databases Oracle celebrates banner quarter with another round of layoffs Congratulations on helping Larry Ellison's AI cloud boom. Now please pack your bags and go
software Oracle says AI will save it from the SaaSpocalypse, not bring it on It’s a better interface, can speed installations, and drives IaaS sales too
ai and ml AI job cuts could come with a costly undo button Gartner reckons nearly a third of displaced employees may be rehired by 2029 – at a premium
software Oracle may be next in EU software licensing hot seat following SAP deal Commission reportedly seeks third-party views, although no formal investigation is underway
ai and ml Oracle pins hopes on 'Star Wars' productivity jump to lightspeed from AI-assisted engineering Big Red talks up superhuman coders after shedding 21,000 staff
security You could've applied all 1,449 Oracle patches and still been hit by this attack Attackers now ready to exploit how things work, rather than just break them, says Oracle support expert
security CISA slaps its tightest three-day patching deadline on perfect-10 Oracle flaw Disclosed in January and honeypots buzzed soon after, CISA says it’s finally time for the USG to plug the gap
databases Oracle Exadata Database@AWS offers advantages, but trade-offs remain Cloud giant allows customers to get more from Oracle hardware, but will try to gain more workloads on the side
databases Postgres pioneer credits Oracle with helping his database take over the world Big Red's acquisition of MySQL sent users running toward the open source alternative, says Michael Stonebraker
ai and ml As Larry Ellison bets the farm, Oracle says it loves AI-written code, just not in OpenJDK Use it to debug and review, says Big Red, but don't submit its output
ai and ml Oracle adds Google Gemini to the agent menu Chocolate Factory LLMs join Big Red's Fusion automation party
ai and ml Veterans Affairs signs $1.6B deal for an army of Salesforce AI agents Makes agreement under nose of Oracle, which gets its own $7 billion defense deal
ai and ml Oracle faces $100M annual bill to back Wisconsin datacenter power promises Regulator refuses to budge on $7B guarantee for nearly 1 GW campus being developed with Vantage and OpenAI
public sector MPs fear Treasury cold feet could sink Whitehall's £1.15B shared services push 'Do as we fund, not as we do' sends 'very poor reputational signal' says damning report
security Microsoft warns customers AI will mean busier Patch Tuesdays More patches mean more reasons to buy Redmond’s auto-patching tools
ai and ml Even banks and hyperscalers are now sounding the alarm about the AI bubble Oracle's down more than 40% this month, the BIS thinks AI could destroy the economy, and we've got the Kettle on for a chat about the whole mess
cyber-crime Oracle E-Business Suite was under attack via critical flaw before the public exploit code was even released Attackers appear to have reverse-engineered Big Red's patch
ai and ml How the AI bubble could pop and take down the global economy, according to the BIS Central bank for central banks sees shades of dotcom mania in hyperscaler capex binge
security Nissan says Oracle PeopleSoft break-in may have spilled payroll records, SSNs Carmaker points finger at an 'unknown' flaw as customer fallout continues
databases Oracle promises to open up MySQL governance, but the community wants guarantees Open source advocates remain concerned over lack of binding commitments
databases 21,000 Oracle jobs vanish amid Big Red's big bets on AI Annual report reveals workforce fell from 162,000 to 141,000 in a year as company pours billions into datacenter expansion
devops Java's Project Valhalla finally lands a preview in JDK 28 Don't hold your breath, though – architect Brian Goetz warns devs it will likely still be preview in next LTS release
cyber-crime ShinyHunters hacked 100+ orgs by exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-day University of Nottingham is first of many, Shiny tells The Reg
paas and iaas Oracle's AI datacenter splurge gives investors the capex jitters Q4 sales climbed 21%, but Wall Street more interested in $70B buildout bill
software UCLA seeks pre-litigation resolution with Oracle Discussion understood to concern delayed SaaS transformation project
databases MySQL faithful launch OurSQL Foundation to keep Oracle honest Community group wants transparency, collaboration, and a clearer roadmap for the open source database
public sector UK abandons police database cloud move after £35M transformation stalls Home Office finds 80% of code cannot be reused, balks at £26M in extra costs
on_prem Oracle plans to power its New Mexico mega datacenter with a 2.45GW fuel cell farm No sense in OpenAI stressing over its cloud bills if Oracle can't get the lights on
software The spaghettified DBMS chart that shows Oracle's crown is slowly slipping Change is glacial, but the direction is clear
on_prem Oracle taps Bloom for 2.8 GW of fuel cells to keep datacenter binge going With grid hookups slow and turbines scarce, on-site power is starting to look less optional
software WARNING: Oracle's AI obsession could mean higher prices and worse support Advisers say fewer staff could mean slower answers and tougher renewals
software DXC lands Metropolitan Police outsourcing deal that could climb to £1B Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platform
off_prem 'Uncle Larry’s biggest fan' cut by email in early morning Oracle layoff spree WARN filings in two states show 1,000+ layoffs, but wider cuts remain unconfirmed
software Oracle cuts jobs across sales, engineering, security Big Red declines comment as reports point to layoffs in the thousands
software Oracle: AI agents can reason, decide and act - liability question remains Fusion Agentic Applications promise autonomous enterprise decisions. Gartner urges caution
software Oracle unveils Project Detroit for faster Java interop with JavaScript and Python Big Red bets on native runtimes over reimplementations to tackle edge cases
software West Sussex's Oracle rollout pushed back again as costs balloon 15 times Already five years late, project delayed another six months after price tag swells from £2.6M to £41M
software Oracle tops up restructuring fund for FY26 by $500M Pot of money grows to $2.1BN for fiscal '26, as Big Red exec says AI helping smaller engineering teams do more
off_prem Oracle says AI coding tools are helping it dodge the SaaSpocalypse Big Red reckons paying for datacenters is easy when you have half a trillion dollars of cloud orders on the books
Databases Oracle moves to assure MySQL community it really does care Big Red waves new features including vector support, while skeptics await concrete timescales
Systems Oracle and OpenAI's Texas Stargate datacenter expansion reportedly on the skids Meta supposedly considering untapped capacity in deal brokered by Nvidia
Databases UK Treasury not sure about ditching Oracle to join £1.7 billion shared services program it is funding It promised £1.15B… but finance ministry yet to show 'formal commitment' to adopt Workday SaaS, watchdog says
PaaS + IaaS Doomscrollers despair after Oracle hiccup knocks TikTok offline in US Big Red's cloud that 'doesn't go down' goes down again
Public Sector Sopra Steria sues UK government over £958M Capita outsourcing award French firm claims DWP failed to identify rival's bid was 'abnormally low' and alleges govt breached procurement rules
Databases Dear Oracle, we need to talk about the future of MySQL Faithful pen open letter proposing independent foundation with or without Big Red's participation
Databases Oracle vows 'new era' for MySQL as users sharpen their forks Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to reset
Public Sector Oracle suits up for Air Force Cloud One program with $88M contract Big Red joins AWS on a multi-cloud defense platform
Software Oracle Java licensing worries are percolating through the userbase Survey finds nine in ten customers concerned as pricing changes push many toward open source alternatives
Databases UK council digs deeper into capital assets to keep Oracle project afloat West Sussex plans to triple use of property sales as ERP budget blows past original estimates
Databases Oracle's first general on-prem release of its .ai database iteration draws skeptics Users happy with 19c as experts question AI lock-in
On-Prem US TikTok service restored after cloud 'that doesn't go down' went down Winter storm knocks out Oracle datacenter, despite Larry Ellison's reliability boasts
Off-Prem Oracle expects investors to pump $50 billion into its cloud this year alone Big Red will use debt and equity finance to keep itself in the pink
On-Prem Banker claims Oracle may slash up to 30,000 jobs, sell health unit to pay for AI build-out Cerner, though acquired in 2022, is nothing to multibillion black hole
Databases Birmingham City Council's Oracle ERP fiasco now £144M and still not working Five years after its planned go-live, the system remains incomplete as costs balloon more than sevenfold
PaaS + IaaS Oracle silent over user complaints about OCI London 'wobble' last week But did it falter? Oracle debuts Schrödinger's cloud
SaaS US ownership of TikTok off to a rocky start as outage continues into second day Winter storms bring Oracle datacenter down
AI + ML Oracle AI sailed the world on Royal Navy flagship via cloud-at-the-edge kit Big Red says 'sovereign' platform supports decision-making and operational learning at sea
Databases As Oracle loses interest in MySQL, devs mull future options As Big Red's governance of the popular database comes into question, contributors to MySQL consider wresting control
SaaS Oracle, Michael Dell, named as investors in JV that will run TikTok's US operations Big Red gets to store data, advise on security, and store the 'I'll watch just one more video' algo
Databases ERP isn't dead yet – but most execs are planning the wake 7 out of 10 C-suite cats reckon software category's best days are behind it, but can't agree what's next
Systems Bond, debt bond: Investors shaken, not stirred by Oracle’s borrowing spree sue Big Red Investors upset that company failed to inform them might need to take out even more debt.
On-Prem AI's $3T infrastructure binge continues despite lack of clear profits Investment in datacenters to peak by 2029, place your bets please
Databases Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board Europe's largest council delays Fusion reimplementation four years after go-live disaster
Databases Bank of England's Oracle cloud migration bill triples as project grinds on Initial £7M estimate proves optimistic after multiple contract uplifts
PaaS + IaaS Oracle's new AI-enhanced support portal leaves users fuming The company that bet the farm on AI said to have made things worse with AI
PaaS + IaaS Oracle isn't done with Ampere yet as A4 instances arrive on OCI boasting 96 cores Big Red said it had sold its stake in its long-time silicon partner last week
The Future of the Datacenter Delays? What delays? Oracle insists its $300B cloud contract with OpenAI is on track And don't sweat the debt either, we've got plenty of capital at our disposal
Databases Oracle raises AI spending estimate, spooks investors But if you assume cloud IOUs will be fulfilled, business is booming
Cyber-crime University of Pennsylvania joins list of victims from Clop's Oracle EBS raid Ivy League school warns more than 1,400 people after attackers siphon data via zero-day
Databases Dorset Council ditching customized SAP for £14M Oracle overhaul Authority follows Birmingham and West Sussex, which both suffered disastrous transitions
AI + ML HSBC spies $207B crater in OpenAI's expansion goals Gap threatens Oracle, Microsoft, and Amazon despite optimistic forecasts of 3 billion ChatGPT users by 2030
Cyber-crime Clop's Oracle EBS rampage reaches Dartmouth College Uni notifies 1,400-plus Maine residents as zero-day fallout continues
CSO CISA orders feds to patch Oracle Identity Manager zero-day after signs of abuse Agencies have until December 12 to mitigate flaw that was likely exploited before Big Red released fix
AI + ML Big Red borrows a lot of green, hopes AI will put it in the black Cost of insuring against Oracle debt default spikes as September seems a long time ago
Cyber-crime Extra, extra, read all about it: Washington Post clobbered in Clop caper Nearly 10,000 staff and contractors warned after attackers raided newspaper's Oracle EBS setup
Cyber-crime Hitachi-owned GlobalLogic admits data stolen on 10k current and former staff Clop's Oracle EBS exploit spree shows no sign of slowing, claims nearly 30 more casualties in media, finance, and tech.
Cyber-crime Allianz UK joins growing list of Clop’s Oracle E-Business Suite victims Insurance giant’s UK arm says cybercriminals misattributed the real victim
On-Prem Meta to sell $30B in bonds to build AI datacenters Zuckcorp will gladly pay you in 2065 for the eyewatering sums it is borrowing today
Databases The clock's ticking for MySQL 8.0 as end of life looms Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026
AI + ML Google parent company spending like a drunken sailor as capex triples over 2 years Microsoft also ramping up spending, but investors concerned about overshooting demand
Cybersecurity Month American Airlines subsidiary Envoy caught in Clop's Oracle EBS raid Not a good week for Big Red
AI + ML Oracle goes all-in on AI, customers still figuring out how they'll use it It's all agents and LLMs in Vegas, and even legacy users can partake
AI + ML Larry Ellison's latest craze: Vectorizing all the customers Oracle slurps your data whether you like it or not... for the good and bad of the planet
Systems 18 zettaFLOPS of new AI compute coming online from Oracle late next year New clusters to feature 800,000 Nvidia Blackwell and 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450X GPUs
Patches Oracle rushes out another emergency E-Business Suite patch as Clop fallout widens Latest in a long line of EBS flaws leta miscreants remotely compromise enterprise systems to pinch sensitive data
Cybersecurity Month Crims had 3-month head start on defenders in Oracle EBS invasion The miscreants started their attack all the way back on July 10
AI + ML Bank of England smells hint of dotcom bubble 2.0 in AI froth UK central bank warns of 'sudden correction' in tech stocks
Public Sector UK Home Office doubles down on Oracle with £54M cloud contract Department also wedded to Big Red in shared service applications
Cybersecurity Month Clop raid on Oracle E-Business Suite started months ago, researchers warn Strap in, admins. Exploits began in August and now the code is out there
Cybersecurity Month Red Hat breach escalates as criminals collaborate on 'multi-terabyte' extortion plot Bad guys promise not to attack customers if they get paid
Cybersecurity Month Clop crew hits Oracle E-Business Suite users with fresh zero-day Big Red rushes out patch for 9.8-rated flaw after crooks exploit it for data theft and extortion
Off-Prem OpenAI's Stargate project to pave the world with AI datacenters announces five new US locations
Databases 'Technical debt' in police database built to respond to child murders causing a 'failing service'
Cloud Infrastructure Month Oracle offers workaround to Windows boot issue in the cloud instead of fix
Cloud Infrastructure Month Not so SaaSy now: Oracle sugars BYOL deals as AWS database tie-in goes live
Public Sector Bank of England expands data and cloud framework by £26.7 million after revising data strategy
PaaS + IaaS Oracle scores cloud customer – maybe China's TEMU – that wants any available server, anytime, anywhere
AI + ML Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study
Public Sector Europe's largest council could face £12M manual audit bill after Oracle project disaster
Software Oracle Java license teams set to begin targeting Oracle users who don't think they use Oracle
