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Data Processing Units are about to move from hyperscale and HPC into the enterprise data centre and they could change far more than performance. By bringing firewalling, load balancing, micro-segmentation and telemetry directly to the switchport, DPUs promise simpler architectures, lower appliance costs, stronger visibility and a more sustainable data centre. This blog explores why DPUs matter, how they work, and why CIOs and CTOs should be paying attention now.

Tamara Everington, Chief Medical Officer QVH discusses the power of super users in digital transformation. She considers when NHS organisations reflect on successful EPR implementations, the story often focuses on systems, suppliers and timelines. At QVH, the decisive factor was people. A strong network of clinical champions and super users helped translate a major digital transformation project into confident, safe, day‑to‑day clinical practice.

Welcome to Local public services innovation focus week! This week will feature blogs from techUK members in the run up to our Local public services innovation summit 2026 on Tuesday 15 September.

Frederick McMahon, Co-founder of Df2020, explores how devolution could unlock new value from national intellectual property by making critical procedural know-how reusable and shareable. #LPSInnovation

By Angela Dixon, Managing Director, SocietyWorks #LPSInnovation

By Munish Goswami, Founder & Director, VAAMG Consulting Limited #LPSInnovation

Lucy Yu's independent review into AI deployment in electricity networks, "The Grid We Need Now", was published alongside Government's "Vision for an AI-enabled clean energy system". Together, these two publications represent a significant milestone in policy development relating to how AI is applied within energy, ahead of a strategy from Government due later this year (2026).

The UK SPF Cluster 4 workshop brought regulators, operators and technical specialists together to debate whether the rules that govern sharing between GSO and NGSO satellite systems are still fit for purpose. With WRC-27 approaching, the conversation has moved beyond “incumbents versus newcomers” into a more complex question: how to protect existing services while enabling the next phase of satellite connectivity.

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Latest GDP figures (11 September) show that the tech sector is continuing to drive the UK's growth. Ahead of the Budget, techUK is calling on the Chancellor to double down on tech adoption.