Week ending 8 February 2026 put attention on security, infrastructure, cloud and servers in UK and EMEA. We’ve boiled it down to the few stories with practical impact - and concrete steps partners can take this week.
The Register (Security) reports: Telcos aren't saying how they fought back against China's Salt Typhoon attacks. PLUS: OpenClaw teams with VirusTotal; Crypto kidnappings in France; Critical vulns at SmarterMail; And more Infosec In Brief So-hot-right-now AI assistant OpenC… [1]
Controls must stand up to real phishing and ransomware drills, not just policy-recovery points and identity boundaries are the failure points. Hammer can bundle Microsoft 365 backup and a managed SOC handover into a repeatable rollout plan with timelines.
The Register (Security) reports: Study confirms experience beats youthful enthusiasm. Research shows productivity and judgment peak decades after graduation A growing body of research continues to show that older workers are generally more produc… [2]
Tie architecture to measurable outcomes and test the thing you depend on before go-live.
AWS What’s New reports: Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser now supports custom domain. Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser now supports custom domains for your WorkSpaces Secure Browser portals… [3]
Guardrails around identity, network and spend need to ship with the platform-landing zones and budgets should be codified, not manual. Hammer can package a baseline landing zone with budget alerts and ownership mapping so teams can deploy it the same way every time.
AWS What’s New reports: Amazon ECS Managed Instances now available in AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Managed Instances is now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. [4]
Refresh by workload profile and power caps-not by age-so utilisation, firmware cadence and rack limits stay in bounds. Hammer can match CPU/GPU platforms to utilisation targets and confirm rack weight/airflow before orders lock.
AWS What’s New reports: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser now supports browser profiles. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser now supports browser profiles, enabling you to reuse authentication state across multiple browser sessions without repeated log… [5]
Guardrails around identity, network and spend need to ship with the platform-landing zones and budgets should be codified, not manual.
How we picked these stories: we scanned UK/EMEA enterprise feeds and vendor advisories, filtered for architecture/procurement significance, and kept only items with clear next steps.