Darryl K. Taft

IBM is expanding the footprint of its Bluemix cloud platform in China with the help of internet data center services provider 21Vianet Group, a key partner in the country. With this move, IBM is further extending its cloud services to China’s developers and incorporating blockchain, the internet of things (IoT) and other data services on […]

Black Duck, a provider of solutions for managing and securing open-source software, has formed a new Open Source Security Research Group in Northern Ireland with headquarters in Belfast. The new Northern Ireland group is part of Black Duck’s global Center for Open Source Research and Innovation (COSRI), which is based at the company’s Burlington, Mass., […]

6 Industries in Which Virtual Reality Is Changing the Game Virtual reality will significantly change how we communicate with one another and experience our everyday lives. We examine six industries apt to see a major impact from VR. Gaming Gaming has always led the charge for VR, creating those initial and powerful consumer experiences of […]

IBM’s Watson Health unit and Quest Diagnostics have teamed up to deliver the first commercial offering from Watson for Genomics—IBM Watson Genomics from Quest Diagnostics. The new IBM Watson for Genomics service is aimed at helping oncologists generate more individualized plans and deliver more personal cancer treatment for patients based on genomic sequencing. The service […]

Although IBM’s third-quarter 2016 revenue was basically flat when compared with the same period a year ago, Big Blue saw significant improvement in its “strategic imperatives” plays. In addition, IBM exceeded analyst estimates for both its earnings per share (EPS) and revenues. Wall Street analysts projected EPS of $3.23 and IBM delivered $3.29. Likewise, analysts […]

Microsoft has developed a new Cloud Services Due Diligence Checklist to better enable customers to make better cloud procurement decisions, as more and more organizations are looking to migrate workloads to the cloud. Despite the benefits of cloud computing being clear, many organizations struggle with the process of contracting with and managing cloud service providers—particularly […]

Building on its internal research and development as well as strategic acquisitions over the last several years, IBM introduced a new IBM Cloud Object Storage series of services. The new offerings provide storage-as-a-service solutions for hybrid clouds, IBM said. The new IBM Cloud Object Storage service uses core technology attained in IBM’s acquisition of Cleversafe. […]

The number of software developers actively developing in the cloud has reached more than 5.4 million as of this year, according to a recent study by Evans Data Corp. Evans Data, which provides market intelligence on a variety of developer-related issues including overall population and popular tools and methodologies, also found that the number of […]

Although IT leaders claim security is critical to their business, many are also willing to sacrifice it to turn out products faster, according to a recent study from CA Technologies. The CA study, entitled “The Security Imperative: Driving Business Growth in the App Economy,” showed that 68 percent of IT leaders surveyed they “sometimes compromise […]

Stack Overflow, a popular online community for developers, has announced Developer Story, a new feature that overhauls the traditional resume to better highlight developer strengths. Developer Story enables developers to highlight the accomplishments most important to them. It is targeted at helping both programmers and employers by giving hiring managers a different view of potential […]