Darryl K. Taft

IBM has announced several enhancements to its XIV Storage System Gen3, including a new solid-state-drive (SSD) caching option that can increase system performance by up to three times, and a new Apple iPhone app that lets users monitor their XIV storage environment from virtually anywhere. The IBM XIV SSD Caching option provides up to 6TB […]

IBM has announced that it has worked with Tulip Telecom to design and help build the largest data center facility in India to deliver new cloud and networking services. Tulip Telecom is a leading telecommunications network and data service provider in India. Its services reach more than 2,000 cities and towns throughout India. IBM€™s data […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a reduction in price for its Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), effective Feb. 1. In a Feb. 6 blog post, Amazon Web Service evangelist Jeff Barr announced a new series of price reductions for the S3 service, noting that AWS continues to innovate on its customers€™ behalf to […]

ActiveState, a provider of software development environments for dynamic language programmers, has announced version 7 of its Komodo integrated development environment (IDE), for Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, Web and cloud development. ActiveState, which prides itself on its ability to deliver software to help developers and enterprises to innovate from code to cloud smarter, faster […]

AT&T took the top spot in a recent survey asking which vendors deliver the best mobile application development and testing services, according to IDC. In the survey involving 350 U.S. respondents, International Data Corp. asked enterprise users about their perceptions of vendors who offer services in mobile application development (AD) and mobile testing services for […]

IT industry pioneer Philippe Kahn is set to star in a Super Bowl advertisement during the big game Sunday evening. Kahn, who founded software tools powerhouse Borland International and other concerns, is slated to take part in a Best Buy spot focusing on tech innovators during the Super Bowl. The Best Buy Super Bowl commercial […]

If Eli Manning doesn’t beat Tom Brady on the field on Super Bowl Sunday, he has at least thus far won the battle of public sentiment, according to an analysis of Twitter traffic by IBM. In a joint effort with the University of Southern California’s (USC) Annenberg Innovation Lab, IBM used its analytics software to […]

Microsoft is making it easier for C++ programmers to take advantage of the computing power in graphics processing units (GPUs) with a new, open specification called C++ AMP. The software giant announced the new specification at its GoingNative 2012 event on Feb. 3, which focused on C++ development. Microsoft officials said developers have been seeking […]

Adobe’s new cloud initiative aimed at creative professionals, known as Adobe Creative Cloud, will go live this spring. Adobe announced the Adobe Creative Cloud at its MAX 2011 conference last October. In an interview, Heidi Voltmer, director of product marketing for Web and interactive solutions at Adobe, told eWEEK the Creative Cloud would go live […]

CSS: Background-Image OptionsThe background-image property sets the background image for an element. The background of an element is the total size of the element, including padding and border (but not the margin). By default, a background-image is placed at the top-left corner of an element, and repeated both vertically and horizontally. CSS: Border-Radius According to […]

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, has announced that Greg Kroah-Hartman is joining the organization as a fellow. Kroah-Hartman is among a small and distinguished group of software developers who maintain Linux at the kernel level, foundation officials said. In his role as Linux Foundation fellow, Kroah-Hartman will […]

AccuRev, a maker of tools for managing the software development process, has released a platform that integrates the open-source Git revision control system with commercial enterprise configuration management systems. AccuRev’s new Kando, an enterprise security and compliance platform for Git, complements the open-source software configuration management (SCM) tool with its own functionality, enabling organizations using […]