Darryl K. Taft

Black Duck Names Open-Source Rookies of the Year The 2015 Open-Source Rookies class reflects three technologies shaping the future of open-source software: Docker containers, open collaboration and AI. Rocket.Chat Rocket.Chat is an open-source Web chat platform built for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service. It offers an array of features […]

Dear Network: Remember Just How Lucky You Are SolarWinds asked network administrators in its Thwack community to ‘write’ to their networks expressing why they’re lucky to have them attending to their needs. Work on Vacation Dear Network, Are you lucky to have me? That’s an understatement. I even solve the issues you create when I’m […]

IBM has launched a global corporate citizenship program, IBM Health Corps, to help tackle public health challenges by working with health organizations around the world. Big Blue plans to apply its strengths in analytics and cognitive computing to address health challenges globally, also deploying some of the company’s best problem-solving teams. “We believe the next […]

Six Considerations for Choosing the Right Analytics Solution We examine key factors to keep in mind when choosing an analytics solution that will help provide fast time to market and drive high adoption. Incorporate a Modern, Intuitive User Experience Depending on your needs, specific functionalities such as end-user data mash-ups, advanced data visualizations, and an […]

DataStax, a provider of database software for cloud applications, announced survey results that show an increasing demand for NoSQL database experts, particularly those trained on Apache Cassandra. With its database platform based on Cassandra, DataStax has a vested interest in the success and popularity of the hot NoSQL platform. Cassandra was built by Facebook and […]

Adobe today announced a preview of Adobe Experience Design CC (Adobe XD), the company’s user experience (UX) design and prototyping solution formerly known as Project Comet. Adobe first demonstrated Project Comet at its Adobe MAX conference in October. The tool is aimed at design and development shops that are tasked with turning out a constantly […]

IBM and Datawatch, a maker of self-service data preparation and visualization tools, have teamed up to help users quickly gain insight from structured and unstructured data using Datawatch Monarch and IBM’s Watson Analytics and Cognos Analytics. As part of the partnership, IBM will resell Datawatch Monitor, which enables so-called citizen analysts by making it easy […]

Like Pi, Cyber-Threats Never Cease: Here Are 5 Ways to Combat Them Cyber-threats have a number of things in common with pi: They never cease, are not predictable and the only “sure thing” is that they are always changing. Here are tips for dealing with threats. Don’t Be Irrational; Create Acceptable-Use Policies To prevent breaches […]

Despite being among the leaders of the digital revolution, software developers apparently are just as concerned as workers in other fields that automation and technological advances could, at some point, endanger their jobs, according to a recent Evans Data survey. Indeed, the Evans Data study indicates that developers fear that their own obsolescence will be […]

Continuing with the global expansion of its cloud business, IBM this week announced a new cloud data center in South Africa as well as a new cloud partnership with an Indonesian telecommunications and services provider. Big Blue opened a new IBM Cloud Data Center in Johannesburg, South Africa to support cloud adoption and customer demand […]

As a participant in the API economy, Capital One has seen firsthand how much the creation and exchange of application programming interfaces (APIs) can be beneficial to a company’s application building. That is why Capital One has launched a new developer portal, Capital One DevExchange. With a tagline of “Powerful APIs that go beyond banking,” […]

IBM and the Ponemon Institute this week released a new study showing that cyber security is finally receiving attention from the C-Suite, but application security remains a weak point in many organizations in terms of budgets, priority and strategy. The new study, How to Make Application Security a Strategically Managed Discipline, available here, reports that […]