Darryl K. Taft

ORLANDO, Fla. — Knowing the value of a handshake in closing a deal, IBM established a world record for the longest handshake as it announced new services to help its C-level customers win new business for themselves in the digital era. At the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit 2012 here, IBM called on the 2,380 […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – IBM is trying to make it easier for the marketing department and IT to play better together to help organizations better reach their customers and constituents through more direct interaction, among other things. At its IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit here, Big Blue announced new software and services designed to help chief […]

The Apache Software Foundation has released version 6.0 of Apache Wicket, an open-source component-based Java Web application framework. Apache Wicket 6.0 is the latest version of the Java component-oriented Web framework used by thousands of development shops around the world, including an array of large and small organizations such as Symantec, Walmart, Vegas.com, email provider […]

Toilet Paper At least one respondent to the survey listed toilet paper as what comes to mind when they think of the cloud or cloud computing. The folks at Kruger Products, maker of White Cloud bath tissue, must be doing a bang-up marketing job. Pillow At least one respondent to the survey listed a pillow […]

1990 IBM becomes the official IT provider of the US Open, one of four tournaments in professional tennis’ Grand Slam. 1995 IBM hosts the first official tournament Website, USOpen.org. 2001 IBM and the USTA start using Linux to manage traffic on the USOpen.org site. 2005 IBM delivers a virtual court experience that allows fans to […]

Adobe Systems announced that Adobe Pass, a key component of Adobe’s Project Primetime, has already established itself as an industry leader in TV Everywhere services. Used to authenticate the live streaming of NBC Olympics coverage, Adobe Pass is now supporting more than 40 sites and mobile apps from 25 top programmers. Adobe Pass is integrated […]

The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), an organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on systems management standards development, validation, promotion and adoption, has announced the release of the new Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI) specification. DMTF officials said the new specification standardizes interactions between cloud environments to achieve interoperable cloud infrastructure management between […]

Google has announced some new features-namely batch and Excel query support-that enable users to do more with their data using the Google BigQuery data analytics service. Google officials said they realize big data is a big challenge for businesses and developers. There is a ton of information captured every day, but how do you effectively […]

For the first time, The Washington Post is making its APIs available for programmers with the launch of “Powered by The Post,” a portal featuring open APIs from news organization. Developers will be able to create their own unique applications using data vetted or published by The Post, such as presidential speeches, White House visits, […]

Parasoft, a maker of software development and testing tools, has announced that the API to its Development Testing platform is now available. Parasoft’s Development Testing platform features a policy-driven process, and developers can use the API to more rapidly integrate any software development lifecycle (SDLC) tools to further extend the process visibility and control provided […]