News Archive | February 2026

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February 27th
- Salesforce targets telco gains with new agentic AI tools
- Four national compute resources launched for cutting-edge science and research
- Forescout and Netskope partner to bolster zero trust security
- ‘This is the lowest level of device shipments witnessed in over a decade’: Memory cost increases have reached a critical level – PC sales are set to drop by 10% in 2026 as enterprises stretch out device lifetimes
- UK Government says it’s ‘cut cyber attack fix times by 84%’ with new vulnerability monitoring service
- Claude Code flaws left AI tool wide open to hackers – here’s what developers need to know
- UK firms are dragging their heels on AI training – shadow AI means they need to move fast to avoid unauthorized use
February 26th
- ‘A huge vote of confidence’: London set to host OpenAI's largest research hub outside US
- This new channel partner program wants to reward AI expertise
- Google talks up new Texas data center that uses minimal water – except for 'critical campus operations' like kitchens
- Your customers aren’t keen on that customer service chatbot you introduced – here's why
- Security agencies issue warning over critical Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vulnerability
- HPE touts new networking products ahead of MWC
February 25th
- AI isn’t killing DevOps, you’re just using it wrong
- Arctic Wolf snaps up Sevco Security to bolster exposure management
February 24th
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks up sovereign cloud credentials as firm announces general availability for Azure Local Disconnected, new capabilities for Foundry Local
- Enterprises still can't get a handle on software security debt – and it’s only going to get worse
- OpenAI's big enterprise push needs systems integrators, so it's turning to consultancies to plug implementation gaps
- Anthropic says Claude Code can help streamline 'cost-prohibitive' COBOL modernization, but IBM says it's not that simple – 'decades of hardware-software integration cannot be replicated by moving code'
- CrowdStrike says AI is officially supercharging cyber attacks: Average breakout times hit just 29 minutes in 2025, 65% faster than in 2024 – and some attacks take just seconds
- Microsoft says fear of falling behind is driving an AI arms race among UK businesses – and it's fueling record adoption rates
February 23rd
- Pure Storage snaps up 1touch in data management pivot
- Babble turns to NinjaOne to unify legacy IT stack
- Cloudflare outage explained: What happened, who was impacted, and how was it resolved?
- Everything we know so far about the PayPal data breach
February 20th
- Sumo Logic expands European footprint with AWS Sovereign Cloud deal
- Microsoft says 100% of its global electricity consumption is now matched by renewable energy
- Sam Altman just said what everyone is thinking about AI layoffs
- A single compromised account gave hackers access to 1.2 million French banking records
- CEOs aren't seeing any AI productivity gains, yet some tech industry leaders are still convinced AI will destroy white collar work within two years
February 19th
- Microsoft Copilot bug saw AI snoop on confidential emails — after it was told not to
- Starkiller: Cyber experts issue warning over new phishing kit that proxies real login pages
- Microsoft hails advances in glass data storage technology that could preserve information for 10,000 years
- Using AI to generate passwords is a terrible idea, experts warn
- Watch your tone at work, Atlassian warns: Poor communication and blunt messages are confusing colleagues – and it's having a serious impact on productivity
February 18th
- ITPro Best of Show NAB 2026 awards now open for entries
- ‘AI is making us able to develop software at the speed of light’: Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch thinks 50% of SaaS solutions could be supplanted by AI
- Westcon-Comstor and UiPath forge closer ties in EU growth drive
- Millions of developers could be impacted by flaws in Visual Studio Code extensions – here's what you need to know and how to protect yourself
- Automated code reviews are coming to Google's Gemini CLI Conductor extension – here's what users need to know
February 17th
- Anthropic promises ‘Opus-level’ reasoning with new Claude Sonnet 4.6 model – and all at a far lower cost
- Researchers called on LastPass, Dashlane, and Bitwarden to up defenses after severe flaws put 60 million users at risk – here’s how each company responded
- ‘We must lead this shift’ Unilever taps Google Cloud to supercharge business transformation and pioneer 'agentic commerce'
- Vast majority of breaches enabled by preventable gaps, identity weaknesses says Palo Alto Networks
- Proofpoint targets partner profitability with revamped channel program
- The VMware 'panic phase' is over, but that isn't stopping the exodus – 86% of companies are actively reducing their dependency and choosing alternatives
- Claude Code creator Boris Cherny says software engineers are 'more important than ever’ as AI transforms the profession – but Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei still thinks full automation is coming
February 16th
- ‘They are able to move fast now’: AI is expanding attack surfaces – and hackers are looking to reap the same rewards as enterprises with the technology
- ‘AI is no longer about experiments. It is about results’: Boards are pushing for faster returns on AI investments, and tech leaders can't keep pace
- KnowBe4 appoints Kelly Morgan to lead global customer experience
- Ransomware gangs are using employee monitoring software as a springboard for cyber attacks
February 13th
- AWS CEO Matt Garman isn’t convinced AI spells doom for the software industry – but admits providers will “have to innovate” to stay afloat
- Fake North Korean IT workers are rampant on LinkedIn – security experts warn operatives are stealing profiles to apply for jobs and infiltrate firms
- Kyndryl wants to help enterprises keep AI agents in line – and avoid costly compliance blunders
- Anthropic says $30bn funding round will help ‘fuel’ frontier AI research and infrastructure expansion
- CVEs are set to top 50,000 this year, marking a record high – here’s how CISOs and security teams can prepare for a looming onslaught
- 81% of developers plan to migrate to OpenJDK as Oracle Java pricing concerns reach boiling point
February 12th
- Palo Alto Networks CEO hails ‘the end of identity silos’ as firm closes CyberArk acquisition
- Google says hacker groups are using Gemini to augment attacks – and companies are even ‘stealing’ its models
- DigiCert continues EMEA partner focus with latest appointment
- Microsoft patches six zero-days targeting Windows, Word, and more – here’s what you need to know
- CISA shares lessons learned from Polish power grid hack – and how to prevent disaster striking again
February 11th
- ITPro Excellence Awards winners unveiled
- iOS and Android users beware: This new spyware kit allows hackers to take full control of your device
- HPE appoints Neil Dover as new Ireland sales chief
- Agile development might be 25 years old, but it’s withstood the test of time – and there’s still more to come in the age of AI
February 10th
- European Commission clears Google’s Wiz acquisition, citing 'credible competition' from Amazon and Microsoft
- EU inaugurates NanoIC facility for next-generation chips
- European Commission confirms hackers breached mobile management platform
- Lenovo names Andy Rhodes as new general manager for UK&I
- AI isn’t making work easier, it’s intensifying it – researchers say teams are now facing 'unsustainable' workloads, cognitive strain, and higher levels of burnout
- Sovereign infrastructure spend to triple in Europe as fifth of workloads stay local
February 9th
- Pulsant unveils high-density data center in Milton Keynes
- Anthropic Labs chief Mike Krieger claims Claude is essentially writing itself – and it validates a bold prediction by CEO Dario Amodei
- What to expect with Pure Storage’s 2026 partner program
- Security expert warns Salt Typhoon is becoming 'more dangerous' after Norwegian authorities lift lid on critical infrastructure hacking campaign
February 6th
- 'The pace of innovation at Snowflake is in overdrive': Buoyed by OpenAI partnership, firm teases more big things to come
- Openreach wants enterprises to move quickly ahead of the PSTN switch-off, so it’s hiking prices on legacy services to push them into action
- AT&T expands AWS partnership in network modernization, cloud migration push
- Security experts warn Substack users to brace for phishing attacks after breach
- Grid constraints are slowing down AWS infrastructure plans across Europe – and research shows it's only going to get worse
February 5th
- Anthropic reveals Claude Opus 4.6, an enterprise-focused model with 1 million token context window for extended code capabilities
- AI-generated code is fast becoming the biggest enterprise security risk as teams struggle with the ‘illusion of correctness’
- ‘The fastest adoption of any model in our history’: Sundar Pichai hails AI gains as Google Cloud growth, Gemini popularity surges
- Why Anthropic sent software stocks into freefall
- Dell Technologies eyes fresh market opportunities with 2026 partner program
- Ransomware gangs are sharing virtual machines to wage cyber attacks on the cheap – but it could be their undoing
February 4th
- Want to deliver a successful agentic AI project? Stop treating it like traditional software
- PayPal appoints HP’s Enrique Lores in surprise CEO shake-up
- Oracle targets financial services gains with new agentic AI suite
- Global tech spending is skyrocketing, and European firms are doubling down on investment
- Google issues warning over ShinyHunters-branded vishing campaigns
February 3rd
- ‘Not a shortcut to competence’: Anthropic researchers say AI tools are improving developer productivity – but the technology could ‘inhibit skills formation’
- CultureAI’s new partner program targets AI governance gains for resellers
- Imperial College wants to train larger, more complex AI models – so it's teaming up with Digital Realty on a UK-first project
- OpenAI's Codex app is now available on macOS – and it’s free for some ChatGPT users for a limited time
- Notepad++ hackers remained undetected and pushed malicious updates for six months – here’s who’s responsible, how they did it, and how to check if you’ve been affected
February 2nd
- Snowflake and OpenAI are teaming up to help enterprises capitalize on their "most valuable asset"
- What security teams need to know about the NSA's new zero trust guidelines
- Amazon’s rumored OpenAI investment points to a “lack of confidence” in Nova model range
- ControlUp snaps up Unipath to broaden AI capabilities
- EU businesses will flock to ‘region-specific’ AI platforms by 2027 – but cost could be a major hurdle