Darryl K. Taft

Quant5, a provider of predictive marketing software as a service (SaaS) solutions for small and midsize businesses (SMB), announced the release of its new Predictive Marketing Dashboard. Quant5’s new dashboard provides a view of key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor, rate, and predict the performance of marketing, sales and product management initiatives. This new release […]

Microsoft reported fiscal third-quarter revenues of $20.49 billion and profits of $6.06 billion, up 18 percent and 19 percent, respectively, over the same quarter a year ago. Ironically, the software giant achieved these numbers in spite of a slump in PC sales, as revenues from the company’s Windows division rose to $5.7 billion–a 23 percent […]

IBM failed to meet Wall Street estimates for its first quarter 2013 earnings, with net income coming in at $3 billion–down 1 percent from the same period a year ago. Big Blue’s revenues for the quarter were $23.4 billion, down 5 percent from the same period last year and short of analyst estimates of $24.7 […]

EclipseSource, a provider of software development tools for Eclipse users, has announced the release of Tabris 1.0 for mobile cross-platform development. With the explosion of mobile apps, developers are looking to cash in on the opportunity to deliver apps to an increasing pool of users that are always looking for the next new thing. With […]

HP’s Autonomy: 10 Ways It’s Contributing to HP’s Software Story by Darryl K. Taft New HP Autonomy GM Brings Fresh Vision, Deep Experience Robert Youngjohns, who took the helm of HP Autonomy just seven months ago, is focusing the HP Autonomy teams on making customer success the heart of everything the company does; building products […]

Xamarin, a maker of cross-platform mobile application development tools, has announced the Xamarin Test Cloud, an automated user interface testing service that enables mobile developers to easily test their apps on hundreds of mobile devices. Xamarin, which boasts some 300,000 developers, made the announcement at its Xamarin Evolve 2013 event in Austin, Texas, April 16. […]

While Hewlett-Packard continues to wrestle with how to handle Autonomy, its $11.3 billion 2011 acquisition, the systems, software and services provider has pledged its ongoing support for the big data wrangling entity. As eWEEK’s Jeffrey Burt recently reported, despite unexpected baggage, Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman reportedly sees Autonomy as an important part of the company’s […]

IBM’s Flash Storage Play: Inside Big Blue’s Move by Darryl K. Taft IBM Launches Flash Systems At an event in New York City, IBM launched new FlashSystem appliances and announced plans to invest heavily in boosting the use of flash technology. IBM’s Ed Walsh Sets the Tone Ed Walsh, IBM’s vice president of storage systems […]

IBM announced that the states of Arkansas and South Carolina are both using IBM Smarter Cities solutions to deliver services to constituents by tapping into IBM’s big data wrangling capabilities. Big Blue announced on April 12 that the state of South Carolina has selected IBM to help modernize its statewide Medicaid eligibility system, transforming the […]

NEW YORK—IBM announced a strategic initiative to drive flash technology further into the enterprise to help organizations better tackle the mounting challenges of big data and beyond. At an April 11 launch event here, IBM announced its new FlashSystem line of flash-based storage appliances, pledging to funnel $1 billion in investment into research and development […]