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AI will create a better world, says Oracle's Ellison (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 20:55:00)
Oracle ramped up its plans to lead in all-things AI on the opening day of its renamed customer event, AI World, with founder Larry Ellison emphasising AI's transformative potential.
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Why Keir Starmer’s mandatory national digital ID system may be neither mandatory nor national (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 11:19:00)
The government’s proposals for a national digital identity scheme have been widely criticised, but is the prime minister smart enough to realise that an alternative plan could bring wider public benefits?
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Cohesity CEO: 'The Middle East is moving faster than any other region in data resilience' (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 11:13:00)
At Gitex in Dubai, Sanjay Poonen, CEO at Cohesity, highlights how the region’s rapid digital growth is shaping new priorities in cyber recovery, AI-driven backup, and secure data platforms
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IT Sustainability Think Tank: Distinguishing the green washers from the green winners (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 10:35:00)
In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how?
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Value-based contracts: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 09:56:00)
We speak to Accenture partner, Prem Ananthakrishnan about the evolution of software licensing in the age of AI and agentic AI
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Revenue generated by neoclouds expected to exceed $23bn in 2025, predicts Synergy (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 09:30:00)
IT market watcher Synergy Research Group is predicting big things for the neocloud market through 2025 and beyond
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Regulatory pressures, development bottlenecks stall UK SDV progress (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 08:00:00)
Key findings from survey of UK automotive software developers reveal regulatory compliance and long development cycles as the biggest challenges in software development, with cyber vulnerability the biggest risk to successful SDV roll-out
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Vox pop: Digital transformation across the Arab world (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 05:46:00)
We asked exhibitors at UAE startup event Expand North Star about the challenges – from lack of fundamental infrastructure to first-world problems – faced by startups and digital businesses in the Middle East
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Sita unveils next-gen fibre-optic comms for data-intensive airports (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 05:30:00)
Air transport industry technology provider releases passive optical local area network designed to deliver uninterrupted, high-bandwidth connectivity across airports, addressing current bandwidth limitations, high latency and costly maintenance
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NCSC calls for action after rise in ‘nationally significant’ cyber incidents (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 05:00:00)
National Cyber Security Centre says businesses should take action now as the number of nationally significant cyber incidents doubles
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Khazna leads UAE’s global AI push with massive datacentre expansion (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-14 04:22:00)
Announced at Gitex Global 2025, Khazna is accelerating its international and domestic expansion, providing the AI-ready infrastructure underpinning the UAE’s ambition to become a global technology leader
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Interview: Shaping the future of AI in the UAE (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-13 12:13:00)
At Gitex 2025 in Dubai, the largest tech show in the Middle East, Chiara Marcati, chief AI advisory and business officer at AI71, discusses the UAE’s ambition to become a global leader in artificial intelligence
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Microsoft and the UAE: Driving AI from strategy to real impact (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-13 12:08:00)
Exploring how Microsoft and the UAE are turning AI ambition into practical solutions, empowering talent, and guiding CIOs to adopt AI at scale
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Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-13 06:02:00)
Investigatory Powers Tribunal rules that Apple’s appeal against the Home Office will no longer proceed because of a ‘change in circumstances’
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Court dismisses Apple’s appeal against Home Office backdoor (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-13 06:02:00)
Investigatory Powers Tribunal rules that Apple’s appeal against the Home Office will no longer proceed because of a ‘change in circumstances’
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UK police to upgrade illicit asset recovery system (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-13 06:00:00)
A new system is being developed by the Police Digital Service and NEC Software Solutions to help manage the recovery of criminal assets, replacing 20-year-old legacy infrastructure
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UAE AI minister: ‘We’ll have 10,000 AI companies in five years’ (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-13 05:24:00)
Gulf state AI minister sets out plans to encourage artificial intelligence companies with certification and ranking based on AI competence and UAE presence at startup event in Dubai this week
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The importance of upgrading to the latest Windows operating system (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-13 04:00:00)
Despite plans to make it the last major upgrade, Windows 10 was superseded by Windows 11, and now Microsoft support for Windows 10 has come to an end
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Beyond the refresh: Your cyber strategy must include AI PCs (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-10 12:11:00)
Viewing a PC refresh as part of security strategy helps build a more resilient and productive enterprise and is an opportunity to move beyond tactical upgrades to adopt a security-first hardware strategy for the AI era.
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Fastweb + Vodafone claims 5G network milestone for Italy (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-10-10 10:34:00)
Italian operator unveils ‘groundbreaking’ achievement on commercial 5G network in Rome, reaching a peak speed of 2.5 Gbps, accelerating the nation’s journey towards 5G Advanced and an era of hyper-connected services