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21 Feb 2025
IRA fate will affect U.S. renewable energy projects
By Makenzie HollandCompanies have invested in renewable energy projects, from solar to geothermal. The Trump administration's focus on oil and gas may slow renewable energy research and advancement.
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21 Feb 2025
Palo Alto Networks vulnerabilities exploited in chained attack
By Arielle WaldmanThe cybersecurity vendor urges customers to take immediate action to mitigate recently disclosed vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild.
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21 Feb 2025
Block storage and Kafka events come to Vast Data Platform
By Tim McCarthyA new Apache Kafka API-compatible service enables customers to move their data management services closer to storage using the Vast Data Platform, which now offers block storage.
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21 Feb 2025
Apple withdraws encrypted iCloud storage from UK after government demands ‘back door’ access
By Bill GoodwinAfter the Home Office issued a secret order for Apple to open up a backdoor in its encrypted storage, the tech company has instead chosen to withdraw the service from the UK
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21 Feb 2025
Fujitsu’s £600m-plus prize with His Majesty’s ‘cash cow’ in 2025
By Karl FlindersControversial supplier continues to reap the rewards of government IT contracts despite its participation in ‘ghastly fraud’
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20 Feb 2025
How organisations can secure AI agents
By Aaron TanDan Karpati, Check Point Software’s vice-president of AI, discusses the unique challenges and potential ways to secure AI agents
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19 Feb 2025
Kaseya boss looks back on his time at the helm
By Simon QuickeAs he moves into a vice-chairman position, the boss at the managed service provider tools specialist reviews the progress made under his leadership
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19 Feb 2025
TD Synnex hands Andy Brown responsibility for driving AI programme
By Simon QuickeDistributor continues to put muscle behind data, analytics and artificial intelligence with latest senior appointment
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18 Feb 2025
Singapore pledges S$150m to boost enterprise AI capabilities
By Aaron TanThe Enterprise Compute initiative will provide local enterprises with access to AI tools and expertise in a bid to spur AI adoption
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18 Feb 2025
DeepSeek-R1: Budgeting challenges for on-premise deployments
By Cliff SaranThe availability of the DeepSeek-R1 large language model shows it’s possible to deploy AI on modest hardware. But that’s only half the story
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18 Feb 2025
Evolve IP teams up with Cavell to share market insights
By Simon QuickeComms channel player working with market watcher to make sure partners can identify opportunities provoked by an evolving landscape
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18 Feb 2025
South Korea plots to become home to world’s largest AI datacentre
By Caroline DonnellyConstruction of a datacentre that is projected to be 3GW in size is set to start later this year in South Korea
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18 Feb 2025
Meta’s planned subsea cable will exceed circumference of Earth and support AI innovation
By Karl FlindersMeta’s planned 50,000 km subsea cable will be the world’s longest and connect the five major continents
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18 Feb 2025
MSP cuts costs with Scality pay-as-you-go anti-ransomware storage
By Antony AdsheadAutodata gets Scality as-a-service for on-site immutable storage via Artesca, to allow customers to rapidly recover from ransomware and at the same cost per terabyte no matter the volume
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18 Feb 2025
CPX 2025: Check Point CEO talks up hybrid mesh security
By Aaron TanAt CPX 2025 in Bangkok, Check Point CEO Nadav Zafrir outlined a vision for network security centred on hybrid mesh architecture and AI-powered capabilities
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17 Feb 2025
‘Times are hard’ for fintech but latest report reveals glimmer of recovery
By Karl FlindersFintech investment in the UK hit a four-year low last year, as the wider EMEA region saw the lowest numbers in eight years
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17 Feb 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeLast week saw ATSG solidify its management structure after the Evolve IP merger, plus some personnel moves at BCS, Fivetran, Armis and Rimes
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14 Feb 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeGeographic expansion, partner programmes, fresh warehouses and attempts to increase trust levels in artificial intelligence have all been happening over the past few days
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14 Feb 2025
Top cryptography experts join calls for UK to drop plans to snoop on Apple’s encrypted data
By Bill GoodwinSome of the world’s leading computer science experts have signed an open letter calling for home secretary Yvette Cooper to drop a controversial secret order to require Apple to provide access to people’s encrypted data
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13 Feb 2025
UK accused of political ‘foreign cyber attack’ on US after serving secret snooping order on Apple
By Duncan CampbellUS administration asked to kick UK out of 65-year-old UK-US Five Eyes intelligence sharing agreement after secret order to access encrypted data of Apple users
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13 Feb 2025
EU looks to ramp up sovereign tech as Trump trade war begins
By Cliff SaranTrump’s trade war is now looking at the EU, with tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. Could US tech be in the firing line?
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13 Feb 2025
Insight lists AI, security and 5G among channel opportunities
By Simon QuickeChannel player Insight is the latest to share its view of which trends are worth getting involved with this year
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13 Feb 2025
UK government sanctions target Russian cyber crime network Zservers
By Brian McKennaThe UK government has imposed sanctions on a Russian cyber crime syndicate responsible for aiding ransomware attacks, targeting the group and individual members
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12 Feb 2025
AvePoint increases MSP support as Acronis warns they are targets
By Simon QuickeManaged service providers set to benefit from improvement to vendor’s platform at a time when criminals have them firmly in their sights
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12 Feb 2025
Crayon looking for public sector growth
By Simon QuickeAhead of its tie-up with SoftwareOne, the firm’s CEO outlined its fourth quarter performance and touched on her hopes for 2025
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12 Feb 2025
Amazon opens Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore
By Aaron TanAmazon has launched a 360,000 sq ft Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, housing both Amazon and AWS employees
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12 Feb 2025
Cisco Live EMEA: Network supplier tightens AI embrace
By Alex ScroxtonAt its annual EMEA show, Cisco tech leadership unveiled a raft of new products, services and features designed to help customers do more with artificial intelligence
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11 Feb 2025
Google: Cyber crime meshes with cyber warfare as states enlist gangs
By Brian McKennaA report from the Google Threat Intelligence Group depicts China, Russia, Iran and North Korea as a bloc using cyber criminal gangs to attack the national security of western countries
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11 Feb 2025
Intel loses AI head Justin Hotard to Nokia
By Antone GonsalvesAI and data center chief Justin Hotard will leave Intel to become Nokia's CEO as the company struggles to regain its footing in the data center market.
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11 Feb 2025
Fujitsu public sector boss says supplier has advantage in HMRC bid despite Post Office scandal
By Karl FlindersFujitsu public sector boss is banking on huge deals with HMRC despite Post Office scandal, after another lucrative year
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11 Feb 2025
AI Action Summit: Global leaders decry AI red tape
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe focus of previous AI summits on the safety of artificial intelligence systems has been replaced by concerns there is too much regulatory red tape, which politicians and AI developers have argued is holding back innovation
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11 Feb 2025
AI Action Summit: European AI investment ramps up
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA number of private companies and European governments have announced large-scale investments in artificial intelligence during the two-day AI Action Summit in Paris
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11 Feb 2025
New componentry extends NetApp ASA and E-series block storage
By Antony AdsheadOne-time king of the filers adds anti-ransomware to its more recent block storage families, while also adding in an extra FAS array, all on the back of upgraded components
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10 Feb 2025
Google drops pledge not to develop AI weapons
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonGoogle has dropped an ethical pledge to not develop artificial intelligence systems that can be used in weapon or surveillance systems
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10 Feb 2025
UK government under fire over public sector guidance on using overseas clouds
By Caroline DonnellyThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s recently published guidance on supporting public sector bodies with adopting a multi-region cloud strategy is facing criticism
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09 Feb 2025
Allianz PNB Life modernises insurance operations with cloud
By Aaron TanPhilippine insurer implements a cloud-based health insurance policy management system from DXC Technology to reduce policy issuance times and speed up product launches
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07 Feb 2025
Amazon to spend $100B on AWS AI infrastructure
By Antone GonsalvesAmazon CEO Andy Jassy said investors will eventually be happy he spent the money on the 'biggest technology shift in business since the internet.'
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07 Feb 2025
AWS sees full-year profit and revenue growth as AI and public cloud demand soars
By Caroline DonnellyAmazon Web Services (AWS) reports full-year results and reveals capital expenditure toll the AI boom will take on its business in 2025
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07 Feb 2025
Westcon-Comstor driving data-sharing strategy
By Simon QuickeThe distributor’s recently appointed digital sales leader shares his ambitions for the year ahead, and the importance of passing insights to partners
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05 Feb 2025
Malaysian public sector embraces generative AI
By Aaron TanNearly half a million civil servants set to get access to Google Workspace with Gemini to improve delivery of public services
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05 Feb 2025
Google Cloud revenue soars as Alphabet continues to ride AI wave
By Caroline DonnellyAlphabet’s fourth-quarter results revealed a 30% increase in revenue for the company’s cloud arm, fuelled by demand for its artificial intelligence offerings
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05 Feb 2025
AMD trims delivery time for MI350
By Antone GonsalvesAMD plans to send samples of the rack-scale AI chip to key customers in the current quarter.
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05 Feb 2025
APAC organisations to ramp up tech spending in 2025
By Aaron TanOrganisations across the region are prioritising cyber security, customer experience and application development, even as they navigate cloud repatriation and a growing skills gap in AI and security
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05 Feb 2025
Digging into the CMA’s provisional take on AWS and Microsoft’s hold on UK cloud market
By Caroline DonnellyAmazon Web Services and Microsoft have not taken kindly to the Competition and Markets Authority’s suggestion that their dominant hold on the UK cloud market requires a targeted intervention
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04 Feb 2025
DSIT issues guidance to support public sector hosting of cloud workloads in overseas datacentres
By Caroline DonnellyThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has issued guidance to support public sector organisations that want to host workloads and applications in overseas datacentres for cost and resilience reasons
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04 Feb 2025
IT supplier helps address ‘overwhelming’ volumes of data from space
By Karl FlindersCGI is building on its decade-long relationship with the European Space Agency, and as more and more satellites entering orbit, its role in processing data is not set to diminish
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04 Feb 2025
Distie roundup: Activity at Arrow, CMS, Exclusive, e92plus and Westcon-Comstor
By Simon QuickeChannel players are extending vendor relationships to add more services and routes to market
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03 Feb 2025
Government sets out cyber security practice code to stoke AI growth
By Brian McKennaThe government has set out a cyber security code of practice for developers to follow when building AI products
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03 Feb 2025
Google AI paves the way for ‘self-healing’ potholes
By Caroline DonnellyGoogle’s artificial intelligence technology is being used to support the work of university researchers who are developing a ‘hands-off’ approach to maintaining and fixing the UK’s pothole-riddled roads
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03 Feb 2025
Australian government doubles down on AWS
By Aaron TanFederal government signs three-year whole-of-government agreement with Amazon Web Services, expanding access to cloud services for all levels of government
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31 Jan 2025
Intel axes Falcon Shores amid market challenges
By Antone GonsalvesIntel decides its limited resources would be better spent on Falcon Shores' successor, Jaguar Shores.
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29 Jan 2025
Interview: Digital tech fuels AutoTrader’s drive into the future
By Karl FlindersLed by a technology enthusiast, AutoTrader is on a digital journey that began when it decided to take a different route in 2007
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28 Jan 2025
AWS and Microsoft could face ‘targeted intervention’ from CMA over UK cloud competition concerns
By Caroline DonnellyThe CMA has published provisional findings from its investigation into the UK cloud infrastructure market and is considering action against AWS and Microsoft over the competitive impact from their hold on the sector
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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
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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27 Jan 2025
Softcat: Customers want innovation and resilience
By Simon QuickeChannel player’s latest annual insights into customer priorities underlines the need for the channel to recognise the budgetary challenges most users are under
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23 Jan 2025
NAO flags shortcomings in government preferential pricing deals with big tech suppliers
By Caroline DonnellyShortcomings in the UK government’s tech buying power have been highlighted in separate reports in recent days by the National Audit Office and The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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22 Jan 2025
Console Connect, Zenlayer extend API connected global ecosystem
By Joe O’HalloranPartnership to combine carrier-grade network with expertise in edge computing and low-latency networking to create one-stop connectivity offering for customers
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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
ServiceNow ramps up partner incentives around AI
By Simon QuickeServiceNow uses its channel event to announce a number of enhancements to reward specialists in areas of artificial intelligence
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21 Jan 2025
Weak supplier management hinders digital government
By Cliff SaranProcurement, legacy systems, data fragmentation and the changing IT market are among the issues highlighted in a review of digital services
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17 Jan 2025
Citrix hands Arrow exclusive mid-market role in Europe
By Simon QuickeSoftware player Citrix gives distributor the responsibility for growing and supporting channel partners focused on that customer base
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17 Jan 2025
Takeda opens innovation centre in Bengaluru
By Kavitha SrinivasaGlobal biopharmaceutical giant Takeda opens its first Asian Innovation Capability Centre in Bengaluru to speed up drug discovery and development
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16 Jan 2025
Biden signs new cyber order days before Trump inauguration
By Alex ScroxtonWith days left in the White House, outgoing US president Joe Biden has signed a wide-ranging cyber security executive order with far-reaching implications
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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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15 Jan 2025
Cyber security dovetails with AI to lead 2025 corporate IT investment
By Brian McKennaCyber security and GenAI top enterprise IT investment plans for 2025, whether singly or together, according to research from Enterprise Strategy Group
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15 Jan 2025
Cohesity CEO on Veritas integration and IPO plans
By Aaron TanCohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen shares his vision for integrating Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, uniting 12,000 customers, driving AI-powered innovation and building a public-ready company
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14 Jan 2025
Gamma bolsters European position with Starface move
By Simon QuickeCloud comms player Gamma returns to a familiar pattern of using M&A as a means of expanding its reach
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14 Jan 2025
Evole IP and DataVita share progress and 2025 ambitions
By Simon QuickeChannel players indicate that the year ahead will be one focused on building momentum and expanding business
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13 Jan 2025
Metro mayors face similar digitisation challenges to banks, but lack their resources
By Karl FlindersUK regional leaders want to be independent of central government when it comes to digital transformation decision-making, but don’t fully understand what’s ahead
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10 Jan 2025
UK Defence Committee urges MoD to embrace AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDefence Committee outlines changes it thinks the Ministry of Defence should make to realise the battlefield advantages of artificial intelligence
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09 Jan 2025
CES 2025: Intel gears up for automotive drive
By Joe O’HalloranIT giants eye up opportunities in software-defined vehicle sector with offering designed to drive down total cost of development and deployment while empowering automakers to build the future of mobility faster
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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
Software AG shrinks with sale of Alfabet and Cumulocity
By Brian McKennaSoftware AG, Germany’s number two business software company, after SAP, has announced the latest turn in its shrinkage under the umbrella of private equity group Silver Lake
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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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08 Jan 2025
Indian public cloud market set to hit over $25bn by 2028
By Aaron TanIndia’s public cloud services market is expected to surpass $25bn in the next three years, driven by digital transformation, generative AI and multicloud strategies
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07 Jan 2025
Distributors busy extending options
By Simon QuickeWestcon-Comstor, Arrow Electronics and TD Synnex Maverick choose first few days of 2025 to extend vendor relationships and launch fresh services for partners
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07 Jan 2025
How StarHub is tapping OpenShift in its cloud strategy
By Aaron TanStarHub is harnessing Red Hat OpenShift to power its hybrid multi-cloud platform, balancing control over critical infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of public cloud
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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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03 Jan 2025
US Treasury incident a clear warning on supply chain security in 2025
By Alex ScroxtonA cyber incident at the US Department of the Treasury – blamed on a Chinese state actor – raises fresh warnings about supply chain risk after it was found to have originated via vulnerabilities in a remote tech support product
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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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27 Dec 2024
Top 10 India stories of 2024
By Aaron TanIndia embraced AI in 2024, developing its own large language models, boosting supercomputing capabilities and applying the technology across sectors from healthcare to governance
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24 Dec 2024
Top 10 police technology stories of 2024
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2024
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23 Dec 2024
2024 review: Main themes in the channel
By Simon QuickeMicroScope takes a look back at some of the main themes that affected the channel over the past 12 months
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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
Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2024
By Aaron TanSoutheast Asia’s 2024 tech landscape saw major companies embracing AI, shifts in open source and the emergence of local large language models to address the needs of a diverse region
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19 Dec 2024
SoftwareOne and Crayon announce tie-up
By Simon QuickeSoftwareOne’s purchase of Crayon will create a significant-sized European software and cloud provider and Microsoft specialist
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19 Dec 2024
AWS offers Hackney Council ‘minimum 22%’ discount on cloud services through OGVA 2.0
By Caroline DonnellyAmazon Web Services has renewed its cloud deal with Hackney Council, with the local authority receiving a minimum discount of 22% in exchange for agreeing to grow its AWS cloud footprint by 8% each year
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19 Dec 2024
CCS cloud hosting deal with AWS under scrutiny as contract value soars by 89% after 15 months
By Caroline DonnellyQuestions are being asked about whether CCS has breached procurement regulations by failing to re-tender a contract with AWS that has increased in value by 89% midway through
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18 Dec 2024
Enterprises shift to on-premises AI to control costs
By Antone GonsalvesIn 2025, many companies will shift to on-premises AI to cut cloud costs that can easily reach $1 million a month for large enterprises.
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18 Dec 2024
AWS, Red Hat hybrid cloud wares court VMware converts
By Beth PariseauBroadcom has softened some of its stances on VMware licensing and public cloud, but competitors stay poised to pounce on customers looking to defect.
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18 Dec 2024
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2024
By Alex ScroxtonData breaches, data privacy and protection, and the thorny issue of open source security were all hot topics this year. Meanwhile, security companies frequently found themselves hitting the headlines, and not always for good reasons. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 cyber security stories of 2024
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18 Dec 2024
Axon still in possession of Police Scotland encryption keys
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSupplier’s possession of encryption keys for Police Scotland data sharing system opens potential for access and transfer of sensitive data without the knowledge or consent of the force
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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
Exclusive Networks unifies security services
By Simon QuickeDistributor brings together its consultancy, training and technical expertise under one roof to make life easier for partners, while Westcon-Comstor has rewarded a number of staff with senior promotions
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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 cloud stories of 2024
By Caroline DonnellyHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud 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
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeChanges and moves announced at Computacenter, Genesys, The Noledge Group, Forcepoint and CirrusHQ