SaaS
Xero says accounting software users were locked out by login glitch, not nefarious deeds
Issue has been resolved and your data is 'secure', claims SaaS outfit
28 Jul 17:30 |
Off-Prem
Off-Prem
A global pandemic and ransomware explosion makes for a bumper quarter at Google parent Alphabet
Chief exec Pichai wants to 'help people get the information they need,' even as YouTube fingered for conspiracy guff
28 Jul 13:45 | 1
SaaS
Workday shares slide following claims Amazon ditched company-wide HR system
Some customers have a 'unique set of needs' SaaSy vendor says
28 Jul 12:13 | 18
SaaS
Microsoft made $167m a day in profit, every day, over the past 12 months
Robust cloud, business not enough to overcome concerns about decline in Windows hardware maker revenue
27 Jul 22:16 | 19
SaaS
'Login infrastructure issue' blamed as sustained Xero outage threatens payrolls
Accountancy software goes TITSUP* as biz users can't invoice customers nor see who's paid their bills
27 Jul 13:54 | 31
Off-Prem
Google promises its days as a cold-eyed API-killer are behind it
Customers are afraid of commitment, so new rules for enterprise APIs promise to stick around until you ride off into the sunset
27 Jul 08:01 | 8
Off-Prem
Intel announces AWS has become a client, Qualcomm likes its future tech, advances that as proof it's back in business
Reveals tech roadmap that contains some real change, some renaming
27 Jul 06:53 | 3
PaaS + IaaS
After staring over the precipice once before, Kent County Council considers £500m in outsourcing again
Promise of 'efficiencies' may be appealing to authority facing £100m COVID black hole
26 Jul 10:03 | 13
Updated
Cloudflare slams AWS egress fees to convince web giant to join its discount data club
Lower your prices and play nicer, CDN goliath suggests
24 Jul 00:07 | 15
Updated
Rackspace literally decimates workforce: One in ten staffers let go this week
85% of those jobs will be rehired, just in cheaper countries
23 Jul 19:55 | 52
Updated
Akamai Edge DNS goes down, takes a chunk of the internet with it
If you're wondering why some websites disappeared today
22 Jul 17:31 | 37
SaaS
Financial Ombudsman Service to ditch tech heads as it open arms to Workday and outside service provider
Not just the legacy HR and finance systems being booted
22 Jul 13:00 | 10
Off-Prem
Cut us some Slack: $27bn+ later, collab tool officially belongs to Salesforce
Cloud apps giant sets off to invent the future of work and beat Microsoft Teams
22 Jul 11:29 | 20
Updated
Ably blog claims company doesn't need Kubernetes to scale, surge in traffic takes down entire website
'Well that went well'
22 Jul 10:45 | 20
Edge + IoT
Will it bend? That is the question: Arm boffins boast of first flexible 32-bit chip
Plastic-backed TFT part positioned as perfect for the Internet of Things
21 Jul 16:01 | 18
Feature
You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between
What really happens after you disappear into Bezos' talent hoover?
21 Jul 09:15 | 75
Opinion
AWS gave Parler a chance, won't say if it talked to NSO before axing spyware biz's backend systems
How do you feel about your cloud now?
21 Jul 06:01 | 56
Off-Prem
YouTube acquires Indian social commerce platform Simsim
Short influencer-fronted infomercials may seep into YouTube
21 Jul 04:56 |
Promo
Pfizer saved millions by shifting cold data into the cloud. Could you do the same?
Head this way to find out
20 Jul 15:33 |
SaaS
IBM's 3% sales growth may not seem like much but it's the biggest it's had in three years
Maybe keep the email systems down a little longer if it helps this much?
20 Jul 01:23 | 10
Popular
Personal Tech
Dell won't ship energy-hungry PCs to California and five other US states due to power regulations
Energy efficiency rules appear to be limiting the availability of gaming rigs
Feature
I've got a broken combine harvester – but the manufacturer won't give me the software key
Right-to-repair activists welcome policy wins with caution
Security
Apple patches zero-day vulnerability in iOS, iPadOS, macOS under active attack
Characteristically mum about details
Security
SSD belonging to Euro-cloud Scaleway was stolen from back of a truck, then turned up on YouTube
Has since been recovered, and Scaleway now ships disks with GPS trackers
Security
You, too, can be a Windows domain controller and do whatever you like, with this one weird WONTFIX trick
Microsoft offers some mitigations for thwarting PetitPotam attacks
Security
Scam-baiting YouTube channel Tech Support Scams taken offline by tech support scam
'It was pretty convincing until the very end,' says host Jim Browning
Security
Compsci student walks off with $50,000 after bug bounty report blows gaping hole in Shopify software repos
First-timer wins maximum payout through HackerOne programme
SaaS
'Login infrastructure issue' blamed as sustained Xero outage threatens payrolls
Accountancy software goes TITSUP* as biz users can't invoice customers nor see who's paid their bills
On-Prem
North Wales Police seek IT services partners in deals worth up to £41.6m
Force still stinging after CGI fiasco ended up costing more than hoped for
Security
Misconfigured Azure Blob at Raven Hengelsport exposed records of 246,000 anglers – and took months to tackle, claim infosec researchers
18GB of Dutch fishing supplier's data left in unsecured server
STORIES
SaaS
I no longer have a burning hatred for Jewish people, says Googler now suddenly no longer at Google
Veep of cloud devrel exits after 'beyond car crash' all-hands meeting
20 Jul 00:17 | 172
Off-Prem
Black horse of banking borkage revisits Lloyds
It's working now and they're very sorry
19 Jul 15:15 | 5
Off-Prem
Zoom! That's the sounds of comms firm chomping down on loss-making Five9 in transaction valued at $14.7bn
Pandemic smiles on Unified-Comms-as-a-Service biz
19 Jul 13:35 | 6
PaaS + IaaS
Microsoft reveals pay-to-Ping plan for advanced Azure availability testing
Does charging for Ping pong? Maybe not in this case, as Microsoft's plan covers 'Standard Ping tests' that are quite advanced
16 Jul 05:15 | 8
Off-Prem
Nuclear cloud: UK's reactor cleanup crew awards Softcat reseller deal for Microsoft licences, Azure services
What's another £33.6m when entire programme projected to cost £132bn?
15 Jul 11:45 | 15
Off-Prem
tsoHost pleads for 'patience and understanding' as sites borked, support sinkholed
Like 'thoughts and prayers' but for web hosting
14 Jul 16:15 | 13
SaaS
It had to happen: Microsoft's cloudy Windows 365 desktops are due to land next month
The good: It's a Windows PC running in the cloud. The bad: It's a Windows PC running in the cloud
14 Jul 15:00 | 83
SaaS
Informatica bids to become Switzerland of data with SaaSy governance and catalogue tool
Stakes claim for neutral territory after Databricks and cloud vendors make play to manage your data
14 Jul 13:29 | 1
Off-Prem
NEC to move its IT into Azure and give staff – all 110,000 of ’em – a cloudy Windows desktop
Japanese services giant deepens ties with Microsoft and reckons it can address Japan’s ageing population
14 Jul 05:01 | 17
Off-Prem
OpenSearch, the AWS-sponsored Elasticsearch fork, reaches 1.0 milestone
Long-running legal dispute looks close to settlement
13 Jul 19:17 | 7
Off-Prem
Google killed desktop Drive and replaced it with two apps. Now it’s killing those, and Drive for desktop is returning
Sync'n'store users have forced migration to conduct within 80 days – enjoy yourselves, Workspaces admins!
13 Jul 07:36 | 51
Off-Prem
XCP-NG project teases DPU-as-a-Service on Scaleway cloud
Open-source revival of Xen Server will target hardware from fabless French manycore kit-maker Kalray
13 Jul 04:32 | 2
PaaS + IaaS
IBM still spending its way to cloud relevance with BoxBoat buy
New DevOps buy to support OpenShift push
09 Jul 13:44 | 5
SaaS
Salesforce's Patterson blazes a trail for humble-braggers everywhere
UK & I shindig has everything: Olympians, Bake-Off stars, and the ever-rising former BT boss
08 Jul 10:47 | 12
Off-Prem
India takes on e-commerce giants with plan for a national platform
Hopes to integrate closed platforms into giant national marketplace and make the lot open-source
08 Jul 02:58 | 2
Updated
Pentagon scraps $10bn JEDI winner-takes-all cloud contract
Y'know what, a single-vendor IT mega-deal probably isn't the best idea after all, says US military
06 Jul 17:02 | 66
