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Workday beats Oracle and Microsoft in UK 'Matrix' ERP deal The SaaS-only provider and Cognizant snag £144.3M in gov software shake-up Databases08 Oct 2024 | 8
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The force is strong in Iceberg: Are the table format wars entering the final chapter? Interview Former Apple engineer and Apache PMC member Russell Spitzer describes efforts to unite around a single format Databases03 Oct 2024 | 26
Mega supermarket spots stock discrepancy of tens of millions amid ERP system migration Exclusive Britain's Asda admits tech divorce from ex-owner Walmart is still overrunning Databases03 Oct 2024 | 109
MongoDB rebuts claims it's not ready for business critical workloads Shifting battle-hardened systems to document model – are your skills and tools ready? Databases03 Oct 2024 | 24
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Oracle settles customer NetSuite dispute out of court Allegations of fraud and unfair business practices dismissed after private mediation Databases30 Sep 2024 | 3
Cockroach Labs CEO: Diverse database models are essential as app demands surge Interview Licensing mixes also needed lest vendors give too much away Databases27 Sep 2024 |
Data harvesting superapp admits it struggled to wield data – until it built an LLM Engineers at Grab don't need to ask each other questions any more AI + ML27 Sep 2024 | 9
SAP support auto-renewal gotcha: Do nothing now, pay for another year Updated Single digit price hikes suspected for UK and Europe and double digit mooted for everywhere else Databases26 Sep 2024 | 13
Snowflake seeks to raise funds with $2B bond sale Poorly received by investors, the moves comes in a difficult year Databases24 Sep 2024 | 4
Majority of Redis users considering alternatives after less permissive licensing move Valkey leads interest in FOSS alternatives after database slinger tightens terms Databases20 Sep 2024 | 19
Europe's largest city council: Oracle ERP allocated £2B in transactions to wrong year Workers forced to manually correct setup that struggles to produce auditable accounts after customizations Databases20 Sep 2024 | 51
ERP modernization? Admins have heard of it Back-end systems fail to get the love given to SaaSy customer-facing counterparts Databases19 Sep 2024 | 6
UK pensions department's project to unite government ERP systems comes to £1.9B Four branches attempt to streamline HR and business processes Public Sector18 Sep 2024 | 12
Prosecutors confirm probe into SAP CTO amid allegations of sexual harassment Jürgen Müller agreed to step down from his role at the end of September Databases17 Sep 2024 | 2
Sainsbury's bags a ticket to RISE with SAP, hoping not to trip like Asda UK's second largest retailer set to move ERP to the cloud with AWS, Accenture, and the German software gaint Databases17 Sep 2024 | 4
Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion
Linus Torvalds declares war on the passive voice Linux contributors told to sort out their grammar lest they be actively corrected
Switching customers from Linux to BSD because boring is good EuroBSDcon 2024 Stability? Predictability? Reliability? Where's the fun in that?
US lawmakers dig into FCC's $900M Starlink snub in wake of Hurricane Helene Nearly a billion dollars in rural broadband subsidies wouldn't go amiss
Happy birthday, Putin – you've been pwned Pro-Ukraine hackers claim credit for Russian state broadcasting shutdown
Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway' Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits former Google CEO
Google brings better bricking to Androids, to curtail crims Improved security features teased in May now appearing around the world
Workday beats Oracle and Microsoft in UK 'Matrix' ERP deal The SaaS-only provider and Cognizant snag £144.3M in gov software shake-up
Snowflake's Unistore still on ice years after announcement Cloud unicorn struggles to make database that can do everything 'margin positive' Databases16 Sep 2024 | 3
RISE with SAP sinking year on year Updated Gartner: ERP giant’s flagship cloud-and-upgrade package falls as a ratio of total sales with support deadline looming Databases16 Sep 2024 | 6
As Oracle's AWS deal completes Big 3 triumvirate, questions remain over licensing Analysis Some users will see the appeal of Big Red stacking its hardware in Amazon's datacenters Databases13 Sep 2024 | 21
Redis justifies open source shift with fresh hardware, LLM cost-saving features Interview CEO argues more restrictive licensing was key to DB refresh, and says team 'expected' the fork Databases12 Sep 2024 | 1
Private equity commits MariaDB takeover transaction Post-IPO chapter ends after SQL biz shed jobs, products in bid to find buyer Databases10 Sep 2024 | 7
Oracle reports rising top line as it hooks up database service to AWS Plus: CTO Larry says Big Red uses hardware 'efficiently' but 'labor sparingly because labor is a security risk' Databases10 Sep 2024 | 4
Cassandra redesigns indexing, storage management for 5.0 release Users warned to get off 3.x releases as support ends Databases10 Sep 2024 |
Key aspects of Palantir's Federated Data Platform lack legal basis, lawyers tell NHS England Exclusive Unless solution found, patients must be allowed to opt out Databases05 Sep 2024 | 60
SAP CTO bows out over 'incident' at company shindig Board member offers apology for 'inappropriate' behavior Databases03 Sep 2024 | 18
MongoDB takes a swing at PostgreSQL after claiming wins against rival Open source competitor is still the most popular database among devs, though Databases30 Aug 2024 | 21
Enterprise SAP users split between on-prem and cloud as migration challenges loom This is despite the German vendor's preferred upgrade path Databases28 Aug 2024 | 7
31.5M invoices, contracts, patient consent forms, and more exposed to the internet Exclusive Unprotected database with 12 years of biz records yanked offline CSO26 Aug 2024 | 28
Snowflake claims Iceberg wins table format wars, and Databricks has just proved it The data analytics vendor's CEO says rival's over $1 billion Tabular acquisition is the 'vindication' Databases22 Aug 2024 | 2
Prior UK government planned £485M four-year budget for Palantir-based healthcare system Exclusive Documents from NHS England meeting reveal scope of politicos spending intent Databases21 Aug 2024 | 22
PostgreSQL in line for DuckDB-shaped boost in analytics arena Microsoft-backed extension aims to address open source database's perceived weaknesses Databases20 Aug 2024 |
City council faces £216.5M loss over Oracle system debacle Europe's largest local authority canceled expected savings baked into financial plans Databases20 Aug 2024 | 105
CockroachDB scuttles away from open source Core offering Distributed database biz doesn't like bigger customers using the free version of its software Databases19 Aug 2024 | 14
Warren Buffett ditches his near-$1B Snowflake investment Oracle of Omaha's exit follows revenue growth shortfall, CEO switch, and customer data leak Databases16 Aug 2024 | 23
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Now as many as 10,000 SAP jobs to be hit by restructure Revenue and underlying profit please markets in Q2 as German software giant retains focus on costs Databases23 Jul 2024 | 9
SAP system gives UK tax collector a £750B headache as clock ticks on support Updated For now it's Capgemini to the rescue (again) Databases23 Jul 2024 | 27
Unit4 ends support for research costing tool used to plan the Covid vaccine Exclusive UK university users face migration path following plan to withdraw support for product some build £1M solutions around Databases22 Jul 2024 | 10
Europe's largest council could face £12M manual audit bill after Oracle project disaster Thank goodness for pen and paper. Re-implemented system might not arrive until March 2026, four years after initial roll-out Public Sector18 Jul 2024 | 39
Mega-city's Oracle system won't have effective cash management until 2025 Birmingham, Europe's largest local authority, plans to reimplement software years after it replaced SAP Databases17 Jul 2024 | 25
Latest MySQL release is underwhelming, say some DB experts Updated Oracle's priorities may lie elsewhere but it is unfair to say all innovation can go in community edition, reckons analyst Databases16 Jul 2024 | 13
Cold comfort to teachers who got paid late, but ERP software rollout had 'unrealistic' timeline 18 months late, overbudget... report finds council's SAP ERP rip 'n' replace with Unit4 had hidden complexity Databases16 Jul 2024 | 49
Palantir, Oracle cosy up to offer Karp firm's tech across Big Red's cloud Foundry and AI plaform available in OCI Databases11 Jul 2024 | 2
Transformation chief leaves Asda amid Walmart divorce IT projects After 28 years' service, Mark Simpson departs 'by mutual agreement' Databases09 Jul 2024 | 7
Brit council gives Oracle another £10M for professional services amid ERP fallout Birmingham struggles to get current version of Fusion fit for purpose Public Sector08 Jul 2024 | 56
Third time was the charm for SingleStore in the cloud, CEO says Apache Iceberg support makes it a good option for a transactional layer over data lakes, he tells The Register Databases08 Jul 2024 | 2
Db2 is a story worth telling, even if IBM won't Opinion Promise of AI features, but Big Blue won't reveal much more about next steps of its highly regarded relational database Databases04 Jul 2024 | 58
What do CTOs hate most about GenAI? Tool changes that break stuff With so many DB vendors to choose from, our vulture claws over the bewildering choices Databases01 Jul 2024 | 4
AI query optimization in IBM's Db2 shows you can teach a tech dinosaur new tricks The database Big Blue doesn't like to talk about gets makeover in November Databases27 Jun 2024 | 41
OneHouse takes $35M to fight for Hudi in table format wars After Databricks snaffled Iceberg-linked Tabular, CEO insists there are more than two horses in this race Databases26 Jun 2024 |
SAP customers warned on hidden risks in the unofficial route to the cloud But RISE with SAP can also be too rigid for some customers, Gartner says Databases25 Jun 2024 | 1
Law firms seek investors' support in Teradata class action Claim analytics and data platform biz misled investors about size of public cloud forecast Databases17 Jun 2024 | 1
Asda IT staff shuffled off to TCS amid messy tech divorce from Walmart Exclusive Infrastructure teams have 'eye on door' as SAP migration enters critical phase Databases17 Jun 2024 | 89
Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support Exclusive That beige box running a server is easily forgotten ... until it goes wrong Databases17 Jun 2024 | 68
How Apache Spark lit up the tech world and outshone its big data brethren Interview El Reg queries author Matei Zaharia on a decade of the project Databases14 Jun 2024 |
Early MySQL engineer questions whether Oracle is unintentionally killing off the open source database Preference for proprietary features restricting open source MySQL adoption, says Peter Zaitsev Databases11 Jun 2024 | 48
The Microsoft GA that wasn't: Analyst rips into availability of Copilot in Fabric Torn between keynote and blog: Not all AI coding assistant's features appear available Databases10 Jun 2024 | 4
More than a Joule required to power up enthusiasm for SAP's AI strategy Customers remain cautious about adoption, while analysts warn of unforeseen costs Databases07 Jun 2024 | 3
DuckDB promises greater stability with 1.0 release In-process OLAP database flies the nest Databases05 Jun 2024 |
Databricks' $1B Tabular buy raises questions around table format wars Keeping things neutral will be harder, say critics, as tiny startup acquired Databases05 Jun 2024 | 5
MongoDB loses nearly a quarter of its value after adjusting revenue forecasts Document database company asking sales peeps to target workloads with 'higher growth potential' Databases31 May 2024 | 8
Codd almighty! Has it been half a century of SQL already? Feature The Reg talks to Donald Chamberlin, Michael Stonebraker and more about the legendary language Databases31 May 2024 | 70
Teradata takes plunge into lakehouse waters, but not everyone is convinced We have not changed our minds, the industry has evolved, data warehouse stalwart claims Databases23 May 2024 |
Brit council fumbles Oracle Fusion launch, leaving SAP to die another day More than four years after procurement began, authority has no go-live date Databases23 May 2024 | 46
Private equity offer for MariaDB gets thumbsup from shareholders From SPAC and back as 68% say yes Databases21 May 2024 | 6
Microsoft Power BI users warned over pace of Fabric migration Build Users given less than three months to move to the new platform for some services, analyst points out Databases21 May 2024 | 7
Graph database shows Biden outspends Trump in social media ad war But incumbent is mentioned a lot more in attack material Databases17 May 2024 | 31
Lords of May-hem: Seven signs it is Oracle's year end Feature How to handle sales pressure and licensing 'negotiations' to make sure it plays to your advantage Databases17 May 2024 | 35
Oracle CEO says more tech can help offset tech's worst effects Catz talks up company's feel-good efforts... Just don’t mention the margins Databases13 May 2024 | 20
UK public voice fear over security in NHS data systems NHS England's own survey also reveals suspicions that it would sell data to third parties Databases13 May 2024 | 23
Father of SQL says yes to NoSQL Interview Sometimes your own invention just isn't enough anymore Databases10 May 2024 | 52
Uni staff fall back on Excel to work around mis-coded transactions in Oracle system Updated Two years after going live, the project that left employees unpaid still needs work Databases08 May 2024 | 57
Valve vexation: Boeing's Starliner grounded again Problems with Centaur rocket keeps first crewed flight on terra firma Databases07 May 2024 | 39
Palantir's CEO calls 'woke' a 'central risk to Palantir, America and the world' Oh, and Alex Karp's forecasts disappoint the market after strong revenue growth Databases07 May 2024 | 147
Oracle's database family gets trendy AI makeover Say goodbye to 23c and hello to 23ai Databases04 May 2024 | 11
Qantas app glitch sees boarding passes fly to other accounts Issue now resolved and isn't thought to be the work of criminals CSO01 May 2024 | 8
Lakehouse dam breaks after departure of long-time Teradata CTO Updated Data warehousing giant abandons stance against hybrid analytics Databases01 May 2024 |
Oracle Fusion rollout costs 15 times council's estimates in SAP rip-'n-replace Updated No it's not Birmingham this time. West Sussex County Council ERP replacement price to hit £40M Databases30 Apr 2024 | 85
City council audit trail is an audit fail after disastrous Oracle ERP rollout Europe's largest local authority had no way of knowing if fraud took place Public Sector25 Apr 2024 | 92
Graph databases speaking the same language after ISO gives GQL the nod Standards body adoption could help ease portability between vendors Databases24 Apr 2024 | 5
GM shared our driving data with insurers without consent, lawsuit claims Motorists file class action alleging breach of contract and more after their premiums went up Databases23 Apr 2024 | 19
SAP cloud swells its topline, but profits slide Cloud migration good for margins, CEO says Databases23 Apr 2024 |
Valkey publishes release candidate and attracts new backer Open source Redis alternative gathers momentum Databases18 Apr 2024 | 5
Mega city council's Oracle ERP system still not legally safe, compliant... 2 years after rollout Fusion software misses another deadline, one external auditors for Birmingham City Council described as 'absolutely crucial' Databases17 Apr 2024 | 47
KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout Consultancy tasked with helping local services get on board Public Sector16 Apr 2024 | 7
North American S/4HANA migrations ramping among SAP users Skills access still an issue for organizations hoping to beat the 2027 ECC support deadline Databases15 Apr 2024 | 1
Developers are calling the shots on AI planning, judging by your experience Reader Poll Results And American CIOs keep a closer eye on the purse strings than European equivalents AI + ML08 Apr 2024 |
Linux Foundation marshals support for open source alternative to Redis Follows the vendor's decision to overhaul licensing of the popular cache database Databases03 Apr 2024 | 7
University of Washington's Workday woes leave research grants in limbo $340M finance upgrade still working out the kinks Databases28 Mar 2024 | 21
Progress outbids private equity in offer for MariaDB plc MySQL sibling saga continues as 40-year-old infrastructure software firm enters the fray Databases28 Mar 2024 | 3
PostgreSQL pioneer's latest brainchild promises time travel to dodge ransomware Michael Stonbraker on the neat side effects of putting an operating system on top of a database Databases28 Mar 2024 | 23
UK health department republishes £330M Palantir contract with fewer ██████ As Good Law Project considers response, ICO slams failure to comply with FoI request Databases25 Mar 2024 | 43
DBA made ten years of data disappear with one misplaced parameter Who, Me? Greybeards thought it was clever, making this an educational experience in more ways than one Databases25 Mar 2024 | 41
Uncle Sam wants to know how big airlines use passenger data 'Problematic' carriers can look forward to scrutiny, fines, and new rules Databases22 Mar 2024 | 11
Whistleblower raises alarm over UK Nursing and Midwifery Council's DB Updated Exclusive Regulatory body insists it's on 'a journey of improvement' Databases22 Mar 2024 | 87
Licensing labyrinth for Power Apps and Dynamics 365 must be clarified, warns expert Rules still unclear for Microsoft users making potentially costly decisions on enterprise applications Databases21 Mar 2024 | 4