Darryl K. Taft

JetBrains, a maker of software development tools for a variety of platforms, announced the availability of PhpStorm 5.0, the new release of the company’s integrated development environment (IDE) for PHP development. While maintaining its focus on PHP code quality and developer productivity, PhpStorm 5.0 also extends its support for modern PHP frameworks, JetBrains said. The […]

Microsoft has rebranded its Windows Phone Marketplace under the new name Windows Phone Store and made a few changes to make things easier and better for users. In a post on the Windows Phone Blog, Microsoft’s Mazhar Mohammed said the changes have begun rolling out, starting in Australia and New Zealand and will be gradually […]

Microsoft has opened its Windows Phone 8 SDK Preview program and is now accepting applications from developers who wish to participate. However, much to the consternation of many developers, Microsoft is limiting access to the SDK and is not publically releasing it because all the features have not been announced. In a post on the […]

Microsoft formally launched its flagship Visual Studio 2012 tools suite and has already announced an update for the product, Visual Studio 2012 Update 1. At a Sept. 12 launch event in Seattle, Microsoft officially announced VS2012 before an audience of hundreds of developers in-person and thousands more via Webcast. Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 […]

IBM has announced a new version of its IBM Connections software, the company’s enterprise social networking platform-with support for iPhone 5. As part of the announcement, IBM unveiled new software and services that bring the power of big data analytics into the hands of today’s social-savvy workforce any time, any place. Now, organizations can apply […]

With enterprises continuing to adopt cloud computing, analysts see continued growth in both public and private cloud investment-with worldwide spending on public IT cloud services set to exceed $40 billion in 2012 and reach nearly $100 billion by 2016, according to IDC. The research firm forecasts that from 2012 to 2016, public IT cloud services […]

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has delivered PostgreSQL 9.2, the latest release of the open-source database. PostgreSQL 9.2 features advancements in vertical scalability and performance, so Postgres can handle increasingly large workloads. The new release also has high availability improvements that give database administrators (DBAs) more options for high availability (HA) configurations. PostgreSQL is an […]

There is a strong correlation between successful businesses and a well-defined data strategy, according to a survey sponsored by business intelligence and analytics solutions provider SAS. The global survey, Big Data: Lessons From the Leaders, was conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and looks at where the more than 700 companies surveyed stand in their […]

In a move to bolster its software testing capabilities, Telerik, a maker of software development tools, has announced its acquisition of the Fiddler Web Debugger, a popular tool created to inspect Web traffic and “fiddle” with incoming or outgoing data. As part of the acquisition, Fiddler’s creator Eric Lawrence will join Telerik’s testing tools division, […]

AppFirst, provider of a cloud-based application management solution, has announced the release of its new DevOps Dashboard, an application performance monitoring solution. The DevOps Dashboard provides all key roles within an organization with a clear, unified status view of infrastructure, applications and business metrics. AppFirst captures information collected from an entire application stack, and with […]

Online About 192 million U.S. consumers will shop online in 2016, up 15 percent from 167 million in 2012. Social Media Social media is affecting consumer actions. About 90 percent of consumers online trust recommendations from people they know; 70 percent trust opinions of unknown users. Demand Variability Fifty-three percent of chief supply chain officers […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – IBM announced that it is helping a range of global business leaders across major industries, such as Anheuser-Busch InBev, Bank of America, ConocoPhillips, Expedia.com, Office Depot, Radio Shack and Virgin Atlantic Airways, better connect with their customers. At the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit here, IBM said businesses are looking for new […]