Month: September 2026

The UK government aims to build out home-grown research and development in artificial intelligence and cyber security

Haleon, formed from the consumer health units of GSK, Pfizer and Novartis, makes familiar brands like Sensodyne and Advil. Its chief digital and technology officer, Claire Dickson, tells its IT transformation story

ActiveState CEO Abby Kearns discusses open source’s ‘existential crisis’, how AI is changing the secure software playbook, and why it’s time to have a different conversation about open source security

Creates new operating model.

A Computer Weekly analysis of FoI responses from 37 English councils found 32 have never run a competitive procurement in which an alternative to Microsoft could have won

AI factories shift enterprises from isolated AI experiments to scaled operations. Success depends less on raw GPU compute and more on trusted, secure, and governed data infrastructure.

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the campaigners pushing back on industry narratives around the use of AI, seeking to bring a more people-oriented approach. Our latest buyer’s guide examines the technologies and best practices around edge computing. And the IT chief at the Aston Martin Formula One team explains the high-speed nature of managing technology in the sport. Read the issue now.

Presenting the right subset of data to the right endpoints, especially in real time, means juggling an array of constraints

Lawyer Mark Lewis looks back on the evolution of outsourcing and how recent developments such as AI continue to reshape the contractual and regulatory landscape