Geopolitics push European CIOs to think local on cloud
Majority of customers plan to favor domestic providers as sovereignty fears rise
AWS Re:invent13 Nov 2025 | 13
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.
Retail giant Kingfisher rejects SAP ERP upgrade plan
'Don't just give me a price list or licensing module that spikes cost by 20x, show me the value,' says CTO
Databases12 Nov 2025 | 54
How to bluff your way to AI credibility with the right buzzwords
As Gartner offers another serving of word salad, it’s time to know your skillatrophy from your pipeline choke
AI + ML10 Nov 2025 | 12
UK military looking for tactical comms, systems suppliers in deal worth up to £9.6B
Major battle field technology refresh will be open to the rest of public sector
Public Sector10 Nov 2025 | 32
UK tax collector falls short on digital efficiency, watchdog says
Treasury found £1.6 billion for extra tech investment expecting 15 percent efficiency saving. So far HMRC has underwhelmed
Public Sector07 Nov 2025 | 31
'Vibe coding' named Word of the Year. Developers everywhere faceplant
It's not a bug, it's a feeling
AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 65
Boffins: cloud computing's on-demand biz model is failing us
Science loses when lab workers grapple with costs and availability, claim researchers
PaaS + IaaS06 Nov 2025 | 29
Two-fifths of SAP Americas users yet to ditch legacy ERP
S/4HANA migration? Many still worried about business process change
Databases05 Nov 2025 | 7
Snowflake goes all out to woo PostgreSQL developers with lakehouse extensions
Buyers still struggling to differentiate data platforms in era of AI
Databases05 Nov 2025 |
Tesla board wants to grant Musk $1T in stock, Norway wealth fund says nope
Norges Bank Investment Management votes against excessive award, automaker's share price skids
Offbeat04 Nov 2025 | 118
Keeping the lights on takes up nearly all police IT spending in England and Wales
Plans for investing in AI and service transformation held up as treasury pulls plug, NAO finds
Public Sector04 Nov 2025 | 18
Gullible bots struggle to distinguish between facts and beliefs
Researchers point to risks in high-stakes applications as well as the potential to spread misinformation
AI + ML03 Nov 2025 | 51
Paradox: Agentic AI dev roles are less in demand as agents take over
IEEE survey of senior techies in six countries finds recrutiment for data analytics, and machine learning on the up
Software03 Nov 2025 | 10
Meta to sell $30B in bonds to build AI datacenters
Zuckcorp will gladly pay you in 2065 for the eyewatering sums it is borrowing today
On-Prem31 Oct 2025 | 19
The clock's ticking for MySQL 8.0 as end of life looms
Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026
Databases31 Oct 2025 | 11
Google parent company spending like a drunken sailor as capex triples over 2 years
Microsoft also ramping up spending, but investors concerned about overshooting demand
AI + ML30 Oct 2025 | 14
US government shutdown clouds an otherwise sunny ServiceNow forecast
Enterprise software giant lifts guidance but adds 'prudence' as federal contracts stall
SaaS30 Oct 2025 | 3
AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay
Bosses banking on automation? 55% will regret those job cuts
AI + ML29 Oct 2025 | 89
UK government on the lookout for bargain-priced CTO
Dangles £100K for someone to fix £23B tech mess
Public Sector29 Oct 2025 | 58
AI bubble to deflate as enterprises defer spending to 2027
ai-pocalypse Gap between vendor promises and business results set to trigger market correction, research firm predicts
AI + ML28 Oct 2025 | 10
UK government inflates G-Cloud framework to £14B
Procurement delays and lock-in fears see framework balloon in size and scope
Public Sector28 Oct 2025 | 10
Marks & Spencer swaps out TCS for fresh helpdesk deal
Move follows months-long procurement process as retailer refreshes parts of its IT support setup
On-Prem28 Oct 2025 | 34
As AI agents join SaaS, AWS tells users to expect more pricing puzzles
Interview Cloud giant says choice and flexibility matter more than standardization – for now
SaaS27 Oct 2025 | 1
MPs urge government to stop Britain's phone theft wave through tech
Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act
Personal Tech25 Oct 2025 | 174
Apple faces £1.5B payout after losing UK App Store case
iPhone maker overcharged devs and users, says competition court
Applications24 Oct 2025 | 38
SAP says some customers are dragging their feet on contract sign-offs
Share price dips as cloud sales outlook disappoints amid slow US public sector bookings
Databases23 Oct 2025 | 5
UK.gov vows to hack through regulation to get benefit from AI
Meanwhile, civil services claims 75,000 days could be saved by the tech each year
Public Sector23 Oct 2025 | 73
UK competition cops brand Apple, Google with 'strategic market status' for mobile
Designation hands CMA broad oversight of their app stores and platforms
Personal Tech22 Oct 2025 | 11
Carnegie Mellon team claims vector-based system can turbocharge PostgreSQL
Researchers say 'Proto-X' fine-tunes databases automatically, delivering multifold performance boosts
Databases22 Oct 2025 | 6
UK data regulator defends decision not to investigate MoD Afghan data breach
ICO says probe unnecessary after reviewing ministry's handling of leak
Security22 Oct 2025 | 31
UK rethinks offshoring ban for £8M online procurement system
Cabinet Office signals it might let supplier ship work abroad after 'unforeseeable' event
Public Sector20 Oct 2025 | 33
Benioff backs off: Salesforce chief says sorry for Trump troop talk
Tech billionaire apologizes after endorsing plan to deploy National Guard in San Francisco
Offbeat20 Oct 2025 | 33
SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA
A decade later, ERP giant struggles to convince legacy customers to upgrade
Databases17 Oct 2025 | 23
Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT
As OpenAI allows chatbot to spout erotic content, former British prime minister makes true feelings known
Offbeat17 Oct 2025 | 61
Oracle goes all-in on AI, customers still figuring out how they'll use it
It's all agents and LLMs in Vegas, and even legacy users can partake
AI + ML16 Oct 2025 | 5
Tech industry grad hiring crashes 46% as bots do junior work
ai-pocalypse GenAI meets Gen Z – only one gets the job
AI + ML16 Oct 2025 | 70
Larry Ellison's latest craze: Vectorizing all the customers
Comment Oracle slurps your data whether you like it or not... for the good and bad of the planet
AI + ML16 Oct 2025 | 36
UK government's £45B AI savings pitch built on broad-brush guesswork, MPs told
Think tank cautions that without job cuts or capital savings, the math doesn't add up
Public Sector15 Oct 2025 | 40
Lance takes aim at Parquet in file format joust
Challenger seeks to unseat incumbent for machine learning workloads
Databases14 Oct 2025 |
Unwary SAP private cloud users face 10% renewal hikes, warns Gartner
On-prem discounts drying up as ERP giant sends 'mixed signals' on pricing
Databases14 Oct 2025 |
Fujitsu pumps £280M into UK arm to keep lights on after Horizon scandal
Parent firm's cash keeps division afloat as Post Office inquiry nears final report
Public Sector13 Oct 2025 | 18
Britain's biggest nuclear site looks set to outlast SAP support again
Sellafield considers using legacy ECC software beyond extended 2030 cut-off
Applications13 Oct 2025 | 9
Former UK prime minister Sunak becomes human Clippy for Microsoft, Anthropic
Conservative MP told he must not lobby for corporations
Offbeat10 Oct 2025 | 60
Gartner warns agentic AI startups: Prepare to be consolidated
Analyst predicts over-supply will trigger a market correction in favor of deep-pocketed incumbents
AI + ML09 Oct 2025 | 6
Bank of England smells hint of dotcom bubble 2.0 in AI froth
UK central bank warns of 'sudden correction' in tech stocks
AI + ML08 Oct 2025 | 55
IBM invites CockroachDB to infest its mainframes with PostgreSQL
Vendors promote bridge to modern architecture for legacy systems, but Db2 not going anywhere just yet
Off-Prem08 Oct 2025 | 4
UK Home Office doubles down on Oracle with £54M cloud contract
Department also wedded to Big Red in shared service applications
Public Sector08 Oct 2025 | 7
Trio who made foundational quantum computing discovery bag Nobel physics prize
Studies at UC Berkeley in the 1980s paved the way for quantum computing and cryptography
Science07 Oct 2025 | 1
UK Home Office opens wallet for £60M automated number plate project
Department eyes new app to tap national ANPR data for live alerts, searches, and integrations
Public Sector07 Oct 2025 | 46
OpenAI and AMD link arms for AI buildout: It's a power-for-equity swap
6GW chip pact sends AMD stock soaring, Nvidia has a rival for Altman biz love
Systems06 Oct 2025 | 9
Apple ices ICE agent tracker app under government heat
Cupertino yanks ICEBlock citing safety risks for law enforcement
Applications03 Oct 2025 | 82
Big money is nervous about AI hype, but not ready to call it a bubble
Analysis Exploding valuations and mountains of debt, and yet....
AI + ML03 Oct 2025 | 82
How the ONS data-sharing dream ended in budget cuts and three rival platforms
Analysis UK Treasury called time on troubled integration scheme after £240M sunk
Public Sector03 Oct 2025 | 7
SaaS turbo-charged software spending tough for CIOs to control, says research
Consulting biz reckons ballooning costs a result of changes in licensing, vendor landscape, and product shifts
SaaS02 Oct 2025 | 2
Irony alert: UK.gov Work dept hires IBM to aid AI projects
Updated Some Big Blue sky thinking needed for tech that promises employment extinction for humanity
AI + ML02 Oct 2025 | 12
Lloyds Banking Group says 'digitization' will power more branch closures
Group promises sandboxing of AI money management tools with 1,000 branches remaining
Software02 Oct 2025 | 52
'Money-saving' UK procurement platform racks up monster tab
Updated Projected £1.5M running costs balloon to £12M under new contracts
Public Sector30 Sep 2025 | 11
Fork yeah: Valkey 9 sharpens edge against Redis
Open source database adds multi-tenant clustering, safer shutdowns, and eyes life beyond caching
Databases29 Sep 2025 |
Russia-backed Indian oil company loses bid to force SAP support as sanctions bite
Delhi High Court denies urgent relief after vendor halts services citing EU rules
Software29 Sep 2025 | 11
Salesforce facing multiple lawsuits after Salesloft breach
Updated CRM giant denies security shortcomings as claims allege stolen data used for ID theft
Cyber-crime26 Sep 2025 | 5
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