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Government Tech Week

The Register will be taking an in-depth look at the challenges facing government IT organizations. From bullet-proof security to making tough decisions about IT infrastructure, Government Tech Week will bring you up to speed on what's next in the public sector.

22 482
Re: HMRC : alway defining new ways
ScottishYorkshireMan
Wednesday 14th June 2023 09:16 GMT

Spotlight on Databases

This month The Register will take a deep dive into the world of databases; from established monoliths to the emerging crop of upstarts. Join us for a special 30 days of interviews and analysis on these tools that drive business forward.

30 308
Russia's Cozy Bear dives into cloud environments with a new bag of tricks
Dr_Sandra_Lee
Thursday 28th August 2025 15:01 GMT

Defense Tech Week

All week long The Register will explore the wide-ranging technologies that power next-generation global military and defense. From future aerospace to innovations in securing defense systems, we'll take a deep dive into what's next for defense and military tech.

29 722
China aims to pair J-20 stealth fighter with 'loyal wingman' battle drone
Phones Sheridan
Thursday 3rd August 2023 16:11 GMT

Energy Efficient Datacenters

This week El Reg will be taking the heat when it comes to cooling high-density chips, networking, and server hardware with our special focus on energy efficient tech and concepts.

17 368
.. Sleep states? I friggen don't think so ..
_Elvi_
Monday 1st May 2023 14:51 GMT

Spotlight on RSA

Over the last 32 years the RSA conference has grown from a few security geeks getting together to one of the largest security conferences in the world, attracting those who need to know what to invest in next to keep networks secure. The four-day event will be held in San Francisco between April 24 - 27 and we'll be covering it live.

39 454
UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection
baytechrecovery
Wednesday 25th June 2025 12:57 GMT

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week

This week The Register will bring special focus to the broad technologies delivering next-generation clean energy. From fusion to EVs and future datacenter cooling, follow us this week for an in-depth look at what's next.

15 469
Re: Where's the power coming from?
CowHorseFrog
Monday 13th November 2023 23:57 GMT

The Reg in Space

Make space for The Reg in Space week. All week we'll be bringing you the best of what's happening on this planet and others.

24 534
Re: no society has lasted anything like a thousand years so far.
ArrZarr
Tuesday 20th February 2024 08:58 GMT

Sysadmin Month

From tools, data security practices, network troubleshooting, server virtualization insights, backup strategies, performance optimization techniques, user management, cloud guidance, automation and scripting and more, tune in all month.

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Re: Oh dear
Alan Brown
Friday 20th September 2024 16:56 GMT

Black Hat and DEF CON

Join The Register as we tackle the most important stories around Black Hat and DEF CON 2023. From in-depth interviews to detailed analysis, El Reg has you covered.

41 684
Re: The truth is out there !!!
Sceptic Tank
Tuesday 20th August 2024 14:28 GMT

Cybersecurity Month

Fortify your frontlines: It's Cybersecurity Month at The Register, your one-stop hub to bulletproof your digital landscape. From next-gen firewalls to human-factor risks, we're diving deep to make sure you stay ahead of the gang.

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Re: security???
GerHobbelt
Friday 13th February 2026 21:41 GMT

Malware Month

Join The Register as we dive deep into the world of malware: From examining the latest threats to enterprises to dissecting the internal anatomy of code used in today's cyber-attacks, we want to help you better protect your organization. Forewarned is forearmed.

41 460
Re: Not a Modbus _exploit_
Alan Brown
Saturday 10th August 2024 08:54 GMT

Cloud Infrastructure Month

During Cloud Infrastructure Month, The Register will ascend the layers of modern cloud architectures, evaluating the engineering marvels and challenges at play. We'll dissect the techical innards from IaaS to PaaS and the hardware that backs it all up, with a lens on security.

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Re: Updated for the modern era ...
Enric Martinez
Thursday 23rd October 2025 09:52 GMT

VMware Explore

For the 15th year in a row, The Register is attending VMware's annual conference and will bring readers all the news from the show, what it means for users, and how it advances Broadcom's strategy to transform the virtualization pioneer. We'll also consider how VMware's flagship products and technologies have evolved and explore the VMware vision for the future of hybrid cloud.

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So basically...
DrXym
Friday 5th September 2025 13:40 GMT

The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond

The Register embarks on a deep technical exploration into the next generation of datacenter design and infrastructure as the massive AI-driven buildout gets underway. We'll dig into the technicalities of photonic computing, liquid cooling systems, and the implementation of advanced neural network processors within datacenter environments. We'll also look at the energy necessary to power the buildout, including advances in clean energy and concerns about the grid.

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Re: Confused
Anonymous Coward
Wednesday 31st December 2025 17:52 GMT

Ransomware in Focus

The Register's incisive week on ransomware delves into the siege on enterprise, exploring the evolution of these malicious exploits, defense mechanisms, and the cost of resilience in the face of digital extortion. Join us for critical insights into the fight against ransomware.

17 144
Re: Revole the certificate!
Phil Koenig
Thursday 13th March 2025 01:25 GMT

Nvidia GTC

The Register is attending Nvidia's annual GPU Technology Conference, aka GTC, in San Jose, California, and will bring readers all the news from the event that matters to them as well as commentary and analysis. From software agents and AI microservices to the latest accelerators and chain-of-thought reasoning models, we'll give you the snapshot you need of this Silicon Valley giant.

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Nvidia's Vera Rubin CPU, GPU roadmap charts course for hot-hot-hot 600 kW racks
Decay
Wednesday 10th September 2025 22:47 GMT

Disaster Recovery Week

For The Register's Disaster Recovery Week, we delve into DR strategies, from robust backups to resilient policies, to help you stay up and running in the face of adversity.

16 601
Re: once upon a time at the pub
chivo243
Thursday 10th April 2025 22:39 GMT

AI Software Development Week

The Register dives into the latest in AI development, offering insights into tools, frameworks, and best practices for creating and deploying AI solutions. Topics include agents, data management, and ethical considerations. This series equips developers and IT professionals with strategies for integrating AI smoothly and efficiently into existing workflows and applications.

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Re: Google AI Overview
NATTtrash
Saturday 6th September 2025 08:02 GMT

Spotlight on RSAC

The RSA Conference has grown into one of the largest information security conferences in the world, attracting those who need to know what to invest in next to keep networks secure. Check out our coverage of the San Francisco event right here.

18 514
RSA cofounder: The world would've been better without cryptocurrencies
Viacheslav78
Monday 8th September 2025 08:36 GMT

AI Infrastructure Month

The Register's AI Infrastructure Month highlights the cutting-edge technologies, architectural advancements, and industry trends shaping the future of AI workloads. With a focus on hardware, scalability, and performance optimization, the coverage offers expert insights and detailed analysis tailored for IT leaders and AI practitioners navigating this rapidly evolving landscape.

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Re: and nothing of value lost
Anonymous Coward
Monday 16th June 2025 11:34 GMT

European Supercomputing

Join The Register for its European Supercomputing Week, in which we'll highlight the continent's achievements and the challenges it faces in its quest to develop homegrown high-performance computing systems.

15 285
AMD's MI355X is a 1.4 kW liquid-cooled monster built to battle Nvidia's Blackwell
Anonymous Coward
Thursday 3rd July 2025 13:28 GMT

The State of Storage

Dive into a week exploring the latest in IT storage with The Register â?? from hard drives to cloud. Understand the challenges and opportunities as we unravel the narrative of storage efficiency, security, and innovation at the enterprise level.

13 476
Re: There is a lot of "non-active" data out there
CountCadaver
Monday 3rd November 2025 01:16 GMT

Datacenter Networking Nexus

The Register explores the latest in modern datacenter networking. This week offers insights into how organizations can optimize their infrastructure for performance, scalability, and security.

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Before the megabit: A trip through vintage datacenter networking
GeneralDisaster
Tuesday 26th August 2025 13:37 GMT

Supercomputing Month

Charting the Exascale Horizon: As the calendar turns to November 2025, The Register is locked onto the pulse of supercomputing. This month coincides with the esteemed SC25 conference, and we're dedicating our coverage to the technical marvels and milestones of high-performance computing (HPC). We'll dissect the latest breakthroughs pushing towards exascale computing, unravel the complexities of advanced parallel processing architectures, and spotlight the innovations in energy-efficient design that keep these giants running cooler. From tackling grand global challenges to driving forward the frontier of artificial intelligence, join us in a month-long technical tribute to the titans of computational might.

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HPC won't be an x86 monoculture forever – and it's starting to show
borje
Friday 5th December 2025 18:53 GMT

SC25

The team will be on-hand to discover what lies at the frontiers of modern supercomputing; from the latest major deployments and architectures to the software and applications that make large-scale computing matter for industry and governments alike.

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LPO?
cmac
Monday 24th November 2025 16:41 GMT

AWS Re-invent

The Register will be on hand in Las Vegas to bring you the latest announcements, exclusive customer and partner insights, and expert analysis from the cloud industry biggest and most important event - AWS Re:invent.

14 103
Graviton sign of amd failure
Fizzypo
Tuesday 9th December 2025 21:03 GMT

Agentic AI

The buzzword of the moment and the next stage in the AI revolution is agentic AI, in which autonomous software agents will employ AI to complete tasks on behalf of users. This week we'll explore the underlying infrastructure, including the evolving protocol landscape, and explore real-world use cases from the huge variety of vendors jumping aboard this bandwagon.

21 557
Deciphering the alphabet soup of agentic AI protocols
teebie
Wednesday 4th February 2026 12:24 GMT

Deep dive into “Special Features” topics

State Forum Posts Latest Post
open Cisco fixes two critical make-me-root bugs on Identity Services Engine components 4
By John_Ericsson
Friday 27th June 2025 13:01 GMT
open The SmartNIC revolution fell flat, but AI might change that 4
By BakerHWoods
Monday 30th June 2025 23:30 GMT
open Rack-scale networks are the new hotness for massive AI training and inference workloads 2
By Caver_Dave
Thursday 26th June 2025 06:32 GMT
open HPE Aruba boasts that when network problems come along, its AI will whip them into shape 6
By khjohansen
Tuesday 8th July 2025 15:06 GMT
open Microsoft is about to retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure 28
By teknopaul
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 11:57 GMT
open Japan's sequel to Fugaku supercomputer will be Arm'd to the teeth 5
By bazza
Tuesday 24th June 2025 05:47 GMT
open The trendline doesn’t look good for hard disk drives 33
By CountCadaver
Monday 3rd November 2025 01:16 GMT
open Chinese memory-maker YMTC sues US rival Micron for defamation instead of the usual patent breaches 7
By Roopee
Monday 16th June 2025 14:42 GMT
open AMD bets on rack-scale compute to boost AI efficiency 20x by 2030 6
By HuBo
Friday 13th June 2025 19:06 GMT
open AMD's MI355X is a 1.4 kW liquid-cooled monster built to battle Nvidia's Blackwell 9
By Anonymous Coward
Thursday 3rd July 2025 13:28 GMT
open Tape, glass, and molecules – the future of archival storage 67
By ravenviz
Monday 16th June 2025 18:12 GMT
open Digital Realty CTO on why storage is the datacenter challenge no one's talking about 5
By Yet Another Anonymous coward
Thursday 12th June 2025 17:44 GMT
open UK reheats Edinburgh supercomputer plan sans exascale chops 18
By HuBo
Friday 13th June 2025 16:59 GMT
open SiPearl ships reference node design for Rhea1 high-spec Arm chip 1
By HuBo
Thursday 12th June 2025 03:22 GMT
open Lenovo bags HPC contracts for a pair of European customers 3
By collinsl
Thursday 19th June 2025 15:52 GMT
open Snowflake and Databricks bank PostgreSQL acquisitions to bring transactions onto their platforms 3
By logicalextreme
Thursday 12th June 2025 15:48 GMT
open Jupiter, Europe’s most powerful super, takes maiden flight - but misses exascale orbit 1
By HuBo
Wednesday 11th June 2025 21:03 GMT
open Old but gold: Paper tape and punched cards still getting the job done – just about 80
By PRR
Tuesday 19th August 2025 23:16 GMT
open UK's Isambard-AI super powers up as government goes AI crazy 50
By MachDiamond
Tuesday 10th June 2025 22:52 GMT
open Floppy disks and paper strips lurk behind US air traffic control 47
By druck
Wednesday 11th June 2025 15:30 GMT
open Seagate still HAMRing away at the 100 TB disk drive decades later 27
By DS999
Tuesday 10th June 2025 19:08 GMT
open Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit 1
By Dan 55
Friday 23rd May 2025 07:39 GMT
open 'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers 95
By may_i
Wednesday 4th June 2025 14:04 GMT
open Microsoft-backed AI out-forecasts hurricane experts without crunching the physics 24
By david1024
Sunday 25th May 2025 14:41 GMT
open AMD puts Intel in rear view mirror with Threadripper Pro 9000 high-end desktop chips 36
By Anonymous Coward
Wednesday 28th May 2025 22:49 GMT
open Nvidia part of plans for mega 1.4 GW AI datacenter near Paris 7
By DaveLS
Wednesday 21st May 2025 17:51 GMT
open Intel bets you'll stack cheap GPUs to avoid spending top dollar on Nvidia Pros 7
By collinsl
Thursday 29th May 2025 10:55 GMT
open Nvidia builds a server to run x86 workloads alongside agentic AI 2
By Groo The Wanderer - A Canuck
Wednesday 21st May 2025 10:46 GMT
open Nvidia sets up shop in Taiwan with AI supers and a factory full of ambition 4
By Telecide
Tuesday 20th May 2025 09:39 GMT
open Qualcomm confirms it's dipping into datacenter world again, probably for AI 2
By elsergiovolador
Monday 19th May 2025 09:36 GMT
open CoreWeave may have built a house of (graphics) cards 5
By Anonymous Coward
Thursday 22nd May 2025 10:22 GMT
open AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge 66
By stevebp
Sunday 25th May 2025 09:54 GMT
open UK government overrules local council’s datacenter refusal on Green Belt land 37
By Anonymous Coward
Monday 19th May 2025 17:15 GMT
open Plan to keep advanced chips from China with tracking tech gains support in Congress 25
By Tron
Friday 16th May 2025 21:06 GMT
open Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they're ready to rock 11
By Anonymous Coward
Friday 16th May 2025 15:53 GMT
open Chip bans? LOL! Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough GPUs for future AI model training 20
By collinsl
Tuesday 20th May 2025 09:21 GMT
open AMD’s first crack at Nvidia hampered by half-baked training software, says TensorWave boss 5
By Kevin McMurtrie
Friday 16th May 2025 20:50 GMT
open EuroHPC lines up AI upgrade for Leonardo supercomputer 2
By HuBo
Wednesday 14th May 2025 15:23 GMT
open US tech titans rejoice in $600B Saudi shopping spree 44
By Apocalypso - a cheery end to the world
Thursday 15th May 2025 23:33 GMT
open Trump ends Biden-era dream to cap US AI chip exports 10
By John Brown (no body)
Wednesday 14th May 2025 20:57 GMT
open AMD is Ryzen to the SMB occasion with a bundle of baby Epycs 13
By that one in the corner
Thursday 15th May 2025 11:04 GMT
open OpenAI wants to build a subscription for something like an AI OS, with SDKs and APIs and 'surfaces' 19
By Blogitus Maximus
Sunday 25th May 2025 08:25 GMT
open FreeBSD fans rally round zVault upstart 15
By K555
Tuesday 3rd June 2025 16:01 GMT
open Tech titans: Wanna secure US AI leadership? Stop giving the world excuses to buy Chinese 22
By Cris E
Tuesday 13th May 2025 13:41 GMT
open Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI 48
By Lord of Fries
Tuesday 27th May 2025 16:00 GMT
open 37signals is completing its on-prem move, deleting its AWS account to save millions 157
By Billy Twillig
Monday 12th May 2025 23:13 GMT
open Elon Musk’s xAI to pull about half of its smog-belching turbines powering Colossus 40
By Paddy
Tuesday 3rd June 2025 10:20 GMT
open Google tries to greenwash massive AI energy consumption with another vague nuclear deal 22
By Nick_Geary
Thursday 15th May 2025 12:57 GMT
open Human error and power glitches to blame for most outages 8
By druck
Monday 12th May 2025 23:50 GMT
open Trump's trade war with China to cost AMD $1.5B in lost rev 4
By Jan 0
Thursday 8th May 2025 09:57 GMT

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