Microsoft appeals UK's block on Activision deal
CMA: European Commission accepted proposals that would let Redmond set terms in market 'for the next 10 years'
Off-Prem25 May 2023 | 6
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How to master multicloud from the ground to cloud (and back again)
Commissioned Bring multicloud to your organization by design, not default, says Dell
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Snowflake and Zoom celebrate shrunken cloud bills as margins swell
Analytics outfit gets there by moving customers to Amazon’s Graviton CPUs
Off-Prem25 May 2023 |
Singapore on track to reach cloud migration goals – asks suppliers to re-apply
Renewed SaaS push and purchase of 100,000 PCs in the offing
Off-Prem25 May 2023 |
Born in the USA! Broadcom will produce American-made RF modules for Apple
So what happened to Apple building its own modems?
Edge + IoT23 May 2023 | 7
Managing datacenter network traffic the easy way
How the SONiC open-source ecosystem is helping build a connected networking fabric from core to edge to cloud
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Keir Starmer's techno-fix for the NHS: Déjà vu disaster or brave new blunder?
Opinion Beware over promising benefits and underestimating complexity
Off-Prem23 May 2023 | 133
Google Cloud upgrades with next-gen accelerator that embiggens its VMs
Homebrew Infrastructure Processing Unit virtualizes networks and storage to make Sapphire Rapids Xeons sing
Off-Prem23 May 2023 | 1
Dell pulls storage, PCs, and compute into Apex ITaaS platform – a little late
Dell World Continues feeding the hybrid cloud monster
Channel23 May 2023 |
Alibaba plans to spin off cloud division within 12 months
Approves breakup after missing revenue estimate
PaaS + IaaS19 May 2023 | 1
NHS England spends £8M to extend Microsoft deals by a month
Updated Good day at the Office for Windows giant as nurses still fight for pay raises
PaaS + IaaS18 May 2023 | 52
Multicloud isn't necessary, says Gartner … until it is
The downside is complexity. The upside, if you strategize properly, is specialist services and diversity
Off-Prem18 May 2023 | 13
Search the web at least once every two years or risk losing your Google account
Updated inactivity policy may nix accounts, and data. Even Workspaces data and your precious pics
Off-Prem18 May 2023 | 52
The rainbow bridge between two cloud worlds
The path to hybrid cloud and a single management framework
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Microsoft tries a deeper dive into Azure Firewall traffic
If the flow slows, you need to know why
Off-Prem16 May 2023 | 3
EU monopoly cops probe complaints about Microsoft Azure
Over in the US, FTC panel on cloud homes in on restrictive software licensing
PaaS + IaaS16 May 2023 | 13
Hey Apple, what good is a status page if you only update it after the outage?
It's not just Cupertino, most status pages aren't what they claim to be
Off-Prem15 May 2023 | 19
Gartner: Stop worrying and love the cloud, with all its outages and lock-in
Yes, there are risks. But you can address them without huge multi-cloud failover rigs
Off-Prem15 May 2023 | 35
4 ways CIOs can optimize IT and boost business value
One way to do more with less is to build business value using as-a-Service to optimize workload placement
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Developers now able to 'customize' their Azure Virtual Desktop experience
Build your own ‘golden images’ and then connect 'em to more stuff, says Microsoft
PaaS + IaaS10 May 2023 | 1
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Windows XP activation algorithm cracked, keygen now works on Linux
The unkillable OS rises from the grave… Again
Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux
Come for the Kubernetes, stay for the containers
Since when did my SSD need water cooling?
Feature As next-gen storage gets hotter, designs are getting wacky
That old box of tech junk you should probably throw out saves a warehouse
On Call When all seemed lost, here comes the Sun … workstation
Why you might want an email client in the era of webmail
New beta versions of Thunderbird (and Firefox, while we're at it) to help set you up
BOFH: Get me a new data file or your manager finds out exactly what you think of him
Episode 10 A developer in sales? You poor, poor creature
Fahrenheit to take over Celsius
0°C×9/5+32 = how much money to thaw frozen crypto accounts?
BlackByte ransomware crew lists city of Augusta after cyber 'incident'
Mayor promises to comment on Friday
Subpoenaed PyPI says bye-bye to as much IP address data as it can
Python package pile prefers protecting programmer privacy
Alien versus Predator? No, this Android spyware works together
Phone-hugging code can record calls, read messages, track geolocation, access camera, other snooping
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Microsoft Azure CTO believes confidential computing is the future of targeted advertising
Wait... what?
PaaS + IaaS10 May 2023 | 24
Uncle Sam mulls dumping monolithic software stacks for modular blocks
Anyone else heard of these microservices?
PaaS + IaaS08 May 2023 | 11
India's major IT outsourcers slow hiring and fret about deal pipelines
Two years ago the big four hired 243,000 workers. Last year that fell to 82,000
Channel05 May 2023 | 14
Microsoft touts bigger, faster Azure VMs as data deluge grows
NVMe storage should mean better performance for data-intensive workloads, says tech giant
Off-Prem04 May 2023 | 3
Miffed Googlers meme on CEO's $226M pay award amid cost-cutting campaign
And $70B in share repurchases didn't calm matters
Off-Prem04 May 2023 | 52
AWS, Microsoft make finding important admin info less frustrating
It's 2023 and tech giants have discovered email and unified dashboards
Off-Prem04 May 2023 | 3
Academics have 'no confidence' in Edinburgh University's response to its Oracle disaster
Updated Institution yet to answer 'elementary' project management questions after upgrade left staff and suppliers unpaid
PaaS + IaaS03 May 2023 | 43
Salesforce boss Benioff scores payday of nearly $30m amid cost cutting
Average employee got $199k, changes afoot to exec compensation
SaaS28 Apr 2023 | 4
Cloud slowdown hits Amazon as orgs look to rein in cost
Off-prem tech is 'SERIOUSLY expensive' Reg reader complains
Off-Prem28 Apr 2023 | 16
Amazon axes Halo gear as job cuts hit cloud segment
'It is a tough day across our organization,' says memo from AWS boss
PaaS + IaaS27 Apr 2023 | 10
Another cloud provider runs to shelter from Microsoft's licensing practices
First British biz joins Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers
PaaS + IaaS27 Apr 2023 | 8
Microsoft tackles SaaSy URL sprawl, dumping its dotcom in favor of cloud.microsoft
Promises more cross-product links, better security, and easier admin – for you and Redmond’s own crew
SaaS27 Apr 2023 | 23
Google Cloud slips over in Europe amid water leak, fire
Paris-based europe-west9-a zone still MIA
PaaS + IaaS26 Apr 2023 | 9
China's Alibaba Cloud cuts prices in bid to lure customers
Only in the Middle Kingdom as company reportedly eyes IPO
PaaS + IaaS26 Apr 2023 |
Google Cloud makes its first profit, 15 years after launching
Alphabet finds $1.6 billion of benefits by sweating its servers and networks for longer
Off-Prem26 Apr 2023 | 10
Microsoft may stop bundling Teams with Office amid antitrust probe threat
First came Slack then others joined the scrum to tackle the Beast of Redmond
PaaS + IaaS25 Apr 2023 | 97
Where are we now – Microsoft 363? Cloud suite suffers another outage
Final update Some customers unable to use the search function for online services like Teams and Outlook
SaaS24 Apr 2023 | 20
How was Google boss's 2022? He got paid $226M as stock awards kicked in
Bumper payday for exec as relentless cost-cutting campaign continues
Off-Prem24 Apr 2023 | 25
IBM starts renting cloudy bare metal Linux almost-mainframes
LinuxONE servers come to the Big Blue cloud
PaaS + IaaS21 Apr 2023 | 9
Microsoft not a Teams player as admin center, 365 service suffer partial outage
Final update It’s not the caching. There’s no way it’s the caching. It was the caching
SaaS20 Apr 2023 | 22
Cloud projects keep being postponed amid economic uncertainty
OVH joins AWS, Microsoft and others in saying customer deals not dead... they're just resting
Off-Prem19 Apr 2023 | 3
European datacenters worried they can't get cheap, reliable juice
UK operators are sweating about price, Nordics chill thanks to low ambient temperatures
Off-Prem18 Apr 2023 | 58
Tencent Cloud says it's mass producing custom video chips
Chinese tech giant claims better performance than competing GPUs
Off-Prem18 Apr 2023 | 3
UK consortium bid for NHS data platform falls at first hurdle
Vows to regroup and come back stronger after failing in bid Palantir is pipped to win
PaaS + IaaS17 Apr 2023 | 43
Amazon CEO says AWS staff now spending ‘much of their time’ optimizing customers’ clouds
Annual shareholder letter warns of ‘softening’ growth for cloud biz, likely lift-off for Kuiper satellite broadband
Off-Prem17 Apr 2023 | 23
Ex-CIO must pay £81k over Total Shambles Bank migration
Yes, the week-long IT meltdown that sparked a multitude of sarcastic Reg headlines
PaaS + IaaS14 Apr 2023 | 28
Salesforce lets go of more of its towering presence in San Francisco
Updated Fancy a sublease? Office digs in Silicon Valley hometown hotspot up for grabs
PaaS + IaaS12 Apr 2023 | 4
Tiny Brit tech firms win spots on £1.84B public sector contract. Kidding, it's the usual suspects
Collective deal to cover software needs for every rung of government
PaaS + IaaS12 Apr 2023 | 23
Fujitsu sets out on 5-year mission to standardize ERP on SAP S/4HANA
To that we say good luck
PaaS + IaaS11 Apr 2023 | 9
Microsoft switches gears, keeps Exchange Online's CARs around until Sept 2024
At least Redmond listens to some customers
SaaS10 Apr 2023 | 1
Microsoft coughs up some change after allegedly selling software to no-no companies
Nadella happy to sling code to Russians and Iranians, or nah?
Channel07 Apr 2023 | 13
Ofcom tempted to bring in competition watchdog to sniff the UK cloud market
As much as 80% in the hands of three companies – you can guess which
PaaS + IaaS05 Apr 2023 | 8
Tech giants looking for ways to wriggle out of UK digital tax, watchdog warns
Delays to OECD plan means interim fix could be found wanting
Off-Prem05 Apr 2023 | 49
Unilever claims it's a 'cloud-only enterprise' – now with added OpenAI
Funny way to describe a company that makes toilet cleaner
Off-Prem04 Apr 2023 | 15
When Google cost cutting goes molecular: Staples, sticky tape, and PC sweating
Staff WFH so internal cafes are baking too many muffins, says doc, while bus shuttles and yoga classes are empty
Off-Prem04 Apr 2023 | 45
British govt tech supplier Capita crippled by 'IT issue'
Earning that nickname all over again
Off-Prem31 Mar 2023 | 53
Euro cloud providers react to MS potentially cutting deal on antitrust
Transparency? Redmond's heard of it
Off-Prem30 Mar 2023 | 2
Fintechs depend on cloud for business expansion
But what type of off prem infrastructure suits them best?
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Google Cloud pitches 'Gen Apps' – low-code AI-based tools, not post-millennial kids
We've got your summarization, your Q&A, your chatbots, your classification tasks ready to go
Off-Prem30 Mar 2023 | 7
Oh, really? Microsoft worries multicloud complicates security and identity
Coincidentally lays off techies in its identity team
Spotlight on RSA29 Mar 2023 | 8
Alibaba to separate into six parts. Take that HP and IBM, with your puny two-way splits
Cloud and AI bundled into an entity that’s free to seek its own funds or list
Off-Prem29 Mar 2023 | 4
Rackspace racks up job cuts amid market downturn and talk of offshoring
Exclusive Everything from inflation, to war in Ukraine and high interest rates 'point to recession', says CEO in memo to staff
Off-Prem28 Mar 2023 | 14
Ammo-maker says TikTok's datacenter site could deprive it of electricity
'Our future growth is challenged by the storage of cat videos'
Energy Efficient Datacenters28 Mar 2023 | 41
Outage rates fall, but major ones will cost more. Oh and don't bank on SLAs
Not what cost-cutting companies want to hear right now. Maybe they should hang onto those engineers?
Off-Prem27 Mar 2023 | 9
Activist investor Elliott holds off board-level influence at Salesforce
Benioff gets a pat on the head and an undefined reprieve
SaaS27 Mar 2023 | 3
Accenture puts 19,000 staffers' heads on the chopping block
2.5% of workforce to go as sales and margin growth forecasts dip
Off-Prem24 Mar 2023 | 35
Microsoft breaks geolocation, locking users out of Azure and M365
Customers banished to an IP address in Uzbekistan that Redmond’s cloud did not recognize
Off-Prem24 Mar 2023 | 35
Microsoft admits Azure Resource Manager failed after code change
Just lucky Western Europe was asleep when it happened
PaaS + IaaS23 Mar 2023 | 20
India gives itself a mission to lead the 'Global South' into 6G era
Builds its own seat at the standards development table
Off-Prem23 Mar 2023 | 8
SpaceX tries to de-orbit Amazon's request for a satellite broadband shortcut
Stop the presses: Billionaires think sharing is a great idea, until a rival billionaire wants to share
Off-Prem22 Mar 2023 | 31
Amazon lays off another 9,000, because why not?
Add another zero or so and soon we're talking real numbers
Off-Prem20 Mar 2023 | 10
Don't Be Evil, a gaggle of Googlers tell CEO Pichai amid mega layoffs
Open letter to top brass signed by 1,400+ staff offers 5-point plan to improve redundancy process
Off-Prem20 Mar 2023 | 26
The Shakespearian question of our age: To cloud or not to cloud
Opinion Don't need flexibility and scaling? Then don’t pay for what you don’t need
PaaS + IaaS20 Mar 2023 | 66
Google Cloud's US-East load balancers are lousy with latency
Monday morning rush job, anyone? Asking 'cos there's no ETA for a fix other than moving to another region
Off-Prem20 Mar 2023 | 11
Top 3 multicloud trends keeping IT leaders up at night
Multicloud management remains a big obstacle for IT departments seeking to manage cloud costs without sacrificing performance
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Microsoft pauses delayed partner ecosystem security update to count its money
Active Directory privilege de-escalation will run for nine days in May before taking June off
Channel16 Mar 2023 | 2
Microsoft dips Teams in the metaverse vat with avatars ahead
Can't be bothered with cam? Replace yourself with a 3D diligent worker
SaaS15 Mar 2023 | 29
Singapore software maker says own hardware in colo costs $400M less than cloud
‘Wouldn’t be profitable, or exist, if our products were 100% on AWS’
Off-Prem13 Mar 2023 | 37
Chinese biz banned from buying US tech rent it instead
Clouds reportedly offering surprisingly cheap access to blockaded comrades
PaaS + IaaS10 Mar 2023 | 7
Microsoft wants you to build quantum apps in Azure, the cloud that's both up and down
Oh, and pay boatloads for the privilege
PaaS + IaaS09 Mar 2023 | 9
Salesforce latest to sprinkle ChatGPT on itself, will ask language models to write code
Collaboration with OpenAI tech also threatens AI-generated sales emails, Slack messages, customer Q&As
SaaS07 Mar 2023 | 8
WFH? Google Cloud's offices like a 'ghost town' before new policy
Desk-sharing scheme adds more bums on seats, claims CEO
PaaS + IaaS07 Mar 2023 | 41
Top 3 questions to consider when choosing a streaming platform based on your budget
Key tips for choosing the right streaming platform for your needs
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US lobbyists commission report dismissing proposed EU cloud regulations
But it has a point about the achievability of goal of '75%' European cloud
PaaS + IaaS06 Mar 2023 | 20
Hands up anyone happy with Uncle Sam's $50B IT mega-job. Anyone?
Record number of gripes from suppliers vying for slice of this procurement pie
Off-Prem03 Mar 2023 | 7
Zoom chops president it hired less than a year ago
Vid-chat-biz ditches Greg Tomb as head-rolling continues
Off-Prem03 Mar 2023 | 28
Cloud infrastructure spreads its wings
How Huawei KooVerse brings low latency IaaS to customers everywhere
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Salesforce banks savings by sweating tech infrastructure for an extra year
Revenue rocks, but boosting margins means five year old servers and four year old PCs
SaaS02 Mar 2023 | 8
Civo, Intel stuff Kubernetes inside a secure enclave
All part of the cloud provider's Confidential Computing push
PaaS + IaaS01 Mar 2023 |
Zoom: The sound of web chat biz's annual profits nosediving
Fiscal 2023 'not without its challenges' as bottom line tumbles 76%
Off-Prem28 Feb 2023 | 6
Salesforce under investor pressure to dump more staff
Promised 10,000 cull unlikely to be enough to satisfy gaggle of activist investors
SaaS27 Feb 2023 | 6
Arm has legs: VMware's Bitnami starts packaging apps for Graviton and Ampere
Customers are keen on the lower cloudy database prices available after dropping x86
PaaS + IaaS27 Feb 2023 | 1
Infosys founder slams working from home, side hustles, as slowing India's growth
Asia in brief PLUS: Australia to appoint cyber-coordinator; FTX Japan resumes operations; India's PC market bucks trend with growth; and more
Off-Prem27 Feb 2023 | 29
HPE drops private 5G into GreenLake by acquiring Athonet
Wi-Fi not? It boosts Aruba's portfolio, single wireless nets are a way off, and everything-as-a-service is hot right now
Off-Prem24 Feb 2023 |
Google staff asked to share desk space in latest cost purge
From free massage therapy and on-site gyms to alternating desk days with fellow Googlers
SaaS23 Feb 2023 | 57
Phở no! Vietnam's last working submarine cable glitches out
Five from five take a dive, but connections are still alive
Off-Prem23 Feb 2023 | 14
Microsoft signals cloud cash grab is over as it pushes more cost-effective Azure VMs
Just as everyone looks to optimize what they spend for computing services
Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 2
Tech job vacancies hamper England's digital health plans
£1.1M ambition to recruit 10,000 pros 'inadequate' says committee
Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 46
Like AirTags, but for cargo: Qualcomm teases SaaSy tracking service
There's no way this could be abused, right?
Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 2
Save $7 million on cloud by spending $600k on servers, says 37Signals' David Heinemeier Hansson
Not doing the sums on repatriation is 'financial malpractice at this point'
PaaS + IaaS22 Feb 2023 | 74
Biting the hand that feeds IT
