Darryl K. Taft

Tracelytics, a startup provider of next-generation application performance management (APM) software as a service (SaaS), announced the close of a $5.2 million Series A financing round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Existing seed investors Google Ventures, Battery Ventures and Flybridge Capital Partners also participated in the round. In the announcement today on Tracelytics’ blog, CTO […]

Keynote Prep Kevin Lynch, chief technology officer of Adobe, prepares for the opening keynote session of the Adobe Digital Marketing Summit 2012 on March 21 in Salt Lake City. Adobe introduced several innovations to its Digital Marketing Suite, including Adobe Social, predictive marketing and personalization. Leading the Digital Marketing Charge Shantanu Narayen, right, president and […]

Continuing its effort to increase its presence in so-called growth markets, IBM (NYSE: IBM) recently announced the opening of a new branch office in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. The move represents a part of the company’s continued geographic expansion across India. IBM also has made a concerted effort to increase its penetration into Africa. The Ludhiana […]

The U.S. Army has launched a prototype app store known as the Army Software Marketplace that will enable Army personnel to access apps for their smartphones and tablets. A recent article on www.army.mil, the official homepage of the United States Army, also reported by Engadget, said the newly launched Army Software Marketplace prototype delivers 12 […]

Facebook has acquired 750 patents from IBM in an attempt to help protect itself from lawsuits such as that leveled against the social networking giant earlier this month by Yahoo, according to a source cited in several published reports. In this ever more litigious technology business, those with the biggest portfolio of patents tend to […]

SALT LAKE CITY€” Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced new predictive marketing capabilities in its Adobe Digital Marketing Suite , reducing the complexity of uncovering hidden behavioral patterns in big data. Announced at the Adobe Digital Marketing Summit here, these advancements will help marketers more quickly sort through an increasing amount of data to find the […]

SALT LAKE CITY €” Movie and TV powerhouse Viacom announced the launch of “Surround Sound,” a new sales capability enabling advertisers to reach specific audiences with pinpoint accuracy on every digital platform of the company’s media networks. Viacom announced Surround Sound at the Adobe Digital Marketing Summit here. Viacom€™s networks include MTV, Nickelodeon and COMEDY […]

Amazon Web Services and Eucalyptus Systems, a provider of on-premises infrastructure as a service software, announced an agreement that enables customers to more efficiently migrate workloads between their existing data centers and AWS while using the same management tools and skills across both environments. Officials from both parties said as part of this agreement, AWS […]

Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced the release of Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta, a preview of the next release of the company€™s flagship digital-imaging product. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta is available as a free download from Adobe Labs. Adobe is encouraging customers to download the beta, try out the experience and provide feedback to the product […]

SALT LAKE CITY€”How do you measure the value of social media in driving Website traffic, engagement and revenue? Well, Adobe has some ideas on that. For its part, Adobe Systems announced findings from its second Adobe Digital Index report that helps give marketing, e-commerce and retail executives critical digital marketing insights into the value of […]