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30 Apr 2025
Government bags 200 bids from local authorities wanting AI growth zones in their areas
By Caroline DonnellyThe government has received 200 expressions of interest in response to its AI growth zones application push, and is now seeking to progress some bids
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29 Apr 2025
Scattered Spider on the hook for M&S cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe infamous Scattered Spider hacking collective may have been behind the ongoing cyber attack on Marks and Spencer that has crippled systems at the retailer and left its ecommerce operation in disarray.
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29 Apr 2025
RSAC 2025: Cisco Debuts Latest AI Cybersecurity Innovations
In terms of innovation, Cisco says it's 'just getting warmed up.'
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30 Jan 2025
Interview: Volvo’s engineering lead discusses tech stacks
By Cliff SaranVolvo Cars’ approach to manufacturing is becoming more software-defined, built on top of what it calls ‘a superset tech stack’
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28 Jan 2025
Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland
By Karl FlindersUnder-scrutiny IT services firm has escalated fears over problems with one of its applications, used at a Republic of Ireland energy firm, to its headquarters in Japan
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28 Jan 2025
DeepSeek: Welcome to US artificial intelligence’s Sputnik moment
By Cliff SaranIn spite of the US’s financial might, Russia’s Sputnik was the first satellite. Is something similar about to happen thanks to a new Chinese LLM?
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28 Jan 2025
Has Pure got the first of its ‘HDD is doomed’ ducks in a row?
By Yann SerraPure Storage predicted the end of spinning disk by 2028. Will its agreements with flash makers Micron and Kioxia, and an unnamed hyperscaler, be the first nails in the coffin for HDD?
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28 Jan 2025
Datafy promises to slash massive EBS overprovisioning costs
By Antony AdsheadAWS Elastic Block Storage is often over-provisioned. Datafy virtualises EBS volumes to allow customers to scale capacity up and down, and says it will not charge customers if it doesn’t cut their costs
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27 Jan 2025
TCS to inject AI and quantum computing into aerospace through French delivery centre
By Karl FlindersIndian IT services giant opens IT delivery centre that will focus on technology that can address the challenges of the aerospace sector
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24 Jan 2025
Gartner tech spending forecast tempered by price hikes
By John MooreThe global IT market is projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, but an expected increase in the prices of vendor products and services will eat into CIOs' tech budgets.
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24 Jan 2025
DC01UK’s plan to build ‘Europe’s biggest AI datacentre’ wins local council approval
By Caroline DonnellyPlans to build a hyperscale datacentre to host artificial intelligence and cloud workloads on green belt land in Hertfordshire have been waved through by local planning officials
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22 Jan 2025
CMA adds ex-Amazon UK boss to board as provisional judgement in cloud probe nears
By Caroline DonnellyThe former UK boss of Amazon UK has joined the CMA as its interim chair
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22 Jan 2025
Elon Musk distances himself from Trump’s Stargate AI mission
By Cliff SaranJust a few days into the Donald Trump presidency and there appears to be a disagreement brewing around funding of OpenAI and the Stargate Project
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22 Jan 2025
E&, DE-CIX create Middle East SmartHub internet exchange
By Joe O’HalloranMiddle East telco partners with internet exchange operator to boost regional datacentre connectivity, with Fujairah hosting largest submarine cable landing station and new locations for Dubai
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21 Jan 2025
Intel Foundry gains new defense clients for 18A process
By Antone GonsalvesIntel Foundry secures defense contracts with Trusted Semiconductor Solutions and Reliable MicroSystems, highlighting confidence in its 18A manufacturing process.
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21 Jan 2025
Hyperscalers to spend a trillion dollars on AI optimised hardware
By Cliff SaranThe market for AI optimised servers is growing, driven by hyperscalers and IT services firms developing AI-enabled services
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20 Jan 2025
Power grid constraints threaten Dutch digital innovation ambitions
By Kim LoohuisThe Netherlands risks falling behind in crucial digital innovations such as artificial intelligence as power grid congestion reaches critical levels across the country
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20 Jan 2025
Telehouse research highlights UK knowledge gap about what datacentres do
By Caroline DonnellyDespite the government’s efforts to champion the datacentre sector as a critical component of the country’s future growth, research shows the general public is largely unaware of what server farms are and what they do
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19 Jan 2025
ST Logistics teams up with Lenovo on smart warehouses
By Aaron TanThe Singapore logistics firm is partnering with Lenovo to integrate AI and automation into its warehouse operations
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17 Jan 2025
Enterprises need to make better choices to reduce GenAI emissions
By Vipin ChimraniCapgemini says the high environmental costs of generative artificial intelligence systems mean organisations need to develop roadmaps to make their use more sustainable
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16 Jan 2025
Fujitsu staff at HMRC to strike for two days over pay
By Karl FlindersMore public image woes for Fujitsu as hundreds of staff to strike after colleagues at HMRC get significantly bigger pay rise
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16 Jan 2025
NAO calls for ‘cross-government’ revamp of IT procurement to improve ‘big tech’ project outcomes
By Caroline DonnellyThe National Audit Office has highlighted a series of shortcomings in the government’s approach to digital procurement
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16 Jan 2025
Global IT spending to soar in 2025
By Aaron TanS&P Global Ratings expects a 9% surge in global IT spending for 2025, fuelled by demand for AI and cloud technologies, despite potential trade headwinds and a slowing global economy
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16 Jan 2025
DDN seeks AI leadership as it bags $300m investment
By Yann SerraDDN aims to take high-performance computing expertise and become a leader in storage for artificial intelligence. It builds on years in the HPC space, and now has £300m from Blackstone, a fund with an AI focus
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15 Jan 2025
Biggest Patch Tuesday in years sees Microsoft address 159 vulnerabilities
By Alex ScroxtonThe largest Patch Tuesday of the 2020s so far brings fixes for more than 150 CVEs ranging widely in their scope and severity – including eight zero-day flaws
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14 Jan 2025
January Patch Tuesday resolves 3 Hyper-V zero-days
By Tom WalatThe number of vulnerabilities corrected for January Patch Tuesday is one of the highest in recent memory and includes three Hyper-V vulnerabilities exploited in the wild.
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14 Jan 2025
Datacentre M&A deals reach record highs in 2024 fuelled by GenAI demand
By Caroline DonnellyFigures from Synergy Research Group reveal impact that generative AI is having on datacentre M&A deal values
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14 Jan 2025
Developing AI datacentres: Has the UK government got what it takes?
By Caroline DonnellyThe UK government has unveiled its 50-point AI action plan, which commits to building sovereign artificial intelligence capabilities and accelerating AI datacentre developments - but questions remain about the viability of the plans
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13 Jan 2025
Can UK government achieve ambition to become AI powerhouse?
By Cliff SaranThe artificial intelligence opportunities action plan has been largely well received, but there are plenty of questions about how it will be achieved
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13 Jan 2025
Third-party VMware support for perpetual licenses growing
By Tim McCarthyVMware support for perpetual licensed software by Broadcom may be dwindling, but third-party vendors are stepping up to fill the void.
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13 Jan 2025
UK government unveils AI-fuelled industrial strategy
By Cliff SaranLabour plans to implement the 50 recommendations set out by entrepreneur Matt Clifford to boost the use of AI in the UK
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10 Jan 2025
GenAI causing hyperscale datacentres to swell in size, research shows
By Caroline DonnellySynergy Research Group data shows impact that generative AI demand will have on the number and size of hyperscale datacentres in operation around the world
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09 Jan 2025
PC makers use CES to showcase AI PC efforts
By Cliff SaranA range of AMD, Intel and ARM-powered PCs with neural processing units are aiming to boost office productivity
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08 Jan 2025
AWS plants flag in Thailand with new cloud region
By Aaron TanAmazon Web Services’ latest regional expansion brings its cloud services to Thailand, promising a $10bn boost to the nation's GDP and support for more than 11,000 jobs per year
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08 Jan 2025
Custom software and silicon set to define next-gen chips
By Cliff SaranThe global chip supply crisis is not improving, but manufacturers are integrating new software and hardware techniques to stay ahead
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08 Jan 2025
GenAI demand fuels record sales of datacentre hardware and software in 2024
By Caroline DonnellyFigures from Synergy Research Group highlight how demand for generative AI and GPU technology has generated record amounts of spending in the datacentre hardware and software space during 2024
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08 Jan 2025
Nato membership boosts Finnish civil and military tech startups
By Gerard O'DwyerTech companies in Finland and Sweden that offer civil and military products are benefitting from Nato military alliance
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06 Jan 2025
Government develops quantum tech for military
By Lis EvenstadA high-tech atomic clock has been developed by a ‘secret lab’ and aims to decrease the reliance on GPS technology
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05 Jan 2025
Digital Edge secures $1.6bn to fuel regional expansion
By Aaron TanSingapore-based datacentre provider has raised over $1.6bn in equity and debt financing to meet growing demand for cloud and AI infrastructure across Asia
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02 Jan 2025
Government boosts Horizon R&D campaign
By Cliff SaranAs part of its Plan for Change, Labour is ramping up efforts to get more UK businesses to apply for Horizon funding
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27 Dec 2024
Top 10 ANZ stories of 2024
By Aaron TanThe 2024 tech landscape in Australia and New Zealand was dotted with developments spanning cloud migrations and AI adoption to heightened data security and real-time data streaming
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20 Dec 2024
Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light
By Caroline DonnellyThe government has granted the developers of a proposed datacentre in Iver, Buckinghamshire, permission to press ahead with the project after the local council blocked the plans on Green Belt protection grounds
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19 Dec 2024
VMware by Broadcom changes to continue in 2025
By Tim McCarthyAfter a year of lawsuits, customer confusion and a restructuring of the core business, VMware by Broadcom has much to prove in 2025 to avoid future irrelevancy in the data center.
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18 Dec 2024
GPU scarcity shifts focus to GPUaaS
By Adam ArmstrongHigh GPU costs and scarcity drive users to GPUaaS for AI workloads. But businesses should assess needs before investing.
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18 Dec 2024
Top 10 Kubernetes and storage stories of 2024
By Antony AdsheadIn this 2024 review, Computer Weekly looks at Kubernetes’ evolution from stateless application runtime to enterprise-ready environment for cloud-native with persistent storage and data protection
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17 Dec 2024
Digital Ethics Summit 2024: recognising AI’s socio-technical nature
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAt trade association TechUK’s eighth annual Digital Ethics Summit, public officials and industry figures and civil society groups met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with the proliferation of artificial intelligence tools globally and the direction of travel set for 2025
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17 Dec 2024
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2024
By Caroline DonnellyHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 datacentre stories of 2024
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17 Dec 2024
VMware customers seek alternatives amid licensing changes
By Aaron TanResearch reveals that while most VMware customers are satisfied with their current software, they are exploring alternatives due to concerns over rising costs
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17 Dec 2024
How NCS is tackling the enterprise IT market
By Aaron TanThe technology service provider is counting on its government experience, global expert network and cyber security capabilities to penetrate the enterprise IT market
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16 Dec 2024
Broadcom, AT&T settle lawsuit over VMware support
By Tim McCarthyThe companies have 'reached a settlement-in-principle,' but the telecom giant has indicated it's planning an exit from the virtualization platform.
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16 Dec 2024
Top 10 software development stories of 2024
By Cliff SaranThis year has seen large language models get significantly better at code generation
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16 Dec 2024
The Security Interviews: Stephen McDermid, Okta
By Dan RaywoodOkta regional chief security officer for EMEA sits down with Dan Raywood to talk about how Okta is pivoting to a secure-by-design champion
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11 Dec 2024
Microsoft shares details of plans to reduce water usage of AI datacentres
By Caroline DonnellyMicrosoft has released details of the latest initiative to minimise the environmental footprint of its datacentres
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11 Dec 2024
Google demos next-gen error correction with Willow quantum tech
By Cliff SaranWillow represents Google’s latest development in its goal to produce quantum computing that can scale beyond error limits
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11 Dec 2024
IaaS firm uses Pure Storage as a service for ‘virtual datacentres’
By Antony AdsheadEspresso Gridpoint moved from largely NetApp to Pure Storage FlashBlade file and object for its ‘virtual datacentres’ business model that offers VMware, Hyper-V and ProxMox VMs
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10 Dec 2024
December Patch Tuesday shuts down Windows zero-day
By Tom WalatMicrosoft addresses 72 vulnerabilities, including 17 rated critical. Administrators should focus on patching the Windows OS to stop a flaw that has been exploited in the wild.
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10 Dec 2024
StorMagic SvHCI 2.0 eases VM migration
By Adam ArmstrongSix months after the initial release, StorMagic SvHCI is adding features to make it an attractive alternative to VMware at the edge.
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10 Dec 2024
Nvidia investigation signals widening of US and China chip war
By Cliff SaranThe Biden administration has expanded sanctions to prevent China extending its AI capabilities – now, China is going after Nvidia
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04 Dec 2024
AWS on using GenAI to speed up legacy VMware and Microsoft datacentre migrations
By Caroline DonnellyAt AWS Re:Invent 2024, CEO Matt Garman shared details of how its GenAI technologies are helping enterprises accelerate the pace of Microsoft and VMware datacentre migrations
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03 Dec 2024
VMware ‘shock’ spawned lock-in rebellion, says NetApp
By Antony AdsheadNetApp makes predictions for 2025 that include lower tolerance for lock-in due to VMware changes, a shift to DRaaS, AI disillusionment and big spending on energy infrastructure
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02 Dec 2024
AWS doubles down on ASEAN with cloud and AI investments
By Aaron TanThe cloud giant is fuelling growth in Southeast Asia with new infrastructure, skills development programmes and a focus on generative AI, empowering startups and enterprises alike
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02 Dec 2024
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger out; board searches for new CEO
By Antone GonsalvesGelsinger's turnaround plans -- including layoffs, restructuring and foundries -- weren't enough to pull the company out of trouble.
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02 Dec 2024
Intel confirms CEO Pat Gelsinger has left the company
By Caroline DonnellySeveral months after Gelsinger went public with plans for mass lay-offs at Intel, he has departed the company and left the board
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02 Dec 2024
Dutch chip strategy balances talent and infrastructure in €2.5bn investment
By Kim LoohuisProject Beethoven aims to create complete semiconductor ecosystem through coordinated education and infrastructure investment
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02 Dec 2024
AWS signs multi-year deal with GenAI platform provider to decarbonise its datacentres
By Caroline DonnellyAmazon Web Services has signed a multi-year deal with Orbital Materials that will draw on GenAI skills to develop technologies that could decarbonise its datacentres
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01 Dec 2024
How SkyLab is democratising hybrid cloud management
By Aaron TanSkyLab is challenging the cloud status quo with its orchestration platform, which allows telcos and enterprises to seamlessly manage workloads across multiple cloud providers
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29 Nov 2024
Atos readies ‘adaptive and intimate’ Invictus Games IT service
By Karl FlindersIT services company will ship 50 of its staff from Europe to Canada to work onsite at the tournament in February 2025
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28 Nov 2024
Fujitsu’s charity boss made redundant while Post Office scandal victims await support
By Karl FlindersAt a time when it could give something back to Post Office Horizon victims persecuted as a result of its faulty software, Fujitsu makes UK charity boss redundant
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27 Nov 2024
Dutch politicians raise concerns over Big Tech reliance
By Kim LoohuisDutch political parties have warned about the Netherlands’ growing reliance on US tech giants
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26 Nov 2024
Blue Yonder ransomware attack breaks systems at UK retailers
By Alex ScroxtonUK supermarkets continue to deal with the impact of a ransomware attack on the systems of supply chain software supplier Blue Yonder, which is disrupting multiple aspects of their businesses including deliveries and staff management
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25 Nov 2024
AWS to offer native VMware service with license portability
By Tim McCarthyAWS and Broadcom partner again to offer a new, native service within Amazon Virtual Private Cloud using existing VMware Cloud Foundation licenses.
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25 Nov 2024
Gambling cloud provider bets on Nutanix and cools on VMware
By Antony AdsheadContinent 8 consolidates infrastructure for cloud services and backs Nutanix as it gains influence over product roadmap and cools on VMware amid customer dissatisfaction over licence changes
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22 Nov 2024
HPC, supercomputing share stage with enterprise AI at SC24
By Adam ArmstrongAI's effects on supercomputing helped shift the focus toward enterprise demands at SC24, as vendors -- including Dell and HPE -- showcased new offerings.
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22 Nov 2024
Court asks AT&T, Broadcom to resolve VMware dispute
By Tim McCarthyA New York State Supreme Court judge gave AT&T and Broadcom until Dec. 13 to file a settlement, which attorneys say is forthcoming despite recent negotiation spats.
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22 Nov 2024
Qlik expands cloud footprint to India
By Aaron TanThe data analytics and business intelligence software supplier is bolstering its presence in Asia-Pacific with a cloud region in India
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21 Nov 2024
Nokia lands five-year extension on Microsoft Azure datacentre networking deal
By Caroline DonnellyNokia is building on its existing partnership with Microsoft to support the software giant as it seeks to build out its datacentre footprint in response to the growing demand for artificial intelligence
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21 Nov 2024
Nvidia Blackwell GPU production ramps up amid revenue surge
By Antone GonsalvesNvidia's Blackwell GPU production is 'full steam' ahead as revenue surges with AI demand.
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21 Nov 2024
Fujitsu snubbed on private sector deal with Centrica due to Post Office scandal backlash
By Karl FlindersCentrica board said to be concerned about contracting Fujitsu due to its involvement in the Post Office scandal
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21 Nov 2024
Nvidia CEO talks up AI post-training, test learning and gigawatts
By Cliff SaranThe company’s datacentre business continues to skyrocket as demand for artificial intelligence accelerates
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21 Nov 2024
RWE bets on HPE Private Cloud AI for green energy push
By Caroline DonnellyEnergy firm RWE has selected the HPE Private Cloud AI setup to help it model and glean insights from weather data with greater ease
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20 Nov 2024
Digital Catapult hails shared infrastructure as route to decarbonisation for logistics sector
By Caroline DonnellyDigital Catapult has opened up about the success it has seen with using shared digital infrastructure to help the transport-logistics sector work more collaboratively to cut carbon emissions
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20 Nov 2024
Object storage, VM offerings emerge for HPE GreenLake
By Tim McCarthyHPE aims to attract new customers to its GreenLake ecosystem by launching standalone virtualization software. It also eyes AI ambitions with new object storage hardware.
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20 Nov 2024
Microsoft Ignite: AI capabilities double every six months
By Cliff SaranIf Moore's law promised a doubling of tech every 18 months, the pace is three times quicker with AI developments, says Satya Nadella
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19 Nov 2024
AI readiness stalls in APAC
By Stephen WithersDespite significant investment in AI, only 15% of organisations in Asia-Pacific are ready to deploy the technology today, according to Cisco’s latest regional AI readiness survey
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19 Nov 2024
AMD pushes GPU advantage with HPC top spot
By Cliff SaranAMD’s El Capitan is the world’s fastest supercomputer and is being used in nuclear weapons safety
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18 Nov 2024
AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success
By Alex ScroxtonAWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025
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15 Nov 2024
AMD layoffs follow AI job trend
By Antone GonsalvesAMD joins other tech companies in using layoffs to make room for AI talent.
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15 Nov 2024
CBRE: Spare datacentre capacity levels to hit all-time low across Europe by end of 2024
By Caroline DonnellyReal estate consultancy CBRE has lifted the lid on how growing demand for datacentre capacity, coupled with shortages of land and power in Europe, are having a downbeat impact on vacancy rates
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15 Nov 2024
Schwarz Group partners with Google on EU sovereign cloud
By Cliff SaranPartnership with Europe’s biggest retailer will offer client-side encryption and ensure data doesn’t leave Germany
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15 Nov 2024
Microsoft UAE power deal at centre of US plan for AI supremacy
By Mark BallardMicrosoft pens artificial intelligence energy deal with United Arab Emirates oil giant ADNOC
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13 Nov 2024
Closing in on quantum computing with error mitigation
By Cliff SaranCurrent quantum computers are prone to error. IBM’s latest Heron machine uses software and hardware to get better results
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13 Nov 2024
Red Hat acquires tech to lower the cost of machine learning
By Cliff SaranThe acquisition of Neural Magic by Red Hat is being positioned as a way to democratise machine learning and reduce the need for GPUs
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13 Nov 2024
European eArchiving project aims at eternal archive with smart metadata
By Yann SerraThe European Commission’s eArchiving project has got to version 2.0 and aims at open formats and sector-specific metadata to allow organisations to exploit data for decades to come
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13 Nov 2024
Server manufacturers ramp-up edge AI efforts
By Cliff SaranThere has been a spate of developments in the server space, as manufacturers focus on supporting inference workloads at the edge
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12 Nov 2024
Microsoft halts 2 zero-days on November Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatThe company addressed 88 vulnerabilities, including an Exchange Server spoofing flaw and a significant number of SQL Server bugs, this month.
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12 Nov 2024
Gartner warns GenAI demand will lead to datacentre energy shortages
By Caroline DonnellyIT market watcher Gartner is warning enterprises that the growing demand for generative AI workloads will have a knock-on impact on energy supply and pricing in future years
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12 Nov 2024
How quantum computing could reshape financial services
By Aaron TanExperts at the Singapore FinTech Festival predict quantum computing will improve risk management, investment strategies and fraud detection in the financial sector, while also posing new challenges for data security
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11 Nov 2024
Hyperscalers’ net-zero plans hit roadblock
By Cliff SaranHyperscalers are looking at nuclear to power their energy-hungry datacentres and meet net-zero targets – but regulations may curb their plans
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11 Nov 2024
Fresh concerns over NHS England registries procurement
By Alex ScroxtonClinicians and technologists behind a number of medical devices registries being brought together by NHS England on a new common platform have accused the health service of flouting public sector procurement regulations
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11 Nov 2024
NetApp boosts AFF, StorageGrid and E-series hardware with 60TB drives
By Antony AdsheadBigger drives, new CPUs and controller hardware add to upgrades to NetApp arrays that started in September, while the supplier undergoes transition to data management as a key focus
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08 Nov 2024
CHIPS Act expected to survive, change under Trump
By Antone GonsalvesChanges to the Biden administration's application guidelines for the CHIPS Act, some of which Republicans fought against, are likely.
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08 Nov 2024
Automotive drives strong Q4, fiscal year for Qualcomm
By Joe O’HalloranLeading mobile platform processor manufacturer reveals robust end of year, with strong growth in segments such as handsets, PC, automotive and industrial IoT
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08 Nov 2024
IOWN furthers pace of next-gen optical net development
By Joe O’HalloranNext-gen networking project reveals proof of concepts encompassing transforming infrastructure through innovations centred on an APN, spatial experiences with communication technologies, real-time, long-distance connectivity in manufacturing and photonics