Contract for England's controversial health data platform delayed
NHS also launches £2M project to engage patients with data strategy
Databases29 Sep 2023 | 11
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NTT will take those SAP licenses off your hands if it helps ease cloud migration
Bid to break impasse where boards only see costs
Databases28 Sep 2023 | 5
MongoDB's SQL-to-NoSQL converter uses AI to smash the language barrier
Tell it what you want to do, and it spits out the relevant code
Databases27 Sep 2023 | 7
Oracle's $130M-plus payday still looms on horizon for Larry and Safra
And shareholders – presumably not Ellison who still owns 42% – are still not happy about it
Databases26 Sep 2023 | 11
No customer left behind, SAP's Klein tells users angered by cloud-only decision
Data quality, system complexity and SAP’s future rely on cloud adoption, CEO relays to German-speaking user group
Databases25 Sep 2023 | 15
UK-US data deal could hinge on fate of legal challenges to EU arrangement
So much for sovereignty then
Databases22 Sep 2023 | 50
VCs lay $52.5M golden egg for MotherDuck's serverless analytics platform
Database service vendor based on open source DuckDB fattens up to $400M valuation
Databases21 Sep 2023 |
Venture capital firm makes 'unsolicited' bid for MariaDB buyout
Database company, which went through an IPO in December last year, was still in search of credit facility as of August
Databases19 Sep 2023 | 4
Tabular's Iceberg vision goes from Netflix and chill to database thrill
Promise of neutral data layer between vendors' vested interests attracts $26M
Databases19 Sep 2023 |
CERN swaps out databases to feed its petabyte-a-day habit
Run 3 reboot provoked challenges for Europe's particle-smashing project
Databases18 Sep 2023 | 3
Oracle at Europe's largest council didn't foresee bankruptcy
Auditors unable to sign off accounts partly due to lack of IT controls amid challenging ERP deployment
Databases18 Sep 2023 | 57
Databricks shakes VC money tree and $500M falls out
Who needs an IPO when you have Series I?
Databases14 Sep 2023 |
Oracle disappoints market with revenue miss as Ellison hints at Azure database move
Don't expect 'armies of programmers' to rewrite Cerner, says Larry, talking up low-code app dev platform APEX
Databases12 Sep 2023 | 13
Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software?
Opinion Oracle's repeated public sector failures prove a different approach is needed
Databases11 Sep 2023 | 101
SAP user group calls for support deadline reprieve amid hospital billing worries
Schedule is unrealistic... it takes 2 years just to tender, protests board member
Databases06 Sep 2023 | 13
Decades-old Home Office asylum system misses EOL deadline, no new timetable in place
Exclusive Replacement due more than a decade ago, Casework Information Database soldiers on as case backlog hits record highs
Databases06 Sep 2023 | 38
Largest local government body in Europe goes under amid Oracle disaster
Authority effectively bankrupt as ERP car crash adds to equal pay liability
Databases05 Sep 2023 | 236
Three years after setting off, Bus Open Data Service wants consultants to help it on its journey
UK tender hopes to boost beleaguered local bus services
Databases05 Sep 2023 | 12
Google wants to takes a byte out of Oracle workloads with PostgreSQL migration service
Third-party and bespoke apps most likely candidates for the switch
Databases30 Aug 2023 | 15
NHS watchdog expresses vendor lock-in concerns over Federated Data Platform deal
Quango must show Palantir does not have unfair advantage in procurement
Databases29 Aug 2023 | 8
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MariaDB's revenue grows as new CEO settles in, but bank loan discussions continue
New exec works on 'strategic, operational and financial reviews' as existing loan maturity nears
Databases25 Aug 2023 | 1
Fauna Query Language tamed to appeal to developers
Latest revision takes inspiration from TypeScript, Python, and GraphQL
Databases22 Aug 2023 | 6
Larry Ellison a major contributor to Blair Institute vaccine database plan
A relationship forged in UK government IT continues to blossom
Databases10 Aug 2023 | 37
SAP CEO push for cloud-only 'innovation' shatters users' trust in German-speaking heartlands
UK and German user groups issue strong statements after Klein courts investors with cloud strategy
Databases03 Aug 2023 | 12
AWS and IBM Netezza come out in support of Iceberg in table format face-off
Join Snowflake, Cloudera, Google as Apache format fans
Databases01 Aug 2023 |
Oracle copyright battle: Rimini Street ordered to correct 'false' statements
Both support biz and vendor claim victories in latest chapter in 13-year legal saga
Databases28 Jul 2023 |
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£214m effort to modernize SAP ERP in UK govt systems marked Code Red
Experts warn agreement needed and skills lacking in HMRC-led project
Databases27 Jul 2023 | 28
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SAP checks cloud forecast to find it's not raining as much revenue as hoped
Yet mission vital to ERP giant's financial future remains on track
Databases21 Jul 2023 |
Curbing the cost of cloud analytics and data warehousing
On the hunt for price performance gains that Amazon can pass on to its customers
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Meet the guy trying to drag HM Treasury's data strategy into the 21st century
Interview John Kelly is building approach around Microsoft, but there's room for flexibility
Databases19 Jul 2023 | 13
Lucky backup might save 100 days of data for InfluxData's GCP Belgium users
Updated AWS Sydney users less fortunate – the backup was deleted
Databases14 Jul 2023 | 9
How knowledge graphs maximise the value of enterprise data
New book - Building Knowledge Graphs, a Practitioner’s Guide - provides practical help for technology professionals
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InfluxData apologizes for deleting cloud regions without performing 'scream test'
Despite attempts to inform customers, some say they never got the memo
Databases11 Jul 2023 | 25
UK government's newest department to lead mega ERP procurement
Tender designed to bring together 48k users running Oracle, Microsoft and more into 1 SaaS system
Databases07 Jul 2023 | 19
MariaDB sent dollar dip warning from NYSE
No immediate risk of delisting, but company intends to claw its way back
Databases05 Jul 2023 | 7
Databricks puts cards on the table format as Snowflake looks for more players
Analysis Enterprises want a single data platform for data lakes and warehouse, but tech's not there yet, say analysts
Databases29 Jun 2023 | 2
Europe's largest city council runs parallel systems to cover Oracle rollout mess
Decision to adapt software now subject of an independent management investigation
Databases29 Jun 2023 | 48
Oracle certifies its database for Arm architecture on-prem and in cloud
Only for Ampere – but with a licencing twist that means Intel and AMD can't relax
Databases29 Jun 2023 | 5
Snowflake's finding NeMo to train custom AI models
Snowflake Summit Submerge an Nvidia LLM 20,000 leagues under the data lake
Databases27 Jun 2023 |
Palantir's deals with NHS England top £60M – without competition
Latest £24.9M 'transition' contract an attempt to bridge gap to contract UK.gov is due to award in September
Databases20 Jun 2023 | 7
Oracle Cerner bleeds jobs as Veterans Affairs project stalls
Health acquisition freezes recruitment after $10 billion contract put on hold
Databases16 Jun 2023 | 13
CockroachDB hits Azure at last after five-year mission
Interview The database had to be architected from ground up, former GIMP dev Spencer Kimball tell us
Databases09 Jun 2023 | 2
Couchbase courts developers with platform integration
Analysts positive about time-saving move
Databases05 Jun 2023 |
UK.gov reboots ERP refresh with £934 million procurement
Second time lucky? But departments still lack funding to complete strategy, watchdog says
Databases01 Jun 2023 | 8
Exasol brings SaaS-flex to on-prem and public cloud systems
In-mem data warehouse unifies approach across environments, beefs up cost optimizer
Databases31 May 2023 |
Before you sprinkle AI on all your analytics, check data quality
Gartner asks for some fundamentals in a slew of AI-in-analytics announcements
Databases25 May 2023 | 4
Europe’s biggest city council faces £100M bill in Oracle ERP project disaster
Doubts over Birmingham’s decision to replace SAP in plan once hailed an exemplar win by Larry Ellison
Databases25 May 2023 | 74
SAP's cloud drive hits speed bumps with American users
ERP giant losing points on execution and flexibility
Databases23 May 2023 | 3
VA, Oracle's Cerner agree on renegotiated health records contract
Long, costly wars not the only thing US government good at getting stuck in
Databases17 May 2023 | 4
Qlik's got Talend as visualization vendors merge
Private equity investor Thoma Bravo's portfolio swells
Databases16 May 2023 | 2
MariaDB CEO: People who want things free also want to have very nice vacations
Former MySQL fork launches attack on hyperscaler database services with support for multiple front ends
Databases16 May 2023 | 44
Privacy Framework draft isn't 'future-proof', say MEPs
Take 3: the data must flow. Hold on, warns Euro Parliament, not so fast
Databases12 May 2023 | 8
VA's Cerner EHR platform fails to deliver medications to veterans
Messy system is forcing VA pharmacies to work overtime to deal with poor IT, committee told
Databases11 May 2023 | 4
If you don't brush and floss, you're gonna get an abscess – same with MySQL updates
Database hygiene matters, says Percona expert
Databases11 May 2023 | 4
MariaDB's Xpand offers PostgreSQL compatibility without the forking drama
Play designed to swat CockroachDB and tempt users over from hyperscaler DBaaS systems
Databases10 May 2023 | 3
EDB offers 'risk-free' migration to lure Oracle users to the PostgreSQL side
Long-suffering Big Red customers 'may finally be ready,' says analyst
Databases02 May 2023 | 8
SAP users not happy about German giant's price rises
Issues remain in the costs for development and quality assurance in the cloud
Databases02 May 2023 | 14
Trino and dbt open source data tools snuggle closer with integrated SaaS
Managed offerings now work in tandem to crunch data where it resides
Databases28 Apr 2023 |
Oracle's examplar win over SAP for Birmingham City Council is 3 years late
It also required £20 million in extra funds – and Larry wants to brag about this?
Databases26 Apr 2023 | 44
US Veterans Affairs Dept shoots down $10B Oracle Cerner dream
Despite Ellison's health world ambitions, Uncle Sam resets massive project over harm to patient health
Databases24 Apr 2023 | 1
It's a matter of when, not if, customers move to the cloud, SAP tells investors
That's news to some as analysts claim on-prem will be here for the foreseeable
CxO21 Apr 2023 | 12
MariaDB cuts jobs, repeats 'going concern' warning to stock market
New CFO sees interesting in-tray at 20 percent year-on-year growth database company
Databases18 Apr 2023 | 6
NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption
But then opted for spreadsheets instead
Databases17 Apr 2023 | 20
FerretDB 1.0 offers fresh approach to open source document databases
How to PostgreSQL MongoDB out of the equation
Databases14 Apr 2023 | 7
Users slam SAP's public cloud and S/4HANA migration strategy
German-speaking heartlands fear they'll be paying again for features they've already built
Databases05 Apr 2023 | 9
Teradata chases hyperscaler, SI partnerships in cloud push
CEO Interview We're not just your grandmother's data warehouse, CEO tells El Reg
Spotlight on Databases01 Mar 2023 | 2
UK consortium set to bid for £480 million NHS data platform
Syndicate wants to see health service 'stay in control' in face of fierce competition from Palantir
Databases28 Feb 2023 | 26
Power behind throne to depart as SAP enters a new era
Board chairman Hasso Plattner lines up successor to take ERP giant into uncharted territory
Databases28 Feb 2023 | 6
Deutsche Bank's takeover of Postbank hasn't gone well, according to customers
4 million contract migration went as planned, spokesperson insists
Databases21 Feb 2023 | 9
BAE Systems handed £38m Border Force intelligence contract
Cerberus data analytics system to give us a new reason to sweat at the landing gate
Databases16 Feb 2023 | 12
AWS dragged over lengthy downtime to migrate PostgreSQL DBaaS
Aurora needs a break to get users off 11.x, says cloud giant
Spotlight on Databases14 Feb 2023 |
While wider tech industry is hurting, analytics companies fatten up
Sumo Logic attracts private equity investor while InfluxData and Onehouse raise VC cash
Databases10 Feb 2023 | 3
UK health minister confirms data platform worth £480m will replicate Palantir dashboards
Suppliers competing for lucrative prize will rely on 'interoperability' of existing work from US spy-tech firm
Databases06 Feb 2023 | 23
Best time to prepare to leave an Oracle ULA? The day after it starts, say licensing gurus
Big Red 'will always start with a large number and negotiate down'
Databases01 Feb 2023 | 10
Poor Meta. Technical debt and user training made its exabyte-scale data migration tricky
Welcome to the real world, kids. And for the rest of us, a future at which Meta is gulp! – better at large-scale analytics
Databases27 Jan 2023 | 11
Oracle engineering exec quits after tryst with health division
Reports suggest Don Johnson left after 6 months in charge of strategic unit
Databases25 Jan 2023 | 4
Sorry seems to be tech execs' favorite word as DB player Aiven lays off 1 in 5
Finnish open source biz joins elite in correcting pandemic hiring frenzy
Databases23 Jan 2023 | 3
University still living in the Nineties seeks help with move to SAP S/4HANA
Tens of millions up for grabs as institution needs to dump legacy code
Databases17 Jan 2023 | 36
Quickest way to save with Oracle? Get off Unlimited Licensing Agreements, says pundit
They're not the meal deal they might seem to be, claims audit expert
Databases16 Jan 2023 | 21
Games Workshop once again battles scariest monster of all: ERP gone wrong
Worldwide expansion reliant on delayed Microsoft Dynamics project as Amazon deal beckons
Databases12 Jan 2023 | 50
That NHS England patient data platform procurement, FDP, is live. And worth up to £480m
References to Palantir use cases, 'unique tools' litter the tender docs as critics mull legal action
Databases11 Jan 2023 | 20
Palantir's Covid-era UK health contract extended without competition
US spy-tech firm's controversial work with patient data pushed out 6 months due to delayed data platform procurement
Databases04 Jan 2023 | 39
$20m SAP ECC replacement project delayed because UK university unsure what it wants
After 10 month’s deliberation, abandons current competition as ERP support deadline looms
Databases03 Jan 2023 | 12
Apache Iceberg promises to change the economics of cloud-based data analytics
Feature Adopted by Snowflake, Google and Cloudera, we look at why the Netflix-developed table format is important
Databases03 Jan 2023 | 6
MariaDB uses SPAC to begin NYSE trading in a tough market for public offerings
Analysis Tech IPOs down 85 percent on last year, research finds
Databases21 Dec 2022 | 8
When ERP projects go bad: Surrey County Council's £30m ditch SAP effort delayed again
Existing hold ups already cost millions as UK authority fails to put a price on latest setback
Databases19 Dec 2022 | 14
French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system
After four years of talks, competition goes to incumbent supplier
Databases15 Dec 2022 | 1
Don't expect another SAP support deadline extension, user group warns
German software giant unlikely to repeat 2020's concession to users pressure
Databases13 Dec 2022 | 2
Cassandra 4.1 promises dev guardrails and pluggable storage
Apache project focused on stability following previous major upgrade
Databases09 Dec 2022 | 2
SAP still struggling to convert ECC customers to S/4HANA, says Gartner
Latest platform software has not been licensed by two-thirds of legacy users, despite strong growth
Databases06 Dec 2022 | 7
Rights groups threaten legal action over NHS data pilot based on Palantir tech
'Acute and justifiable fear' in the way patient data is set to be processed, campaigners warn
Databases06 Dec 2022 | 21
Microsoft adds silicon muscle into latest Azure SQL database configs
Intel's 'Ice Lake' and AMD's 'Milan' chips bump up speeds and feeds
Databases01 Dec 2022 |
SQL Server license prices rise ten percent as version 2022 debuts
Udpated Azure SQL pay-as-you-go rate is the only rate that won't change, and it was already expensive
Databases23 Nov 2022 | 26
UK's National Health Service will roll existing Palantir work into patient data platform
Does spy-tech supplier have a head start in bidding for the controversial deal it considers a 'must win'?
Databases21 Nov 2022 | 37
SAP renames developer platform and bundles it with S/4HANA
TechEd But users still need to wait years for business benefits of migration from older systems
Databases17 Nov 2022 |
MotherDuck scores $47.5m to prove scale-up databases are not quackers
Interview Former BigQuery tech lead tells Reg about data-warehouse-on-your-laptop DuckDB
Databases17 Nov 2022 | 6
SAP injects more low code into ERP platform for non-coding biz types
Following AppGyver and Ruum, Build potentially takes pressure off devs’ create-this-feature-now list
Databases15 Nov 2022 | 2
University staff voice 'urgent, profound concern' as Oracle finance system delays payments
Edinburgh Uni says it interrupted its financial processes in summer to test new system
Databases14 Nov 2022 | 39
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