Percona launches management system aimed at open-source databases
Percona Live PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL tools for overly busy DBAs, less experienced devs
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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.
Tech pros warn EU 'data adequacy' at risk if Brexit Britain goes its own way
Show us that benefits outweigh the cost, BCS challenges government
Legal17 May 2022 | 76
You can keep your old ERP system, but you'll still need ServiceNow, CEO tells The Reg
Interview Bill McDermott thinks companies need workflow on top of enterprise apps, whether they replace them or not
SaaS16 May 2022 | 17
Lawyers say changes to UK data law will make life harder for international businesses
Concerns raised over government drive to implement distinct post-Brexit policy
Legal16 May 2022 | 69
Finnish open-source-as-a-service startup Aiven adds $1bn to valuation
Demand for PostgreSQL and Kafka driving interest in cloud service, CEO tells The Register
Databases13 May 2022 | 3
What 'share of wallet' means and why it matters to SAP
German software giant reprises old motifs at annual show Sapphire
Databases12 May 2022 | 3
User-built low-code apps tipped to dominate analytics by 2025
Analysts also insist organizations need to get data ops for AI in gear or face 2-year delay
Software12 May 2022 | 15
Judge agrees damages model in Oracle cloud class-action
Link between compliance and sales appeared to boost cloud performance in case disputed by Big Red
Legal11 May 2022 | 7
Comms giant BT sees $30m+ savings in 5 years with ServiceNow project
IT and network services to replace 56 legacy workflow systems with ServiceNow
Applications11 May 2022 | 6
SAS backs Python as alternative to its own language
Analytics veteran also cosies up to consultancies to extend market reach before 2024 IPO
Software11 May 2022 | 6
Palantir summons specter of nuclear conflict as share price collapses
Is spy-tech outfit trying to distract from underperforming results?
Software10 May 2022 | 47
Motorola benefits from delays in the UK's emergency services network, says govt
Providing both old Airwave system and its replacement boosted supplier's profits, says British Home Office
Networks10 May 2022 | 8
Pyramid Analytics receives $120m in VC funding for 'decision intelligence'
Investor money set to help the software vendor make its AI analytics tech a thing
Software09 May 2022 | 8
Teradata to take $60m hit for withdrawal from Russia
Calls time on interactions and services with customers, including state-owned bank Sberbank
Storage06 May 2022 |
Legacy IT to blame for UK's inflexible benefits system
Government department struggles with 30-year-old applications
On-Prem06 May 2022 | 83
BT wins £26m extension on NI Oracle finance system project
Updated UK IT service provider sees contract value more than double 20 years after first work on system
Networks06 May 2022 | 4
Palantir expands from Covid role, wins $90m deal with US Department of Health
Controversial analytics company sees expansion into healthcare continuing
Software05 May 2022 | 6
Communication around Heroku security incident dubbed 'train wreck'
Users claim lack of transparency following compromise of Github tokens
Security04 May 2022 | 5
SAP to divest CRM education software in bid to streamline
Area no longer a priority as cloud migration takes center stage, deal of around $1b in the offing, reports say
Applications04 May 2022 |
UK's state-owned bank launches hunt for core systems worth close to $1b
Go on, spoil yourself: NS&I to splurge on IT as Atos deal hits twilight years
On-Prem04 May 2022 | 17
US judge dismisses Republican efforts to block release of Salesforce emails
Probe into Capitol attack must wait for appeal before data can be accessed
SaaS03 May 2022 | 58
IBM secures DWP contract worth up to £2.1m for 6 months of cloud services
UK government department extends 11-year relationship following legacy application challenges
Edge + IoT03 May 2022 | 8
Human-made hopper out-leaps rival robots in artificial jumping contest
Applications in lunar exploration and Earth-bound locomotion are possible
Science01 May 2022 | 29
Q1 cloud growth lifts AWS, Azure, and Google
34% jump shows smaller businesses are catching on and driving investment, says Canalys
PaaS + IaaS29 Apr 2022 | 2
Aerospike takes swipe at document databases JSON support
MongoDB, Couchbase in the crosshairs as Aerospike tries to broaden use cases
Databases28 Apr 2022 | 1
ServiceNow shrugs off Ukraine fears with upbeat financials
Growth set to continue unabated despite headwinds, CEO says
SaaS28 Apr 2022 |
Oracle to release on-prem software usage tools to prep cloud switch
Experts advise caution in sharing data with Big Red – it could be used in license audits
Databases25 Apr 2022 | 13
SAP to take €130m hit on withdrawing tech support from Russia
Outlook unaffected by decisions which followed pressure from Ukraine's vice prime minister
Applications22 Apr 2022 | 5
Former NHS AI leader joins US spy-tech firm Palantir
Move coincides with NHS England's procurement of a far-reaching data platform
AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 21
Oracle users fail to get that moving apps to cloud means business transformation – Gartner
Analyst house warns of unrealistic expectations moving Big Red’s enterprise workhorses to SaaS
SaaS22 Apr 2022 | 20
Oracle contracts and pricing a 'challenge', says Gartner
While heaping praise on Big Red, analysts find room to criticize licensing, negotiations, and integration
Databases21 Apr 2022 | 6
UK government preps tech suppliers for £8bn mega framework
Software? Ticked. Hardware? Ticked. Kitchen sink? Oh go on then, why not
On-Prem21 Apr 2022 | 6
British motorists will be allowed to watch TV in self-driving vehicles
Meanwhile, Elon Musk says we need to crack real-world AI to get fully autonomous cars to work
AI + ML21 Apr 2022 | 216
NHS England seeks £240m data platform to tackle COVID recovery
Govt org that led controversial Palantir data store seeks overarching system and help to improve services
On-Prem14 Apr 2022 | 8
Qlik moves to boost position in crowded automation space during IPO year
Interview Initial boom in data vizualization, but CEO Mike Capone says it needs to 'play nice' to win in new segment
Software13 Apr 2022 | 3
New graph database features eschew need for DBAs
Python's stranglehold in data science makes Neo4j rethink language strategy
Databases12 Apr 2022 | 3
Db2 13 makes z/OS debut, promises AI, hybrid cloud features
Long-awaited major release welcomed by users who wish IBM would promote it a little more
Databases11 Apr 2022 | 2
Travel tech sheds legacy baggage, heads to the cloud with Google
Feature Sabre deal with Google creates parallel data architecture to support ML-based ecommerce partnerships with airlines and hotel chains
PaaS + IaaS11 Apr 2022 | 12
Vital UK customs system outage contributes to travel chaos at its borders
Updated Remember warning about hurried release to meet Brexit deadline? Never forget
On-Prem08 Apr 2022 | 132
More charged in UK Lapsus$ investigation
Two teenagers arrested as part of police probe into extortion group
Security01 Apr 2022 | 8
SAP hits 50: Entrenched, spread out and fully middle-aged
Feature Tech’s posterchild of German industrial success must face its failures as it succumbs to midlife angst
Databases01 Apr 2022 | 21
UiPath says war in Ukraine is affecting business confidence across Europe
RPA vendor's recurring revenue for 2023 will be down by $15m after pausing Russia operations
PaaS + IaaS31 Mar 2022 | 5
Fujitsu gets £250m extension on HMRC work dating back to 2017
Updated Questions linger over Technology Sourcing Programme as 2nd supplier in a week gets significant extension for historic contract
On-Prem31 Mar 2022 | 7
IFS bags Japanese airline and printermaker software deals
Konica Minolta maintenance system to be installed across 10 national support companies
Applications30 Mar 2022 | 2
SAP users struggling with data management for S/4HANA migration
UK and Ireland survey reveals difficulties with housekeeping
Databases30 Mar 2022 | 8
Oracle adds autoML to its MySQL HeatWave service
As with analytics, so with ML – we're keeping everything in the box, says Big Red
SaaS29 Mar 2022 | 1
Celonis buys German process miner with Power BI links in $100m deal
Move follows Microsoft's own tools to find out how things are really done
Applications29 Mar 2022 | 2
Tech vendors to get 18-month insight into UK govt IT spending
Playbook on how to sell into market worth tens of billions
On-Prem29 Mar 2022 | 3
Capgemini wins contract to look after legacy HMRC Aspire tech
Updated ...8 years after role in controversial £10bn IT deal with UK tax authority was set to end
Applications28 Mar 2022 | 10
EU, US agree on Privacy Shield enhancements
Transatlantic data sharing deal confirmed but court challenges ahead, warn lawyers
Legal25 Mar 2022 | 41
Big Tech revenues under threat from EU law proposals
Digital Markets Act rules agreed, set to include fines of up to 10% of turnover and power to break up businesses
Legal25 Mar 2022 | 28
UK Budget: Cloud tax relief, compute study in historic cost of living crisis
SMEs' software spending subsidy continues
Off-Prem25 Mar 2022 | 8
PlanetScale offers undo button to reverse schema migration without losing data
Vitess-based database splits system for 30 minutes allowing users to right regrettable changes
Databases24 Mar 2022 | 3
EU law threatening 'commercially painful changes' for tech out tonight
Reports suggest Digital Markets Act could hit a broader sweep of players than the FAANG gang
Legal24 Mar 2022 | 61
RISE with SAP struggles to gain purchase with German-speaking users
Investment sentiment for S/4HANA drops off while public cloud hosting only two per cent of environments
Databases24 Mar 2022 | 1
ServiceNow jumps into RPA with imminent 'San Diego' release
Will bring bots to workflow users, perhaps not with the same precision RPA specialists muster
Software24 Mar 2022 | 1
Fresh concerns about 'indefinite' UK government access to doctors' patient data
As England's controversial scheme to grab 55 million citizen's medical data is withdrawn, emergency powers are extended
Security23 Mar 2022 | 33
Oracle releases Java JDK 18 with enhanced source code documentation
Short-term release includes Simple Web Server, pattern matching for switch expressions, and more
Software23 Mar 2022 | 13
Outsourcing firm Serco wins £212m UK Test and Trace deal
Updated Nice work if you can get it – it bagged £322m deal for Test and Trace last year
On-Prem22 Mar 2022 | 9
Oracle's compliance cops now include Java in license audits
Paid-for subs introduced three years ago now getting attention from Big Red's management services team
Software22 Mar 2022 | 30
