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GreenOps – Astronomer: Workflow orchestration is the hygiene layer a data team needs
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (602+ words) This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Carter Page in his capacity as EVP of R&D at Astronomer. Astronomer is the company behind Astro, the modern data orchestration platform built on Apache Airflow....
Why sovereign and agentic AI will define next phase of Middle East’s digital transformation | Computer Weekly
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (668+ words) Digital transformation in the Middle East is reaching a critical turning point. After years of rapid experimentation with artificial intelligence (AI), cloud platforms and automation, organisations are now being forced to answer a harder question: how to scale advanced technologies…...
Answers to key questions about AI in IT security | Computer Weekly
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (723+ words) The buzz around agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems, AI agents, autonomous security operations centres, and everything in between is louder than ever, sparking conversations across industries. IT providers are hyping capabilities " some that are available here and now, and many…...
Skills key to successful AI adoption, says IBM | Computer Weekly
1+ week, 3+ day ago (337+ words) Gernot Krautberger - stock.adobe A shift in employee skills will be vital over the next five years to fully utilise artificial intelligence (AI), according to research by IBM. IBM's study, The enterprise in 2030, found investment in AI across the UK…...
AI claims are cheap: The challenge is to work out what's real | Computer Weekly
1+ week, 5+ day ago (802+ words) Maksim Kabakou - Fotolia AI security tooling is already mainstream, and 2026 will only amplify the noise. Expect more "AI-washed" claims, bigger promises, and rising fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD). The real skill will be separating genuine capability from clever packaging. AI…...
Sovereign cloud and AI services tipped for take-off in 2026 | Computer Weekly
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1453+ words) Interest in sovereign cloud services has followed a bumpy trajectory over the past decade, both in the public sector and private enterprises." In the early days of cloud computing, fear, uncertainty and doubt reigned supreme in boardrooms and IT departments,…...
Motive accelerates Edge AI safety for automotive operations
3+ week, 5+ day ago (355+ words) Marking what the fleet technology provider says is its most ambitious leap in artificial intelligence (AI) safety to date, Motive has launched a class of intelligence hardware for commercial vehicles using driving analytics to enable drivers and their operators to…...
Falcon and beyond: Abu Dhabi’s blueprint for national AI governance
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (441+ words) As governments around the world race to define national artificial intelligence (AI) strategies, Abu Dhabi has emerged as one of the most structured and deliberate examples of how AI can be developed responsibly, at scale and with long-term national sovereignty…...
Patronus AI generative simulators are ‘practice worlds’ for agents
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (464+ words) Agents have gone to work. Software application development in the artificial intelligence space has delivered a new cohort of digital workers for in the form of agentic AI services, which now dovetail (we hope) beautifully with the predictive and generative…...
Security pros should prepare for tough questions on AI in 2026 | Computer Weekly
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1023+ words) Maksim Kabakou - Fotolia For the last couple of years, many organisations have comforted themselves with a single slide or paragraph that reads along the lines of "We use artificial intelligence [AI] responsibly." That line might have been enough to get…...