Darryl K. Taft

HOUSTON–Microsoft announced a set of programs to promote the development of private and hybrid cloud solutions with key partners, including networking giant Cisco. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2013 here, Cisco announced it would team with Microsoft to accelerate the deployment of private and hybrid cloud infrastructure worldwide. The companies will invest in […]

HOUSTON—Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1 will be made available to OEMs in late August and that partners should take advantage of the new features in the operating system to deliver new apps to customers. In a keynote session at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2013, Tami Reller, Microsoft’s chief financial officer and chief marketing officer […]

HOUSTON—At its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2013 here, Microsoft announced a series of new programs and services designed to help its partners and customers embrace the challenges and opportunities associated with cloud computing and big data. Both onstage during a keynote address and in a blog post, Satya Nadella, president of the Server and Tools […]

HOUSTON—Microsoft has announced new business intelligence functionality in the form of Power BI for Office 365, a new self-service BI offering delivered through Excel and Office 365. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2013 here, Satya Nadella, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, announced the new offering that builds on Microsoft’s […]

HOUSTON – Microsoft maintains that partners selling hybrid cloud-based solutions benefit from higher gross profit, more new customers, higher revenue per employee and faster overall business growth, according to a new study. The study commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by research firm IDC featured 1,300 partners and indicates that adding cloud services to their mix […]

IBM recently announced that wehkamp.nl, one of the Netherlands’ largest online retailers, will use IBM cloud-based merchandising analytics to manage markdown pricing to better meet customer demand and improve profitability. With the addition of this solution, wehkamp.nl takes advantage of IBM’s cloud suite of marketing and merchandising solutions, resulting in a more personalized shopping experience, […]

Touting its latest version of Internet Explorer, with its many new benefits, as possibly the best browser available, Microsoft is attempting to shore up those claims with new testing tools for the new release. Microsoft announced that with the release of Internet Explorer 11 Preview as part of the Windows 8.1 Preview, the company has […]

Atlassian Software, a provider of collaboration software for development teams, next week plans to announce the availability of Bamboo 5, its continuous integration and delivery server. Scheduled for release on July 9, Atlassian’s Bamboo 5 connects the process of preparing and testing software with the process of releasing it. However, Bamboo does more than just […]

The Outercurve Foundation, an open-source software foundation founded by Microsoft, announced its selection of Jim Jagielski, a co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), as its new president. Jagielski, who co-founded ASF and remains a member and director of the longstanding open-source organization, also has been instrumental in the evolution of Outercurve, which sought him […]

Microsoft has announced new volume licensing options for enterprises to get specific versions of the company’s Windows Embedded 8 operating systems. As of July 1, enterprises can take advantage of a new volume licensing option to obtain systems—the technology that powers industry devices within the intelligent systems, the company said. “As enterprises increasingly look to […]

IBM recently announced strong client and business partner support for the new version of its DB2 database software. Now generally available, the new software—which represents the work of hundreds of IBM developers and researchers in labs around the world—adds IBM’s hot new BLU Acceleration technology that makes it simpler, more economical and faster to analyze […]

While Microsoft was lavishly announcing the release of a preview of the latest version of Visual Studio, its .NET-based integrated development environment (IDE), at its Build 2013 developer conference, true to form the Eclipse Foundation quietly announced the availability of the latest release of its annual release train, this one known as Kepler. Kepler, also […]