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
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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 | 3
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 Databases21 Apr 2023 | 12
This typo sparked a Microsoft Azure outage Errant code fix deleted entire servers rather than snapshots of database
Raspberry Pi production rate rising to a million a month CEO stands by decision to keep prices steady instead of scoring sweet, sweet, windfall profits
Fed up with slammed servers, IT replaced iTunes backups with a cow of a file who, me? Pigs might fly before youngsters listened to IT instructions – so the IT manager made sure chickens came home to roost
The bonkers water-cooled shoe PC, hexagonal pink workstations, and IKEA-style cases of Computex 2023 Computex We crawled the gadget halls to save you the hassle
Toyota admits to yet another cloud leak infosec in brief Also, hackers publish RaidForum user data, Google's $180k Chrome bug bounty, and this week's vulnerabilities
Windows XP's adventures in the afterlife shows copyright's copywrongs Opinion Intellectual property law crushed by zombie horde
Australian cyber-op attacked ISIL with the terrifying power of Rickrolling Commanders in the field persuaded to give up, let their guard down, run around and desert their posts
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Meet TeamT5, the Taiwanese infosec outfit taking on Beijing and defeating its smears Living in the eye of the geopolitical storm is not easy, but is good for business
China EV market share hits 27 percent as tax breaks extended Asia In Brief PLUS: Indonesia's digital success under the radar; Singapore picks Google AI; India claims streaming record
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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
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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
SAP's vision underplays complexity of S/4HANA cloud migration, says Gartner Difficult decision did not end with RISE with SAP, analyst tells The Reg Databases10 Nov 2022 | 1
UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent 'You'll be hearing from us,' say privacy campaigners who previously forced the government to back down Databases04 Nov 2022 | 99
Redis swallows RESP.app biz that made its database easier on developers Acquisition of Ukrainian startup to help broaden appeal beyond popular cache Databases03 Nov 2022 |
University of Edinburgh staff paid late due to Oracle ERP troubles Project beginning in 2019 has left employees and suppliers waiting on payments Databases03 Nov 2022 | 36
Couchbase claims fourfold performance boost for DBaaS using a tenth of the memory Improvements to storage engine follow DataStax update to API gateway Databases01 Nov 2022 |
Db2 goes 'cloud-first' as IBM struggles to lift database dinosaur One foot firmly in the mainframe for pre-loved system dating back to the 1970s Databases27 Oct 2022 | 6
UK.gov finds billions in cash for big data contracts Project two years in the making aims to improve public services... or what's left of them Databases26 Oct 2022 | 20
SAP struggles to exit Russia after sale of support unit stalled Datacenters, cloud services shut down but keep maintaining DBs for the nation's businesses Databases25 Oct 2022 | 5
Vodafone to move SAP S/4HANA ERP system to Google Cloud Spare a thought for the techies hauling on-prem mega-platform of one of world's biggest mobile companies to the fluffy stuff Databases17 Oct 2022 | 18
US Veterans Affairs hits brakes on $10b Oracle Cerner health record system Nothing like medical orders routed into /dev/null and other problems to hold up a roll out Databases14 Oct 2022 | 10
SAP's German-speaking heartlands still struggling with ERP vendor's cloud vision 'Customers will not – at least not in the short term – move exclusively to cloud scenarios' Databases14 Oct 2022 | 8
Microsoft attempts to eat Oracle's database lunch with Azure migration service Ignite Redmond hopes move will lure more to its PostgreSQL managed service Databases12 Oct 2022 | 5
UK hospitals fall back on pen and paper after Oracle Cerner outage Staff couldn't access patient records and paper stocks were running low Databases12 Oct 2022 | 11
Structured data, unstructured data: It shouldn't matter, says Google GCN Apache Spark comes to BigQuery while BigLake gets Iceberg support Databases11 Oct 2022 | 2
SAP users see scattered clouds on the horizon User group's views are at odds with the software giant's direction Databases11 Oct 2022 | 1
Fivetran slammed for dropping SQL support. CEO: 'Blame me for this' Updated Ubiquitous database language support continued through third-party tool, users told Databases07 Oct 2022 | 11
PostgreSQL 15 promises to ease Oracle and SQL Server migrations MERGE means more code can be copied from earlier installation, because let's be real – that's how it's happening Databases03 Oct 2022 | 12
Teradata CTO Stephen Brobst drowns data lakehouse concept Interview Colorful data techie seeks to fend off rivals Databases03 Oct 2022 | 6
Bank of England puts cloud analytics on todo list after seeing off market collapse Data more essential than ever, says analytics chief as Liz Truss U-turns on tax, and world+dog remembers Bank's there to manage risk Databases03 Oct 2022 | 24
Cockroach Labs CTO: Google became too comfortable, I wasn't being challenged Interview Peter Mattis on starting a multibillion-dollar company as serverless database hits GA Databases29 Sep 2022 | 4
SAS puts ML and analytics suite on Azure Marketplace 50-year-old software project provides a button the boss can click Databases27 Sep 2022 |
Oracle pays $23 million to SEC to settle bribery charges India, Turkey, UAE subsidiaries set up slush funds to bribe 'foreign officials' says watchdog Databases27 Sep 2022 | 8
Oracle extends share options plans, no bumper payday for execs... yet Not all investors happy that suits get more time to earn significant stock-option awards Databases26 Sep 2022 | 4
Oracle verifies Java licensing tools from Flexera and Lime Software While one vendor says they help prepare for audit, expert warns they don't defend compliance Databases26 Sep 2022 | 4
Google previews streaming connector for BigQuery All your data on one platform, opines the Chocolate Factory Databases16 Sep 2022 | 2
NHS data platform procurement delayed for a second time Questions remain over Palantir's influence after consultancy role for former NHS England director revealed Databases15 Sep 2022 | 29
Want to know the future of FOSS? You can look it up in a database Opinion If you make it here, you can make it anywhere Databases12 Sep 2022 | 10
DuckDB, database wrangler used by Google, Facebook, and Airbnb, hits 0.5.0 System look well suited to fill gaps in traditional OLAP market Databases09 Sep 2022 | 11
Microsoft offers SQL Server 2022 release candidate to Linux world Redmond loves open source so much, it keeps most of its stuff closed Databases08 Sep 2022 | 17
Open source databases: What are they and why do they matter? Feature We trawled through the licensing terms and spoke to the vendors so you don't have to Databases05 Sep 2022 | 47
Teradata takes on cloud-native rivals with data lakes, MLOps Reworked use of object storage changes footing with competitors but will need to convince devs Databases30 Aug 2022 |
Cloudera launches SaaS platform for the lakehouse crowd And it IS a crowd – marketplace is busy, so it's hoping open approach sets it apart Databases18 Aug 2022 | 1
Ant Group’s in-house DB set for global release, including Raspberry Pi edition OceanBase 4.0 is derived from tech behind Alipay and is MySQL compatible Databases16 Aug 2022 | 7
IBM launches Db2 operator for Kubenetes on AWS Azure soon to follow as Big Blue accomodates a world with many clouds Databases20 Jul 2022 | 2
UK government refuses public review before launch of NHS data platform Patients must have the right to decide what information is taken from health records, say privacy campaigners Databases20 Jul 2022 | 130
Hundreds of millions up for grabs as UK taxman set to stick with SAP ECC6.0 Updated Support for finance system ends in 2027, leaving questions for HMRC Databases19 Jul 2022 | 3
SAP unlikely to see most customers move from ECC before support ends But those who show willing in S/4HANA upgrade might see existing ERP support extended, says Gartner Databases08 Jul 2022 |
Oracle 12.1 users warned as mainstream support ends in July 12.1 friends without benefits as database pros question LTR with Oracle 12.2 Databases08 Jul 2022 | 3
Oracle, IBM losing ground to local databases in China, says IDC One market down on China's march toward tech self-sufficiency, a bajillion more to go. Databases06 Jul 2022 | 5
We need a Library of Congress – but for the digital world Opinion Hack the future with a meta museum: 1 weird trick to free 50 years of digital life Databases04 Jul 2022 | 31
Cloudera adopts Apache Iceberg, battles Databricks to be most open in data tables Move follows Databricks' donation of Delta Lake 2.0 to Linux Foundation Databases01 Jul 2022 |