Latest articles by Emma Woollacott
Data center hardware spending surged last year
News Largely thanks to the boom in AI, spending on public cloud infrastructure is driving an increase in overall spending
2024 was a record year for commercial cyber attacks
News China-backed attacks on IoT systems helped keep numbers high
Darktrace targets cloud security gains with new acquisition
News The firm plans to combine Cado's forensic investigation technology with its ActiveAI Security Platform
AI in the retail industry is spreading beyond the IT department
News AI has become a strategic imperative for retailers, delivering marked productivity gains
UK rural businesses set for broadband improvements
News New deal with Openreach sees underserved businesses getting full fiber, while Amazon applies for frequencies for a new satellite broadband service
IBM and GlobalFoundries settle long-running legal cases
News The two companies settle intellectual property disputes and say they plan to collaborate again in the future
US sanctions Chinese tech firm
News Integrity Technology Group has been linked to Flax Typhoon, a hacking group that has targeted US critical infrastructure and other organizations
Four years on, how's UK GDPR holding up?
News While some SMBs are struggling, most have stepped up to the mark in terms of data governance policies
The open source industry is booming
News Four-in-ten firms contribute open source code on a daily basis
UK regulator to investigate IBM takeover of HashiCorp
News The CMA is concerned that the merger could affect competition in the cloud services market
Atos hits back at ransomware attack claims
News The company says it has no evidence that systems have been compromised, but is investigating the report
Equinix acquires BT's Irish data centers in €59 million deal
News As BT moves to an asset-light business model, Equinix looks to expand
AI 'slop security reports' are driving open source maintainers mad
News Low-quality, LLM-generated reports should be treated as if they are malicious, according to one expert
SoftwareOne to acquire Crayon in $1.4 billion merger deal
News The merged firm will be 'uniquely positioned' to capitalize on a $150 billion market
Equinix and Dell Technologies want to transform AI infrastructure
News Dell AI Factory technology will be integrated into the Equinix global network of data centers
CMA raises concerns over Synopsys-Ansys merger
News The CMA says that the companies need to make changes, or face closer scrutiny
Amazon's RTO mandate just hit a major roadblock
News The company has told staff in several locations that it won't have room for them all in time
More women are opting for computing degrees, but BCS warns there’s still a long way to go
News Figures show the gap in numbers between men and women is narrowing
GPU cloud startup Vultr secures AMD backing in $333 million investment round
News The firm plans to use the cash to expand AI infrastructure and cloud computing globally
Nearly all of the top US banks were impacted by third party breaches last year
News Third party data breaches continue to plague organizations despite globally
The data analytics market is booming – here's why
News Prescriptive analytics and a rise in AI-native vendors look set to fuel major growth over the next five years
Content creators wary of UK's AI copyright consultation
News Balancing the interests of content creators and AI firms is a tricky business
Machine identity attacks will be top of mind for security leaders in 2025
News Security leaders say access tokens and service accounts represent an increasing risk
