Darryl K. Taft

Amazon announced that it is now accepting HTML5 Web applications in its Appstore. Amazon on Aug. 7 launched Web app support in its Mobile App Distribution Program. Developers can now submit URLs for their HTML5 Web apps and mobile Websites and have Amazon offer that content to millions of Kindle Fire and Amazon Appstore customers […]

Remote IT Management: 10 Best Practices by Darryl K. Taft End User’s Active Directory Account Locked Out This scenario plays out every day in organizations across the globe, and it’s an easy one to manage if you are in the office or at least at home near your computer. However, when an IT pro is […]

IBM plans to furlough workers in its Systems and Technology Group (STG) as a cost cutting measure to help bring the software, services and systems giant back to a profitable business model. According to reports, IBM will furlough workers in its hardware division for a week in late August, beginning either Aug. 24 or Aug. […]

GenieDB, a provider of distributed relational database technology, has launched a new database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering, the GenieDB Globally Distributed MySQL-as-a-Service. The new GenieDB offering is a scalable DBaaS that enables enterprises to use the GenieDB automated platform to build Web-scale applications with the benefit of geographical database distribution. Geo-distribution provides enterprises with continuous availability during […]

Accenture launched a new version of its Accenture Cloud Platform, providing new and enhanced cloud management services for public and private cloud infrastructure offerings. The platform now supports an expanded portfolio of infrastructure service providers including, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Windows Azure, Verizon Terremark and NTT Communications. By expanding its ecosystem of cloud providers, Accenture […]

IBM announced that the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF), the group that supports the development, distribution and adoption of open-source software for use in robotics, chose IBM’s SoftLayer Technologies to host the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Virtual Robotics Challenge (VRC). SoftLayer provided the infrastructure of bare metal, cloud and high-performance GPU servers to […]

Microsoft has released a new build of Visual Studio 2012 known as Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 or VS 2012.4. The new build, delivered as a Release Candidate, features bug fixes for Team Foundation Server (TFS) and LightSwitch developers. In a blog post, Brian Harry, a Microsoft technical fellow working as the product unit manager […]

Microsoft has announced that Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview, the version of the company’s new operating system aimed at businesses, is now available for download. In a blog post, Erwin Visser, general manager of Windows commercial marketing at Microsoft, announced the new OS preview and invited IT pros and other users to start testing it. Visser […]

IBM has announced its latest system for analytics and cloud computing, the new PowerLinux 7R4 server. Big Blue bolstered its Linux on Power initiative with the new high-performance PowerLinux server as well as new software and middleware for embracing big data, analytics and next-generation Java applications in an open cloud environment. “More clients are choosing […]

IBM has acknowledged that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating how the company reports its cloud income and that Big Blue is cooperating in the investigation. In the company’s Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2013 filed with the SEC, IBM said it learned of an SEC investigation into its cloud revenue […]