Salesforce boss Benioff scores payday of nearly $30m amid cost cutting
Average employee got $199k, changes afoot to exec compensation
SaaS28 Apr 2023 | 4
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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
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
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
Microsoft switches gears, keeps Exchange Online's CARs around until Sept 2024
At least Redmond listens to some customers
SaaS10 Apr 2023 | 1
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
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
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
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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
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
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
Salesforce woes continue as Twitter slashes spending with SaaS supermonster
Performance improvement plans and prompt exit packages in the offing
SaaS15 Feb 2023 | 9
No more rockstars, say Billy Idol, Joan Jett in Workday Super Bowl ad
Blast 'corporate' types who are much more square than $5.14 billion HR corp
SaaS10 Feb 2023 | 40
Microsoft injects AI into Teams so no one will ever forget what the meeting decided
In the virtual corporate world, slackers have nowhere to hide
SaaS02 Feb 2023 | 61
Salesforce refreshes board as activist investors circle
Slack said to be worth fraction of price paid, new hires not as productive amid downturn
SaaS30 Jan 2023 | 6
Changes afoot at Salesforce after activist investor Elliott takes a decisive slice
It is 'never a good sign when Elliott shows up' says analyst of fund manager whose reputation precedes it
SaaS23 Jan 2023 | 12
IBM top brass accused again of using mainframes to prop up Watson, cloud sales
Special report Securities fraud lawsuit reloaded
SaaS18 Jan 2023 | 36
Security tech chief quits Salesforce as list of top-table departures grows
CRM slinger's annus horribilis continues as 'father of SSL' departs for VC fund
SaaS12 Jan 2023 | 2
Salesforce: There's no more Slack left to cut
Opinion SaaS CRM slinger blamed the pandemic for 10% workforce cull, but scattergun M&A strategy hasn't helped
SaaS10 Jan 2023 | 23
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Dell reneges on remote work promise, tells staff to wear pants at least 3 days a week
Some say return to the office is a soft layoff, others blame Gen Z
Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware, say researchers
Black Hat Asia The threat is coming from inside the supply chain
Brexit Britain looks to French company to save crumbling borders and immigration tech
Building a wall... of code
YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens
Just a small experiment – for now?
Open source AI makes modern PCs relevant, and subscriptions seem shabby
Column Why sign up for ChatGPT when LLaMA and a multicore beast can do as well?
The world of work is broken and it's Microsoft's fault
Employees are wasting literal days on meetings and email – but in rides AI like a knight in shining armor, right?
Don't turn it off and on again: Expired Cisco cert cripples vEdge SD-WAN kit
Updates said to be rolling out now... if your gateway hasn't already bricked itself
Sonatype axes 14 percent of staff, reminds them not to talk to the press
Exclusive Workers slam 'horrendous' handling of layoffs that left even 'engineering managers in the dark'
Microsoft puts the freeze on employee salaries, CEO pay still as hot as ever
Despite billions of dollars in profit, Satya Nadella points to those pesky 'macroeconomic uncertainties'
So much for Pakistan’s plan for digital economy – it’s turned off the internet
As protests roil, connectivity has been cut with no relief in sight
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Salesforce to chop 10% of workforce in $1.4 billion restructuring blueprint
CRM specialist to 'reduce operating costs, improve operating margins' as pandemic catches up with tech industry
SaaS04 Jan 2023 | 6
British Airways flights grounded due to glitch in flight planning app
Flight computers down for 2 hours worldwide 'and no BA plane can file a flight plan? Seems not ideal'
SaaS20 Dec 2022 | 16
Salesforce's new hires are less productive, says CEO Benioff
Founder and bossman asks if WFH freedoms to blame
SaaS19 Dec 2022 | 37
Adobe confirms UK looking into its $20b Figma deal, EU probe 'expected'
Options? Customers have heard of them. Software giant reports record $17b+ revs, with biggest growth in ... PDFs?
SaaS16 Dec 2022 | 10
Where are EU going with that Teams antitrust probe? Microsoft wants a word
Updated Software behemoth reportedly wants a chat with the regulators – on the other side of the pond this time
SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 25
Oracle clouds never go down, says Oracle's Larry Ellison
That summer heatwave in Britain? Our servers were just resting
SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 23
Salesforce calls some workers back to the office amid slowing sales
Months after CEO Benioff said return to office mandates don't work, a bunch told to come in three days a week, take half customer calls in-person
SaaS02 Dec 2022 | 9
Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams went down in APAC because Microsoft broke itself
Updated Legacy process overwhelmed infrastructure, brought ten hours of trouble
SaaS02 Dec 2022 | 34
Cloudflare hikes prices by a quarter, blames the accountants
Cash flow is king, even in the cloud
SaaS01 Dec 2022 | 14
Salesforce ends CEO job share – again. Marc Benioff back as sole boss
Bret Taylor returns to entrepreneurial roots after losing his gig as chair of Twitter
SaaS01 Dec 2022 |
As recession looms, Workday warns that legacy HR systems need updating
Company hopes future will be 'nearly impossible to navigate' without its wares
SaaS30 Nov 2022 | 15
Low code is no replacement for software development, say German-speaking SAP users
Updated 'It remains to be seen to what degree of process depth the offer will prove itself in practice'
SaaS25 Nov 2022 | 39
Salesforce trims workforce as growth slows post-lockdowns
The COVID-era hiring spree which saw thousands onboarded comes to an abrupt end
SaaS09 Nov 2022 | 2
ServiceNow boss embarks on corporate trolling to get rise out of SAP
Workflow biz ignores digital naysayers, avoids wider malaise in Q3 software spending
SaaS27 Oct 2022 |
AWS users can finally use Nitro Enclaves on Arm Graviton EC2 instances
Just don't forget Enclave data is held in memory and costs can ramp when processing digital reams
SaaS25 Oct 2022 |
Sage denies misleading customers over perpetual licensing, users not happy
Vendor and resellers offer conflicting advice about subs and upgrades, though vendor says it's been 'clear'
SaaS30 Sep 2022 | 25
Oracle's NetSuite tests automation, warehouse management waters
Analyst says challenges remain in attracting partners to roll out products
SaaS28 Sep 2022 | 1
Salesforce set to hire thousands in India after hitting brakes on US recruitment
Headcount in subcontinent quadruples in 3 years thanks to CFO's 'measured approach' to recruitment
SaaS27 Sep 2022 | 9
Microsoft highlights 'productivity paranoia' in remote work research
You know you're working, your colleagues know you're working, but the boss? Survey says: Paranoid
SaaS23 Sep 2022 | 38
Salesforce lets Genie out of the bottle
Integration tooling might work for those with multiple installs, but check the budget first – analyst
SaaS21 Sep 2022 | 1
Enterprise software deals slower to close as macroeconomics hit IT departments
Picture of longer sales cycles, more deliberation, enterprise upgrade challenges emerging across industry
SaaS09 Sep 2022 |
Green alert: SaaS giants may use sustainability to justify price hikes
Which should make you see red because using renewable energy is supposed to cut their costs
SaaS01 Sep 2022 | 4
SAP picks Airbus finance chief Dominik Asam for next CFO
Set to take the controls next year as software giant executes tricky maneuver in the cloud
SaaS31 Aug 2022 |
Deals are being 'inspected by higher levels of management,' says Salesforce
Customers 'more measured' and this will continue, says CRM giant, but Snowflake lifts forecasts
SaaS25 Aug 2022 | 4
Microsoft: Outlook desktop app crashing due to missing identity setting
A new Windows esport event: Opening Outlook
SaaS12 Aug 2022 | 26
After eleven-year wait, Atlassian customers promised custom domains in 2023
Updated Some got so cranky waiting they made a t-shirt celebrating the 'CLOUD-6999' Jira ticket
SaaS12 Aug 2022 | 14
Barclays inks multi-year deal with Microsoft, starts rolling out Teams
Deployment plan includes unified data governance platform Purview
SaaS09 Aug 2022 | 16
ServiceNow valuation dips after subs forecast cut
Strong growth in quarterly financials, investors not convinced
SaaS28 Jul 2022 | 1
Microsoft reviews M365 resilience after Indian outage
Asia In Brief Plus: Amazon and Alibaba risk Indonesia ban; Pegasus in Thailand; South Korea's semiconductor education surge; and more
SaaS24 Jul 2022 | 2
Microsoft Teams outage widens to take out M365 services, admin center
Updated Remember: telephones exist, are handy for collaboration, and usually work
SaaS21 Jul 2022 | 51
Slack to increase prices for Pro customers
Freebie users to get 90 days of message history and file storage
SaaS19 Jul 2022 | 12
Back-to-office mandates won't work, says Salesforce's Benioff
As industry and governments push to get workers crammed into commuter trains, glass box edifices, tech boss says: 'Why?'
SaaS24 Jun 2022 | 72
Microsoft unboxes Exchange Online certification in bid to push customers off-prem
More support engineers needed to keep the email flowing, it seems
SaaS24 Jun 2022 | 8
£11.5b in 10 years: UK's government cloud services unit G-Cloud
Updated 50% of public sector tech budgets in the cloud by 2015? Well that didn't happen!
SaaS23 Jun 2022 | 5
End of the road for biz living off free G Suite legacy edition
Firms accustomed to freebies miffed that web giant's largess doesn't last
SaaS21 Jun 2022 | 47
Oracle cloud growth up 19% but it's still a market minnow
Acquisition of health data specialist Cerner adds $15.8b to Big Red's debt
SaaS14 Jun 2022 | 1
Open source 'Office' options keep Microsoft running faster than ever
LibreOffice, Collabora, KDE Gear all updated their Microsoft alternatives – whatever your OS
SaaS13 Jun 2022 | 72
Salesforce touts Google Ads, ecommerce, social media integration for Customer 360
Meanwhile, NFT Cloud pilot will allow companies to mint, manage, and sell the controversial web tokens
SaaS09 Jun 2022 | 1
Salesforce faces diversity audit from activist investors
CRM slinger set to be challenged on lack of progress at investor meeting
SaaS09 Jun 2022 | 3
UK Home Office awards Oracle a deal extension worth tens of millions
Fellow travelers in the Whitehall shared services journey await their SaaS move
SaaS07 Jun 2022 | 5
AI-driven HR startup snapped up as companies fight to retain employees
Remember when ServiceNow said 'no acquisitions? Someone should tell Hitch Works
SaaS06 Jun 2022 | 5
Renegotiating a Salesforce software agreement? It could take up to two years
Salesforce complexity can be 'difficult and expensive to govern', especially for multicloud, warns Gartner
SaaS31 May 2022 | 8
Salesforce staff back an end to its relationship with NRA
Texas school shooting should prompt a rethink in commercial ties with powerful gun-lobby group, workers urge management
SaaS30 May 2022 | 134
Dutch public sector gets green light to use Google Workspace
Data Protection Impact Assessment merely a 'standard step'
SaaS30 May 2022 | 25
Workday nearly doubles losses as waves of deals pushed back
Figures disappoint analysts as SaaSy HR and finance application vendor navigates economic uncertainty
SaaS27 May 2022 | 17
ServiceNow takes aim at procurement pain points
Purchasing teams are a bit like help desks – always being asked to answer dumb or inappropriate questions
SaaS25 May 2022 |
Infosys board asks boss Salil Parekh to stay another 5 years
As staff churn at 27% a year, senior execs offered lots of shares to keep growth coming
SaaS23 May 2022 | 3
You can keep your old ERP system, but you'll still need ServiceNow, CEO tells The Reg
Interview Bill McDermott thinks companies need workflow on top of enterprise apps, whether they replace them or not
SaaS16 May 2022 | 18
Trying and failing to update Visual Studio? You aren't alone
The progress bar of lies reborn as a cheery 'Checking' message
SaaS11 May 2022 | 13
Google Docs crashed when fed 'And. And. And. And. And.'
Cloud grammar police more Keystone Kops
SaaS06 May 2022 | 62
CNCF sinks Dockershim with Kubernetes 1.24 launch
Docker container runtime will no longer ship by default with K8s
SaaS04 May 2022 |
US judge dismisses Republican efforts to block release of Salesforce emails
Probe into Capitol attack must wait for appeal before data can be accessed
SaaS03 May 2022 | 62
ServiceNow shrugs off Ukraine fears with upbeat financials
Growth set to continue unabated despite headwinds, CEO says
SaaS28 Apr 2022 |
Oracle users fail to get that moving apps to cloud means business transformation – Gartner
Analyst house warns of unrealistic expectations moving Big Red’s enterprise workhorses to SaaS
SaaS22 Apr 2022 | 20
Under pressure, SAP shuts down Russian operations
On-prem software may remain albeit without support nor maintenance
SaaS20 Apr 2022 | 33
Atlassian outage lingers, sparking data loss fears
Microsoft OneDrive: Missing documents? Hold my beer
SaaS08 Apr 2022 | 24
Google focuses Lens on combined image and text searching
Want that thing, but in a different color, and don't know the name? Multisearch has your back
SaaS07 Apr 2022 | 12
IBM deliberately misclassified mainframe sales to enrich execs, lawsuit claims
Special report Lawsuit accuses Big Blue of cheating investors by shifting systems revenue to trendy cloud, mobile tech
SaaS07 Apr 2022 | 84
Atlassian adds Analytics, Atlas, Compass to line up
One hopes they can stay online long enough for customers to evaluate
SaaS06 Apr 2022 | 1
Atlassian Jira, Confluence outage persists two days on
'Routine maintenance script' blamed for derailed service for unlucky customers
SaaS06 Apr 2022 | 34
Baidu added to list of Chinese companies facing US stock exchange delisting
Vid-streamer iQIYI also earns a place
SaaS31 Mar 2022 |
Google unrolls search features to tackle misinformation
Will provide tips on spotting bad info, frontload highly cited sources
SaaS31 Mar 2022 | 22
Russian devs plan alternative Android app store after Google Play bans paid apps
Claim NashStore will help Russians access common apps from May 9
SaaS30 Mar 2022 | 10
Oracle adds autoML to its MySQL HeatWave service
As with analytics, so with ML – we're keeping everything in the box, says Big Red
SaaS29 Mar 2022 | 1
GlobalFoundries continues chip design’s transition to the cloud
Putting silicon in the cloud so you can design silicon in the cloud
SaaS24 Mar 2022 |
IBM powers up cloud service for managing crypto keys
As in encryption, not coins, thankfully
SaaS23 Mar 2022 | 1
US, Canada to figure out rules on cops and Feds accessing people's data across borders
Agreement could simplify demands for potential evidence, leaves real-time surveillance unaddressed
SaaS23 Mar 2022 | 11
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks chips, GPUs, metaverse
GTC And 'AI factories'
SaaS22 Mar 2022 | 1
Nvidia's Omniverse heads to the cloud
GTC Plethora of updates for what the GPU giant believes will be its 'biggest growth driver this year'
SaaS22 Mar 2022 |
Google Maps just got lost for a few hours
Outage tripped up web, native apps while cloud had a wobble
SaaS18 Mar 2022 | 35
IBM meshes with Flexera to boost AIOps IT automation
Aimed at nixing non-compliance penalties, cloud overage costs
SaaS16 Mar 2022 |
Salesforce sued in attempt to block release of Capitol riot info
CRM giant pleased to be named yet again on World's Most Ethical Companies list
SaaS16 Mar 2022 | 51
Intel eyes subscriptions to grow software sales from 2021's $100m
Analysis SaaS-y x86 goliath dreams of recurring revenue
SaaS11 Mar 2022 | 17
Microsoft introduces pay-as-you-go tier for Power Apps
The plan? Pay for low code and Azure services subscription in one shot. The price? Double pre-paid plans
SaaS10 Mar 2022 | 5
Intune out of tune after an Android 12 update? Help's coming
Affected OPPO owners due an OTA update. OnePlus and Realme to follow
SaaS08 Mar 2022 | 2
Oracle, SAP suspend business in Russia amid invasion
As Moscow tries to retain IT talent with military exemption, a three-year tax suspension for biz
SaaS02 Mar 2022 | 14
Akamai's Linode buy: Good for enterprise, risky for others
Opinion Feisty indies that do too well don't stay indie for long
SaaS21 Feb 2022 | 12
IT vendors set to use headline inflation to justify price hike
Analysis It shouldn't affect costs, but it will, says software asset management intel org
SaaS18 Feb 2022 | 14
IBM Consulting assimilates cloud firm for Azure expertise
Big Blue continues to bulk out its hybrid multicloud services
SaaS16 Feb 2022 | 11
UK's National Savings & Investments bank looks for new IT partner in £172m deal
Outfit behind Premium Bonds wants fresh start after 25 years with Atos
SaaS16 Feb 2022 | 12
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