All articles by Greg Noone

Greg Noone

Greg Noone is the editor of Tech Monitor. His work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian and Outside.

UK data centre sector needs more government support, says trade body

Industry association TechUK is calling for new and targeted support from the government to support accelerated growth in the data centre sector.

French parliamentary committee calls for Atos nationalisation

The French parliament’s Finance Commission has announced its adoption of an amendment that could see Atos taken into public ownership.

Financial Conduct Authority tells banks to guard against Crowdstrike-like shutdown

The UK financial regulator said that banks and other financial institutions should be able to deliver their services in “severe but plausible” scenarios, including the systemic failure of a third-party operator.

Microsoft surpasses earnings expectations, stock slides

The latest earnings report from Microsoft revealed major revenue increases derived from AI-powered product lines.

Mixed reaction to budget from the UK tech sector

Many industry veterans expressed misgivings about the planned increase in NICs outlined in the budget.

Ernst & Young resigns as Supermicro auditor

EY’s resignation triggered a 32% decline in Supermicro’s share price and follows strong criticism of the server firm’s accounting practices by Hindenburg Research.

New cloud industry group, ‘Open Cloud Coalition,’ launched

Pledging to promote fair competition in the UK and EU’s cloud markets, the Open Cloud Coalition features Google Cloud as a founding member – despite the latter remaining under investigation for anti-competitive practices.

How to reinvent your stack – or, highlights from DTX London

This year’s gathering provided salutary lessons on how to transform a creaking legacy IT infrastructure into an efficient digital machine. 

Meta expands fraud data exchanges with UK banks

The expansion of the Fraud Intelligence Reciproval Exchange, Meta argued, will help to dampen retail banking scams across the sector.

Don’t count generative AI out just yet, says Capgemini’s Steven Webb

While attitudes have certainly changed toward the technology, says Capgemini’s UK CTO, a focus on practicality within generative AI deployments has proven rewarding for select businesses.