Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google? That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops PaaS + IaaS04 Mar 2025 | 41
Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored PaaS + IaaS03 Mar 2025 | 47
How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government And that was on top of a £17.5M underwriting bill for insolvent UKCloud PaaS + IaaS03 Mar 2025 | 50
UK government's cloud strategy: Pay more, get less, blame vendor lock-in? Home Office's £450M deal with AWS raises questions over competition and aligning department requirements PaaS + IaaS28 Feb 2025 | 19
How mega city council's failure to act on Oracle rollout crashed its financial controls Missing assessments, hidden caveats, and overoptimism all contributed to fateful decision, auditors find PaaS + IaaS27 Feb 2025 | 36
IBM Consulting workers told management wants to 'more closely align pay, performance' Exclusive At least they're not having to 'justify' recent work or resign Software24 Feb 2025 | 54
Microsoft Azure faceplants in Norway, taking government services with it Locals see red as public cloud's service health dashboard shows green PaaS + IaaS20 Feb 2025 | 15
Kelsey Hightower on dodging AI and the need for a glossary of IT terms Interview The science of the appliance and opening the lid of the black box to find... it's just software Software18 Feb 2025 | 28
AWS vacates its board seat at European cloud crew CISPE ... weeks after US titan was outvoted by other members to let Microsoft join the Euro cloud trade association PaaS + IaaS14 Feb 2025 | 1
Oracle makes Fusion apps available on EU Sovereign Cloud GDPR-compliant service pitched for public sector orgs who can't pipe data offsite PaaS + IaaS11 Feb 2025 | 3
Euro cloud crew says we-won't-sue deal with Microsoft is 'off-track' Overseas pals urge US tech giant to 'rapidly' work on Azure Local project to make things right – sans licenses PaaS + IaaS11 Feb 2025 | 2
Microsoft's final Exchange Server 2019 update still missing as support deadline ticks down CU15 MIA as Redmond scrambles to fix issues PaaS + IaaS05 Feb 2025 | 6
IBM banks on friendlier US regulatory climate for dealmaking Reckons completion of Hashicorp buy is around the corner, plans to use some of $7B free cash for more M&A Devops31 Jan 2025 | 5
Microsoft talks up 'significant capital investments' in AI as sector reacts to DeepSeek Windows vendor posts more bumper financials, but markets shrug PaaS + IaaS30 Jan 2025 | 11
Datacenters are hotter than ever, and we're not talking about rack temperatures Exploding market led to $73B in M&A activity in 2024 On-Prem29 Jan 2025 |
SAP extends support deadline for getting off legacy software – in very special circumstances Qualifying orgs may get 2033 extension, just don’t call it a U-turn PaaS + IaaS28 Jan 2025 | 1
Cloud market working well ... if you're AWS and Microsoft Brit monopoly plod files report on health of local sector, says technical barriers and Redmond's licensing practices hurting smaller rivals + customers PaaS + IaaS28 Jan 2025 | 2
Microsoft's London 'Experience Center' packs up and goes home Oxford Circus space closed after six years Personal Tech27 Jan 2025 | 27
Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing Exclusive From fighters to friends in six months, despite AWS voting against it PaaS + IaaS21 Jan 2025 | 10
Brit government contractor CloudKubed enters administration Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions supplier in hands of FRP Advisory Public Sector17 Jan 2025 | 10
How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent
Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable' And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports
Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers Not on Firefox or a Chrome derivative? You shall not pass
SpaceX loses a Falcon 9 booster and scrubs a Starship Reusable first stage of workhorse tips over after landing
Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted Vertical tabs, native Arm64 Linux version, and AMD GPU-accelerated video playback
VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant
Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google? That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops
Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes Presumably hosted by AWS?
It's bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly
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 | 69
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
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
Google snags ex-Microsoft exec to helm cloud in the UK Maureen Costello hopes to 'empower' businesses with AI PaaS + IaaS08 Jan 2025 | 6
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 |
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
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
Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 18
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cloud giants point the finger at each other during regulator hearings Those are some mighty powerful underdogs you've got there PaaS + IaaS18 Sep 2024 | 4
AWS claims customers are packing bags and heading back on-prem See? We do have competition, cloud giant tells regulator PaaS + IaaS17 Sep 2024 | 74
Research suggests more than half of VMware customers are looking to move Price rises, uncertainty after Broadcom takeover forcing users to look elsewhere for virtualization needs PaaS + IaaS11 Sep 2024 | 66
Keen to bring it on home? Private cloud appliance pitched at compliance-conscious Service with endless scalability, at least that's the plan PaaS + IaaS11 Sep 2024 | 5
Alibaba Cloud struggles after blaze at Digital Realty Singapore datacenter Chinese giant claims lithium batteries exploded, now one server hall is waterlogged PaaS + IaaS10 Sep 2024 | 4
Nvidia and chums inject $160M into Applied Digital to keep GPU sales rolling Datacenters are the lifeline for its $30B ML-fueled boom PaaS + IaaS06 Sep 2024 | 5
Admins wonder if the cloud was such a good idea after all As AWS, Microsoft, and Google hike some prices, it's time to open up the ROI calculator PaaS + IaaS04 Sep 2024 | 142
Cloud computing hits the nuclear button amid energy crisis Analysis Other options considered too as the power draw on electricity grids continues unabated Cloud Infrastructure Month03 Sep 2024 | 13
DataVita declares sovereignty with 'National Cloud' for UK Scottish provider promises no hidden fees, full control, and safe haven for data PaaS + IaaS29 Aug 2024 | 11
Microsoft's results are in, but the E7 subscription remains mythical. For now Comment Does the Windows giant's love of 365 add-ons spell doom for a super premium tier? PaaS + IaaS02 Aug 2024 | 13
OpenAI might be a partner, but it's also a competitor, says Microsoft Opinion Either Sam and Satya are on the rocks, or this is just more maneuvering to avoid regulatory scrutiny AI + ML01 Aug 2024 | 4
Microsoft services partly down Down Under for Kiwi users Updated Maybe time to play the cloud hokey pokey? You put your workload in. You take your workload out... PaaS + IaaS01 Aug 2024 | 5
Superclusters too big, but single servers too small? Oracle offers AI Goldilocks zone Adds L40 bare metal option to the O-Cloud, plus A100 and H100 VMs. And teases a GH200 beast PaaS + IaaS01 Aug 2024 | 1
Two senior board execs leave SAP as restructuring hits the fan German vendor maintains departures follow increase in job cuts PaaS + IaaS31 Jul 2024 | 2
Can't get Minecraft, MongoDB Cloud, others to work today? Blame that Azure outage Shut the Front Door! PaaS + IaaS30 Jul 2024 | 15
Microsoft: Our licensing terms do not meaningfully raise cloud rivals' costs Updated Redmond comes out swinging as it files response to Competition and Markets Authority PaaS + IaaS24 Jul 2024 | 16
Azure VMs ruined by CrowdStrike patchpocalypse? Microsoft has recovery tips Updated Have you tried turning it off and on again, like, a bunch? PaaS + IaaS19 Jul 2024 | 65
What exactly did Microsoft promise CISPE in its settlement? Analysis Analysts: 'At the end of the day, the settlement is nothing' PaaS + IaaS17 Jul 2024 | 3
Google: We're still working to defeat Microsoft's 'anticompetitive' cloud policy Yesterday's settlement between MS and Euro cloud providers shouldn't 'fool' you, says Alphabet arm's cloud boss PaaS + IaaS11 Jul 2024 | 16
Microsoft avoids formal antitrust EC probe over abusive licensing claims by settling case with CISPE Pays 'lump sum,' setting up new Azure Stack for hosters and more but some concerned about the private deal PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2024 | 7
Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software Union advises members to turn off features government introduced to allow third parties to update records Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 38
Lambda on the hunt for 'another $800M' to fuel its GPU cloud Why sell shovels when you can rent them PaaS + IaaS01 Jul 2024 | 3
Asda kisses Walmart goodbye with half a billion dollar tech breakup bill Project including SAP upgrade beset by cost increases and delays Systems01 Jul 2024 | 31
Oracle fears US TikTok ban will dent its cloud profits Dance! Dance for me! PaaS + IaaS25 Jun 2024 | 5
HPE GreenLake sales on the rise as branding tweaks include more lines The strategy has changed so much that previously poor channel numbers don't count, we're told PaaS + IaaS24 Jun 2024 | 3
UK CMA says public sector will be in cloud services probe after all Nothing is as juicy as a nice fat tender, amirite tech giants? PaaS + IaaS12 Jun 2024 | 1
Advania acquires Servium as part of IT services outfit expansion plans Exclusive CEO tells The Reg about plumping the portfolio and AI PaaS + IaaS12 Jun 2024 |
Broadcom ends easy elasticity for VMware Cloud on AWS Amazon is not taking this lying down, as shown by aggressive migration promotions PaaS + IaaS10 Jun 2024 | 11
UK CMA early findings indicate Microsoft restricts cloud choice Pricing, licensing, ease of switching and more under the microscope PaaS + IaaS07 Jun 2024 | 6
Microsoft could be about to write a fat check to stave off cloud antitrust complaint 'No agreement has been reached,' Euro cloud lobby insists PaaS + IaaS03 Jun 2024 | 20
AWS leads UK cloud market while Microsoft dominates growth and new customers And guess who has highest margins? Some interesting findings from fresh market watchdog report PaaS + IaaS28 May 2024 | 4
Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks Kettle Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more 'what we Built' than 'what you can Build' OSes25 May 2024 | 75
Alibaba is taking its cloud to Mexico, likely following Chinese manufacturers More AZs in its Asian backyard also planned Off-Prem24 May 2024 | 3
Microsoft invites punters to test drive custom Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU VMs in Azure Build Subscribers in US, Europe, SEA can take silicon out for a spin for free PaaS + IaaS22 May 2024 | 2
IBM packages its Power cloud into 'pods' that run on-prem Zero bucks to start but then the meter runs on everything – for years On-Prem22 May 2024 | 4
CIO who dropped VMware 18 months ago now feeling thoroughly chuffed Next Predicts worse to come for customers as he builds AR for slot machines around Nutanix Virtualization21 May 2024 | 43
Google's €1B Finnish datacenter expansion to heat the local community AI might take your job, but you'll be toasty warm while you starve On-Prem21 May 2024 | 19
AWS to pump billions into sovereign cloud for Germany It'll own the datacenters, but keep data and employees local PaaS + IaaS17 May 2024 | 20
Amazon's latest 'flex' VMs promise savings for your burstiest apps Updated Sustained workloads need not apply PaaS + IaaS16 May 2024 | 3
Ellison's exemplar SAP-to-Oracle region rules out ditching Oracle Largest local authority in Europe expects to go live with re-implementation PaaS + IaaS14 May 2024 | 23