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
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 |
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
Aerospike takes swipe at document databases JSON support MongoDB, Couchbase in the crosshairs as Aerospike tries to broaden use cases Databases28 Apr 2022 | 1
NHS England seeks £240m data platform to tackle COVID recovery Govt org that led controversial Palantir data store seeks overarching system and help to improve services On-Prem14 Apr 2022 | 8
AWS fixes local file vuln on internal credential access for Relational Database Service Lightspin threat researchers discovered the bug, which AWS fixed Security12 Apr 2022 |
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
Google Cloud previews new BigLake data lakehouse service Hoarding a bunch of data that 'may prove useful' someday? Data-wrangling product is aimed at you Storage06 Apr 2022 | 1
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
Oracle's compliance cops now include Java in license audits Paid-for subs introduced three years ago now getting attention from Big Red's management services team Software22 Mar 2022 | 31
False advertising to call software open source when it's not, says court Strap in for a wild ride of forks, trademarks, and licensing Software17 Mar 2022 | 17
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 |
Ukraine uses Clearview AI facial-recognition technology Controversial search engine being used to identify dead and Russian operatives AI + ML14 Mar 2022 | 7
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
Snowflake rolls back growth estimates, wipes 30% off value Plus $800m Streamlit acquisition – just don't expect a revenue contribution any time soon Storage03 Mar 2022 | 4
Quarter of a million lawyer disciplinary records leak Updated When it comes to the privacy of witnesses and attorneys, this Bar is set low Security28 Feb 2022 | 24
Couchbase promises P2P sync in mobile and edge DB NoSQL slinger sees future in edge and IoT – and 'eventual consistency' Databases23 Feb 2022 | 5
Expect sales reps' calls if IT wants to ditch Oracle Licensing and compliance issues advisor spills the beans Databases15 Feb 2022 | 23
Tiny Uber offshoot tries to do for data lakes what Snowflake did for data warehousing Onehouse's Apache Hudi managed service makes sense but has a long way to go, analysts say Storage08 Feb 2022 | 2
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
MariaDB takes a dip into Angel Pond to clean up and go public How do you sell a product like Maria? How do you cash out within the cloud? Software01 Feb 2022 | 8
Multi-level marketing corporation that sells weightloss products sues ex-exec over 'fraudulent' Dell deal Updated Alleges he had an off-the-books agreement with reseller Legal21 Jan 2022 | 12
UK government backs away from proposals to remove individuals' rights to challenge AI decision making Meanwhile, ICO says government should not be choosing its CEO in debate over its future independence AI + ML19 Jan 2022 | 23
Dev's PostgreSQL experiment probes possibility of zero-downtime schema migration It has potential, says one expert Databases12 Jan 2022 | 11
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
Database company Cockroach Labs more than doubles in value to $5bn 'Cloud-native' outfit munches up $278m in new funding Databases16 Dec 2021 | 3
Trouble getting REST APIs into GraphQL? Try our low-code approach, says Hasura REST-to-GraphQL data hub also on offer and looking for more contributions Databases15 Dec 2021 | 1
MongoDB logs 50% hike in Q4 sales, beats analysts forecasts for next quarter Yet losses grow at NoSQL database biz Databases07 Dec 2021 | 1
MySQL a 'pretty poor database' says departing Oracle engineer Updated PostgreSQL a better option for open source RDBMS, he claims Databases06 Dec 2021 | 156
Nutanix, VMware end legal fight over CEO Rajiv Ramaswami Now they can get back to arguing about computers and clouds Virtualization02 Dec 2021 |
All your database are belong to us: AWS wants every data silo on its platform RE:INVENT Also: Custom SQL Server service, free SageMaker ML, and experts on hand to label data Off-Prem02 Dec 2021 | 2
MongoDB 5.1 for DBaaS arrives amid questions over on-prem release stability New features focused on times series and analytics fail to quell concerns over 5.0 bugs Databases11 Nov 2021 |
Sovereignty? We've heard of it. UK government gives contract to store MI5, MI6 and GCHQ's data to AWS Hands up who wants to do that info migration Storage26 Oct 2021 | 79
Schools email marketing company told us to go away when we told them of exposed database creds, say infoseccers Usernames and passwords could be read (and abused) by anyone in since fixed flaw Security12 Oct 2021 | 64
Open-source veteran PostgreSQL emits release 14: Tweaked, scalable, and ready to get heavy That's the hope as distributed and heavy workloads promised a boost in targeting Oracle for high-end workloads Databases01 Oct 2021 | 14
tz database community up in arms over proposals to merge certain time zones Handbags at 12 o'clock! Er, is that with or without daylight saving? Databases28 Sep 2021 | 125
Yugabyte's double-decker DBaaS follows Cochroach in distributed RDBMS Hopes to lure users with promise of relieving operational burden Databases24 Sep 2021 | 10
Database containing personal info on 106m people who traveled to Thailand found open to the internet – report Misconfigured Elasticsearch server blamed Security21 Sep 2021 | 5
Thousands of internet-connected databases contain high or critical CVEs, says report by cloud security biz Put your data on someone else's computer to keep it safe, urges Imperva Security14 Sep 2021 | 14
Remember the Oracle-botherers at Rimini Street? They are expanding third party support into open source database world About time: 51 per cent of databases run on open source now Software02 Sep 2021 | 7
Even Facebook struggles: Zuck's titanic database upgrade hits numerous legacy software bergs The Social Network™ has spent years trying to hop from MySQL 5.6 to 8.0 and still isn’t done Databases23 Jul 2021 | 42
NASA reaches for graph DB to find people, skills for Moon and Mars missions Fixing the talent pipeline so that finding rocket scientists doesn't have to be rocket science Databases01 Jul 2021 | 2
PlanetScale grabs YouTube-developed open-source tech, promises Vitess DBaaS with on-the-fly schema changes Demand growing for scale-y transactional monster, say analysts Databases18 May 2021 |
Rapping otters and automated database knob-twiddling: An obvious combination in some universe or other OtterTune to compete with Oracle automation, but also for open source databases Databases14 May 2021 | 4
Open-source developers under corporate pressure to adopt less-permissive licenses, Percona CEO says Cloud hyperscalers drive projects to slap restrictions on code use Devops13 May 2021 | 29
Google proposes Logica data language for building more manageable SQL code COBOL-inspired caps lock English just don't add up when dealing with large SQL codebases Databases15 Apr 2021 | 93
Toshiba launches cloudy managed IoT database service running its own GridDB And ponders whether to let itself be bought by private equiteer CVC for $20bn Edge + IoT08 Apr 2021 | 1
You wouldn’t know my new database, she goes to another school: Oracle boasts of earthshattering tech the outside world cannot see Updated Plus: Ellison ramps up SAP trash-talking. At least some things are the same in 2021 Databases11 Mar 2021 | 10
DataStax 'pauses' AIOps database project to figure out exactly what AIOps is Some enterprise folk less keen on cloudy machine learning Databases23 Feb 2021 | 5
Time to haul DBaaS: Neo4j joins the fully managed club as doubts linger about its cloudiness It was a first mover for graph DBs, but cloud is full of rivals Databases27 Jan 2021 | 1
Dynamic Data do-over denied: Judge upholds $7m patent infringement claim against Microsoft Shenanigans called on ASP.NET scaffolding tech Databases26 Jan 2021 | 10
Teasing HANA database upgrade, SAP leaves crowd wondering if software giant has lost its innovation mojo Great to know they 'remain committed' Databases14 Jan 2021 | 3
Theranos destroyed crucial subpoenaed SQL blood test database, can't unlock backups, prosecutors say CEO Holmes also accused of funding extravagant lifestyle through fraud Databases12 Jan 2021 | 61
Ethical power supplier People's Energy hacked, 250,000 customers' personal info accessed Financial info swiped for 15 small-biz clients, too Databases17 Dec 2020 | 32
75% of databases to be cloud-hosted by 2022, says Gartner while dishing on the weak points of each provider AWS 'reluctant to embrace a multicloud world' but Azure 'often more expensive than on-premises' Databases02 Dec 2020 | 28
MongoDB loses its mind with marketing budget movie mania: Yep, it's choose-your-own-adventure Hackers with drop-down menus This must have cost a packet... Databases25 Nov 2020 | 12
Redis becomes the most popular database on AWS as complex cloud application deployments surge No diggity, NoSQL Databases23 Nov 2020 | 16