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 | 17
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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 | 12
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
Solving the problem of disaster recovery and performance at a global scale
How Amazon delivers multi-active, multi-region database replication for performance and availability
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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
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Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time
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Oracle's Larry Ellison shares fears of bankrupting Western civilization with healthcare
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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 | 16
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
ElastiCache - When speed is everything
Using an in-memory cache is the best option to boost your application performance while keeping costs low, says AWS
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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 |
Managed document-based data stores come of age
Why enterprises are choosing Amazon DocumentDB to power their mission critical applications
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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
Amazon takes RDS performance, scalability and durability to the next level
AWS continues to innovate upon Multi-AZ deployments
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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 | 29
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 |
DataStax launches streaming data platform with backward support for JMS
Or move to Apache Pulsar for efficiency gains, says NoSQL vendor
Databases29 Jun 2022 |
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
All your database are belong to us: Snowflake named DBMS of the year by DB-Engines
Homespun database trackers also see PostgreSQL and MongoDB as hotshots for 2021
Databases06 Jan 2022 | 5
Db2, where are you? Big Blue is oddly reluctant to discuss recent enhancements to its flagship database
Cloud-native RDBMS is coming, on AWS and Azure. Yet IBM's only preaching to the choir
Databases23 Dec 2021 | 56
