Databases
Xpand your horizons: MariaDB launches distributed query engine into proprietary DBaaS
But beware lock-in-as-a-service, analyst warns
07 May 19:51 |
Databases
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Highways England seeks vendor to replace Windows 2003-based pavement management systems
Whoever came up with the SWEEP acronym can have a job at El Reg
06 May 08:30 | 24
Databases
Aerospike adds set indexing and SQL expressions to make the distributed NoSQL database more ML-friendly
New Spark 3.0 connector will appeal to users too, analyst says
05 May 18:10 |
Databases
UK's Department for Work and Pensions continues to move off Oracle Enterprise Data Warehouse in pursuit of a single version of the truth
Redshift, Cloudera among preferred platforms, but after 7 years Big Red's system refuses to die
05 May 08:06 | 6
Databases
Stuck in R/3verse: East Sussex County Council struggles to move forward with £25m SAP replacement
Hardware supporting ageing system is mired in performance issues
04 May 08:30 | 14
Databases
Transport Scotland has £47m to drag its traffic management systems into the 21st century
Existing supplier was first contracted back in the 1990s
27 Apr 10:01 | 10
Databases
You only love me for my cache: New modules try to make NoSQL Redis more of a general-purpose database
7.0 out second half of the year
21 Apr 17:09 | 1
Databases
Oracle cuts support for South African energy biz Eskom in long-running licensing dispute
'Eskom should pay the pending dues for the Oracle software that they use'
19 Apr 11:43 | 14
Databases
Oracle pumps $1.2bn into Nashville campus as search for southern comfort goes on
Mayor thrilled with $175m up front for Guitar Town infrastructure projects
15 Apr 17:19 | 2
Databases
Google proposes Logica data language for building more manageable SQL code
COBOL-inspired caps lock English just don't add up when dealing with large SQL codebases
15 Apr 10:25 | 93
Databases
SAP's operating profits might be down but cloud-fixated ERP biz thinks things are looking up enough to hike full-year guidance
Shrugs off 21% slump – that's just infra shift, share awards
14 Apr 16:01 | 2
Databases
Redis Labs doubles value to $2bn in 9 months with $110m Series G funding round
SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 steps up to boost the coffers of NoSQL database biz
07 Apr 16:27 | 1
Databases
No payrise for Oracle CEO Safra Catz, but at least there's $76.4m from trading company shares to fall back on
That and the $950k salary
31 Mar 09:18 | 14
Databases
MoJ cancels £100m ERP procurement to get in line with UK government shared service strategy
Hmmm. Shared services... that always works out really well, right?
29 Mar 08:45 | 8
Databases
SAP community suggestions for on-prem database canned as app giant looks cloudwards
We've taken your comments on board but...
26 Mar 11:36 | 8
Databases
Oracle gets the bunting out for UK Home Office's Fusion go-live amid enterprise software shakeup across Whitehall
Idea was to shift all departments to Big Red's cloud, but some are on Microsoft, Workday, SAP, Integra, and so on
24 Mar 12:23 | 1
Databases
Dutch enterprise software outfit Unit4 acquired for $2bn in private equity takeover
Existing leadership to continue while majority shareholder exits stake
22 Mar 15:34 |
Databases
Low-risk AND rapid? Brit vaccine centre seeks ERP to meet accelerated schedule, and needs it yesterday
Org was originally supposed to launch in 2022 – then a pandemic happened
15 Mar 11:01 | 4
Databases
The first rule of ERP? Don't talk about ERP: App-maker IFS reckons market has moved on
'It's something that we, as an industry, invented' but all customers wanted were end-to-end business processes
11 Mar 17:06 | 6
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You wouldn’t know my new database, she goes to another school: Oracle boasts of earthshattering tech the outside world cannot see
Plus: Ellison ramps up SAP trash-talking. At least some things are the same in 2021
11 Mar 13:12 | 10
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SAP boss Christian Klein's pay cheque is considerably lighter after 2020 woes wiped €28bn off company's value
Here's what you could have won
09 Mar 12:42 | 9
Databases
Swedish startup Logical Clocks takes a crack at scaling MySQL backend for live recommendations
Takes a 'different approach' to YouTube's Vitess to munch complex transactions in microseconds
09 Mar 09:30 | 2
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Analyse this: Microsoft promises OLAP-OLTP 'Link' with new CosmosDB features
Azure SQL Data Warehouse
03 Mar 18:35 |
Databases
IBM settles £36m Direct Line insurance platform project lawsuit, after claiming Teradata tried to usurp its spot
Terms of deal not disclosed as Big Blue insists it wasn't wrong, but merely didn't follow design standards
03 Mar 09:30 | 16
Databases
Would you Looker that: Google bakes in BigQuery caching layer to boost BI interactivity
'BigQuery is pretty fast anyway so you'd really need to value the extra speed'
01 Mar 18:33 |
Databases
DataStax 'pauses' AIOps database project to figure out exactly what AIOps is
Some enterprise folk less keen on cloudy machine learning
23 Feb 09:36 | 5
Databases
Time to haul DBaaS: Neo4j joins the fully managed club as doubts linger about its cloudiness
It was a first mover for graph DBs, but cloud is full of rivals
27 Jan 18:43 | 1
Databases
Dynamic Data do-over denied: Judge upholds $7m patent infringement claim against Microsoft
Shenanigans called on ASP.NET scaffolding tech
26 Jan 20:09 | 10
Databases
Teasing HANA database upgrade, SAP leaves crowd wondering if software giant has lost its innovation mojo
Great to know they 'remain committed'
14 Jan 20:10 | 3
Databases
Theranos destroyed crucial subpoenaed SQL blood test database, can't unlock backups, prosecutors say
CEO Holmes also accused of funding extravagant lifestyle through fraud
12 Jan 03:28 | 60
Databases
Ethical power supplier People's Energy hacked, 250,000 customers' personal info accessed
Financial info swiped for 15 small-biz clients, too
17 Dec 21:06 | 32
Databases
75% of databases to be cloud-hosted by 2022, says Gartner while dishing on the weak points of each provider
AWS 'reluctant to embrace a multicloud world' but Azure 'often more expensive than on-premises'
02 Dec 14:30 | 28
Databases
MongoDB loses its mind with marketing budget movie mania: Yep, it's choose-your-own-adventure Hackers with drop-down menus
This must have cost a packet...
25 Nov 09:03 | 12
Databases
Redis becomes the most popular database on AWS as complex cloud application deployments surge
No diggity, NoSQL
23 Nov 15:22 | 16
Databases
Databricks: Ugh, just look at that messy data lake environment. Squints. You know... we could sort that out with a sweet shot of SQL
Data-wrangler previews another lakehouse concept tool
13 Nov 19:32 |
Databases
Banking software firm tiptoes off to the cloud with MariaDB after $2m Oracle licence shocker
Licence to float...
10 Nov 13:04 | 62
