Infor to stop developing CM3 on-prem software for IBM iSeries Updated ERP vendor had promised containerized options, but looks set to focus on the cloud Databases29 Jun 2022 |
YugabyteDB tempts devs with read-committed isolation levels It's easier than retraining PostgreSQL devs, says distributed relational database startup Databases28 Jun 2022 | 2
Rows, columns, and the search for a database that can do everything Analysis Snowflake last week promised analytics and transactions in the same system. For some it was déjà vu all over again Databases22 Jun 2022 | 6
NoSQL player Aerospike links up with Starburst for SQL-based access to edge data 'We’re not necessarily replacing Snowflake' is an interesting choice of words Databases15 Jun 2022 |
Cassandra vendor DataStax secures $115m investment for $1.6b valuation Tech stock crash fails to deter Goldman Sachs as it leads funding round in the real-time data specialist Databases15 Jun 2022 | 1
Database from the 1980s needs time travel says author It's back to the future for PostgreSQL as Michael Stonebraker lists priorities for the popular open-source system he helped create Databases14 Jun 2022 | 5
MongoDB wants to grab work from other databases Analysis Goal is to bring analytics to its transactional workloads but there are places where this might fall short Databases13 Jun 2022 | 4
Concerns that £360m data platform for NHS England is being set up to fail Delays said to favor Palantir as health service seeks suppliers to support its top-down data revolution Databases13 Jun 2022 | 43
Oracle plans US database for electronic health records Based in the Big Red cloud, the system will suck up records from hospitals and physicians, says CTO Larry Ellison Databases10 Jun 2022 | 18
MongoDB announces columnstore indexing for its document database Boost to in-database analytics should help replace some human decision-making, vendor claims Databases07 Jun 2022 | 1
Keeping your head as an entire database goes pear-shaped Who, Me? How do you spell 'backup' again? 'D' 'R' 'O' 'P'... Databases30 May 2022 | 135
We have bigger targets than beating Oracle, say open source DB pioneers Advocates for MySQL and PostgreSQL see broader future for movement they helped create Databases25 May 2022 | 12
CockroachDB adds command line tool as database hits version 22.1 The Register speaks to Jim Walker about maturity and super regions Databases24 May 2022 | 5
Beware the fury of a database developer torn from tables and SQL Who, Me? Not so much process privilege rings, more circles of hell Databases23 May 2022 | 176
Percona launches management system aimed at open-source databases Percona Live PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL tools for overly busy DBAs, less experienced devs Databases17 May 2022 |
Oracle really does owe HPE $3b after Supreme Court snub Appeal petition as doomed as the Itanic chips at the heart of decade-long drama Databases17 May 2022 | 59
Finnish open-source-as-a-service startup Aiven adds $1bn to valuation Demand for PostgreSQL and Kafka driving interest in cloud service, CEO tells The Register Databases13 May 2022 | 3
What 'share of wallet' means and why it matters to SAP German software giant reprises old motifs at annual show Sapphire Databases12 May 2022 | 3
A discounting disaster averted at the expense of one's own employment Who, Me? I know what this process needs: Microsoft Access! Databases02 May 2022 | 87
Microsoft fixes cross-account vulns in Azure Database for PostgreSQL service Presented by the Wiz team that found the Cosmos DB flaw Databases28 Apr 2022 | 2
Aerospike takes swipe at document databases JSON support MongoDB, Couchbase in the crosshairs as Aerospike tries to broaden use cases Databases28 Apr 2022 | 1
Oracle to release on-prem software usage tools to prep cloud switch Experts advise caution in sharing data with Big Red – it could be used in license audits Databases25 Apr 2022 | 13
Oracle contracts and pricing a 'challenge', says Gartner While heaping praise on Big Red, analysts find room to criticize licensing, negotiations, and integration Databases21 Apr 2022 | 6
New graph database features eschew need for DBAs Python's stranglehold in data science makes Neo4j rethink language strategy Databases12 Apr 2022 | 3
Db2 13 makes z/OS debut, promises AI, hybrid cloud features Long-awaited major release welcomed by users who wish IBM would promote it a little more Databases11 Apr 2022 | 2
Real-time data analytics firm Tinybird nets $37m in Series A Millions of rows per second in real time, so the legend goes... Databases05 Apr 2022 | 1
SAP hits 50: Entrenched, spread out and fully middle-aged Feature Tech’s posterchild of German industrial success must face its failures as it succumbs to midlife angst Databases01 Apr 2022 | 21
SAP users struggling with data management for S/4HANA migration UK and Ireland survey reveals difficulties with housekeeping Databases30 Mar 2022 | 8
PlanetScale offers undo button to reverse schema migration without losing data Vitess-based database splits system for 30 minutes allowing users to right regrettable changes Databases24 Mar 2022 | 3
RISE with SAP struggles to gain purchase with German-speaking users Investment sentiment for S/4HANA drops off while public cloud hosting only two per cent of environments Databases24 Mar 2022 | 1
SAP wins competition to replace own ageing system at UK council £7m Gloucestershire County Council deal the first for RISE with SAP in the UK public sector Databases22 Mar 2022 | 7
Verified asset management tools help speed Oracle audits Too bad they don't help customers achieve a position on compliance Databases21 Mar 2022 | 1
Northwest England councils in £31m SaaS HR system tender Procurement comes as Manchester City Council looks for SAP next steps Databases18 Mar 2022 | 5
Openness of Oracle licensing and audit tools questioned Verified third-party tools do not guarantee compliance position Databases17 Mar 2022 | 34
IBM Cloudant pulls plan to fund new foundational layer for CouchDB Apache project mulls options for next big upgrade as Big Blue focuses on 3.x iterations Databases15 Mar 2022 |
MongoDB to terminate Russian SaaS accounts No service for NoSQL users contrasts with continuous clouds from other players Databases15 Mar 2022 | 11
Oracle sees automation opportunity in healthcare following pandemic Doctor Ellison says big wins in the sector influenced decision to buy health records outfit Cerner Databases11 Mar 2022 | 5
UK Home Office dangles £20m for national gun licence database system But potential bidders will have to move fast on this one Databases11 Mar 2022 | 99
DataStax updates K8ssandra to help Cassandra operate worldwide Shares multi-cluster lessons from DBaaS in Kubernetes project Databases08 Mar 2022 |
DBAs massively over-provision Oracle to protect themselves: Microsoft Cloud migrations can therefore be cost-effective, even with Big Red’s nasty licenses Databases07 Mar 2022 | 33
Desperately seeking SaaS: English council to replace Oracle R12 Big Red product to become more unstable, unreliable, and less secure after 20 years' use Databases01 Mar 2022 | 9
Couchbase promises P2P sync in mobile and edge DB NoSQL slinger sees future in edge and IoT – and 'eventual consistency' Databases23 Feb 2022 | 5
Scottish universities launch £42m ERP tender Framework deal to cut across software, services and systems integration Databases23 Feb 2022 | 8
GraphQL data wrangler Hasura bags $100m investment 25,000 GitHub stars since its introduction in 2017 Databases22 Feb 2022 | 1
Skills shortage puts SAP projects on hold Business demand creates double whammy on recruitment pressure Databases21 Feb 2022 | 47
AWS and Elasticsearch settle trademark infringement lawsuit 'There is only one Elasticsearch, and it comes from Elastic' Databases17 Feb 2022 | 2
Expect sales reps' calls if IT wants to ditch Oracle Licensing and compliance issues advisor spills the beans Databases15 Feb 2022 | 23
English county council blasted for 'inept project management' in delayed SAP replacement Questions remain over whether Surrey's £3.2m budget increase will avoid further delay Databases10 Feb 2022 | 25
Teradata: Public cloud sales soar from low base, majority of business still on-prem Perpetual software and hardware licenses dive in Q4, consultancy withers on vine Databases08 Feb 2022 |
Western Australia Health taps SAP and Deloitte for AU$220m SaaS HR system over 10 years Now, don't do a Queensland Databases04 Feb 2022 | 9
Exasol pledges to help customers avoid cloud bill shock with new DBaaS Distributed in-memory system more efficient than other cloud data warehouses, vendor claims Databases03 Feb 2022 | 1
Workday gets £9.8m deal for second chunk of UK's Student Loans Company project Oracle replacement project continues as SLC opts for SaaS model Databases31 Jan 2022 | 15
Despite growth, questions remain over whether SAP can get customers off-prem fast enough to appease investors €500m cloud investments drag on profit Databases28 Jan 2022 | 12
Former Oracle execs warn that Big Red's auditing process is also a 'sales enablement tool' 'Most of it – if not all of it – really amounts to fear, uncertainty and doubt' Databases25 Jan 2022 | 51
Team behind delayed ERP project was aware of problems but didn't inform Surrey County Council for months Move from SAP to Unit4 held up by comms 'issues' between supplier and authority Databases24 Jan 2022 | 25
And relax: No repeat car crash financials for SAP in 2021 as cloud services come good Let's not mention on-premise licences.... Databases15 Jan 2022 | 2
Games Workshop has chucked another £500k at entrenched ERP project with no end to epic battle in sight Plans for new online shop get seal of approval despite Microsoft Dynamics delays Databases13 Jan 2022 | 62
Dev's PostgreSQL experiment probes possibility of zero-downtime schema migration It has potential, says one expert Databases12 Jan 2022 | 11
Another day, another ERP project behind schedule: This time it's Norfolk County Council and an Oracle system Cost of over-run was unknown, but won't be as bad as delays at other authorities, council document claims Databases11 Jan 2022 | 21
When ERP projects go awry: Surrey County Council incurs £3.2m additional costs in delayed Unit4 project Select committee set to examine causes of the setbacks Databases10 Jan 2022 | 17