Databricks: Ugh, just look at that messy data lake environment. Squints. You know... we could sort that out with a sweet shot of SQL Data-wrangler previews another lakehouse concept tool Databases13 Nov 2020 |
Banking software firm tiptoes off to the cloud with MariaDB after $2m Oracle licence shocker Licence to float... Databases10 Nov 2020 | 62
MongoDB rolls out pick 'n' mix multi-cloud DBaaS, hopes to win over footdraggers by playing well with AWS, Google, Microsoft Falls short as a generalist database playa, though, says analyst Databases20 Oct 2020 | 6
Adventures in SQL Server 2019: Microsoft updates the update that broke the update I don't know why she swallowed the fly... Databases02 Oct 2020 | 4
Couchbase set to bring app multi-tenancy to its NoSQL document-store database Interview 7.0 release will give devs power to lay out their microservice architecture Databases02 Oct 2020 | 8
Should we all consolidate databases for the storage benefits? Reg vultures deploy DevOps, zoos, haircuts Register Debate As the wisdom of the crowd decides Databases18 Sep 2020 | 11
Storage consolidation: Simplifying infrastructure will pay dividends for your apps Register Debate And let me tell you why in three words: Developers! Developers! Developers! Databases16 Sep 2020 | 1
Storage consolidation: Why different flavors of database need different types of storage Register Debate You can bring a horse to water but you can't turn it into a fish Databases16 Sep 2020 | 6
Aerospike drags mainframes kicking and screaming into the modern world by feeding their data through Apache Spark ML, analytics connector reduces memory demand, says database firm Databases16 Sep 2020 | 6
If you're modernizing your complex database stack and keep glancing at better storage, you're not alone Reader survey We polled you IT pros out there on your info silo plans – and here are the results Databases15 Sep 2020 | 1
Consolidating databases has significant storage benefits – and therefore everyone should be doing it Register Debate Save yourself money, save yourself space Databases14 Sep 2020 | 12
Database consolidation is a server gain. Storage vendors should butt out Register Debate Cost benefits are oversold – and may be completely wrong Databases14 Sep 2020 | 17
Open-source database outfit Redis Labs grabs $100m funding as it seeks to be about more than just cold, hard cache 'If speed is not important, there are 300 other solutions' Databases25 Aug 2020 | 6
SQLite maximum database size increased to 281TB – but will anyone need one that big? An unlikely requirement for an engine popular on Android and iOS Databases19 Aug 2020 | 60
Deep-root database: Kew Garden's 8 million specimen collection to find new life through data management Finally, a digital transformation that really matters Databases13 Aug 2020 | 18
AWS adds database on-ramp to its Arm-powered instances Automation tool RDS can now push MySQL and PostgreSQL onto Arm, MariaDB coming soon Databases03 Aug 2020 |
It must have been love, but it's over now: Rockset tries to break up storage and compute, meet transactional, data-warehouse systems in middle Propositions database land with a 'real-time' system Databases28 Jul 2020 | 4
It's a Meow-nixed system, I know this: Purr-fect storm of 3,000+ insecure databases – and a data-wiping bot ProtoVPN IP range fingrered as source of destructive attacks Databases24 Jul 2020 | 35
Seven 'no log' VPN providers accused of leaking – yup, you guessed it – 1.2TB of user logs onto the internet Maybe it was the old Lionel Hutz play: 'No-logging VPN? I meant, No! Logging VPN!' Databases17 Jul 2020 | 73
Cloud swings Chinese database market behind local developers Oracle rules on-prem, but Alibaba owns the cloud ... and here comes Huawei Databases13 Jul 2020 | 1
Erudite, insightful, self-aware and almost human: Give your local database admin a hug – it's DBA Appreciation Day We said, we hope you get some downtime. Oh never mind. Come on, it's just once a year Databases03 Jul 2020 | 10
Database maestro Antirez says arrivederci to Redis: Seems he wants an unstructured life writing code, not a structured one managing software Open-source database project gets new heads, inclusive code of conduct Databases30 Jun 2020 | 3
The first rule of NoSQL DBaaS club is: You must talk about NoSQL DBaaS club. And Couchbase is in Follows its customers into the cloud Databases30 Jun 2020 |
Feds cuff Detroit man for allegedly hacking University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Data pilfered from PeopleSoft HR database sold to tax fraudsters, it is claimed Databases19 Jun 2020 | 1
We cross now live to Oracle. Mr Ellison, any thoughts? 'Autonomous self-driving computers eliminate human labor, eliminate human error' Database giant's Q4 earnings call was quite the ride amid virus-hit revenues Databases17 Jun 2020 | 20
No Wiggle room: Two weeks after angry bike shop customers report mystery orders on their accounts, firm confirms payment cards delinked Updated It was a fraudster! Finally an excuse for why there's a £250 Lycra bodysuit on your bank statement Databases16 Jun 2020 | 69
City of London Corporation explores options to escape Oracle's clutches Tests market for SaaSy alternative to Oracle E-business, wants one system to rule HR, finance, payroll, property management... Databases12 Jun 2020 | 14
MongoDB 4.4 aims to be a dev crowd-pleaser, but analysts say it's still short of 'general-purpose' database territory New features for core product as well as enhancements to Atlas DBaaS Databases09 Jun 2020 | 7
DB or not DB: Open-sourcer Percona pushes out plethora of SQL and NoSQL tweaks in bid to win over suits Hopes to lure business types to shiny platform Databases19 May 2020 |
MongoDB and Rockset link arms to figure out SQL-to-NoSQL application integration NoSQL, no problem for Facebook-originating RocksDB Databases07 May 2020 | 4
Couchbase goes cuckoo for Kubernetes with v2.0 release of Autonomous Operator NoSQL or open source, databases cannot help but be drawn to Googly cloud container orchestration system Databases30 Apr 2020 |
Indian IT outsourcing giant Wipro picks Nutanix to help tame Oracle and SQL Server Managed databases that feel like they're caressed in cloud Databases30 Apr 2020 |
Chart-topper Neo4j makes connections in effort to nudge graph DBs into the mainstream Java Database Connectivity built in to hook up easily with analytics tools Databases26 Mar 2020 |
Secret-sharing app Whisper shared secrets like last known location and actual password tokens in exposed database 900 million records detailing country, interests and more left in full view Databases11 Mar 2020 | 33
It's a jungle out there when it comes to conservation tech – but there's a cloud for that Courtesy of Species360 (not a move by Microsoft into the zoology space) Databases24 Jan 2020 | 2
Yo, sysadmins! Thought Patch Tuesday was big? Oracle says 'hold my Java' with huge 334 security flaw fix bundle House of Larry delivers massive update for 93 products Databases15 Jan 2020 | 7
It's just semantics: Bulgarian software dev Ontotext squeezes out GraphDB 9.1 Now sing with us: Validation, governance and security Databases15 Jan 2020 |
Concerns raised over privacy and security of UK Home Office's £842m biometrics programme Updated Plans to aggregate it with other databases should be discussed, says ethics group Databases05 Nov 2019 | 20
Messed Western: Vuln hunters say hotel giant's Autoclerk code exposed US soldiers' info, travel plans, passwords... Details of military personnel and trips leak online from poorly secured AWS service Databases22 Oct 2019 | 8
PostgreSQL puts the pedal to the metal with some smart indexing tweaks in version 12 Open-source veteran not above the odd speed increase Databases04 Oct 2019 | 24
Larry Ellison tiers Amazon a new one: Oracle cloud gets 'always' free offer, plus something about Linux OpenWorld El Reg decodes Big Red's big announcements from today OSes17 Sep 2019 | 27
Oracle's Mark Hurd hits pause as co-CEO, says he needs time to deal with health issues Also-CEO Safra Catz will take over share his responsibilities with some guy who co-founded the biz Databases11 Sep 2019 | 16
UK plod could lose access to 79 million criminal alerts in event of a no-deal Brexit European data sharing confined to underused Interpol database Databases05 Sep 2019 | 85
Let's open the Mystery Data Security Blunder box, and see what's inside today... Ah! Hotel reservations and more Updated Public-facing insecure ElasticSearch silo found, reported, hidden from view Databases16 Jul 2019 | 5
UK's MoD is helping itself to cops' fingerprint database 'unlawfully', rules biometrics chief Paul Wiles: 'Clear and publicly accepted rules' needed for common data platform Databases27 Jun 2019 | 28
Who left a database of emails, credit cards, plain-text passwords, and more open to the web this week? Tech Data, come on down! Business IT giant that services Apple, Cisco, and others, exposed 264GB of info Databases06 Jun 2019 | 30
DataStax has stars in its eyes over Constellation, its latest tweak on Apache Cassandra Datastax Accelerate It’s not just a hosted version of the database, says the CEO Databases23 May 2019 |
Salesforce? Salesfarce: Cloud giant in multi-hour meltdown after database blunder grants users access to all data Updated Plug pulled on instances as engineers scramble to protect customer info Databases17 May 2019 | 45
El Reg rifled through the history of Huawei's 'new' GaussDB – only 'new' bit is machine learning Third version since 2016 Databases15 May 2019 | 18
AI! Databases here we come, yells Huawei as it preps software you can fling your Arm around Watch your back, Larry E: New tech's hitting Beijing on Wednesday Databases13 May 2019 | 18
FYI: Someone left 24GB of personal info on 80m US households exposed to the public internet Security bods ask for help figuring out who left Microsoft-hosted barn door open Databases29 Apr 2019 | 35
Not one of the 12 steps: Rehab patients' details exposed in publicly visible database Researcher disturbed at availability of very personal data Databases19 Apr 2019 | 15
Oracle splats 300 vulns in MySQL, Database, Fusion, etc, pours fresh brew of Java SE terms Multiple pre-auth remote code exec holes need pasting over, enterprise IT giant warns Databases16 Apr 2019 | 22
The Handmaid's Tale or Man-made Fail? Exposed DB of 'BreedReady' women probably not as bad as it sounds Dystopian forced pregnancy scenarios likely a figment of Western media biases Databases11 Mar 2019 | 16
That marketing email database that exposed 809 million contact records? Maybe make that two-BILLION-plus? Updated 'This is a gigantic amalgamation of data all in one place' expert tells El Reg Databases08 Mar 2019 | 31
What now, Larry? AWS boss insists Amazon will have dumped Oracle database by end of 2019 re:Invent Clock's ticking on Ellison's smack talk Databases29 Nov 2018 | 22
Brexit: UK will be disconnected from EU databases after 2020 Commission will 'endeavour' to make an adequacy decision during transition period Databases15 Nov 2018 | 178
Michael Howard: Embrace of open source is destroying 'artificial definitions' of legacy vendors Interview MariaDB boss says IPO is part of his 3-year plan Databases13 Nov 2018 | 26
Watchdog slams political data slurpers' 'disturbing disregard' for voters' privacy ICO's second report into data analytics in campaigning lands with a thud Databases07 Nov 2018 | 8
Graph database biz Neo4j doubles total funding courtesy of $80m E-series splurge Firm plans to stuff a sizeable chunk into AI, naturally Databases01 Nov 2018 | 1
Thought Patch Tuesday was a load? You gotta check out this Oracle mega-advisory, then And you'll definitely want to check out the libssh flaw Databases16 Oct 2018 | 13
What could be more embarrassing for a Russian spy: Their info splashed online – or that they drive a Lada? Privacy blunder blows cover on 300+ suspected Kremlin agents Databases05 Oct 2018 | 78