Kubernetes is 'still hard' so VMware has gone all-in on container-related tech with expanded Tanzu, vSphere 7
The K8s on-ramp you didn't realise you need, or so Virtzilla hopes
10 Mar 2020 | 8
Boss helped sysadmin take down horrible client with swift kick to the nether regions
On-CallDirty doctor’s dodgy diagnosis defeated. Plus a new chapter for On-Call
20 Jul 2018 | 125
Samsung’s new phone-as-desktop is slick, fast and ready for splash-down ... somewhere
Hands-OnDeX Pad doesn’t have an obvious role, but finding one will be fun
18 Jul 2018 | 72
Microsoft to pay new bounties for identity services holes
If ye can board Microsoft accounts, Azure AD or even OpenID without the skipper knowing, loot be your reward
18 Jul 2018 | 15
People hate hot-desking. Google thinks they’ll love hot-Chromebooking
Especially sysadmins who want to get off the fix-this-PC-now treadmill
18 Jul 2018 | 112
AWS launches on-premises EC2 instances for reverse hybrid cloud
They’ll run on the Snowball Edge data transfer device, which packs a Xeon D
18 Jul 2018 | 5
Azure certifications are awful, Microsoft admits, so it has made new ones
Changes to add ‘more of the skills that you actually need to be successful’
17 Jul 2018 | 46
Gov.UK to make its lovely HTML exportable as parlous PDFs
Adobe-spawn feels 'more tangible and credible' for government crusties
17 Jul 2018 | 47
‘Elders of the Internet’ apologise for social media, recommend Trump filters to fix it
‘USENET was a pretty clear warning’ of things to come, says new draft IETF standard
17 Jul 2018 | 71
Intel and Micron downgrade 3D Xpoint relationship from friends with benefits to partners
The tech’s almost grown up so they’ll be sleeping in separate rooms under one roof
17 Jul 2018 | 5
Official probe into HPE’s Oz 3Par crashes would create 'further negative publicity' if revealed
And that’s one reason why The Register has been denied access to the final document
17 Jul 2018 | 26
Tech team trapped in data centre as hypoxic gas flooded in. Again
Who, me?Trouble started with a boiling battery and got worse when a ladder fell over
16 Jul 2018 | 120
Notes/Domino is alive! Second beta of version 10 is imminent
Analytical email, modern web dev tools and more, for both of you who still care
16 Jul 2018 | 46
AWS will make switches to go after Cisco – report
UpdatedAmazon increasingly accepts hybrid cloud is a thing, but would it really get into support?
16 Jul 2018 | 7
QEMU Qicks out release Qandidate, new Qadence for version 3.0.0
Some qode qleanup, some tweaks and also an arbitrary numbering thing
16 Jul 2018 | 1
ZTE sends 400 million hostages, gets back in business stateside
US commerce dept. counts escrow cash, warns it's always watching, Congress still split
15 Jul 2018 | 18
Tech support chap given no training or briefing before jobs, which is why he was arrested
On-CallOur hero fixed a spook-puter and tried to take a broken part back to the office
13 Jul 2018 | 104
NFSaaS becomes ‘Azure NetApp Files’ as ONTAP-on-Azure debuts
Preview teased in October 2017 is better late than never, but not yet for production data
13 Jul 2018 | 5
That went well – not! Broadcom’s value dives after CA biz gobble
We called it the weirdest acquisition ever and investors don’t get the deal either
13 Jul 2018 | 13
PC shipments just rose, thanks to Windows 10
No, this story didn’t come through a wormhole in time. Q2 2018 was the best since 2012
13 Jul 2018 | 59
Python creator Guido van Rossum sys.exit()s as language overlord
‘Benevolent dictator for life’ tired of the hate, leaves behind no successor or governance
13 Jul 2018 | 142
Microsoft adds subscriptions for SQL and Windows Servers
The plan looks like gentle cloud-herding with cheap, hybrid-cloud-friendly licences
12 Jul 2018 | 26
Desktop hypervisor fiends. Both of you. VMware's testing a new cut of Workstation
Complete with a REST API for automated amusement
12 Jul 2018 | 7
Salesforce ‘Einstein’ now smart enough for customer service
Your software pal who makes call centres less stabby
12 Jul 2018 | 19
