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On-prem product sales canned for Cloud Architects Oracle is restructuring sales to make more money from cloud, with industry chat claiming layoffs are expected after the end of this month.…

Big data, big funding? Datos IO has extended its on-premises and public cloud data protection to relational databases and Hadoop distributions.…

The centre cannot hold... Despite attempts to force government departments to work together, the "age old tension" between Whitehall and the Cabinet Office continues - according to an annual report by the Public Accounts Committee.…

Plus: You call yourself an engineer?

Amazon pushes Alexa into host of devices as teeming throng of AIs fills room Analysis Voice-activated speakers and digital assistants may just seem like the modern, more annoying version of the old Microsoft paperclip, continually offering help and reminders where they are not needed. But while Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana, Google Home/Now and Amazon Echo/Alexa may have a long way to go, we will look back on them as the advance guard in a crucial battle – to define and control the next generation of the mobile and web experience, on the long route to the Tactile Internet.…

Sun, sea and solutions on the Pacific island for the Best of Big Bluers The so-called Best of IBM will descend on Hawaii this week as a pat on the back for “delivering signature client experiences and results”. No, really. But it won’t all be sun, sea and slides - gang-briefings on “solutions” will feature heavily too.…

Boss man sees unprecedented 'opportunity to double down' Analysis Cloud data management startup Rubrik has confirmed speculation about new funding with a massive $180m round, but has $61m from the last round in the bank. What gives?…

Who'd be a contractor when a payroll company 'suspends' payments with no explanation? Your correspondent's inbox has never seen anything quite like this: I've received more than 50 personal emails from tech contractors affected by the “suspension” of payments by Plutus Payroll, an Australian outfit that pays tech contractors.…

The University of Tennessee's royalty collection arm wants its pound of flesh The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) and Saint Matthew Research (SMR) on Tuesday filed lawsuits against Microsoft and Oracle alleging the infringement of database patents.…

Just last year Verizon said it was investing for the long haul, now it will share with IBM In February 2016 Verizon told The Register it “remains committed to delivering a range of cloud services for enterprise and government customers and is making significant investments in its cloud platform in 2016."…

Surface team roped in for not-for-students laptop Analysis Tuesday’s launch of Windows 10 S, a cut-down version of the operating system designed for the education market, has raised some interesting questions about Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to hit Google and Apple where it hurts.…

Take Google's advice and get out of CA infrastructure' Mozilla has weighed in to the ongoing Symantec-Google certificate spat, telling Symantec it should follow the Alphabet subsidiary's advice on how to restore trust in its certificates.…

Leaked developer certificate revoked, protection updated Apple has moved to thwart a malware attack that used a legitimate – probably hijacked – developer certificate, by revoking the cert.…

Big Red wants One Profile To Rule Them All so marketers know what to sell you Your LinkedIn profile just got a little bit more useful … for marketers, because Oracle has done a deal with Microsoft's social network.…

Legislation coming to beef up Aadhaar card privacy, security If you're enthused about governments operating large-scale online identity projects, here's a cautionary tale: the Indian government's eight-year-old Aadhaar payment card project has leaked a stunning 130 million records.…

Learn how to add value to digital business at Gartner's IT Infrastructure, Operations & Data Center Summit Promo Infrastructure and operations teams are copping criticism from two sources these days: developers want on-premises IT to behave and scale like a public cloud; line of business people expect all software to deliver an any-device, 50-more-users-NOW SaaS experience.…

We're asking because that's what CenturyLink's former data centres are called now How would you pronounce 'Cyxtera'?…

You left the stable door open? AGAIN? C'mon guys, keep those guests locked up Qubes is once again regretting how long it's taken to abandon Xen's PV hypervisor, disclosing another three bugs including host escape vulnerabilities.…

China, really bad. IPhones, meh. Aw who are we kidding, it made a billion dollars in profit Apple's iPad sales continue to plummet, and iPhone sales are going flat, but the Cupertino idiot tax operation was still able to haul in a hefty $11bn profit in the past quarter.…

docker run Steve Singh # Chairman takes over as CEO Easy-to-use container pioneer Docker on Tuesday installed a new chief executive, swapping Ben Golub for Steve Singh, the co-founder and former CEO of travel expense biz Concur, now owned by SAP.…

Oddly, fails to mention massive voter distrust, strategic failings Hillary Clinton today gave her first full interview since dramatically losing the US presidential election – and has placed the blame for her downfall on Russian hackers, FBI director James Comey and Wikileaks.…

Oddly, fails to mention massive voter distrust, strategic failings Hillary Clinton has given her first full interview since dramatically losing the US presidential election and has placed the blame for her loss on Russian hackers, FBI director James Comey and Wikipedia.…

Linux vendor insists on thinking inside the containerized box Enterprise Linux vendor Red Hat on Tuesday said it will make Amazon Web Services available through the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.…

They may take our bytes, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM! In the latest display of FCC-Senate two-step dancing, Senate Republicans have proposed new legislation that would eliminate net neutrality rules in America – just days after the federal regulator's chief announced he would fight to do the same.…

Shine comes off hyper-converged boxes as meteoric growth plateaus Analysis Should we be concerned about Nutanix? Two bosses have left, its share price is falling, and it's now worth just a little less than Pure Storage.…

Whose fault was it? We have a pretty good Ikea A fat-fingered human accidentally broke a transatlantic internet backbone that knackered Cloudflare's content delivery network in the US.…

Super-speedy Axellio servers take the fight to the old guard Fifty microsecond storage access and 12 million IOPS gives X-IO's Axellio server the edge at the edge.…

23-year-old walks away with probation and $1.5m fine A game hacker who admitted involvement in a plot to steal millions from Electronic Arts was sentenced to probation by a Texas court on Monday.…

Greetings from sunny Salamanca Startup Olé 2017 Hardware tech and companies from across the world came together at the EU-backed Startup Olé conference in Salamanca, western Spain, last week.…

You’re not taking das Michael, German judges tell gigolo’s impregnated client A German woman who was impregnated by a male escort she apparently hired to liven up a stay in the East of the country has had her attempts to track him down trumped by the country’s rigid data protection laws.…

Windows 10 Cloud trying to replace Chromebooks Liveblog It's a warm day in New York City and Microsoft is holding a large press event that is expected to be the debut for its plans to take over some of Chromebook's market share.…

Windows 10 Cloud trying to replace Chromebooks Liveblog It's a warm and moist day in New York City and Microsoft is holding a large press event that is expected to be the debut for its plans to take over some of Chromebook's market share.…

Mouthy vendor issues ten grand win-or-lose challenge Ten grand win or lose – Infinidat is spoiling for a fight against all-flash array vendors with its "Faster than All-Flash Challenge".…

Puff, puff... pass A Florida woman was arrested for repeatedly ignoring a cop's request to hand over a pot pipe, preferring instead – according to cops – to conceal the gear in her nether regions.…

How about that stripey suntan then, boyo? Linux Mint terrorist Samata Ullah has been jailed for eight years by Cardiff Crown Court.…

Security breach? Really? ZX Spectrum reboot company Retro Computers Ltd appears to have lost control of two of its web domain names over the weekend – and is now complaining about a “security breach” after some cheeky person bought them and pointed them at sites criticising RCL.…

Security breach? Really? ZX Spectrum reboot company Retro Computers Ltd appears to have lost control of two of its web domain names over the weekend – and is now complaining about a “security breach” after some cheeky person bought them and pointed them at sites criticising RCL.…

Scale-out servers packaged in ickle-wickle cases +Comment Say hello to hyperdense server and NVMe storage startup Aparna Systems and its Cloud-in-a-Box system.…

What could possibly go wrong? LinkedIn users desperate to climb the greasy pole but unable to come up with necessary corporate small talk to do so, will be able to use chatbots to shoot the shit for them.…

Customers warned sites such as gb.com will no longer be in use Owners of domain names at several extensions, including .gb.com, will no longer be able to use their registered sites as of this week, with reseller CentralNic having told customers those domains have been "sunset".…

Relevant Bill section now five times longer Lawyers are exempt from tweaks to UK law aimed at combatting "patent trolls". The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill received Royal Assent last week to little fanfare.…

Shaping up for a Red Hat or SUSE future If the recent news that Canonical is killing its Unity 8 desktop/phone interface and Mir display server caught you off guard, it’s only because you haven't been paying attention to the ups and down of the Linux world.…

Total annual contract value highest ever recorded The total annual value of outsourcing contracts agreed in the UK in the first three months of 2017 hit record levels, according to new figures.…

Calls for UK.gov to close the loopholes allowing 'bogus' self-employment status MPs have slammed the "bogus" self-employment practices of so-called gig economy companies, accusing the likes of Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo of passing the buck on to the welfare state.…

Software-defined satellites will run XenServer and let you upload new workloads Virtualization admins asked to explain what they do for a living may finally have something cooler than server consolidation to tell their kids, thanks to space upstart Vector deciding it's a good idea to create software-defined satellites that lift a hypervisor into orbit.…

Rodan + Fields discovers you can't put lipstick on this pig of a tech setup Rodan + Fields managed to turn skincare and social marketing into a billion dollar business over the past 15 years, but for the past week, the high-flying cosmetics seller has been without a website to handle sales.…

Winter upgrade boosted 'inverse femtobarns' for more accurate stuff-spotting CERN says the restart process for the Large Hadron Collider is complete and the proton-smasher is ready to start its 2017 science program.…

MPs suggest 'system' of punishments in web crackdown An influential panel of UK MPs have proposed fining the likes of Facebook, Google and Twitter if they fail to remove illegal content within a certain timeframe.…

ECRYPT WhobOx Challenge opens May 15 Defender or attacker, it's less than a fortnight away from the WhibOx Challenge, a capture-the-flag (CTF) competition operated by the EU-supported ECRYPT.…

Also won't say why <1,000 people didn't get paid Stricken Australian payroll-services-for-contractors outfit Plutus Payroll is “very solvent” and has “no prospect of receivership”.…