Week ending 15 February 2026 put attention on security, servers, cloud, storage and networking 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: Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, says DoJ. PLUS: Fake ransomware group exposed; EC blesses Google's big Wiz deal; Alleged sewage hacker cuffed; And more Infosec in Brief The former General Manager of def… [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.
AWS What’s New reports: AWS Batch now provides Job Queue and Share Utilization Visibility. AWS Batch now provides Queue and Share Utilization Visibility, giving you insights into how your workloads are distributed across compute resources. [2]
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 Connect launches in-app notifications to surface critical operational alerts to business users. Amazon Connect now supports in-app notifications in the workspace header, visible from any page… [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 RDS now supports backup configuration when restoring snapshots. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Amazon Aurora now offer greater flexibility for restore operations to view and modify backup retention period and p… [4]
Backup windows, tiering and restore time should match data growth and AI spillover; test restores before you need them.
The Register (Security) reports: Top Dutch telco Odido admits 6.2M customers caught in contact system caper. Names, addresses, bank account numbers accessed - but biz insists passwords and call data untouched The Netherlands' largest mobile network operator (MNO) has a… [5]
Latency to inspection points and PoP reach now shape experience as much as raw bandwidth; failover timing needs timing, not theory.
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.