From Sun to the cloud: MariaDB carves out space in database market
Interview CEO on industry shifts that allow open source and smaller players to gain a footing
Spotlight on Databases31 Mar 2023 | 3
Spotlight on Databases
This month The Register will take a deep dive into the world of databases; from established monoliths to the emerging crop of upstarts. Join us for a special 30 days of interviews and analysis on these tools that drive business forward.
Couchbase's chief techie on squaring the schema-less circle
Interview Ravi Mayuram on work to make life easier for devs while sprinkling a bit of SQL on top
Spotlight on Databases31 Mar 2023 | 2
Cloud Security Alliance VP: Database security boils down to these three things
Interview Here's how not to end up in their next report as a cautionary tale
Spotlight on Databases30 Mar 2023 | 1
Exasol: Taking a bet on the affordability of in-memory analytics
Interview German startup reconned on hardware economics favouring a specialist database
Spotlight on Databases29 Mar 2023 | 6
AWS security exec: You don't want to win this database popularity contest
Interview Data guarding requires better 'education, better technology, and better automation'
Spotlight on Databases28 Mar 2023 | 7
When it comes to database security it's down to people, not tech fixes, to save the day
Interview Get your staff and processes lined up and ready to go
Spotlight on Databases27 Mar 2023 | 5
Watch for schema design in graph database rollout, business user warns
Hardware configuration also important to get query times down, says global research publisher
Spotlight on Databases27 Mar 2023 | 3
Oracle reportedly making job cuts at health IT arm Cerner
OCI is much more efficient than the acquired Cerner DCs, Ellison told investors
Spotlight on Databases24 Mar 2023 | 6
SAP user group: We want the same features on-prem that you put in the cloud
Concerns over multi-million investments customers already made in their on-prem ERP systems
Spotlight on Databases23 Mar 2023 | 7
Aerospike targets Java Spring devs with support for the popular framework
Database shortcuts built in popular environment in hopes of scoring devs who want an easy life
Spotlight on Databases22 Mar 2023 |
Ex-BigQuery exec and Motherduck CEO: For some users, the answer is to think small
Interview Former Google veteran talks to El Reg about trends in big data of the past decade
Spotlight on Databases21 Mar 2023 |
Edinburgh Uni finds extra £8M for vendors after troubled ERP go-live
Staff and suppliers paid late last year, new requirements lead to contract price hike
Spotlight on Databases21 Mar 2023 | 6
NHS threatened with legal action over £480m patient data platform
Updated Campaigners ask if Palantir's 'must-win' contract could see tech giants build products on NHS data
Spotlight on Databases17 Mar 2023 | 17
Ellison's healthcare obsession carries risks for Oracle
Analysis But if he swings it, the company can secure long term growth
Spotlight on Databases17 Mar 2023 | 21
Pair accused of breaking into US law enforcement database, posing as cops
Teen arrested yesterday while another man suspected of being a ViLE crime group member still 'at large'
Spotlight on Databases15 Mar 2023 | 4
SAP's in-and-out burger Qualtrics sold to Silver Lake and Canadian pension funds
Someone's still got some cash jangling about after the Silicon Valley Bank mess
Spotlight on Databases14 Mar 2023 | 4
The nodes have it in the Great DB debate: Reg readers pick graph
Register Debate Industry upstart preferred... for now
Spotlight on Databases10 Mar 2023 | 28
WANdisco suspends shares pending fraud investigation
Revenue guidance cut from $24m to $9m after discovery of 'potentially fraudulent irregularities'
Spotlight on Databases09 Mar 2023 | 14
The Great DB debate: SQL extensions won't solve the graph problem
Register Debate Even ISO committee that delivered SQL thinks graphs are different enough to warrant a full query language
Spotlight on Databases09 Mar 2023 | 13
Leave your data where it is, we'll look at it there, says SAP
German software giant opens analytics up to external sources
Spotlight on Databases08 Mar 2023 |
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Tabular launches with the promise of a 'headless' data warehouse
Developers of Apache Iceberg announce sign-up for their first product
Spotlight on Databases08 Mar 2023 |
Great Graph Database Debate: Abandoning the relational model is 'reinventing the wheel'
Register Debate Let's talk about what well-architected looks like
Spotlight on Databases08 Mar 2023 | 47
The Great Graph Database Debate: Relational can't do everything
Register Debate DBs aren't just about theory – they are complex systems designed to perform demanding tasks
Spotlight on Databases07 Mar 2023 | 32
Now Microsoft injects Copilot AI into Dynamics 365
Bringing Embrace, Extend, Extinguish to a business workforce near you
Spotlight on Databases07 Mar 2023 | 6
The Great Graph Debate: Revolutionary concept in databases or niche curiosity?
Register Debate Two experts go head-to-head – then you decide
Spotlight on Databases06 Mar 2023 | 37
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
ChatGPT, write a report about database glitches that crashed you today
While we're here, what do you think of Zuck announcing a vague catchup plan to build 'AI personas'?
Spotlight on Databases28 Feb 2023 | 19
IBM cheapens Oracle by delivering promised power-up for some POWER servers
Plus – calm down now – all the fun of OS subscriptions!
Spotlight on Databases15 Feb 2023 | 3
Biting the hand that feeds IT
