UK immigration seeks tech support, development partner for border crossing systems
After years of delay, new systems with 'diverse tech stacks' need a hand in £195M deal
On-Prem29 Oct 2024 | 16
Lindsay Clark has been writing about business technology for more than 20 years, starting at PC Week in the late 1990s. He went on to manage the news team at Computer Weekly in the early 2000s. His career was waylaid by music, which merited brief session appearances on BBC radio shows including those hosted by Mark Riley, Janice Long, and Whispering Bob Harris. As a freelance journalist, he has written for The Financial Times, The Guardian, and a list of B2B titles as long as your arm.
He joined The Register in February 2020 to cover database software and other enterprise IT technologies.
GenAI's dirty secret: It's set to create a mountainous increase in e-waste
New modelling shows tech could massively increase current volumes of electronic landfill by 2030
AI + ML28 Oct 2024 | 26
Microsoft reshuffles execs in Europe, Middle East and Africa unit
UK CEO becomes EMEA president after taking on role in Brit industrial strategy
PaaS + IaaS28 Oct 2024 | 1
Say hello to the epi-bit, a new approach to DNA data storage
A single gram can hold 215,000 TB. Technique inspired by epigenetics might help unlock that potential
Science25 Oct 2024 | 23
Yet another UK government seeks to reform GDPR
Yes, the law that needs to be harmonized with Europe for tech businesses' data to flow freely
Public Sector24 Oct 2024 | 39
NHS would be hit by 'significant' costs if UK loses EU data status, warn Lords
As another government yet again seeks to reform UK GDPR, legislators say data must continue to flow
Public Sector23 Oct 2024 | 189
OpenAI's rapid growth loaded with 'corner case' challenges, says Fivetran CEO
Interview GenAI poster child is a 100-story-tall baby with simple infrastructure but extreme demands
Databases23 Oct 2024 |
Clock's ticking on PostgreSQL 12, but not everyone is ready to say goodbye
11% of databases still on aging version with a month of support left
Databases22 Oct 2024 | 10
UK authority struggles to RISE with SAP, throws another £9M at project
Gloucestershire continues with legacy system as SaaS replacement delayed by more than a year
Databases21 Oct 2024 | 13
Someone's finally taking on £10M Hull City Council ERP deal to replace Oracle
Step forward Workday after mega long procurement to support system that went live 22 years ago
Databases18 Oct 2024 | 23
Post Office CTO had 'nagging doubts' about Horizon system despite reliability assurances
As 'heat' built from campaigners, tech boss kept telling MPs everything was fine
Public Sector17 Oct 2024 | 81
Inexorable march of progress at SAP threatens to leave users behind
AI hardly a hot topic with some customers calling for more innovation on-prem
Databases16 Oct 2024 | 4
NHS England warned about plans to extend Covid-era rules for patient data access
Governance and public consultation need work before rule change goes ahead
Databases16 Oct 2024 | 9
Post Office seeks more Horizon support as it continues hunt for replacement
Someone has got to keep those back end systems running
On-Prem15 Oct 2024 | 22
Keir Starmer tells regulators to chill as Microsoft exec takes wheel of advisory council
What could possibly go wrong?
Public Sector15 Oct 2024 | 82
Big data vendors introduce Apache Iceberg features in same week
Market rivals settle on open table format, while Microsoft and Databricks go their own way
Databases14 Oct 2024 | 2
Get more licenses for less with SAP price tiering, advise experts
German ERP vendor entices users to cloud, but be aware of how the system works, ITAM experts warn
Databases14 Oct 2024 | 4
SAP promises developer 'fusion teams' in cloud low-code environment
TechEd But projects must be completed in old desktop IDE
PaaS + IaaS10 Oct 2024 | 4
Post Office CEO tells inquiry: Leadership was in 'dream world' over Horizon scandal
Hired in 2019, he claims the recruitment failed to mention ongoing litigation
Public Sector10 Oct 2024 | 50
Cognizant discriminated against non-Indian workers in H-1B visa case, US jury finds
IT service giant denies claims, will appeal against verdict
Systems09 Oct 2024 | 8
UK Regulatory Innovation Office vows to slash red tape – but we've heard it all before
Comment The real issue is a reluctance to invest
Public Sector09 Oct 2024 | 38
Workday beats Oracle and Microsoft in UK 'Matrix' ERP deal
The SaaS-only provider and Cognizant snag £144.3M in gov software shake-up
Databases08 Oct 2024 | 8
SAP offers different way to move SQL Server-based software to the cloud
Just don’t call it an alternative to RISE with SAP
Databases07 Oct 2024 | 3
It's true, social media moderators do go after conservatives
Because they're most likely to share crappy misinformation online
Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 253
The force is strong in Iceberg: Are the table format wars entering the final chapter?
Interview Former Apple engineer and Apache PMC member Russell Spitzer describes efforts to unite around a single format
Databases03 Oct 2024 | 26
Mega supermarket spots stock discrepancy of tens of millions amid ERP system migration
Exclusive Britain's Asda admits tech divorce from ex-owner Walmart is still overrunning
Databases03 Oct 2024 | 109
MongoDB rebuts claims it's not ready for business critical workloads
Shifting battle-hardened systems to document model – are your skills and tools ready?
Databases03 Oct 2024 | 24
Fresh court filing accuses Oracle of creating 'maze' of options 'hidden' in 'contract'
Big Red says claims are baseless and wants case thrown out
SaaS02 Oct 2024 | 33
Oracle settles customer NetSuite dispute out of court
Allegations of fraud and unfair business practices dismissed after private mediation
Databases30 Sep 2024 | 3
Cockroach Labs CEO: Diverse database models are essential as app demands surge
Interview Licensing mixes also needed lest vendors give too much away
Databases27 Sep 2024 |
IBM and Oracle to support 280,000 users after winning mega ERP govt tech contract
Pair of industry giants set to take on £711M upgrade supporting four UK departments
Public Sector27 Sep 2024 | 38
SAP support auto-renewal gotcha: Do nothing now, pay for another year
Updated Single digit price hikes suspected for UK and Europe and double digit mooted for everywhere else
Databases26 Sep 2024 | 13
UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'
Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims
Security26 Sep 2024 | 146
Fujitsu wins spot on £600M framework after vowing to sit out public sector
Post Office scandal? What scandal?
Public Sector25 Sep 2024 | 22
Snowflake seeks to raise funds with $2B bond sale
Poorly received by investors, the moves comes in a difficult year
Databases24 Sep 2024 | 4
Capita wins £135M extension on much-delayed UK smart meter rollout
Outsourcing firm has been building network for over a decade now – how's that going?
Networks24 Sep 2024 | 234
Scientists demonstrate X-rays as a way to zap asteroids out of Earth's path
Lab-based proof-of-concept shows how radiation creates explosive plumes to deflect menacing space rocks
Science24 Sep 2024 | 50
NHS drops another billion on tech in the hope of finally going digital
Framework promised last year set to reach value of up to £2.5B after chat with supply chain
Software23 Sep 2024 | 62
Majority of Redis users considering alternatives after less permissive licensing move
Valkey leads interest in FOSS alternatives after database slinger tightens terms
Databases20 Sep 2024 | 19
Europe's largest city council: Oracle ERP allocated £2B in transactions to wrong year
Workers forced to manually correct setup that struggles to produce auditable accounts after customizations
Databases20 Sep 2024 | 51
ERP modernization? Admins have heard of it
Back-end systems fail to get the love given to SaaSy customer-facing counterparts
Databases19 Sep 2024 | 6
With billions in UK govt IT contracts about to expire, get the next vendors to act right
Poor performers get renewals, new small outfits discouraged from bidding, say researchers
Public Sector19 Sep 2024 | 23
UK pensions department's project to unite government ERP systems comes to £1.9B
Four branches attempt to streamline HR and business processes
Public Sector18 Sep 2024 | 12
Prosecutors confirm probe into SAP CTO amid allegations of sexual harassment
Jürgen Müller agreed to step down from his role at the end of September
Databases17 Sep 2024 | 2
Sainsbury's bags a ticket to RISE with SAP, hoping not to trip like Asda
UK's second largest retailer set to move ERP to the cloud with AWS, Accenture, and the German software gaint
Databases17 Sep 2024 | 5
Snowflake's Unistore still on ice years after announcement
Cloud unicorn struggles to make database that can do everything 'margin positive'
Databases16 Sep 2024 | 3
RISE with SAP sinking year on year
Updated Gartner: ERP giant’s flagship cloud-and-upgrade package falls as a ratio of total sales with support deadline looming
Databases16 Sep 2024 | 6
MongoDB CEO says if AI hype were the dotcom boom, it is 1996
Analysis NoSQL database slinger attempts to reassure investors, kinda
AI + ML13 Sep 2024 | 27
As Oracle's AWS deal completes Big 3 triumvirate, questions remain over licensing
Analysis Some users will see the appeal of Big Red stacking its hardware in Amazon's datacenters
Databases13 Sep 2024 | 21
Redis justifies open source shift with fresh hardware, LLM cost-saving features
Interview CEO argues more restrictive licensing was key to DB refresh, and says team 'expected' the fork
Databases12 Sep 2024 | 1
Online media outstrips TV as source of news for the first time in the UK
Ofcom research shows TV remains more trusted news source in social media age
Bootnotes11 Sep 2024 | 107
Private equity commits MariaDB takeover transaction
Post-IPO chapter ends after SQL biz shed jobs, products in bid to find buyer
Databases10 Sep 2024 | 7
Oracle reports rising top line as it hooks up database service to AWS
Plus: CTO Larry says Big Red uses hardware 'efficiently' but 'labor sparingly because labor is a security risk'
Databases10 Sep 2024 | 4
Cassandra redesigns indexing, storage management for 5.0 release
Users warned to get off 3.x releases as support ends
Databases10 Sep 2024 |
UK Lords push bill to tame rogue algorithms in public sector
Peer says government needs to learn lessons from Post Office scandal
AI + ML10 Sep 2024 | 17
Salesforce now owns Own Company after $1.9B bargain hunt
Acquisition of SaaS backup vendor ends mega-merger moratorium
Storage06 Sep 2024 | 3
Global powers sign AI pact promising to preserve human rights, democracy
No, Russia and China are not on the list
AI + ML05 Sep 2024 | 12
Key aspects of Palantir's Federated Data Platform lack legal basis, lawyers tell NHS England
Exclusive Unless solution found, patients must be allowed to opt out
Databases05 Sep 2024 | 60
Atomic clocks are so last epoch, it's time someone nailed down the nuclear clock
'Giant step' in research could unlock a bunch of crazy science stuff
Science04 Sep 2024 | 29
GenAI spending bubble? Definitely 'maybe' says ServiceNow
It won't generate hundreds of million of dollars for customers tomorrow, and there's a 'lot of noise' from tech industry
AI + ML04 Sep 2024 | 34
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