'Sharp' chip inventory correction looms on horizon, warns investment banker
Double ordering, overheating of semiconductor sector, inflation, growing stockpiles = trouble ahead
Systems26 May 2022 | 15
Paul Kunert is the UK editor at The Register. In addition to running the London office, areas of coverage include the technology supply chain, IT outsourcing, cloud services and more.
Cisco warns of up to $720m sales loss: Blames China lockdown, Russia pullout
Share price collapses 19% as COVID-19 policy hits supply chain
Networks19 May 2022 | 3
Microsoft revises software licensing, cloud policies amid EU regulator scrutiny
OVHcloud and Nextcloud lawsuits hit the spot as Windows giant admits to potential competition issues
Off-Prem18 May 2022 | 16
Apple scraps 3-day return to office amid COVID-19 cases
2 days a week still compulsory but U-turn gives credence to worker concerns
On-Prem18 May 2022 | 56
Financial giant Santander: 80% of our IT infrastructure in cloud
'Most challenging element of migration likely remains' warns analyst
PaaS + IaaS16 May 2022 | 10
Infineon more than doubles profit as semiconductor shortages persist
Lead times still lengthy as chipmakers continue to make bank on what little is available
Systems09 May 2022 | 7
Tablet PC sales decline as consumers consider inflation
Panic buying is over, but the market's still well above pre-pandemic norms
Personal Tech05 May 2022 | 2
Google cancels bi-annual performance reviews, shifts to GRAD system
Overhauled reviews supposedly less of a headache for managers, staff
Off-Prem05 May 2022 | 42
Logitech's sales plunge 20% as demand for PCs slows
Peripherals-maker CEO lowers forecast, citing ongoing war in Ukraine as cause of uncertainty
Personal Tech04 May 2022 | 22
Elliott Management to WDC board: Spin out or sell flash biz
Updated HDD and NAND memory maker has 'underperformed by any objective measure'
Storage03 May 2022 | 9
Arista Networks makes $4.3b bet on components amid supplies drought
Component suppliers are cancelling orders on the same week they are due, says CEO
Networks03 May 2022 |
Apple CEO: Silicon shortages and C-19 lockdowns to hurt sales by up to $8 billion
That Mac you ordered? Lead times stretch to June, but Apple warns 'most products affected' over next 3 months
Personal Tech29 Apr 2022 | 11
Schneider Electric to sell Russian ops to local management
UPS giant finds a more permanent solution to a Putin shaped problem, writes off $315m book value
On-Prem28 Apr 2022 | 10
UK competition watchdog probes school software contract revisions
Former Capita-owned ESS' minimum 3-year deals put under spotlight by CMA
Software27 Apr 2022 | 13
Semiconductor sales forecast to hit $676b in 2022
Pandemic supply chain and war in Ukraine has potential to disrupt recovery, warns Gartner
Systems26 Apr 2022 | 1
Timetable for industrial action ballot against BT imminent
CWU deputy secretary demands better pay for staff amid cost-of-living crisis
Networks25 Apr 2022 | 6
Yandex speaks out from front line of Western sanctions against Russia
Commercial life in Putin Land not exactly a bed of roses, warns Russia's Google
Off-Prem21 Apr 2022 | 36
ASML CEO: Industrial conglomerate buying washing machines to rip out semiconductors
We've passed peak chip shortage, though, insists Gartner analyst
Systems21 Apr 2022 | 42
Funky Pigeon pauses all orders after 'security incident'
Parent WH Smith says no customer payment data exposed, according to current investigations
Security19 Apr 2022 | 17
IBM ordered to pay $105 million to insurer over tech project's collapse
Appeals court takes previous payout ruling and multiplies by six
Legal19 Apr 2022 | 36
OVHcloud raises 2022 forecast, cites growing demand for data sovereignty
Europe's great cloud hope is growing but AWS, Microsoft and Google won't be losing sleep.... yet
PaaS + IaaS14 Apr 2022 |
Chromebook sales train derails as market reaches saturation
Vendors didn't 'diversify' adoption beyond education, CIOs flirted with form factor and nothing more
Systems14 Apr 2022 | 25
Nokia quits Russia over Ukraine invasion
Will the last Western tech biz in Moscow please turn out the lights?
Networks12 Apr 2022 | 24
Ericsson pulls out of Russia 'indefinitely' to protest war in Ukraine
Plus: AMD tells El Reg it stopped 'all technical, product support and marketing' in pariah state
Channel11 Apr 2022 | 18
Union rejects latest BT pay offer, calls for ballot on industrial action
CWU wants 10% for members, cites biting inflation rises in UK
Networks08 Apr 2022 | 10
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys 11.4% stake in HP
Even notoriously tech averse stock market gambler can't resist piece of pandemic-boosted PC extravaganza
Systems07 Apr 2022 | 14
Intel suspends all operations in Russia weeks after halting chip shipments
Some 1,200 of chipmaker's employees based in Russia, a country accounting for 0.1% of global chip sales in 2021
Systems06 Apr 2022 | 51
Huawei pays $9.65b dividend to its workers
US sanctions force company to sell Honor and x86 units, current and retired staff bask in those profits
Off-Prem05 Apr 2022 | 15
European antitrust watchdogs sniff around Microsoft cloud licensing deals
Reportedly has already sent a Q&A to Microsoft cloud rivals, customers
PaaS + IaaS04 Apr 2022 | 2
Emma Sleep Company admits checkout cyber attack
Customers wake to a nightmare as payment data pilfered from UK website
Security04 Apr 2022 | 33
Brit watchdog fines financial services biz £80k for text spam
Company changed address to avoid probe after sending 378,553 messages
Personal Tech01 Apr 2022 | 10
UK arm of Sungard Availability Services goes into administration
Cloud and data centre provider's liquidity hit by pandemic, energy costs, intransigent landlords
On-Prem30 Mar 2022 | 32
BT must 'prioritize' between 'shareholders and workers' says union boss
Rejects offer of flat rate payrise, calling offer a 'relative pay cut' due to inflation
Networks30 Mar 2022 | 25
UK Ministry of Defence takes recruitment system offline, confirms data leak
Exclusive Info of those signing up to be soldiers leaked, as sources finger Capita-run system
Security24 Mar 2022 | 49
UK's largest union to Arm: Freeze job cuts now
Updated Asks CPU house to open up the books so it can examine 'true financial situation'
Systems21 Mar 2022 | 44
Brit data regulator fines five cold-calling fiends £405k
Businesses targeted elderly, made 750,000 calls to people on Telephone Preference System
Security17 Mar 2022 | 34
UK criminal defense lawyer hadn't patched when ransomware hit
Brit solicitor fined after admitting it took 5 months to install critical update
Security15 Mar 2022 | 13
Oracle sees automation opportunity in healthcare following pandemic
Doctor Ellison says big wins in the sector influenced decision to buy health records outfit Cerner
Databases11 Mar 2022 | 5
Conflict in Ukraine disrupts fragile supply chain recovery
Energy and air costs rise, inflation is up... and Russia 'likely turn to Chinese vendors' says analyst
Personal Tech10 Mar 2022 | 45
IBM investors staged 2021 revolt over exec pay
Former Red Hat boss Jim Whitehurst's $22.5m share award got shareholders all steamed up, documents confirm
On-Prem09 Mar 2022 | 11
Insurance giant Aon confirms it has suffered 'cyber incident'
Oh the irony! Insurance companies, even those selling cyber insurance, are attack targets
Security01 Mar 2022 | 6
Dell PC backlog woes strike again amid component shortfall
Servers, storage parts challenges too, according to Q4 earnings call
On-Prem25 Feb 2022 | 4
Atos realises future does not belong to data centre services
€1.9bn goodwill writedown, another profit warning, going to focus on cloud, digital and security from now on
On-Prem10 Feb 2022 | 2
Vice Society said to be behind digital break-in at UK umbrella and accounting group
As Optionis Group CEO confirms to contractors their data was leaked online
Security08 Feb 2022 | 12
Arm's $66bn sale to Nvidia is off: Deal collapses after world's competition regulators raise concerns
SoftBank Group opts to take Arm stock public again as CEO Simon Segars announces departure
On-Prem08 Feb 2022 | 43
Welsh home improvement biz fined £200,000 over campaign of 675,478 nuisance calls
ICO says Home2Sense showed 'complete disregard for people's privacy'
Security03 Feb 2022 | 30
Chromebook sales in recession: Market saturation blamed as shipments collapse more than 63% in Q4
PC makers ditch Google OS portables for higher-margin Windows machines as component shortages linger
Personal Tech31 Jan 2022 | 22
Capita offloads Microsoft licensing biz Trustmarque to private equity for £110m
Remainder of Capita's Portfolio of unwanted businesses to be expunged by year end, says CEO
Channel28 Jan 2022 | 1
Instant Ump: HP Inc's subscription ink services hiking prices from next month
Updated Customers in mid-tier band facing up to 50% higher fees... and they're delighted
Personal Tech27 Jan 2022 | 50
Head of Big Tech Expertise? Believe it or not, it's a UK.gov vacancy for a Whitehall job
What happened to loosening stranglehold of major tech firms on the public sector?
Off-Prem26 Jan 2022 | 25
UKCloud acquired: Public sector specialist finally bags investment from current chair and private equity after reporting steep losses
Updated Wolves no longer at the door of struggling Brit cloud slinger
PaaS + IaaS21 Jan 2022 | 21
Working overtime? Those extra hours might not be hurting your wellbeing after all – just don't tell Jeff Bezos or Jack Ma
If you love your job, going the extra mile might not be stressful or cause depression
Offbeat20 Jan 2022 | 22
NortonLifeLock and Avast tie-up falls under UK competition regulator's spotlight
CMA invites comments from 'interested parties' on what merger means to them
Security20 Jan 2022 | 7
UK data watchdog slaps Ministry of Justice with Enforcement Notice for breaking GDPR law
ICO threatens £17.5m fine over late processing of subject access requests
Legal19 Jan 2022 | 15
Apple grabs smartphone crown as iPhone 13 wakes up the fanbois, leaves Chinese rivals eating dust
But smartphone shipments globally edge up just 1% for total market as demand outweighs supply
Personal Tech18 Jan 2022 | 15
International police shut down 15 server infrastructures as part of VPNLab.net's takedown
VPN service used by crims to support ransomware attacks and other illicit activity
Security18 Jan 2022 | 20
Umbrella company Parasol Group confirms cyber attack as 'root cause' of prolonged network outage
'Malicious activity on our network' spotted, says CEO, as some contractors say they've still not been paid
Security17 Jan 2022 | 22
Multi-day IT systems outage whacks umbrella biz Parasol Group amid fears of a cyber attack
Contractors say they haven't been paid, and are in the dark too
Security14 Jan 2022 | 19
Insurance giant Lloyd's hires DXC to migrate org off legacy mainframes to AWS cloud
300-year-old institution to be dragged into the 21st century
Off-Prem13 Jan 2022 | 29
Even desktops showed up on growth radar in global PC shipment stakes for 2021
341 million units sold last year, up 15%
Personal Tech12 Jan 2022 | 5
