Darryl K. Taft

SAN FRANCISCO-Marissa Mayer, vice president of search product and user experience at Google, gave developers some insight into how things are done at Google and offered advice on how to approach building compelling Web applications and services. In a keynote address May 29, Mayer shared insights and observations she’s had since joining the company in […]

Engine Yard and New Relic are teaming up to push the Ruby on Rails development technology in the enterprise. Engine Yard, which provides a Ruby on Rails deployment platform, and New Relic, which offers a Rails application performance management solution, announced a partnership May 27 to boost the technology’s adoption in the enterprise. As part […]

Microsoft has officially opened registration for its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) to be held Oct. 27-30 in Los Angeles. Tim O’Brien, senior director of Microsoft platforms, said Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, will keynote the event and Windows 7 also will make an appearance. O’Brien said considerable focus will be placed on services and […]

SAN FRANCISCO-At the Google I/O developer conference here, Google plans to announce new open sign-ups, pricing plans and APIs for the Google App Engine. Google App Engine enables developers to build their Web applications on the same infrastructure that powers Google’s own apps, and now developers looking to create highly scalable Web applications can sign […]

The Google I/O developer conference this week is expected to focus on three main areas you might call the three C’s: cloud, client and connectivity. “This is the year Google comes into its own with our developer programs,” Vic Gundotra, Google’s vice president of engineering, said in an interview with eWEEK. Those are big words […]

Google will hold its second major software developer conference May 28 and 29, delivering a host of new technology, services and advice for developers around the Google platform. Among the new technology expected to be delivered at the event in San Francisco, known as Google I/O, will be a new version of the GWT (Google […]

What if Microsoft had picked a different Chief Software Architect (CSA) to succeed Bill Gates? Word is they almost did. Yep, a full two years before getting cozy with Ray Ozzie. Indeed, sources said Bill Gates pursued IBM’s Grady Booch to take the job as CSA at Microsoft, but Booch apparently turned the offer down […]

Coverity is expected to announce its acquisition of Codefast, a software build management solution provider, on May 27. Codefast will be the first acquisition by Coverity, which focuses on automatically improving software quality and security in C/C++ and Java applications. Coverity officials said the Codefast technology will be enhanced to take advantage of Coverity’s Software […]

When it comes to what developers want, Evans Data does its best to find out. And Evans says what developers want in an integrated development environment is best provided by IBM. That’s right, Big Blue. Just in time for its Rational Software Development Conference, IBM gained top ranking in an Evans Data survey on IDE […]

What’s the matter with Ruby and Ruby on Rails for building large, scalable applications? According to the folks at Engine Yard, absolutely nothing. San Francisco-based Engine Yard, which provides a hosting environment for Rails applications, is actively working to prove that Ruby is a viable language for and Ruby on Rails is a totally viable […]

As a baseball fan, I was pleased to hear the recent news that William H. “Bill” Neukom, former chief counsel at Microsoft during the company’s formative years, will be assuming the role of managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants. I met Mr. Neukom several years ago when he would visit Washington to put […]