Darryl K. Taft

The platform-as-a-service space will be the next battleground for cloud service providers, as the infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service markets face commoditization, according to a study by Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan€™s new €œAsia-Pacific Platform as a Service Market 2011€ report shows that in that region the PaaS market is attracting considerable interest from businesses due […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) continues to work to improve its cloud computing strategy, offering new features and focus with each iteration and flavor. Most recently, IBM announced new software designed to improve data sharing and automate marketing and supply chain processes in the cloud. At its Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Madrid, IBM announced new cloud […]

Simple Code to Solve Complex Problems F# is expressive and concise, which allows developers to implement their algorithms more directly. This means less boilerplate; code becomes easier to read and maintain. F# Understands Your Data Thanks to F# type providers and query expressions, developers can easily access both data and its schema, turning the data […]

Despite an unsettling period surrounding its former CEO and the naming of a new one, Yahoo is looking ahead by making a splash into the browser world with its new Axis plug-in. Yahoo Axis aims to be smarter and faster than other browsers, the company said. The Axis plug-in enables users to enter their search, […]

The use of open-source software is clearly on the rise in the enterprise, as evidenced by the momentum of a key player offering a critical service for enterprise adoption of open source: open-source scanning. OpenLogic, a provider of open-source scanners, open-source governance solutions and community-backed open-source support for the data center and the cloud, today […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the completion of its acquisition of Varicent Software, a provider of analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. IBM has been on a buying spree of analytics software providers, with Varicent its latest acquisition. IBM also has been beefing up its commerce play with the company€™s Smarter Commerce strategy. Varicent’s […]

Microsoft, IBM and several other companies have joined forces to move the Open Data Protocol, also known as OData, to the OASIS standards body. As enterprises look for greater access to data across multiple platforms and devices, and cloud computing also plays a part in driving the need for a common approach to expose and […]

Two hot providers of testing and application performance management have teamed up to deliver Web performance insight from development to operations, bringing a unique approach to the concept of DevOps. SOASTA, a provider of cloud and mobile testing, and New Relic, a software as a service-based (SaaS-based) cloud application performance management provider, announced their partnership […]

After giving Oracle a bit of a win in round one of the case, a federal jury found in favor of Google in Round 2, absolving the search giant of infringing on Oracle€™s Java patents. The San Francisco jury unanimously said that Google did not infringe on two Java patents that Oracle had asserted in […]

As well-mannered and well-intentioned as she may be, Apple€™s Siri is not welcome at IBM€”at least not on the company€™s networks. According to an MIT Technology Review report, IBM has banned the use of Apple€™s Siri digital assistant on its networks because of security and privacy concerns. €œThe company worries that the spoken queries might […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has won a U.S. General Services Administration contract to develop and install advanced smart building technology in 50 of the federal government€™s highest energy-consuming buildings. This project is part of GSA€™s larger smart building strategy and will connect building management systems to a central cloud-based platform, improving efficiency and saving up to […]

Mozilla has introduced Mozilla Webmaker, a new effort to get the vast number of Web users involved in making the Web better by getting hands-on. In a May 22 post about the new project, Matt Thompson, Mozilla€™s communications director, said the goal of Mozilla Webmaker is to help millions of people move from using the […]