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AWS confirms it is working to ‘fully restore’ services after major outage

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it is working to “fully restore” its customers’ cloud environments, after an “operational issue” within its North Virginia datacentre region knocked out multiple internet sites and services across the globe. Users of the public cloud giant’s services are known to have started reporting problems at around 8am UK time, according…

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Bridging the SLA gap: A guide to managing cloud provider risk

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As organisations increasingly rely on cloud services to drive innovation and operational efficiency, chief information security officers (CISOs) face a persistent challenge: what happens when a cloud provider’s service level agreement (SLA) doesn’t align with your enterprise’s security and availability requirements? This scenario is more common than many leaders realise. Whether it’s a cutting-edge AI…

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Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2025 longlist

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Computer Weekly’s list of the most influential women in UK technology has been running since 2012, launched to promote a discussion surrounding the role of women in the technology sector during a time when the lack of diversity in tech was only beginning to be considered. When it was launched, the list only featured 25…

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The Only Amazon Fire TV Stick Browser You Should Be Using

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Cesare Andrea Ferrari/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Let’s not beat around the bush: Using a web browser on a streaming device or smart TV can be a massive pain. While these internet-navigating apps have definitely improved over the last few years, using a TV remote to key in URLs…

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Is history repeating itself with the government’s push to open public sector cloud deals to SMEs?

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The UK government is on a mission to loosen the grip that legacy IT suppliers have on public sector IT budgets, amid concerns about how police forces, NHS trusts and local councils are wedded to suppliers whose offerings are not good value for money. Technology secretary Peter Kyle outlined the government’s ambitions on this front…

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How cyber security professionals are leveraging AWS tools

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With millions of businesses now using Amazon Web Services (AWS) for their cloud computing needs, it’s become a vital consideration for IT security teams and professionals. As such, AWS offers a broad range of cyber security tools to secure AWS-based tech stacks. They cover areas such as data privacy, access management, configuration management, threat detection,…

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Taking a ‘good enough’ approach with cloud security isn’t enough

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Thanks to cloud computing, organisations of all shapes and sizes have benefitted from the flexibility of IT capacity without the cost and challenges of maintaining their own infrastructure. Hyperscale public cloud providers and SaaS tools to help with a vast array of business processes have been a particular boon for small and fast-growing organisations, helping…

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Microsoft at 50: Enterprise IT for the masses

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Formed in 1975, Microsoft is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary, having powered the personal computing revolution first with MS-DOS, and then with Windows. In the 1980s, it demonstrated – thanks to the IBM Project Chess, one of the first personal computers – that business computing could be accessed by anyone and wasn’t simply a task…

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UK government under fire over public sector guidance on using overseas clouds

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The government stands accused of sending mixed messages about its commitment to positioning the UK as a technology superpower, after publishing guidance that will pave the way for more public sector bodies to host their workloads and applications in overseas cloud environments. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT’s) overseas data guidance dropped on…

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Google drops pledge not to develop AI weapons

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Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its pledge to not use artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems or surveillance tools, citing a need to support the national security of “democracies”. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in a blogpost published Jun 2018, previously outlined how the company would “not pursue” AI applications that “cause or are likely…

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