Darryl K. Taft

Microsoft has launched a new Node.js plug-in for Visual Studio, the open-source Node.js Tools for Visual Studio (NTVS). NTVS is a free, open source plug-in that turns Visual Studio into a Node.js integrated development environment (IDE). The alpha release of NTVS resides on CodePlex, Microsoft’s open source project-hosting web site. NTVS supports editing, Intellisense, profiling, […]

IBM is working with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to create a massive clinical data set on cancer patients by building cancer registries in developing nations. Company officials said IBM’s efforts will start where they are most needed, in Sub-Saharan Africa—where less than 1 percent of the region’s population is covered by a […]

The number of developers building applications for Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is expected to double in 2014, according to a study by Strategy Analytics. Results of the research firm’s recent survey show that 32 percent of developers polled said they plan to support Windows Phone next year, double the 16 percent who said they supported […]

IBM announced results of a new study that indicated speed and productivity are key drivers in the adoption of mobile strategies in the enterprise. Indeed, the survey showed that speed, analytics, integration and security are the top drivers of mobile adoption. Based on responses from more than 600 survey participants in 29 countries and eight […]

IBM has been busy of late with several major announcements in areas including cloud computing, big data, security and more. In any given week, IBM is in the thick of it with new technology announcements, partnerships and other news, but over the last couple of weeks Big Blue seems to have had a little extra […]

IBM’s Watson Plays a New Role as an Application Development Platform by Darryl K. Taft Watson Goes to Developers Watson, powered by IBM POWER7, is a workload-optimized system that can answer questions posed in natural language over a nearly unlimited range of knowledge. IBM will begin making its Watson technology available to developers in 2014. […]

CA Technologies reinforced its commitment to DevOps by creating a new position in the company: chief DevOps architect. CA has appointed Ruston Vickers to the new role. Vickers will work with CA customers to sharpen their DevOps strategies to help them deliver higher quality software and services to market faster. DevOps is an IT methodology, […]

IBM has Amazon Web Service (AWS) in its sights and is on a mission to stir things up in the cloud computing world. Ever since closing its acquisition of SoftLayer in July, IBM has been thumping its chest over its new cloud bounty. Big Blue also recently announced it was migrating all of its IBM […]

This has been a big week for developers—a big week for developers working with industry icons. Yesterday Microsoft not only officially launched Visual Studio 2013 and .NET 4.5.1, but also introduced Visual Studio Online, a set of development services and offerings running on Windows Azure that helps development teams create next-generation applications. Microsoft also released […]

IBM Builds Private, Hybrid Clouds in Diverse Industries: 12 Examples By Darryl K. Taft IBM Defines a New Method for Managing Network Bandwidth in a Cloud In October 2013, IBM Research announced a new method for dynamically managing network bandwidth within a cloud, which could lead to significant improvements in overall system performance, efficiency and […]