Darryl K. Taft

IBM announced eight new social networking and collaboration mobile apps designed to address enterprise-class requirements on tablets. The new software, available for download today from popular application stores, takes IBM industry-leading social networking, real-time collaboration and online meeting capabilities from behind the company firewall and places it into the hands of tablet users. The new […]

In-App Purchase The Windows Store will support in-app purchases. This slide for Animoto shows how it works. Third-Party Payment The Metro-style app for eBay uses PayPal to manage transactions, mirroring the way eBay’s Website works today. Third-Party Transaction Platforms: Daily Telegraph Developers who want to use their own transaction platforms for in-app purchases can do […]

EMC announced its findings from a global survey of the data science community, which showed that only one-third of the companies polled are making effective use of data. The EMC survey covers the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, India and China, and it reveals and quantifies a rampant scarcity across the globe for […]

Informed Decision-Making Only one-third of respondents are very confident in their company’s ability to make business decisions based on new data. Looming Talent Shortage About 65 percent of data science professionals believe demand for data science talent will outpace the supply over the next five years, with a majority feeling that this supply will be […]

IBM signed a definitive agreement to acquire Curam Software, whose technology is designed to help governments improve the efficiency, effectiveness and accessibility of social programs for smarter cities. IBM did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Company officials said the Curam acquisition extends IBM’s Smarter Cities initiative with a new social element. Curam […]

Xamarin has announced the release of its Mono open-source .NET development platform for Android 4.0. Xamarin, a mobile application platform startup founded by Miguel de Icaza, Nat Friedman and Joseph Hill, today announced the availability of Mono for Android 4.0, the first release from Xamarin that allows C# developers to target Android tablet devices such […]

Four Keys The four technologies that emerged as keys for future success are business analytics, mobile, cloud and social business. Educating Watson According to the report, developers around the world believe the analytics capabilities in IBM’s Watson supercomputer will have the most transformative impact on the education industry. The health care industry came in a […]

As we head into 2012, enterprise developers will need to focus on some major themes, including the emergence of HTML5, “big data” and analytics, and Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). They should also continue to concentrate on Web, mobile and cloud development, and take advantage of advances in languages and integrated development environments (IDEs). HTML5 […]

Oracle announced a new version of its Java application server, Oracle WebLogic Server, 12c, which enables enterprises to better integrate cloud computing into their IT mix. As the center piece of Oracle’s Cloud Application Foundation, and a core part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware product family, Oracle WebLogic Server continues to deliver innovative capabilities for […]

Genuitec, maker of Java development tools and a founding member of the Eclipse Foundation, has announced its new Secure Delivery Center, which enables enterprises to manage all their Eclipse tooling under one system. In essence, the SDC takes the guesswork out of Eclipse-based tool management and removes management burdens from centralized IT organizations. Genuitec officials […]

Grand Prize: Tweet Hunt Tweet Hunt is a shooting gallery game powered by Twitter. To take out some of the most popular users on Twitter, you’ll have to get through their followers first. Take on @Snooki, @ConanObrien,??í@Shaq, @KatyPerry and many more in this shooter game. This entry came from RED Interactive Agency. Best Game: Conveyor […]

Adobe Systems announced an agreement to acquire Efficient Frontier, a leader in multichannel ad buying and optimization, to boost its presence in the advertising space. Adobe officials noted that the company’s solutions are central to how digital marketing and advertising is created, managed, executed, measured and optimized. The acquisition of Efficient Frontier will enhance that. […]