Darryl K. Taft

IBM has announced a host of new features and collaborations for its LinuxONE family of high-performance Linux systems, broadening its ecosystem and adding new platform support. The enhancements will enable organizations of all sizes to develop, deploy and manage applications for the cloud with robust security, IBM said. A key move to expand the LinuxONE […]

IBM today announced that storage systems and solutions provider Western Digital has acquired more than 100 IBM patents and that the two companies also have entered into a patent cross-license agreement. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The patent agreement with Western Digital is consistent with IBM’s commitment to licensing access to its patents […]

Despite another quarterly revenue slide, IBM sees a silver lining in its strategic imperatives as these key focus areas—cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security—show significant growth and indicate Big Blue is committed to succeeding in its transformation. In the fourth quarter of 2015, IBM saw its revenue decline 9 percent to $22.1 billion; however the […]

8 Reasons to Consider Open-Source Databases for Your Business Historically, costly commercial database systems dominated the data management landscape. But the adoption of open-source database systems is growing rapidly. Cost Savings When it comes to cost, proprietary systems don’t hold a candle to open-source systems. In the last decade, organizations have paid $4 million to […]

Progress Software this week delivered the latest release of its Telerik DevCraft suite, a .NET toolbox for Web, mobile and desktop development that introduces support for AngularJS 2, the popular JavaScript development framework. Developed by Google and refined with the help of the community, Angular 2 delivers enhancements to help developers produce highly responsive Web […]

When Microsoft’s Bing engineering team decided to speed up its cadence of delivering code into production, it set out on a journey toward agility that initiated with Continuous Delivery (CD) as a key destination. With a goal of trying to catch and surpass its closest leading competitor, the Bing team had to rethink the way […]

IBM today announced its acquisition of Ustream as well as the launch of the new IBM Cloud Video Services unit. San Francisco-based Ustream is a provider of cloud-based live video streaming services. The move will extend the IBM Cloud platform to help enterprise clients unlock the value of video, a rapidly evolving digital media and […]

NodeSource, a startup focused on promoting the use of Node.js in the enterprise, recently released version 1.2 of its N|Solid enterprise-grade Node.js platform. N|Solid delivers increased developer productivity, protection of critical applications and peak application performance. It also provides increased visibility into Node.js applications running at scale. Node.js is a development platform built on Google […]

IBM announced total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2015 of $22.1 billion, down 9 percent from the fourth quarter of 2014; and net income of $4.5 billion, compared with $5.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014, down 19 percent. However, the company made progress on its strategic imperatives, which IBM is counting on […]

IBM recently announced Dynamic Pricing, a new cloud-based offering for online retailers. Highlighted this week at the National Retail Federation’s Retail’s BIG Show, IBM Dynamic Pricing automatically recommends an online retailer’s best response to changes in performance data and market conditions as well as the latest competitor pricing information. The solution enables retailers to intelligently […]