Darryl K. Taft

JetBrains, the maker of productivity-enhancing tools for software developers, has announced the release of WebStorm 4.0, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE) for JavaScript. New features in WebStorm 4.0 include HTML5 boilerplate and other Web application templates, easier JavaScript library scope configuration, smarter ordering of JavaScript completion options and custom code folding […]

Mashery, a provider of API management technology and services, has released Mashery API Packager, a new tool that lets business users quickly and easily create customized API access plans for partners, customers and developers€”without coding or IT configuration. With enterprises increasingly treating APIs as full-fledged products, business-side teams often require the power to customize API […]

After treating it as a footnote in a post on the upcoming Windows 8 editions earlier this week, Microsoft has shed more light on Windows 8 Enterprise. In an April 18 blog post, Erwin Visser, senior director of Windows at Microsoft, said Windows 8 Enterprise features include all the capabilities that customers get with Windows […]

Why Are We Here? Oracle’s opening slide asks: Why are we here? It cites an email from Google’s Tim Lindholm acknowledging Google’s need to get a license for Java&151;something Google never did. The Crown Jewel When Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, Thomas Kurian, executive vice president of product development, called Java the “crown jewel” […]

At the Microsoft Management Summit, the company shared an early look at some of the updates and new features it is working on for the next release of Windows Intune, along with news of other key Microsoft management technologies. At the event, Brad Anderson, corporate vice president of Microsoft€™s Management and Security Division, delivered a […]

At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, Adobe Systems released a report showing increased viewer acceptance of TV-like ad experiences on the Web. The Adobe report found high audience engagement with ads during live online events and mid-roll commercial breaks. The report also showed that users are the most actively engaged viewers when it […]

Following on the naming of its Windows 8 client editions, Microsoft has now officially named the next version of the server edition of Windows: Windows Server 2012. At the Microsoft Management Summit 2012 (MMS) in Las Vegas on April 17, Microsoft corporate vice president Brad Anderson talked about how Microsoft€™s private cloud offering will become […]

At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2012 conference, Microsoft announced new media services and guidance to better enable content providers and customers to tap into the power of cloud computing. Microsoft€™s new cloud-based Windows Azure Media Services makes creating, managing and delivering media to any device easier by providing a comprehensive set of ready-to-use […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced first-quarter 2012 profits of $3.1 billion, spurred by increases in software, services and growth markets. IBM€™s first-quarter net income of $3.1 billion when compared with $2.9 billion in the first quarter of 2011 represents an increase of 7 percent. Meanwhile, total revenue for the first quarter of 2012 of $24.7 billion […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Toshiba TEC Corp., a Japanese maker of point-of-sale systems, announced an agreement for Toshiba TEC to acquire IBM’s Retail Store Solutions (RSS) business, which offers POS solutions. Upon completion of the $850 million transaction, Toshiba TEC will offer hardware, software and integrated in-store solutions, and will team with IBM to bring […]