os platforms Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again
saas Exchange Web Services enters the final stretch before Microsoft pulls access Legacy API begins disappearing from tenants today, with no exceptions after April
public sector HMRC bets up to £2.4B on Salesforce for taxpayer CRM overhaul Ten-year deal covers customer records, case management, portals, analytics, and AI, with extensions possible to 2041
columnists AWS needs to embrace its place as the Home Depot of AI infrastructure What's wrong with being a great wholesaler?
saas Microsoft tells nonprofits their deleted M365 data isn't coming back Grant retirement went off the rails, so Redmond is offering affected organizations help starting over
saas Experts question whether Salesforce demo breaches SAP API policy For the German vendor, greater challenges may lie ahead, as rivals seek to control the user experience
saas Register reader hit with surprise bill after Microsoft portals disagreed Did Copilot write the synchronization code?
saas Microsoft configuration change leaves SharePoint pages drawing a blank Validation? Apparently that comes after deployment
saas Salesforce staggers back to feet after global outage As thousands attend annual conference in San Francisco, customers get 'severe delays, intermittent errors, and inability to access services'
saas Most people who quit M365 for Google do it out of spite, but there’s no ROI in that Nor are you likely to save much by making the move, says Gartner
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
software Microsoft goes after Salesforce and ERP users with AI-powered converter Ironically, this idea lands as Salesforce is struggling to sell its own AI
software Salesforce boasts: 50% of bookings were from 'customers refilling the tank... they consume Flex Credits, they want more' As SaaS giant gets a boost from Claudeforce, users might want to know how their AI use will be monetized
saas Salesforce partners not seeing meaningful revenue from Agentforce AI platform, report says Show us the money
security Cisco bug severity warning reads like Olympic gymnastics scores: 10, 10, 9.9, 9.6, and 7.5. Secure Workload Software has five nasty flaws and even SaaS users have updates to install
saas Slack Code taps into collective vibe, puts AI agents into the group chat Developers can now invite the whole team along for their quality time with the coding bot
ai and ml Software development and tech services in the cross-hairs as AI marches on Analysts warn of disruption to long-established tech activity
saas GitHub blames 8-hour outage on autoscaling fail and VS Code retry storm Load balancers buckled after a monitoring blind spot allowed traffic to spiral
applications Microsoft tosses Teams Live chat into its feature graveyard Website support widget lasted 18 months before Redmond ended the conversation
saas Double trouble for Microsoft as pre-owned software license claims converge Tribunal to explore how £270 million reseller case intersects with multibillion-pound class action
security CAF Bank reopens online service but warns of further outages Customers told traffic may be limited at certain times following more than ten days offline
security The most famous brand in physical security got pwned by ShinyHunters Hopefully the company secures houses better than it locks down SaaS systems
public sector Major glitch in Matrix as UK government projects watchdog rates shared services cluster red Nine-department ERP overhaul judged unachievable without urgent action
saas Microsoft gives admins Exchange Online breathing room Retirement of PowerShell -Credential parameter pushed back to the end of 2026
saas Salesforce's Agentforce isn't winning over clients, KeyBanc analysts claim Investment bank cites messy customer data and a product that 'just isn't there'; Salesforce counters by saying it the fastest-growing product in its history
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
software EU competition decision hands SAP customers more leverage in contract talks Truce over maintenance fees is a bargaining chip for ECC holdouts – just don't expect a stampede to third-party support
ai and ml SAP snaps wallet shut for travel and hiring so it can keep shoveling cash into AI Enterprise software giant confirms it's 'applying discipline' when it comes to jobs and business trips as it tries to keep pace
saas Italy probes AI-fueled price hikes in Microsoft 365 Regulator says subscribers may have been defaulted onto more expensive plans with Copilot features attached
saas Microsoft rivals line up to tell UK watchdog where the software behemoth hurt them Browsers, cloud challengers, and Killinghall Parish Council all accuse Redmond of locking in customers, hobbling competition
public sector Capita is about to sail past deadline to fix civil service pensions scheme Union says outsourcer will miss June 30 target after portal meltdown and mounting complaints
ai and ml Salesforce reels in customer support AI specialist Fin for $3.6B Support bot maker claims its AI agents can resolve three-quarters of customer queries without human help
public sector Palantir's NHS data deal called in for a second opinion Experts welcome contract review after claims NHS England missed chance to grow UK health tech market
saas UK Treasury still deciding whether to show up to £1.7B ERP program it agreed to fund Move from Oracle put back until December following delays to Workday rollout
saas Salesforce cuts staff amid acquisition spree and $50 billion share buyback The layoffs come after CEO Marc Benioff boasted of record revenue and 'incredible cashflow' two weeks ago
saas Capita £370M bid 40% under UK.gov estimate for Oracle HR and finance system project, court case reveals Cost model designed to protect against low-cost bid bias, claims rival
saas Automattic's CMS empire shows cracks as WordPress share falls Web publishing giant remains dominant, but 6 straight months of decline suggest era of uninterrupted growth may be over
saas Contentful is a shot in the arm for Salesforce's 'headless' bet Lacking an enterprise content layer for Headless 360, CRM titan went shopping
columnists AWS reportedly to tuck Elon Musk's Grok into Bedrock, despite zero enterprise demand The energy drink of frontier models
software UCLA seeks pre-litigation resolution with Oracle Discussion understood to concern delayed SaaS transformation project
ai and ml Snowflake buys Natoma to help freeze out rogue agents It is the database titan’s sixth acquisition announcement since June 2025
saas Salesforce waves bye-bye to UI in 'headless' embrace Anthropic's use of Sales Cloud increased five-fold as its workers access Salesforce through Claude and Slack
off-prem Snowflake to burn $6B on AWS Graviton CPUs and AI accelerators Dataware house gambles cloud conveniences, AI accelerated insights will justify the cost.
saas The SaaS-pocalypse can wait, Salesforce still has customers where it wants them AI coding agents may make software cheaper to build, but switching off major platforms remains expensive and risky
saas SaaS outfit ClickUp promises seven-figure salaries for survivors of 22 percent staff purge CEO jumps on the ‘We must be fit for the AI future’ bandwagon
Workday wants AI to punch in instead of having to hire new recruits CEO eyes margin gains by keeping headcount flat – bold for a company selling HR software to employers
UK.gov hikes health AI tender by 400% – and hundreds of millions – after a chat with suppliers Maximum framework value sky-rockets from £150M to £600M after 'an extensive intelligence gathering exercise'
saas Intuit axes 3,000 – without blaming AI 'Margin expansion' and a 'faster, leaner' company are CEO Sasan Goodarzi's goals
saas Plex appeal fades as Lifetime Pass jumps to $750 How many times would you have to watch Lord of the Rings to cover that?
off-prem Google Cloud suspended major customer Railway.com without cause, causing outage This is the service we get when we spend $10m plus? asks automated code deployment outfit
saas SAP customers warned AI agents could put costs on autopilot Billing will be based on 'actions,' whatever those are, leaving enterprises to wonder how fast the meter might run
saas SAP's AI strategy: Come for the openness, stay because you have to Joule Studio 2.0 waves the flag of interoperability, API policy tells enterprises who's really in charge
saas Bedrock and a hard place: Claude adventure leaves AWS user staring down $30K invoice CAD: Cost Anomaly Detection or Create Astounding Debt?
Hackers ate my homework: Educational SaaS Canvas down after cyberattack ShinyHunters takes the credit and gives developer an F for security
saas Planning and land searches hit by IT problems in 3 councils following SaaS migration EXCLUSIVE: Searches go missing, house sales fall through, and a 5G mast erected by mistake
off_prem Anthropic comes for the midmarket software spend Backed by private equity and banking giants, it will build custom AI systems for business bottlenecks
off_prem ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes touts 'largest ever quarter for competitive displacements'
off_prem Survey says no, American workers are not keen on Microsoft's AI Lock-in worries threaten to dampen the E7 launch party
off_prem Microsoft Outlook for iOS still down and out for many after 'service change' Sign-in failures, unexpected sign-outs... just another day for users
off_prem Workday, Rippling, and Slack flunk data access test, claims Fivetran Report also slams multiple vendors for poor data integration and egress fees
off_prem Atlassian’s new data collection policy protects rich customers while AI eats the rest From August 17, the outfit will collect customer metadata by default unless you pay for the top tier
off_prem How ServiceNow gets customers to gorge at the AI trough 'AI is now infused in every package that we offer to our addressable market,' SVP John Aisien told us
off_prem How Salesforce and ServiceNow are squaring off in the battle for the helpdesk Benioff banks on user engagement while McDermott wants to govern AI agents
off_prem Snowflake manager explains the 'Spider-Man' theory of AI agent data access With access to great data comes great responsibility
security Chevin pulls the handbrake on FleetWave software after security scare UK and US customers stuck waiting after fleet management SaaS vendor took affected environments offline
off_prem Minnesota State payroll problems grew after Workday launch, auditors say Sample testing found incorrect payments and delays after college system adopted new HR platform
off_prem Salesforce is looking to Slackbot to help it solve the SaaSpocalypse puzzle The chatbot will be a doorway to the company's other services
off_prem ServiceNow allegedly says salesman 'overachieved' and is not entitled to comp The 13-year sales vet closed two deals worth $27 million, but ServiceNow has “nullified” his compensation saying he “overachieved” his quota.
off_prem Datadog bets DIY AI will mean it dodges the SaaSpocalypse The theory is that its domain-specific model will beat generalist LLMs on results and economics
off_prem Snowflake's ongoing pitch: bring AI to data rather than data to AI Customers are 'excited' says one solution provider
off_prem Salesforce snaps up the team who built calendar app Clockwise to work on Agentforce Just the team, not the tech
off_prem Competition watchdog cracks knuckles, probes legality of Adobe cancellation fee Annual billed sub scrubbed after 14 days? Expect to pay 50% of yearly price
off_prem Microsoft 365 pauses Copilot creep after admins cry foul Automatic deployment of Redmond's assistant halted for now
off_prem Salesforce stock buyback to saddle company with debt until 2066 'We want to use our capital correctly, and I think debt is a great way to do that,' says CEO Benioff
off_prem Prince of PDFs, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, to step down after 18 years Didn’t say why, but for once AI may not be the reason for a lost job
off_prem Atlassian to shed ten percent of staff, because AI Company is ‘reshaping our skill mix’ amid long share price slide and SaaSpocalypse whispers
off_prem Atlassian built a tool to migrate Jira users to the cloud and it made the move slower Fixed it amid user ire, swears new tool for bigger shifts is up to the job
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
off_prem Microsoft kicks new Outlook opt-out deadline down the road to 2027 Admins get another year before migration pressure ramps up
off_prem Okta CEO ‘paranoid’ as vibe coders stir SaaS-pocalypse fears It’s ok, Todd. You’re only paranoid if you’re wrong.
off_prem Claude having artificially intelligent hiccups and access lockouts for over two hours Developers ponder the horror of having to actually write code
off_prem SaaS-pocalypse chatter is doomster pr0n. It would be nice if enterprise IT were boring again Lost among the investor froth, someone has to do all the boring stuff. And they'll probably be around for the next spin of the hype cycle
off_prem Half of German-speaking SAP users set to blow past 2027 ECC support deadline Most DSAG members willing to pay a premium to stay on legacy platform until 2030
off_prem Salesforce CEO 'SaaSquatch' Benioff says his company will monster the SaaSpocalypse Selling so many agents they've cooked up a way to measure what they do
off_prem Workday CEO's AI talk can't shake off weaker sales forecast Claims HR company can escape the SaaSpocalypse with its core expertise
off_prem Microsoft teases ‘reimagined SharePoint experience’ with added AI Redmond also offers to take the OneDrive name out of your OneDrive
off_prem Palantir spent $25M on CEO flights so Alex Karp could do all the talking A hundred days a year in the air doesn't come cheap
off_prem Microsoft throws spox under the bus after Parliament testimony on ICC email kerfuffle Apologizes for 'inaccuracy'
off_prem ServiceNow can't seem to keep its wallet closed, snaps up small AI analytics company News of the deal came about two weeks after CEO Bill McDermott swore off any “large scale” M&A this year. A spokesperson called this deal a “tuck in.”
off_prem Apple's Creator Studio creates a subscription where free apps used to live Mac faithful aghast at helpful wallet-emptying suggestions
off_prem Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach clocks out amid job cuts and market jitters Co-founder Aneel Bhusri returns to hot seat after turbulent year
off_prem Microsoft apologizes for not explaining cheaper no-AI M365 plans, and all it took was a government lawsuit
off_prem Microsoft pushes Pull print, so you don't have to dash to the printer to grab the 'Fire everyone' memo
software Sopra Steria bags £115 million legacy extension from UK pensions department after delays to replacement ERP project
off_prem As companies race to add AI, terms of service changes are going to freak a lot of people out
software Atlassian makes its Rovo AI free, for now, to reduce 'friction' holding you back from agentic nirvana
off_prem You begged Microsoft to be reasonable. Instead it made Copilot reason-able with OpenAI GPT-o1
off_prem Microsoft invites Chinese software vendors to sell on its marketplace and through its partners