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
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 |
£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
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 |
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
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