Darryl K. Taft

Splunk, a provider of software that collects, indexes and harnesses the machine-generated big data coming from Websites, applications, servers, networks and mobile devices, recently announced the general availability of new software development kits for Java and Python. The Splunk SDKs for Java, JavaScript, PHP and Python are built on a REST API and include documentation, […]

Acer Iconia W510-1422 The Acer Iconia W510-1422 is a strong Windows 8 tablet for work. Using it in conventional tablet mode, customers can navigate Websites, games and more on the 10.1-inch touch-screen. Customers can use it in productivity mode by connecting the keyboard dock to the tablet and to get a longer battery life of […]

IBM has updated its IBM Security Access Manager to deliver a solution with stronger security for Web, cloud and mobile environments. The new release, known as ISAM 7.0, is now available as an appliance, IBM said in a recent blog post. ISAM 7.0—no, not the old Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) for mainframes—is a scalable […]

IBM recently announced that ARBURG GmbH + Co KG, a German manufacturer of injection-molding machines used to make plastic products, reduced its energy consumption for servers by 80 percent and for storage by 25 percent with its new IBM infrastructure. In collaboration with IBM, ARBURG upgraded to the new IBM zEnterprise 114 mainframe to drive […]

Though somewhat long-in-the-tooth and seemingly past its prime for some uses, the Ada programming language has reached a new milestone as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has approved Ada 2012 as a standard. The Ada Resource Association (ARA) and Ada-Europe on Dec. 18 announced the approval and publication of the latest version of the […]

IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire StoredIQ, a provider of solutions for handling unstructured enterprise data. Financial terms of the deal to acquire the privately held Austin, Texas-based software company were not disclosed. However, the move bolsters IBM’s big data analytics initiatives by expanding Big Blue’s Information Lifecycle Governance (ILG) suite, which […]

Windows 8 Launches Around the World In October, the world met Windows 8. The vibrant, reimagined new version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system is off to a strong start. In late November, Tami Reller, chief marketing officer and chief financial officer of the Windows Division, announced, “We have sold 40 million licenses so far.” “Bold,” […]

IBM has announced its annual look at a handful of innovations that will affect the lives of human beings over the next five years, the so-called “5 in 5,” which includes some novel ideas that are just about within reach for mainstream use. This year marks the seventh annual “IBM 5 in 5,” which IBM […]

Tasktop Technologies, creator of Eclipse Mylyn and provider of application lifecycle management (ALM) integration solutions, has announced that its Tasktop Sync 2.5 provides full support for Rational Team Concert (RTC) 4.0. Officials at Vancouver, B.C.-based Tasktop said the company provides the de facto industry standard for integrating increasingly heterogeneous ALM tool stacks with improved data […]

Will Xamarin’s new tool Xamarin.Mac help boost the use of Microsoft’s C# for building mobile applications? Well, Xamarin certainly hopes its technology for building Mac apps with C# will do just that. And to a lesser extent, Microsoft is probably somewhat positive on the new technology itself, as it gives C# developers another outlet for […]