Darryl K. Taft

ORLANDO, Fla.—At the PartnerWorld Leadership Conference here, IBM today debuted a newly redesigned IBM PartnerWorld program and digital experience that expands on its commitment to help IBM business partners deliver higher value to businesses and organizations in the cloud and cognitive era. IBM CEO Ginni Rometty was on hand at the event to tell partners […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—IBM continues to prove that the mainframe is very much still alive and well, this time by announcing a new mainframe that delivers the security of data encryption without slowing down system performance to midsize organizations. The new system, the IBM z13s, is optimized for hybrid cloud environments and can help secure information and […]

IBM has announced that the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has authorized the company to deliver IBM Cloud services at the highest security levels—known as Impact Level 5—for Controlled Unclassified Information as defined by the U.S. Department of Defense. The DISA authorization enables DoD agencies to take advantage of IBM’s cloud offerings to support […]

A Glimpse at the Future of Containers in the Enterprise As interest in containers continues to grow, industry experts gathered at the Container Summit to discuss the technology and its outlook for the future. CNCF This group of prominent cloud native proponents and container heads spoke about the future of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation […]

Putting IBM’s Watson Analytics to Work—From Law to Universities More than 1 million users have signed up for IBM’s Watson Analytics since its launch. We highlight several examples of how the service is being put to use. MinterEllison One of the Asia-Pacific region’s largest multinational law firms, MinterEllison is using Watson Analytics to identify new […]

NEW YORK—Rackspace today announced the release of Rackspace Private Cloud powered by Red Hat, which delivers OpenStack private clouds-as-a-service using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. Announced at the Rackspace::Solve event here, the new offering expands the Rackspace OpenStack-as-a-service product portfolio, further extending the company’s strategy to deliver reliable and easy-to-use OpenStack private and […]

IT and business professionals in the United States and Europe understand the value of adopting a digital business model but struggle to find the best way to accomplish digital transformation, according to the findings of a new survey from Unisys and IDG. The digital business model represents the convergence of social technology, cloud, mobility, data […]

Looker, which provides a data exploration and business intelligence platform for businesses, today announced support for Presto and Spark SQL as well as updates to its support for Impala and Hive. Looker enables enterprises to describe, define and analyze the data where it lives, which cuts down on the time, expertise and cost of moving […]

6 Industries Experiencing Digital Connectivity’s Dramatic Effects ‘Now’ is the new standard for business, and digital connectivity is key. We look at six industries the digital revolution will dramatically affect in 2016. Technology Sensors, real-time applications and digital connectivity are driving a massive upheaval for the entire tech industry. Connected devices, sensors and real-time applications […]

In an effort to help increase its own talent pool and the global developer community, Progress Software today launched Progress Academy, an education program to help new developers quickly acquire application development skills. The program is aimed at helping aspiring developers attain skills to use Progress OpenEdge for enterprise-class application development. The announcement was made […]