Darryl K. Taft

Fullpower Technologies, a provider of technology for wearable computing devices, announced it has been awarded key patents covering wearable technology, sensor fusion and motion processors. The patent for invention number 8,568,310 outlines “a method of using a motion sensor and a location-based sensor together to perform sensor fusion, enabling activity identification,” according to the patent […]

Hewlett-Packard entered the digital marketing space earlier this month, which has seen serious offerings from the likes of IBM and Adobe Systems—which dedicated half of its company to digital marketing—among others. HP’s offering, HP Digital Marketing Hub, comes from the company’s Autonomy unit. eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft spoke with Robert Youngjohns, general manager […]

When it comes to office productivity suites, Microsoft’s Office clearly rules the day and remains the biggest application software cash cow that the Redmond, Wash., software company has to muster. Market research firm Forrester on Oct. 15 released a report that reaffirmed the long dominance of Office and the weak installed base productivity suite alternatives. […]

NEW YORK—MongoDB announced a new certification program for developers and database administrators (DBAs). MongoDB will certify the knowledge of concepts and mechanics, including practical skills required to build applications backed by the NoSQL database. MongoDB certification offers DBAs and developers a new means to prove expertise on MongoDB and helps organizations hire and develop qualified […]

NEW YORK—Informatica, a provider of data integration software, has announced a new streaming data collection technology to plug Hadoop into the Internet of things. The new technology, known as Informatica Vibe Data Stream for Machine Data, is designed to simplify big data collection of machine data from many sources and its delivery to Hadoop, and […]

Splunk, provider of a popular software platform for real-time operational intelligence, has announced the general availability of Hunk: Splunk Analytics for Hadoop. Initially released in beta at the Hadoop Summit North America 2013 conference in San Jose, Calif., in June, Hunk is a full-featured, integrated analytics platform for Hadoop that enables users to interactively explore, […]

IBM announced that its researchers have developed a new technique for protecting sensitive data prior to transmitting it to the cloud. Big Blue’s patented invention will overcome barriers to client adoption of cloud computing solutions by ensuring that private or proprietary information is secured before transferring it for processing by cloud computing services. The new […]

CARY, N.C.—SAP AG and SAS announced a partnership aimed at advancing in-memory data analysis capabilities for businesses across industries. The two companies are teaming up to create a joint technology and product road map designed to leverage the SAP HANA platform and SAS analytics capabilities. By incorporating the in-memory SAP HANA platform into SAS applications […]

CARY, N.C.–SAS Institute, a provider of business analytics software, has once again nabbed a top spot among the best places to work in the world. The business analytics specialist remains on the Top 25 World’s Best Multinational Workplaces list from Great Place to Work, claiming the No. 2 spot, according to a study conducted by […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Business analytics provider SAS Institute announced that colleges and universities worldwide are enhancing enrollment programs, teaching, institutional research and public transparency by using better data visualization technology, namely from SAS. SAS Visual Analytics analyzes and visualizes large data sets for faster, more accurate information about student enrollment and performance, faculty excellence, IT investments, Ph.D. […]

Adobe Systems has released a new, free open-source JavaScript library called Snap.svg on GitHub for Web designers and developers working with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Snap.svg is a powerful and intuitive API for animating and manipulating SVG content, offering capabilities such as masking, clipping, patterns, full gradients and groups to make content more interactive and […]

IBM announced the opening of a new Federal Cloud Innovation Center dedicated to helping federal agencies and other public-sector organizations advance the adoption of cloud computing across the government. The new IBM Federal Cloud Innovation Center in Washington, D.C., will bring IBM’s cloud-computing research efforts closer to federal agencies to develop specialized technologies and methods […]