Darryl K. Taft

The ongoing legal battle between Oracle and Google has come one step closer to a head, with the presiding judge setting a date for the trial to begin in March and ruling on several motions that give both sides mini victories. Jan. 4 was a busy day for the parties in the Oracle versus Google […]

Startup Chatty Solutions has announced the release of Chatty Apps, a hosted platform for the rapid development and deployment of mobile applications for three major platforms: iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Chatty Apps is an online development platform that brings mobile application development to power users. Indeed, empowered with the integrated building blocks of Chatty […]

Wind River, a maker of software for embedded and mobile systems, has announced the Wind River Solution Accelerators for Android, a series of software modules to help developers jumpstart their Android development and deliver new features and functionalities to their devices. The new Wind River Solution Accelerators for Android are available in three software modules: […]

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced Apache Hadoop 1.0, the open-source software framework for reliable, scalable, distributed computing. The Jan. 4 release marks a major milestone six years in the making, and has achieved the level of stability and enterprise-readiness to earn the 1.0 designation, Apache officials said. “In addition to the major security […]

IBM has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Green Hat, a maker of software quality and testing solutions for the cloud and other environments. IBM’s pending acquisition of Green Hat will give Big Blue additional capabilities to empower customers with cloud-based software testing. IBM already offers development and test cloud solutions for its customers and […]

Google has gobbled up another mess of IBM patents, this time for a variety of things including mobile devices and browser widgets. The SEO by the Sea blog found that Google acquired more than 217 patents from IBM at the end of 2011. Bill Slawski, author of the blog that focuses on search and SEO […]

Microsoft is preparing to give its cloud platform users the capability to run Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012, according to a report. The All About Microsoft blog reports that Microsoft is poised to enable customers to make virtual machines (VMs) persistent on Windows Azure and is slated to deliver a Community Technology […]

When IBM announced plans in 2004 to sell its PC division to Chinese systems maker Lenovo, the move was seen as controversial. However, Big Blue’s outgoing CEO Samuel Palmisano called the move successful and strategic to the tech giant. In an interview with The New York Times, Palmisano, discussed the $1.75 billion sale of IBM’s […]

As IBM enters 2012, the systems giant has announced a series of management changes focused on strengthening its sales, enhancing its presence in growth markets and bolstering its services business. In her first acts as CEO of IBM, Virginia Rometty announced the changes on Jan. 3 in a letter to employees. Rometty became IBM’s first […]

More than 300 million users now access Facebook via mobile devices, according to a recent report. The Next Web reports that as of Dec. 27, Facebook saw the number of monthly active users accessing its mobile applications pass the 300 million mark. TNW cited a report by Benedict Evans of Enders Analysis, which said that […]

2011: It was a very good year for IBM. I like to listen to the song, “It Was a Very Good Year” (mostly Sinatra’s and Lou Rawls’ versions), and that comes to mind here with the naming of Virginia Rometty to succeed Sam Palmisano as CEO come Jan. 1. IBM’s rendition might say: “When I […]

SMBs and the Global Economy SMBs account for $257 billion of the IT opportunity in 2011, or 59 percent of the total market, according to the IBM study. They are responsible for nearly 65 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP), representing more than 90 percent of all businesses and employing more than 90 […]