UK still doodling digital pound while Brussels frets over payment sovereignty
Geopolitical tensions turn up the pressure for European legislators
Software05 Mar 2026 | 48
Lindsay Clark has been writing about business technology for more than 20 years, starting at PC Week in the late 1990s. He went on to manage the news team at Computer Weekly in the early 2000s. His career was waylaid by music, which merited brief session appearances on BBC radio shows including those hosted by Mark Riley, Janice Long, and Whispering Bob Harris. As a freelance journalist, he has written for The Financial Times, The Guardian, and a list of B2B titles as long as your arm.
He joined The Register in February 2020 to cover database software and other enterprise IT technologies.
Capita's £370M Whitehall outsourcing deal challenged as 'abnormally low'
Rival bidder Sopra Steria launched legal claim over DWP procurement
Databases04 Mar 2026 | 28
Bank of England says it can run £431M settlement system without Accenture
Deputy governor tells MPs central bank now has in-house skills and IP to maintain revamped RTGS
Public Sector03 Mar 2026 | 20
SAP writes $480M check to finally end IP legal spat with Teradata
A joint venture from 2008 led to years of claims and counter-claims between the data whizzkids
Databases02 Mar 2026 | 1
SaaS-pocalypse chatter is doomster pr0n. It would be nice if enterprise IT were boring again
Opinion Lost among the investor froth, someone has to do all the boring stuff. And they'll probably be around for the next spin of the hype cycle
SaaS01 Mar 2026 | 20
Harvard boffins finally crack the mystery of squeaky sneakers
Are they shoe-ins for an award? Hard to say
Offbeat27 Feb 2026 | 29
Half of German-speaking SAP users set to blow past 2027 ECC support deadline
Most DSAG members willing to pay a premium to stay on legacy platform until 2030
SaaS27 Feb 2026 | 1
Sopra Steria sues UK government over £958M Capita outsourcing award
French firm claims DWP failed to identify rival's bid was 'abnormally low' and alleges govt breached procurement rules
Public Sector27 Feb 2026 | 37
Mondelēz picks Celonis as process backbone for SAP overhaul
Snack giant opts for vendor-neutral process mining as it shifts from ECC to S/4HANA
Databases27 Feb 2026 | 1
Moon's mighty magnetic field was a 5,000-year titanium blip
So say Oxford boffins who found 'bias' related to Apollo rock samples created false impression
Science26 Feb 2026 | 12
DVSA drives up online theory test contract value to £700M with no explanation
Agency that can't keep bots out of its booking system more than doubles size of services agreement
Public Sector25 Feb 2026 | 25
Ex-Amazon UK boss lined up to chair Britain's competition watchdog
Business Secretary praises Doug Gurr's pro-growth agenda
Public Sector23 Feb 2026 | 19
Quebec vehicles agency spent C$245M over budget on SAP ERP it wasn't sure it needed
Probe says SAAQ misled government and botched rollout caused province-wide disruption
Databases20 Feb 2026 | 19
Palantir spent $25M on CEO flights so Alex Karp could do all the talking
Opinion A hundred days a year in the air doesn't come cheap
SaaS19 Feb 2026 | 16
Microsoft throws spox under the bus after Parliament testimony on ICC email kerfuffle
Exclusive Apologizes for 'inaccuracy'
SaaS18 Feb 2026 | 51
Dear Oracle, we need to talk about the future of MySQL
Faithful pen open letter proposing independent foundation with or without Big Red's participation
Databases17 Feb 2026 | 12
Capita taps Microsoft Copilot to dig it out from UK pensions backlog
Outsourcer tells MPs AI is prioritizing cases as thousands of civil servants face delays
Public Sector17 Feb 2026 | 35
Oracle vows 'new era' for MySQL as users sharpen their forks
Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to reset
Databases16 Feb 2026 | 30
Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder
200,000-strong union says spy-tech firm's ICE work undermines patient trust
Public Sector11 Feb 2026 | 49
Kyndryl to review accounting practices as several execs leave
CFO and general counsel both step down
On-Prem10 Feb 2026 | 14
Oracle Java licensing worries are percolating through the userbase
Survey finds nine in ten customers concerned as pricing changes push many toward open source alternatives
Software10 Feb 2026 | 36
Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach clocks out amid job cuts and market jitters
Co-founder Aneel Bhusri returns to hot seat after turbulent year
SaaS09 Feb 2026 | 6
Europe's sovereign cloud spend set to triple as geopolitics bite
Updated Gartner predicts strong uptake driven by concerns over reliance on foreign providers
PaaS + IaaS09 Feb 2026 | 9
Machine learning could yield faster, cheaper lithium-ion battery development
Researchers claim model can cut years from testing cycles
Science08 Feb 2026 | 20
UK council digs deeper into capital assets to keep Oracle project afloat
West Sussex plans to triple use of property sales as ERP budget blows past original estimates
Databases06 Feb 2026 | 53
Most SAP migrations bust budgets and project timelines, research finds
As 2027 ECC support cliff looms, half choose not to re-engineer processes in critical ERP upgrade
Databases05 Feb 2026 | 8
UK watchdog to rule on £246M Post Office subsidy over Horizon scandal and IR35
CMA's Subsidy Advice Unit reviewing state aid linked to redress and off-payroll tax costs
Public Sector04 Feb 2026 | 31
Snowflake plugs PostgreSQL into its AI Data Cloud
Yes, it already had Unistore
Databases03 Feb 2026 | 2
Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights
Opinion CEO Alex Karp meets criticism with soaring revenues and a sermon
Applications03 Feb 2026 | 78
Oracle's first general on-prem release of its .ai database iteration draws skeptics
Users happy with 19c as experts question AI lock-in
Databases02 Feb 2026 | 2
SAP refuses to budge on renewal discounts despite cloud growth slowdown
Drop in customers' cloud conversion rate causes share price to plunge 22% – steepest decline since 2020
Databases02 Feb 2026 | 4
NS&I's IT car crash considers cutting legacy links to stop the bleeding
£1.3B over budget and four years late, bank searches for a way to not to bust new timetable and funding pot
Public Sector30 Jan 2026 | 58
Banker claims Oracle may slash up to 30,000 jobs, sell health unit to pay for AI build-out
Cerner, though acquired in 2022, is nothing to multibillion black hole
On-Prem29 Jan 2026 | 29
Birmingham City Council's Oracle ERP fiasco now £144M and still not working
Five years after its planned go-live, the system remains incomplete as costs balloon more than sevenfold
Databases29 Jan 2026 | 86
AI agent hype cools as enterprises struggle to get into production
Only the biggest businesses are up to the challenge, says Redis CEO
Agentic AI28 Jan 2026 | 9
UK tax collector plans £2B tech binge as legacy systems refuse to die
Updated AWS and Capgemini loom large in HMRC's procurement pipeline
Public Sector28 Jan 2026 | 20
Microsoft illegally installed cookies on schoolkid's tech, data protection ruling finds
Updated Austrian education ministry unaware of tracking software until campaigners launched case
Applications27 Jan 2026 | 17
Gartner questions whether Salesforce AI buffet will stay all-you-can-eat forever
Updated Analysts say today's capped deals may become tomorrow's cost shock
Agentic AI27 Jan 2026 | 11
EU looking into Elon Musk's X after Grok produces deepfake sex images
Probe follows outcry over use of creepy image generation tool
Personal Tech26 Jan 2026 | 27
UK border tech budget swells by £100M as Home Office targets small boat crossings
Drone, satellite, and other data combined to monitor unwanted vessels
Public Sector24 Jan 2026 | 26
Microsoft shifting to cloud management software brings possibility of it peeking into your estate
Deprecation of popular management tool requires a new look at Azure-based system
Databases23 Jan 2026 | 20
As Oracle loses interest in MySQL, devs mull future options
As Big Red's governance of the popular database comes into question, contributors to MySQL consider wresting control
Databases23 Jan 2026 | 67
SAP scores £275M award from UK tax collector – sans competition
Updated System handling £800B must be SaaS and sovereign. Only German vendor fits the bill, says HMRC
Databases22 Jan 2026 | 11
Palantir CEO claims AI will mean western economies won't need immigration
Opinion Alex Karp can sniff out a hot potato topic, but what comes next in the act?
AI + ML21 Jan 2026 | 89
OpenAI is still figuring out how to make money, but wants you to believe in it
And the world economy might depend on it finding an answer
AI + ML20 Jan 2026 | 38
MPs ask who's responsible when AI crashes the UK finance system
Committee says watchdogs lack urgency as accountability for automated decisions remains unresolved
AI + ML20 Jan 2026 | 24
£45B savings remain theoretical as UK digital roadmap delayed again
Promised plan keeps slipping as ministers talk up future efficiency
Public Sector20 Jan 2026 | 17
ERP isn't dead yet – but most execs are planning the wake
7 out of 10 C-suite cats reckon software category's best days are behind it, but can't agree what's next
Databases19 Jan 2026 | 37
Hyperscalers, vendors funding trillion dollar AI spree, but users will have to pay up long term
Analyst: We'll hit a spot where 'we go from that was a great idea to where's my revenue?'
AI + ML16 Jan 2026 | 17
Bond, debt bond: Investors shaken, not stirred by Oracle’s borrowing spree sue Big Red
Investors upset that company failed to inform them might need to take out even more debt.
Systems15 Jan 2026 | 33
Teach an AI to write buggy code, and it starts fantasizing about enslaving humans
Research shows erroneous training in one domain affects performance in another, with concerning implications
AI + ML15 Jan 2026 | 32
AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty
EU-only ops, German subsidiaries, and a pinky promise your data won't end up in Uncle Sam's hands
PaaS + IaaS15 Jan 2026 | 79
UK backtracks on digital ID requirement for right to work
U-turn leaves questions on costs, funding, and benefits unanswered
Public Sector14 Jan 2026 | 155
Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board
Europe's largest council delays Fusion reimplementation four years after go-live disaster
Databases13 Jan 2026 | 31
Fujitsu scores place on £984M UK government framework despite bid boycott
Turns out the voluntary pledge to restrict public sector tendering during Horizon scandal inquiry has loopholes
Public Sector13 Jan 2026 | 13
Very tough microbes may help us cement our future on Mars
Extremophile bacteria could help turn Martian dirt into building material for human habitats
Science09 Jan 2026 | 20
Bank of England's Oracle cloud migration bill triples as project grinds on
Initial £7M estimate proves optimistic after multiple contract uplifts
Databases09 Jan 2026 | 51
Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first
Synthetic cephalopod skin could be used in architecture and computer displays as well as background-matching subterfuge
Science08 Jan 2026 | 35
Earlier Horizon rollout could widen net for quashed Post Office convictions
Committee told shifting timelines could alter automatic reversals in UK's historic Fujitsu computing scandal
Public Sector07 Jan 2026 | 33
UK to spend £23M on AI to tell benefit claimants where to go
Department for Work and Pensions lines up bot bouncers for one of Europe's largest call-handling systems
Public Sector07 Jan 2026 | 51
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