UK IaaS market: Deeper probe by competition regulator lands soon
Ofcom to refer findings to CMA – which insiders say will home in on egress fees, interoperability and licensing
PaaS + IaaS03 Oct 2023 | 1
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Game on: FTC tries again to block Microsoft Activision merger
Redmond says the deal is still on
Off-Prem27 Sep 2023 | 1
Why can't datacenter operators stop thinking about atomic power?
Analysis Three words: Cheap, reliable, power
Off-Prem27 Sep 2023 | 68
Alibaba Cloud to bring its AI PaaS out from behind the Great Firewall
Meanwhile its parent begins to break up, with float of logistics arm
Off-Prem27 Sep 2023 | 1
Bermuda, your data, Google's gonna take your US data
Updated Search giant's latest subsea cable will feed your YouTube addiction
Off-Prem26 Sep 2023 | 14
Twitter, aka X, tops charts for misinformation, EU official says
In measure of fakery, Musk's social media biz has highest noise-to-signal ratio
Off-Prem26 Sep 2023 | 96
Microsoft hiring a nuclear power program manager, because AI needs lots of 'leccy
Envisions a 'comprehensive small modular reactor and microreactor integration roadmap'
Off-Prem25 Sep 2023 | 35
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Fujitsu to quit Tokyo HQ
ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: Micron breaks ground in India; Hong Kong goes for green fintech; Taiwan to launch first sub; and more
Off-Prem25 Sep 2023 | 2
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The need for trusted infrastructure when moving applications from on-prem to the AWS Cloud
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ServiceNow upgrade goes from AI to Zero Trust
You can’t not do GenAI in 2023, and 'Vancouver' release has gone there – but its detours may be more worthy
SaaS21 Sep 2023 | 1
Salesforce engineers roll back change after breaking own cloud for hours today
Updated Services said to be returning to normal from downtime though Tableau Cloud still MIA
SaaS20 Sep 2023 | 3
AWS spins up more cloudy Mac Minis, now with M2 Pro silicon
Andy Jassy's rent-a-Macs have no love for the vanilla M2, and the Max and Ultra aren't used in the Mini
PaaS + IaaS20 Sep 2023 | 10
Azure SQL Database takes Saturday off on US east coast following network power failure
At least it was the weekend
PaaS + IaaS18 Sep 2023 | 3
Activist investor KKR buys 20 percent of Asian datacenter outfit
Owner of Cloudera and Barracuda likes the look of Singtel's portfolio
Off-Prem18 Sep 2023 | 3
Salesforce flipflops from 'you're fired' to 'you're hired' in six short months
Recruitment U-turn down to search for growth and margins, CEO says
SaaS15 Sep 2023 | 27
Oracle cloud hardware to reside in Azure datacenters – and Microsoft's good with that
Larry Ellison and Satya Nadella find a common enemy: latency that alows data moving from DBs to AIs
Off-Prem15 Sep 2023 | 7
Activist investor to GoDaddy: Cut costs, improve sales, or sell
Starboard Blue LLC says management failed to create shareholder goodness, 'change needed'
Off-Prem14 Sep 2023 | 26
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Security researchers believe mass exploitation attempts against WS_FTP have begun
Early signs emerge after Progress Software said there were no active attempts last week
Lost your luggage? That's nothing – we just lost your whole flight!
Who, me? Tech's second day on the job nearly saw his high-flying career grounded
Musk's first year as Twitter's Dear Leader is nigh
Opinion How's he done? tl;dr – not very well
What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers predict Broadcom's moves
Consensus is cuts and spin-offs are coming, whether they'll help is another matter
Now MOVEit maker Progress patches holes in WS_FTP
Infosec in brief Plus: Johnson Controls hit by IT 'incident', Exim and Chrome security updates, and more
Yes, Singapore immigration plans to scan your face instead of your passport
No, that does not mean you can leave it at home just yet
ASUS's Zenbook S 13 is light, fast, and immediately impressive
Desktop Tourism Taiwanese brand is a portability and productivity contender
Lyft driver takes off with cat, global search ensues
Updated Ride-share app originally told man they’d charge him $20 for Tux’s return
Scandium-based nuclear clocks promise punctuality for next 300 billion years
It's about time!
AWS stirs the MadPot – busting bot baddies and eastern espionage
Interview Security exec Mark Ryland spills the tea on hush-hush threat intel tool
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Having slammed brakes on hiring, Google says it no longer needs quite so many recruiters
Hundreds about to find out first hand how the tough the job market is right now
Off-Prem13 Sep 2023 | 30
US Department of Justice claims Google bought its way to web search dominance
We're just better, says Big G
Off-Prem13 Sep 2023 | 28
Google shifts Cloud Next sales shindig from SF to Las Vegas
What could possibly have attracted this tech titan to an all-day party zone?
Off-Prem06 Sep 2023 | 2
Microsoft tells partners unbundling Teams is a 'compromise' with the EU
Meanwhile, Zoom boss calls on US authorities to consider adopting Europe's breakout policy
Channel06 Sep 2023 | 16
IBM Cloud to 'uplift' prices by up to 29 percent
All PaaS, including OpenShift, gets a three-point bump. IaaS users outside the US get the nastiest numbers
Off-Prem05 Sep 2023 | 20
AWS shuts down its first-gen compute and network infrastructure
The legacy lives on even though EC2-Classic and its flat network are no more
PaaS + IaaS05 Sep 2023 | 1
Microsoft billing 3 cents a minute to revisit tedious Teams meetings via API
One more reason to keep them short and sweet
SaaS04 Sep 2023 | 23
Out with Tech Services 3 and in with Tech Services 4 – UK govt's £12B shopping spree
Could be among the first to come under new procurement rules next year
PaaS + IaaS04 Sep 2023 | 7
Microsoft admits slim staff and broken automation contributed to Azure outage
Just three people were on duty in Australia when 'power sag' struck and software failures left them blind
Off-Prem04 Sep 2023 | 32
Gartner says hold onto your wallets as SAP's cloud pitch trades control for convenience
Updated Analyst firm warns that users need to understand what it is they're buying
PaaS + IaaS01 Sep 2023 | 1
Price rises yet to hit customers, says Salesforce as it raises forecasts
CRM vendor might find itself pushed to the margins to keep investors happy
PaaS + IaaS31 Aug 2023 | 5
Official: Microsoft unbundles Teams in Europe
Breaking up is hard to do: Redmond reluctantly lets EU play matchmaker for software suite flings
SaaS31 Aug 2023 | 19
Oracle Cloud, Netsuite, and Azure go down, hard, Down Under
Updated Storm that passed through Sydney saw clouds sleep early and struggle to wake up
PaaS + IaaS30 Aug 2023 | 11
Five steps to mastering multicloud management
Cloud-native apps, containers and data storage are complicating multicloud management - these tips can help mitigate the challenges
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Southern Water to drink up tech deals worth up to £358M
Wide-ranging procurements hint at prospect of SAP ERP system replacement
PaaS + IaaS29 Aug 2023 | 26
Amazon Linux 2023 virtual machine images still MIA
Enterprise Linux users question web giant's commitment to hybrid cloud
Cloud Infrastructure Week25 Aug 2023 | 13
US Republican party's spam filter lawsuit against Google dimissed
Argument that Mountain View is politically biased against RNC 'pure speculation,' says judge
PaaS + IaaS25 Aug 2023 | 58
Microsoft still prohibits Google or Alibaba from running O365 Windows Apps
Almost a month after AWS concession, Redmond keeping mum on reason for locking rivals out
PaaS + IaaS25 Aug 2023 | 40
CEO Zooms through the bad news on Q2 earnings call
Alienating FOSS community and some employees? Web-based collaboration biz delights shareholders
Off-Prem22 Aug 2023 | 5
Cisco's Duo Security suffers major authentication outage
Updated Provides complete security by not letting anyone login
Off-Prem21 Aug 2023 | 12
Rising labor and component costs lead to UK product and service price hike at IBM
Big Blue looks back at 2022 in Britain, one of the world's economies 'hit hardest' by pandemic
Off-Prem17 Aug 2023 | 5
Bank of Ireland outage sees customers queue for 'free' cash – or maybe any cash
Reports police called to control ATM frenzy after €1,000 added to accounts, by leprechauns maybe
Off-Prem16 Aug 2023 | 79
Tesla is looking for people to build '1st of its kind Data Centers'
Meanwhile, in China, electric auto outfit emphasizes local bit barn for storage
Off-Prem15 Aug 2023 | 19
Co-founder of Yandex – Russia's Google clone – denounces war on Ukraine
Arkady Volozh is working with refugee engineers, of which there are plenty
Off-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 16
Alibaba says demand for cloud has dipped – which improved its profits
What? How?
Off-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 4
Epic snub by Supreme Court in battle to escape Apple App Store payment prison
This fight over IAP is getting, dare we say, unreal
Edge + IoT10 Aug 2023 | 7
Optionality: The key to navigating a multicloud world
The public cloud has earned plaudits for agility and innovation. Yet in today’s multicloud world, IT leaders are seeking alternative locations for their software workloads
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Verizon to 'sunset' Blue Jeans vidconf platform
Also-ran service done in by ‘changing market conditions in a post-pandemic landscape'
SaaS09 Aug 2023 | 26
S/4HANA was once the future for SAP – but now it's in the clouds
Midway through upgrade projects, users are struggling to understand the change of heart
PaaS + IaaS08 Aug 2023 | 34
Google launches $99 a night Hotel Mountain View for hybrid workers
And pandemic video conferencing poster child Zoom ushers staff back into the office for two days a week
SaaS07 Aug 2023 | 68
Orkney islands look to drones to streamline mail deliveries
Unmanned aircraft trial will skip delays caused by boat-battering weather
Edge + IoT03 Aug 2023 | 51
AWS is running a 96-core, 192-thread, custom Xeon server
Updated Amid all the Graviton chat, cloud colossus still has a soft spot for Chipzilla
PaaS + IaaS03 Aug 2023 | 15
Microsoft concession: You can run our wares in AWS virtual desktop under 'revised policy'
Interest from antitrust regulators spurred action? Still a pricey option, says analyst, and change doesn't help Google or Alibaba customers
PaaS + IaaS02 Aug 2023 | 6
It's official: EU probing bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365
Updated Antitrust inspectors trying to figure out if Redmond has breached local competition laws
SaaS27 Jul 2023 | 42
Global Slack messaging outage cuts world off from colleagues
Come back Teams, all is forgiven
SaaS27 Jul 2023 | 14
World's most internetty firm tries life off the net, and it's sillier than it seems
Opinion What do you call an air-gapped Googler? Anything you like, they can't hear you
Off-Prem24 Jul 2023 | 63
MySQL Heatwave dives into object storage data lakes
Oracle joins the analytics anywhere bandwagon, promises future access to AWS S3
SaaS20 Jul 2023 | 2
AWS and Azure own lion's share of $120B cloud infrastructure market
China's Alibaba comes in third followed by Google and Huawei
PaaS + IaaS18 Jul 2023 | 2
Euro monopoly cops to probe Microsoft for slipping Teams into Office
Three years after Slack flagged up 'illegal' bundling of chat app
SaaS17 Jul 2023 | 44
Akamai lofts cloud services over Chicago, Washington DC, Paris
'Premium' instances, bigger buckets available too
PaaS + IaaS13 Jul 2023 |
LG to offer subscriptions for appliances and televisions
Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware
PaaS + IaaS13 Jul 2023 | 183
Investors give Salesforce a 4% slap on back for raising prices
Just think of the margins
SaaS12 Jul 2023 | 1
Obscure internet boutique Amazon sues EU for calling it a Very Large Online Platform
If it walks like a duck...
PaaS + IaaS11 Jul 2023 | 62
Microsoft's 10,000 job cuts didn't quite do the trick
Redmond confirms new round of layoffs in WARN notice
Off-Prem11 Jul 2023 | 36
Microsoft's Azure West Europe region blew away in freak summer storm
Network issues caused by nature's hilarious prank
PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2023 | 15
Comms regulator says UK cloud market should be referred to competition watchdog
Ofcom takes quick glance, says: It's off to the CMA with you
PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2023 | 6
Microsoft drops out of top three for UK software and IT services
AWS now biggest supplier in Britain, according to TechMarketView
PaaS + IaaS06 Jul 2023 | 8
Two top execs quit Infosys mere months after its president skipped
CISO and head of HR depart as services market tightens
Channel06 Jul 2023 | 3
Washington plans to block Chinese access to AI cloud services
Can't buy advanced GPUs... and might be blocked from renting them soon
PaaS + IaaS05 Jul 2023 | 6
IBM kills its Education Cloud after just two-and-a-bit years
Boffins given five months to migrate, with vanilla DaaS suggested as the alternative
PaaS + IaaS04 Jul 2023 | 7
VMware, AMD, Samsung and RISC-V push for confidential computing standards
Working with industry 'critical' for boosting adoption, say chipmakers
PaaS + IaaS30 Jun 2023 | 7
AWS to expand Ohio bit barns to the tune of $7.8B
Still the most profitable arm of Bezos's biz
PaaS + IaaS27 Jun 2023 | 3
Server shipments fall ... just as AI drives demand for costlier kit
Conflicting feedback makes 2023 an especially difficult year to predict
PaaS + IaaS27 Jun 2023 | 3
TCS bags £234M Teachers' Pensions deal as Capita set to end 29-year run
Indian firm nabs 10-year contract, taking pensions wins to £1.73B
PaaS + IaaS27 Jun 2023 | 12
IBM bets $4.6 billion that cloud bills and IT sprawl will be enduring problems
Acquires Apptio and plans 'virtual command center' for multicloud
Off-Prem27 Jun 2023 | 10
Mega-data platform worth half a billion will suck in info from family doctors
UK officials argue NHS patient details will only be available locally
PaaS + IaaS23 Jun 2023 | 30
Vultr Cloud Alliance rises to take on cloud Goliaths
David's got a marketplace where users can mix and match services
PaaS + IaaS22 Jun 2023 | 1
Without competition, TCS wins back UK pensions body in £1.5B mega-deal
In what could be a 28-year relationship, UK Nest takes TCS back after sacking off France’s Atos from admin work
PaaS + IaaS22 Jun 2023 | 15
Microsoft Azure OpenAI lets enterprises feed corporate secrets to ChatGPT
Updated Apparently you're all dying to do this?
SaaS22 Jun 2023 | 22
Google formally accuses monopolist Microsoft of trapping people in its cloud
Updated Fight! Fight! Fight!
SaaS21 Jun 2023 | 24
Suit alleges Oracle oversold and under-delivered on NetSuite software
Binding service terms hidden in contractual documents, plaintiff claims
SaaS21 Jun 2023 | 4
AWS makes its hybrid cloud behave a bit more like normal, boring, on-prem servers
At last you can pick a dedicated host to run your Amazonian workload
Sysadmin Month21 Jun 2023 | 5
Alibaba boss steps down to become boss of Alibaba Cloud
Near-flop of China shopping fest suggests cloud and AI are the priority growth engines
Off-Prem21 Jun 2023 | 1
Tech vendors have been hiking prices by up to 24% amid inflation
Customers also warned to look out for audits following M&As
SaaS16 Jun 2023 | 14
Bad times are just starting for India's IT outsourcers, says JP Morgan
All of FY2024 is going to be a 'washout'
Channel16 Jun 2023 | 70
Amazon isn’t sold on AMD’s tiny Zen 4c cores in manycore Bergamo processors
Or Ampere's Arm cores for that matter
PaaS + IaaS15 Jun 2023 | 1
AWS experiment with Lambda in cloudless configuration fails to impress
Service took a long nap in the notorious EAST-1 region
Off-Prem14 Jun 2023 | 9
Microsoft keeps quiet amid talk of possible DDoS attack against Azure
Telemetry revealed 'anomalous spike in HTTP requests' says post-incident report
PaaS + IaaS13 Jun 2023 | 6
WFH mandates bad for staff morale and stunt innovation
Opportunistic Atlassian highlights problems in wake of move by Meta, Dell, Google and others
Off-Prem12 Jun 2023 | 64
Singapore's government writes a standard for datacenter ops in the tropics
Turning up the heat can turn down cooling bills, even as 30°C and 84 percent humidity prevail
Off-Prem12 Jun 2023 | 7
Google HR hounds threaten 'next steps' for slackers not coming in 3 days a week
'There's just no substitute for coming together in person'
Off-Prem08 Jun 2023 | 84
Salesforce lures staff with $10 donation to charity for each day they're in the office
Promo runs from June 12 and 24 as company promises it's not tracking which workers participate
SaaS07 Jun 2023 | 14
Sweden’s Evroc going full Viking with Euro cloud to raid US providers
Ikea just messes up your weekend – this could cause a serious storm
PaaS + IaaS07 Jun 2023 | 14
Microsoft battles through two 365 outages in one day
Updated Windows titan blames technical problems while hacktivists claim it woz them wot did it
SaaS06 Jun 2023 | 36
Google shows cloud customers it's happy to have an open relationship
You can play the field and Chocolate Factory won't throw your stuff out
PaaS + IaaS02 Jun 2023 | 1
CRM giant Salesforce's focus on margins sees sales growth slip
After activist investor pressure and job losses, professional services projects struggle
SaaS01 Jun 2023 | 1
Google veep calls out Microsoft's cloud software licensing 'tax'
Exclusive Watchdogs are 'starting to understand the situation,' exec tells El Reg
Off-Prem01 Jun 2023 | 53
Get ready, Snowflakes: Azure AI is coming for you with one click
Ingest, integrate... and imprison
SaaS01 Jun 2023 | 6
Individual data platforms for all health providers under controversial NHS plans
Procurement under threat of legal action imagines trusts will tailor systems for their own use cases
PaaS + IaaS31 May 2023 | 11
Top cloud players reject Microsoft's attempt to settle EU licensing complaint
Exclusive Offer described by trade group as 'pretty paltry' – it wants more before negotiations begin
PaaS + IaaS30 May 2023 | 17
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