TSMC reportedly pauses production after strong earthquake hits Taiwan
Geopolitical rumblings one day, geological rumblings the next
Off-Prem21 Jan 2025 | 4
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Brit government contractor CloudKubed enters administration
Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions supplier in hands of FRP Advisory
Public Sector17 Jan 2025 | 9
UK government tech procurement lacks understanding, says watchdog
NAO report highlights £3B cost overruns and 29 years of cumulative delays in IT projects
Personal Tech16 Jan 2025 | 68
Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure is for apps you don’t want in the cloud, but will manage from it
Azure Local is about hybrid management, not hybrid resource pools, and is catching up with virtual rivals
On-Prem15 Jan 2025 | 6
Microsoft, PC makers cut prices of Copilot+ gear in Europe, analyst stats confirm
Double-digit reduction only served to 'stimulate some interest'
AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 48
Microsoft tests 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific to see how much you enjoy AI
Won’t say if other nations will be hit, but will ‘listen, learn, and improve’ as buyers react – so far with anger
SaaS13 Jan 2025 | 125
Azure networking snafu enters day 2, some services still limping
Struggling to connect to the cloud? You’re not alone
Off-Prem10 Jan 2025 | 19
Devs sent into security panic by 'feature that was helpful … until it wasn't'
On Call Screenshot showed it wasn't a possible attack – unless you qualify everything Google does as a threat
SaaS10 Jan 2025 | 79
Microsoft invites Chinese software vendors to sell on its marketplace and through its partners
Good luck getting buyers and resellers excited about that
Channel09 Jan 2025 | 7
The channel stands corrected: Hardware is a refresh cycle business now
Opinion 'For 30 years you thought you were business geniuses,' veteran analyst tells resellers and distributors
Channel08 Jan 2025 | 56
Google snags ex-Microsoft exec to helm cloud in the UK
Maureen Costello hopes to 'empower' businesses with AI
PaaS + IaaS08 Jan 2025 | 6
Microsoft's spat with ValueLicensing limps toward 2026 showdown
Legal tussle over resale of on-prem perpetual licenses kicked off four years ago
Software06 Jan 2025 | 3
Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d'refresh
40% of world's servers are 6 years +, drink 66% of DC energy, provide 7% of compute. Please refresh, says HPE
On-Prem02 Jan 2025 | 14
Workday on lessons learned from Iowa and Maine project woes
Interview Nine in ten of our implementations are a success, CEO Carl Eschenbach tells The Reg
SaaS02 Jan 2025 | 11
Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did
Opinion 2024's Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor
Bootnotes01 Jan 2025 | 112
Even Netflix struggles to identify and understand the cost of its AWS estate
If you have trouble keeping track of your various streaming subscriptions, you're gonna love the irony
Off-Prem18 Dec 2024 | 70
AWS now renting monster HPE servers, even in clusters of 7,680-vCPUs and 128TB
Heir to Superdome goes cloudy for those who run large in-memory databases and apps that need them
Off-Prem17 Dec 2024 | 20
Ingram Micro to 'stop doing business' with Broadcom, downgrade to 'limited engagement' on VMware
Exclusive Distributor couldn't do a deal that delivered 'appropriate shareholder return', chip giant says it 'continues to refine' its channel
Virtualization16 Dec 2024 | 18
2024 according to Cloudflare: Global traffic up, Google still king, US churning out bots
Same old same old really
Off-Prem13 Dec 2024 | 10
Google thinks the grid can't support AI, so it's spending on solar for future datacenters
Deal with Intersect Power will see gigawatts of compute capacity come online
Off-Prem12 Dec 2024 | 59
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How to leave the submarine cable cutters all at sea – go Swedish
Opinion Clear rules and guaranteed consequences concentrate the mind wonderfully. Just ask a Russian
OpenAI's ChatGPT crawler can be tricked into DDoSing sites, answering your queries
The S in LLM stands for Security
Donald Trump proposes US government acquire half of TikTok, which thanks him and restores service
Incoming president promises to allow ongoing operations for 90 days just as made-in-China app started to go dark
Trump's freshly minted meme coin passes $10B market cap
Crypto critics unhappy as BTC hits all-time high and Melania launches her own currency
Sage Copilot grounded briefly to fix AI misbehavior
'Minor issue' with showing accounting customers 'unrelated business information' required repairs
AWS declares it's Iceberg all the way until customers say otherwise
Cloud giant explains its thinking behind support for Apache open table format
Developers feared large chaps carrying baseball bats could come to kneecap their ... test account?
Who, Me? A whole different kind of 'technical debt' turned into real-world trouble
Datacus extractus: Harry Potter publisher breached without resorting to magic
Infosec in brief PLUS: Allstate sued for allegedly tracking drivers; Dutch DDoS; More fake jobs from Pyongyang; and more
Ransomware attack forces Brit high school to shut doors
Students have work to complete at home in the meantime
Where does Microsoft's NPU obsession leave Nvidia's AI PC ambitions?
Comment While Microsoft pushes AI PC experiences, Nvidia is busy wooing developers
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Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch
If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish
Legal12 Dec 2024 | 71
Apple reportedly building AI server processor with help from Broadcom
Something called 'Baltra' expected to make its debut in 2026, perhaps with tech both already use
Systems12 Dec 2024 | 10
Microsoft delays final Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update to 2025
Quiet festive season for admins, but next year will be busy
PaaS + IaaS10 Dec 2024 | 10
South Korean web giant Naver creates its own Linux distro
'Navix' follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale
OSes10 Dec 2024 | 14
Kyndryl's consulting business may be less than it seems
Special report Insiders say it's largely a matter of labeling
CxO08 Dec 2024 | 22
Euro cloud body heads off to Microsoft's HQ to check it's keeping promises
Exclusive Wine-tasting seems to be an essential part of an EU-friendly Azure Local
PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2024 | 14
Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court
Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump
Personal Tech06 Dec 2024 | 43
Chinese clouds target small and medium enterprises in APAC in search of growth
Canalys Forums APAC Smaller buyers see deep discounts and suddenly worry less about regulatory issues
Off-Prem05 Dec 2024 |
Fission impossible? Meta wants up to 4GW of American atomic power for AI
Facebook titan targets early 2030s for reactor deployment
Off-Prem04 Dec 2024 | 26
SAP legacy ERP users wise to ignore offer of single leap to the cloud
Multi-stage journey preferred in high-risk switch, says user group chair
PaaS + IaaS04 Dec 2024 | 3
AWS says AI could disrupt everything – and hopes it will do just that to Windows
re:Invent Cloud colossus reckons it can clarify hallucinations, get your apps off Microsoft's OS at pleasing speed
AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 36
Amazon promises 4x faster AI silicon in 2025, turns Trainium2 loose on the net
Re:Invent Tens of thousands of AWS’ Trn2 instances to fuel Anthropic's next-gen models
Systems03 Dec 2024 | 5
UK government spends another £1B on cloud migration and services
New framework set to help public sector orgs move on amid lock-in fears
PaaS + IaaS03 Dec 2024 | 24
AWS unveils cloud security IR service for a mere $7K a month
Re:Invent Tap into the infinite scalability... of pricing
Security03 Dec 2024 | 5
Cloudy with a chance of GPU bills: AI's energy appetite has CIOs sweating
Canalys Forums EMEA Public cloud expenses have businesses scrambling for alternatives that won't melt the budget
AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 11
Brits are scrolling away from X and aren't that interested in AI
Ofcom's Online Nation report drills into the UK's internet habits for 2024
Personal Tech29 Nov 2024 | 180
Microsoft preps big guns to shift Copilot software and PCs
Canalys Forums EMEA IT admins be warned: 13,000 tech suppliers coming for your employer's checkbook
AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 53
Google offered millions to ally itself with trade body fighting Microsoft
Exclusive El Reg has seen the presentation to CISPE members which sources say was intended to keep the lawsuit over licensing alive
PaaS + IaaS28 Nov 2024 | 12
Swedish authorities probe Oracle Cerner health record rollout
$190 million project under scrutiny after reported failures
PaaS + IaaS27 Nov 2024 | 11
Cloudflare broke its logging-as-a-service service, causing customer data loss
Software snafu took five minutes to roll back. The mess it made took hours to clean up
Off-Prem27 Nov 2024 | 5
AWS bends to Broadcom's will with VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-service
Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM are all doing it. Andy Jassy's rent-a-server shop may have felt it was leaving money on the table
Virtualization26 Nov 2024 | 5
Where do European SMEs start when it comes to conquering the world?
The answer is in Denmark
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Alibaba Cloud brings chatty SaaS products out of China and into more markets
Teams-like DingTalk gets an enterprise edition, and virtual Androids unleashed
SaaS25 Nov 2024 |
China sends cloud powered by homebrew Loongson CPUs into space
Asia In Brief Plus: Korea cracks down on Temu; US, Vietnam, sign infosec pact; India extends controversial hardware import law; and more
Off-Prem24 Nov 2024 | 5
Amazon bets another $4B on Anthropic
You just gonna stand there, Google, let AWS take the 'primary training partner' title? Not gonna do nothing?
AI + ML22 Nov 2024 | 7
AWS gives its management screens a makeover in the name of improved productivity
Maybe it was crowded layout, inconsistent colors and drop shadows that made cloud so hard?
Off-Prem22 Nov 2024 | 6
Pakistan's tech lobby warns that slow internet is strangling IT industry
Low-priced freelancers and call centers are at risk
Channel21 Nov 2024 | 12
Kyndryl insiders say there's little new business
Special report IT giant aims to end revenue slide by March, former employees have doubts
On-Prem20 Nov 2024 | 19
European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing
Exclusive Initiative follows Microsoft settlement with CISPE consortium
PaaS + IaaS20 Nov 2024 | 3
Japan looks to nuclear energy to power AI-powered datacenter boom
Shuttered reactor's operator says it's needed - once giant seawall is finished
The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond20 Nov 2024 | 17
Microsoft unleashes autonomous Copilot AI agents in public preview
Ignite They can learn, adapt, and make decisions – but don't worry, they're not coming for your job
PaaS + IaaS19 Nov 2024 | 9
Equinix to close its 'Metal' IaaS offering in 2026
Joins the likes of HPE, Cisco, and VMware in failing to challenge dominant hyperscalers
Off-Prem18 Nov 2024 | 3
Apple hit with £3 billion claim of ripping off 40 million UK iCloud users
Consumer champion Which? not amused by fruit-based giant's alleged preference for its own cloud storage
Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 40
TSMC confirms 'unexploded ordnance' removed from wafer fab construction site
Probably a relic of a Japanese WWII naval site
Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 6
Starlink finally files proper paperwork to operate in India
Government both excited and cautious about benefits of Muskband
Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 4
Amazon leaves Snowcone data migration boxes and older Snowball edge kit out to melt
Don't worry, existing users have another year to use 'em or lose 'em
Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 2
Here's what we know about the suspected Snowflake data extortionists
A Canadian and an American living in Turkey 'walk into' cloud storage environments…
Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 5
CISPE framework aids EU Data Act compliance, cloud switching
'It helps Euro organizations to avoid lock-in and design the cloud strategy they want'
PaaS + IaaS08 Nov 2024 |
Extending the hand of IT partnership
How MSPs can offer a solution for UK businesses amid persistent tech skills gaps
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Don't have MFA on a Google Cloud account? You'll have to from Jan
Lock it up. Lock it up
PaaS + IaaS05 Nov 2024 | 6
VMware by Broadcom finds friends to advance its private cloud and AI visions
VMware Explore User group members offered more generous discounts and licenses we're sure nobody would abuse
Off-Prem05 Nov 2024 | 2
Amazon to cough $75B on capex in 2024, more next year
Despite extending server lifespans, AI's power demands drive more datacenter builds
PaaS + IaaS01 Nov 2024 | 9
Dropbox to shed another 500 staff, CEO takes 'full responsibility'
Cloudy concern has also spent over $500M buying back its own shares amid multiple rounds of layoffs
SaaS31 Oct 2024 | 65
Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money
Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs
AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 18
Meta spruiks benefits of open sourcing Llama models – to its own bottom line
It's not like Zuck needs the coin despite increased infrastructure spend, headcount, losses on VR
Off-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 10
Equinix to pad Thai coffers with $500 million investment
Another Asian country declares ambition to be a tech hub
Off-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 6
Cloud repatriation officially a trend... for specific workloads
It's not a mass exodus, say analysts, but biz bods are bringing things down to earth
PaaS + IaaS30 Oct 2024 | 24
Musk, Bezos need just 90 minutes to match your lifetime carbon footprint, says Oxfam
Between jets, yachts and investments in destructive companies, billionaires are speed running the apocalypse
Off-Prem30 Oct 2024 | 87
Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth, just 1,100 job losses
Google Cloud grows fast thanks to AI, which now writes a quarter of all G-code
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 35
Microsoft accuses Google of creating a lobbying front called 'Open Cloud Coalition'
Seemingly dissatisfied with CISPE settlement, new UK-centric cloudy industry group calls for end to 'restrictive licensing'
Software29 Oct 2024 | 12
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
Google Cloud burst by 12-hour power outage in German region
Loose juice led to cooling issue in one zone, but the pain was widespread
Off-Prem25 Oct 2024 | 26
Billionaire SaaS CEO loses title after week of sleaze allegations
Not much more than a slap on the wrist as WiseTech boss stays on in new role and keeps salary
Legal25 Oct 2024 | 6
$180 for an overpriced, dubious SSD drive? Maybe don't join the USB Club
No specs and few details, but the promise of access to an exclusive community is still drawing buyers
Off-Prem24 Oct 2024 | 29
On-prem SaaS? ServiceNow will do it if you ask nicely, and really need it
Turns out its application can work with databases other than its own
SaaS24 Oct 2024 | 6
Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS
Carriers consume less than half the cloud they committed to use
PaaS + IaaS22 Oct 2024 | 17
SCC, one of Europe's largest resellers, orders staff back to their desks for three days a week
Exclusive CEO tells The Reg customers are facing same challenges, not ruling out full-time RTO
Channel21 Oct 2024 | 22
Microsoft's Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU now live and powering Azure VMs
For general-purpose and memory-optimized workloads
PaaS + IaaS21 Oct 2024 | 5
AWS boss: Don't want to come back to the office? Go work somewhere else
It's our way or the highway
PaaS + IaaS18 Oct 2024 | 112
Datacenter CEO faked top-tier IT reliability cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims
Updated The Uptime Institute rates availability. The 'Uptime Council' … apparently doesn't exist
Off-Prem17 Oct 2024 | 21
Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire
The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition
Systems16 Oct 2024 | 38
IBM acquires Indian SaaS startup Prescinto to shine a light on renewable energy assets
Also: Crypto-hub Binance helps Delhi police shut down solar power scam
SaaS16 Oct 2024 | 1
Google hopes to spark chain reaction with nuclear energy investment
Commits to molten salt small modular reactors it thinks can come online in 2035
Off-Prem15 Oct 2024 | 52
Tencent builds one NoSQL database to rule all data models
Exclusive Tamed DB sprawl and saved cloudy resources with 'X-Stor'
Databases11 Oct 2024 | 8
The .io domain isn't going anywhere anytime soon amid treaty
UK-Mauritius handshake holds but Chagos Islands shift could eventually phase out the ccTLD
Off-Prem10 Oct 2024 | 51
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
Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free
Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion
Networks08 Oct 2024 | 152
Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure
Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers
Public Sector04 Oct 2024 | 2
Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids
California utilities couldn't deliver for hyperscalers' favorite hardware slinger
Systems04 Oct 2024 | 5
Cisco is abandoning the LoRaWAN space, and there's no lifeboat for IoT customers
Support stretches to end of 2029, no more maintenance beyond 2026
Networks02 Oct 2024 | 5
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
Germany is monitoring Microsoft to thwart 'anti-competitive practices'
Wants to peer into gaps in DMA to keep Redmond honest in cloud and AI
PaaS + IaaS01 Oct 2024 | 6
Imagine a government that told Big Tech to improve resilience – then punished failures
It's happening in South Korea
Off-Prem01 Oct 2024 | 16
Rackspace internal monitoring web servers hit by zero-day
Exclusive Intruders accessed machines via tool bundled with ScienceLogic, 'limited' info taken, customers told not to worry
Cybersecurity Month30 Sep 2024 | 10
AWS must fork out $30.5M after losing P2P network patent scrap
No one really wins when a troll, sorry, assertion entity scores a victory
Networks30 Sep 2024 | 31
Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft
Mountain View versus Redmond: Fight over cloud software licensing policies gets formal
PaaS + IaaS25 Sep 2024 | 29
Ancient US air traffic control systems won't get a tech refresh before 2030
Updated If they don't crash first, say government auditors
Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 41
As IBM pushes for more automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff
So say our sources, who warn job cuts, outsourcing risk depriving biz of seasoned technical talent
Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 53
ServiceNow root certificate blunder leaves users high and dry
Updated More like ServiceNo, or maybe ServiceNotforawhile
Software23 Sep 2024 | 13
Alibaba Cloud claims its modular datacenter architecture shrinks build times by 50 percent
Also reveals boosted utilization rates, upgraded IaaS and more – all in the name of AI apps
Off-Prem20 Sep 2024 | 4
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