incubators

Goldman Sachs hires Google incubator founder

Bank recruits co-founder of Google’s incubator as it continues to transform its business through digital technology

Ericsson, Intel look to double down on Open RAN, AI innovation with Tech Hub

Tech Hub establishes itself as incubator for advancements and new hardware technology exploration, building open, resilient, sustainable and ...

BT announces managing director of Incubation for Digital unit

Innovation leader announced for digital unit as it aims to build a customer-centric digital organisation to bring products and services to customers ...

New Level39 chief sets out vision for incubator

New head of Level39 speaks to Computer Weekly about her vision for the accelerator going forward, and how it will leverage its network to support the...

Barclays Eagle Labs awarded Digital Growth Grant over Tech Nation

Barclays Eagle Labs incubator to take over Tech Nation’s role in administering UK government digital growth grant amid backlash from startup ecosystem

Singtel and Intel team up on 5G

Singtel and Intel have started an incubation programme to spearhead the development of enterprise 5G applications in areas including content delivery...

Scottish government opens Techscaler hub in Silicon Valley

The Scottish Techscaler programme is piloting its first overseas hub, which will have space for 12 startups wanting to grow their businesses

NCSC for Startups programme seeks ransomware-busters

Innovative ideas for ransomware-busting technology are being sought by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and startup incubator Plexal

Google changes tune on Knative, applies to CNCF

Google's decision to submit Knative to the CNCF for incubation prompts speculation about its future: a budding industry standard or a project not ...

Cisco emerging tech VP plans for API security, observability

Vijoy Pandey, head of Cisco's emerging technology and incubation group, charts a long-term roadmap for application-level networking from cloud to the...

KEDA project adds finesse to Kubernetes autoscaling

As enterprise Kubernetes deployments expand in production, an incubating CNCF project injects nuance into the way the container platform responds to ...

Barclays aims to drive entrepreneur startup development with law incubator

Barclays is opening its Eagle Lab incubator in London to help entrepreneurs create successful law businesses.

Helsinki: The trailblazing smart city

Helsinki has transitioned from modelling the best of smart city innovation to becoming a fully-fledged smart city

Five retail-based startups head for 2016 Jlab incubator

Five of the 23 startups that pitched for a place on John Lewis’s 2016 startup programme will be spending the summer in the retailer’s Jlab accelerator

Swiss player Avallain gains UK foothold with TeacherMatic buy

Avallain responds to growing impact of artificial intelligence in education with acquisition of specialist firm in UK

Midwich launches investment arm

Audiovisual equipment distributor looks to encourage innovation across the segment with private equity operation

Koil startup incubation area at Kashiwa-no-ha

John Lewis incubator sees first round of second-year pitches

More than 20 startups have presented their pitches to John Lewis executives in the first round of this year’s Jlab accelerator

Scotland’s Techscaler programme joins forces with CivTech

The partnership between the scaler programme and the innovation accelerator means CivTech alumni companies will be offered Techscaler membership and ...

Embedded World 2024: Edge AI to transform industry

Keynote from global chip manufacturer says rapid developments in both artificial intelligence and edge computing are setting new standards, with ...

DHL Asia-Pacific Innovation Centre incubates future logistics technology

DHL's innovation centre in Singapore is trying out the future logistics technologies it plans to introduce across its Asian business

IT leaders curb GenAI enthusiasm at Enterprise Connect

IT leaders at Enterprise Connect expressed enthusiasm for GenAI experimentation in customer experience as well as circumspection that vendors should ...

Digital Catapult welcomes new suppliers to test 5G Open RAN deployability

Advanced digital technology innovation centre that aims to drive early adoption of emerging technologies by UK businesses offers opportunity for Open...

Labour will use AI to grow the economy by 0.5%, says shadow tech secretary Peter Kyle

The Labour Party plans to promote the use of artificial intelligence in small businesses and across government to grow the economy, but transparency ...

BMW innovation lab bears fruit with insurtech deal

BMW has struck a deal with one of the tech startups that participated in its innovation incubator

Cyber non-profit enlists ex-NCSC head as technical chair

Founding NCSC chief exec Ciaran Martin is to join the newly launched Cyber Monitoring Centre non-profit as chair of its technical committee

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is an open source software foundation that promotes the adoption of cloud-native computing.

Government needs ‘realistic plan’ for adopting AI, says NAO

Benefits of artificial intelligence in public sector will only be realised if government ensures overall programme for adoption is supported by ...

Pearson unveils incubator programme for education startups

Pearson to offer 10 education startup companies $10,000 and expert mentors.

IBM marketing automation sell-off represents market shift

IBM divests itself of marketing automation tools, but they will likely live on as the new parent company combines them with other acquisitions to ...

IT pros size up Microsoft Radius app developer platform

As the platform engineering era dawns, enterprises seek better ways to tie apps to distributed infrastructure across clouds. But can Azure's owner ...

Former Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets

Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, allegedly evaded Google's data loss prevention systems and stole confidential information to start his own ...

Latest Cisco products show measured approach to AI

Cisco has launched a SaaS product for applying policy controls to AI model-bound data and an Nvidia partnership to bolster Cisco UCS servers for AI ...

Scotland links its tech scaler programme with the NHS

As part of the deal, firms part of the tech scaler programme aimed at helping startups scale up will be given access to NHS regional test beds

Cortnie Abercrombie

Cortnie Abercrombie is founder and CEO of AI Truth, a nonprofit dedicated to the responsible creation and use of AI.

CES 2024: Siemens eyes up immersive tech, AI to enable industrial metaverse

Siemens seals partnerships to highlight transformative technology and introduces solution for immersive engineering that combines Sony head-mounted ...

Abbey Road Studios holds inaugural hackathon event to push musictech innovation

Abbey Road Studios and its musictech incubation programme held their first hackathon event in November to foster innovation at a more grassroots level

Mad cows? Skolkovo aims to incubate tech startups in several sectors

Linkerd paywall prompts online debate, CNCF TOC review

Linkerd's decision to charge for access to stable builds of its service mesh code sparks objections and debate about open source governance, along ...

Hyperledger

Hyperledger is a collection of open source projects created to support the development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers.

UK retailer The Very Group embarks on GenAI push with AWS

The Very Group's collaboration with AWS is geared towards improving the customer experience through personalisation

SAP.iO gives startups a leg up with resources and investment

Goodr and Ruum are part of SAP.iO, a startup incubator that provides investment, as well as technical and business resources to bring innovative ...

Manchester Science Partnerships opens competition to drive data science and tech startups forward

Manchester Science Partnerships has begun a competition for startups to win free desk space at its Tech Incubator

UK startups pilot semiconductor funding

ChipStart is a new initiative from the UK government to help build out the National Semiconductor Strategy by supporting startups

Collaborative taskforce launches security intelligence network

BAE Systems, Vodafone, cyber security incubator CyLon and other partners have joined forces in unveiling a manifesto for safeguarding society in the ...

Java 20 Project Loom updates set stage for Java LTS

Java 20 reincubates two Project Loom scalability features, making them prime candidates to become standard in September's Java LTS.

Autumn Statement reveals more AI and quantum initiatives

With the government keen to position the UK as pro-innovation, the chancellor used the 2023 Autumn Statement to discuss more plans to support that ...

ServiceNow Q2 2023: 23% year-on-year growth with GenAI to fore

ServiceNow has announced second-quarter 2023 revenue of $2.15bn, up 23% on the same quarter in 2022. The digital workflows automation supplier ...

Xen vs. KVM: What are the differences?

Admins often evaluate Xen and KVM as open source options. The main factors to consider in a primary hypervisor are organizational infrastructure and ...

IS-Wireless deploys private 5G at Riga Technical University

5G and 4G radio-access network solutions provider sets up 5G Open RAN laboratory at Riga Technical University to deliver a network for educational ...

Newham Council expands on data economy plans unveiled in 2021

Newham Council plans to set up a ‘data campus’ at East Ham Town Hall to continue the data economy development vision it announced at London Tech Week...

Digital experience becomes new boardroom metric

Networking technology and services giant outlines new paradigm in experience economy, where next generation of chief digital officers demand unified ...

HPE ramps up investments in Singapore

Enterprise tech giant HPE will invest $140m over five years in its new regional headquarters and a startup incubator programme

The future of AI: What to expect in the next 5 years

AI's impact in the next five years? Human life will speed up, behaviors will change and industries will be transformed -- and that's what can be ...

Government must support SMEs, says Oliver Dowden

The minister for implementation, Oliver Dowden, provides further details on the GovTech competition and talks about GDS’s role as an “innovation ...

CISA software supply chain security form omits SBOMs

Federal suppliers now have a self-attestation deadline amid ongoing efforts to secure software supply chains. But SBOMs' spotlight is fading and big ...

Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google

Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments

The Security Interviews: Alex Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard

Alex Yampolskiy conceived the idea for risk management specialist SecurityScorecard after getting stung by a SaaS supplier that was being cavalier ...

Alluxio launches orchestration layer optimized for AI, ML

The data orchestration specialist introduced Enterprise AI, a new version of its platform optimized for AI and machine learning models with improved ...

5G-Advanced networks explained: Everything you need to know

In this guide, Computer Weekly investigates the prospects for the soon-to-be-launched iteration of fifth-generation mobile communications: ...

HyperCat smart city venture sets up shop in India

UK government-backed HyperCat Consortium seeks Indian startups for Hyderabad-based incubator

Navigating artificial intelligence: Red flags to watch out for

Lou Steinberg, founder of cyber security research lab CTM Insights, flags up the risks of the growing use of AI, and what organisations can do to ...

IBM engineers hatch Linux Foundation HashiCorp Vault fork

IBM engineers working on Open Horizon within the Linux Foundation begin a Vault fork as challenges continue for HashiCorp, which also addressed ...

Trever McKenzie

Trever McKenzie is news digital copy editor for TechTarget's Central Editorial Team.

Cisco Full-Stack Observability draws on channel clout

Cisco's latest tie-in between app security and observability doesn't break new ground, but the vendor can use its network security cachet and ...

Odense Robotics helps develop key export for Denmark

Robotics seen as a future export sector for Denmark as investment startups build their skills in public sector projects

decision-making process

A decision-making process is a series of steps one or more individuals take to determine the best option or course of action to address a specific ...

GitOps hits stride as CNCF graduates Flux CD and Argo CD

Flux and Argo CD earned graduated status within CNCF after a year in which platform engineering adoption and DevOps advances put both in the ...

An introduction to quantum networks and how they work

Quantum networks hold potential for faster and more secure communication. But true quantum networks are still experimental and require more ...

Five generative AI trends to look for in 2024

The boom will persist as enterprises become acclimated to the technology. More enterprises will start using genAI systems and organizations will ...

At KubeCon 2023, observability and FinOps high on the agenda

With data sprawl increasing as IT budgets shrink, observability and FinOps were hot topics at KubeCon Europe 2023. Get an industry analyst's ...

Takeaways and emerging trends from KubeCon Europe 2023

An industry analyst shares key highlights and trends to watch from this year's KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, including adoption of large language ...

Canarie chooses Nokia for sole IP router provider for research network backbone

Deployment of Nokia’s router aims to deliver unmatched performance and reliability in ultra high-capacity backbone network for Canadian research in ...

2024 technology predictions around AI, Mojo and blockchain

Blockchain, AI, anti-competitive activity and the new programming language Mojo are sure to fill the headlines in 2024.

bimodal IT (bimodal information technology)

Bimodal IT is a two-tiered IT operations model that allows for the creation of IT systems and processes that are stable and predictable as well as ...

Software République unveils H1st vision connected vehicle

Consortium introduces ‘revolution’ in mobility, with connected vehicle bringing together 20 concrete operational innovations, offering a ‘true ...

CloudCasa plans split from Catalogic as independent company

A growing number of enterprise Kubernetes users presents an opportunity for CloudCasa, currently a division of Catalogic, with business independence ...

Mark Logan on his vision for a Scottish technology ecosystem

The Scottish Government’s entrepreneur advisor speaks to Computer Weekly about the philosophy behind an ambitious technology ecosystem strategy

KPMG launches metaverse and digital twin hub in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabian government’s commitment to investing in metaverse technology has attracted a KPMG centre of excellence to its shores

Now a graduated CNCF project, Istio contests complexity rep

Boasting a broader contributor base, including Microsoft, and with service mesh on the verge of going fully mainstream, Istio advocates look to shake...

Why Wasm is the future of cloud-native app development

Just over a month into 2023, the popularity of WebAssembly is already on the rise. An industry expert explains why Wasm will have far-reaching ...

Spotify Plugins for Backstage aimed at developer productivity

Spotify Plugins for Backstage improves the development environment, but it can also help users tackle the developer shortage, according to one ...

How Vedanta is harnessing tech in aluminium production

India’s largest aluminium producer Vedanta Aluminium is using industrial internet of things devices to improve emissions control and robotic process ...

The right digital transformation framework for your business

Digital transformation is tough. Find out how using a digital transformation framework can keep your company on the right track.

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030: Progress report

Halfway into its plan to give the country a makeover by 2030, Saudi Arabia’s emphasis on technology is starting to pay off

Cisco releases new security offerings at Cisco Live 2023

At Cisco Live 2023, Cisco emphasized its plans to emphasize security, rolling out a host of new initiatives from secure access to AI-aided security ...

Alibaba Cloud to debut blockchain service

The Chinese cloud supplier is readying a blockchain node service to simplify and speed up blockchain technology deployments

Tech Nation to shutter after more than a decade

Tech Nation due to shutter after losing core funding to Barclays Eagle Labs, which will take over its role in supporting UK technology startups and ...

Crossplane project could disrupt infrastructure as code

An emerging CNCF project extends Kubernetes orchestration to non-container resources, displacing infrastructure-as-code tools in some early-adopter ...

Broadcasters treat data science as niche and sporadic in use

Data science specialists at UK broadcasters conveyed a similar picture of niche use cases at Big Data London 2022

5G to defy recession over the next 12 months

Study predicts that operator‑billed 5G service revenue will escape the effects of inclement economic conditions and grow by 60% year on year at the ...

KubeCon highlights open source to combat climate change

Addressing climate change takes a community. At KubeCon Europe 2023, experts discussed how open source practices and projects can foster ...

Apache Hop data orchestration hits open source milestone

The open source technology moves beyond its roots to enable a full data platform as data moves from one source to another for operations, business ...

Data center heat reuse: How to make the most of excess heat

Data center heat doesn't need to go to waste. As part of a sustainability strategy, explore ways to put the heat your data center produces to work, ...

Aalto University: The startup’s starting place

Helsinki's Aalto University is at the heart of one of the world's most productive tech startup hotbeds

MWC 2024: Technology, business building blocks emerge for 5G Advanced

Summit shows how imminent mass introduction of 5G Advanced networks will likely see 2024 being a pivotal year for the mobile industry, breaking the ...

How Bosch is driving Industry 4.0 in India

Bosch India is leveraging advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to detect manufacturing defects and plans to tap quantum computing for ...

Plexal seeks new scaleups for next phase of Cyber Runway

Established security startups looking to grow and scale their operations are being invited to join the next phase of Plexal’s Cyber Runway programme

Banks dump Terraform for Crossplane infrastructure as code

Two EU banks favor Crossplane's reconciliation approach over Terraform's dependency graph, saying the former hastens deployments -- with a few ...

Developers want improved performance, efficiency in Java 20

Java 20 will likely include useful features such as improvements to concurrency and profiling, but the incremental updates are unlikely to please ...