance the -as-a-Service based model of software and ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2026
Japan revises AI strategy amid frontier AI threats
Just six months after releasing its national AI framework, Tokyo is updating its guidelines to address the weaponisation of frontier AI models capable of finding and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2026
Tata Communications strengthens India-Singapore connectivity corridor
AI-ready connectivity investments look to enable enterprises to connect across continents with secure, high-speed, dynamic, self-managed and low-latency infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2026
Danske Bank extends AWS agreement for next phase of transformation
Danish multinational bank and cloud service giant will work together on GenAI initiatives as part of the bank’s transformation strategy Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Jul 2026
Lorex X Series puts embedded code intelligence into AI-powered security
At the risk of starting this piece in the first person (a punishable crime in many areas of journalism), I remember moving house to an apartment in London (where I still am) and not having Internet ... Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2026
Post Office delays signing Horizon replacement for third time
The Post Office has extended standstill period before formally signing contract for new EPOS system Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2026
Finland bets industrial recovery on health AI, maths and quantum
The ‘world’s first’ national AI model leads Finnish plan to concentrate national resources on industrial revival Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2026
Vodafone looks to serve 5G+ ace at Wimbledon
UK operator claims world-first 5G+ Serve experience as official connectivity partner of tennis championships uses network slicing to make shots from robotic arm Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2026
HPE Discover 2026: Powering Siemens Healthineers’ life-saving vision
Siemens Healthineers’ head of clinical marketing discusses the technology behind the firm’s advances in medical imaging Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2026
Interview: How the CIO of Unilever delivers business empathy
Reema Jain, who recently became CIO of Unilever, says IT leaders should build a culture where IT people can ‘play’ with new tech Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2026
Gartner declares ‘agentic AI’ the next step function
AI agents will transform complex data management, optimise cloud costs and overcome the limitations of standalone generative AI, according to Gartner Continue Reading
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E-Zine
30 Jun 2026
UK tech chiefs discuss agentic AI and workforce culture
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear what a group of digital leaders say about implementing agentic AI and its impact on their workforce. There’s a growing backlash against datacentres – we find out what worries campaigners. And the chief digital officer at pharma giant Sanofi talks about finding life-changing answers to challenging scientific questions. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jun 2026
As agentic code accelerates software delivery, developers risk becoming the bottleneck
Dave Colwell, VP for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Tricentis, spoke to the Computer Weekly Developer Network during SAP Sapphire in Orlando this year to examine the productivity ... Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2026
Martha Lane Fox and other experts see AI arms race as damaging
A compilation of essays penned by digital experts illustrates the risks of AI dominance and what lessons can be learned from history Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2026
India’s Hexaware to add 1,200 UK tech staff
Indian heritage IT supplier plans to have 1,200 UK staff across multiple sites, with research and development centres to open this year Continue Reading
