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Ya, we're in the hybrid cloud, data management game now Near-hyperconverged system startup Datrium has gained $60m in D-round funding.…

Near-doubling of video workflow streaming speed Quantum is near-doubling StorNext speed by using Excelero’s NVMESH to provide faster data access than it’s capable of providing on its own.…

Low-end SAN/DAS boxen aimed at smaller biz Dell EMC's new PowerVault ME4 Series has been tailored for small and medium businesses – apparently installable in 15 minutes, configurable in 15 more, and usable as either SAN array or direct-attached PowerEdge server storage.…

Plans to open source app, server-side code-fixing tool Facebook may have to hire people to police the content coursing through its social network, but software looks to be sufficient to hunt down bugs in its mobile app code.…

GAO report on tribal land may open up rigged system A report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed what others have reported for years: that official data on internet access across the country greatly over estimates availability and competition.…

Bloke copped to $25m spear-phishing shenanigans A Nigerian scumbag will be spending the next five years in an American clink after pleading guilty to operating an email phishing scam targeting businesses around the world.…

Campaign to rid programming of hurtful words finds a sequel in noSQL database project The open-source Redis database, like the Python programming language, is moving away from using the technical terms "master" and "slave" in its documentation and API – to the extent that's possible without breaking things.…

Famous seven dirty little words allowed in .us addresses NSFW The US government has conceded that you can indeed fuck Nazis on the internet.…

Potty pay-offs earn Dodd a year and eight months in slammer The former head of IT for the US city of Detroit will spend the next 20 months behind bars for taking bribes while he was in office.…

Just wait till 400Gbps Ethernet boxen start shifting... Juniper Networks' chief beancounter has told world+dog that he has a cunning "strategic" plan that explains precisely why both revenues and profits have been slipping downwards at the US networking kit firm.…

Why don't I feel terribly reassured? Seaside selfies from Spain may be a thing of the past if the UK waves buh-bye to Brussels without a Brexit deal.…

Fancies slipping automated marketing software biz into its portfolio Adobe, the developer of software clouds for creative types, is reportedly locked in talks to buy marketing software-as-a-service slinger Marketo.…

Reports of $2m kickback for deal with water ministry SAP faces further investigations as part of the corruption scandal that has tainted its South African operation, amid reports of a $2m kickback paid for a state contract with the firm.…

Setting up joint-venture to sell into Middle Kingdom NetApp has cut an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) deal with Lenovo, and nabbed itself a new, ready-made global channel.…

Data adequacy won't be assessed till after departure The UK government has told companies to start drawing up standard contractural clauses for data transfers in case of a no-deal Brexit.…

Devs left bored to Tiers while Entity Framework flies out into the Cosmos Microsoft flung out updates to more of its development tech last night. It's almost as though there's a big conference coming up.…

No, sir, we didn't spill beer on the laptop, sir! The US government has provided an online training course on insider threats.…

Oversight insufficient, slurping indiscriminate The UK government breached human rights rules by failing to ensure proper oversight of its mass surveillance programmes, according to the European Court of Human Rights.…

Public sector money crew wants a head of networks just in time for Brexit HM Revenue and Customs is hiring a head of networks, for those who fancy a real pre-Brexit IT challenge.…

Join us next month at MCubed Events Even if news coverage of machine learning and AI leaves you wondering whether to laugh or cry, you know these technologies are going to profoundly change your organisation as either you adopt them or your partners and rivals do.…

Insider builds sometimes just don't work. Who knew? Windows Insiders eager to get their hands on next year's Microsoft OS were reminded last night that living on the bleeding edge can have its downsides, as the update consumed RAM at a prodigious rate for some before falling over.…

Love it or hate it, you can opt out at any time – but, y'know, we really hope you like it Today's the day we flip the switch, and make our new homepage design live – with an opt-out for those still unsure of the layout.…

Apple kills SE, sends top tier to £1,500 Analysis So. The £1,000 iPhone X was not an aberration – Apple wants it to be the new normal. A grand is the new "mid-range".…

Tune in to our webinar to head off the risks Webcast The future of DevOps is all about speeding up software development and deployment, aided by cloud-based infrastructure, RESTful APIs and open-source software.…

I/O, I/O, it's off to to work we go Despite being a “mainly Mac” person for a long time, I’ve used a Thinkpad X series for writing for 15 years now - and the device has played different roles over the years. At one time, it was the only genuine portable I’d trust on a trip.…

Buys IP inc website and trademark of gadget souk Exclusive Irascible Dragons’ Den celebrity tycoon Peter Jones has scooped up the Maplin Electronics trading name, The Reg can reveal.…

Startup upstarts shake yet more cash from investor tree Container software startup Sysdig has followed up its new CEO hire with a $68.5m D-round of funding, taking total cash raised to $121.5m - it is one of a trio of emerging tech outfits to this week agree cash injections.…

What's in your wallet? Definitely not a password manager Capital One is facing criticism for using policies on its banking website that prevent the use of password managers.…

I won't be back Say what you like about Brussels bureaucrats, they are fearless when it comes to preventing the extinction of the human race by killer robots.…

Software maker and allies demand regulatory strike on behavioral advertising Privacy-focused browser maker Brave has filed complaints with British and Irish data protection authorities seeking an end to the online sharing of protected data by advertising firms like Google.…

Is it a hashtag? Is it a web address? Is it art? You gotta draw a line somewhere Pics Scientists have discovered, tucked inside a cave in South Africa, the oldest drawing yet, made around 73,000 years ago. And it looks suspiciously like a worldwide web address.…

Sure, go ahead, take our jobs – oooh, we're really scared Dealing with chatbots and virtual assistants can be so frustrating that it’s normal for humans to start getting snarky.…

iPhone XS, XS Max and XR coming soon, and Apple Watch gets a major update Apple on Wednesday held its annual mobile device pageant at its Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino to acquaint the fascinated with its latest fondleslabs, phones and wrist wraps.…

Feedify's whack-a-mole with MageCart malware miscreants A Javascript library hosted by Feedify and used by e-commerce websites globally has been repeatedly infected this week to potentially siphon off countless victims' bank card details to crooks.…

As the licensing terms change, your 'purchase' can vanish Remember when you decided to buy, rather than rent, that movie online? We have some bad news for you – you didn't.…

Computers nerfed with naff packets during Scottish college's Freshers week The University of Edinburgh has gone offline from what appears to be a massive distributed denial-of-service attack on the campus network.…

Quelle surprise, they also know digital skills are important but don't run training programmes... Government digital initiatives are limping behind other industries – and the public sector is more likely to outsource for help, according to analyst firm Gartner.…

45 days of 'WAKE UP' calls to be shouted at teenage rover As skies clear over NASA's stricken Mars Rover, the clock has begun ticking for Opportunity to call home.…

Preview 2 of 15.9 promises speed, stability and new APIs Microsoft has served up a second preview of the next version of its Visual Studio 2017 product with new toys for UWP and C++ devs.…

Department at high risk of failure in case of no deal The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs isn't ready for a no-deal Brexit, and hasn't ensured new IT systems will be capable of dealing with future demand, the UK's spending watchdog has warned.…

Windows 10 preview build app suggestions attract internet's ire Microsoft really wants you to use Edge in the latest Windows Insider builds, and the software giant is not afraid to let you know it.…

Firm helps self with own disaster recovery A misconfigured server at data recovery and backup firm Veeam exposed millions of email addresses.…

Ex-home sec suggests we get a tutorial on clearing cookies Ex-home secretary Amber Rudd has shrugged off years of concerns about ID cards and called for a state-backed system based on NHS numbers – on the grounds that people already hand over masses of info to private firms.…

He's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast, and he's gotta bring up the website Online accounting outfit Xero, whose website suggests "reliable data" as a reason for using its wares, took some time out today to the distress of its customers.…

Pipe down, Michael Stipe, we want tech's precious rock star We're digging into rare earth minerals with The Register's next Lecture in October.…

Have you ever been told that you're SaaSy? What sector of tech is forecast to grow fatter than the Slovakian economy or Elon Musk’s ego in 2018? The cloud. Global spending on the fluffy white stuff is predicted by mystics at Gartner to reach $175.8bn this year.…

Aberdeen and Peterborough to follow in Vodafone scheme Lucky Milton Keynes. The UK's modernist fantasy town is finally set to reap the fruits of Vodafone's partnership with wholesaler CityFibre, announced last November.…

Big Red's free educational curriculum gets 2018 reboot Not content with foisting buzzwords on customers, Oracle is now pushing artificial intelligence and machine learning at students.…

SMB built in from ChromeOS 70. At its best without passwords. Oops Google’s Chrome OS tanks crept a little further along Microsoft’s manicured Enterprise lawns with hints that Windows file share support will arrive out-of-the-box in an upcoming version of Chrome OS.…

Learn the ins and outs of the latest scams and cons Promo Worried about today’s IT dangers and how they will affect your organisation? Cybersecurity firm Sophos is inviting IT professionals to a free “See the Future” event in London on Tuesday, 9 October.…