Darryl K. Taft

Booz Allen introduced its new Sailfish platform — an easy-to-use analytics system designed to help organizations analyze the massive amounts of data being generated today. Booz Allen officials said there is simply not enough data scientist talent to handle the immense amount of raw data coming in. Its Sailfish end-to-end data science solution is designed […]

IBM announced that it has once again topped the list of annual U.S. patent recipients, receiving 7,355 patents in 2015, marking its 23rdconsecutive year of patent leadership. IBM’s 2015 patent results represent a diverse range of inventions, including a strong and growing focus on cognitive solutions and the cloud platform as the company positions itself […]

Only 20 percent of organizations that have attempted to implement DevOps have fully deployed it, according to the results of a new global study, commissioned by CA Technologies. The research also found that these “advanced” DevOps adopters were more likely to report that their digital initiatives contributed to competitiveness, customer retention, and top- and bottom-line […]

9 Ways Elasticsearch Helps Us, From Dawn to Dusk Here’s a look at how we use Elasticsearch, a distributed, open-source search and analytics engine designed for scalability, reliability and easy management. The Guardian First thing in the morning, you’re checking what’s trending in the world, through the magic of “The Guardian’s” Ophan system based on […]

IBM and Ford announced they are partnering on a pilot platform that enables research scientists to analyze small bits of data – 10 or 15 seconds at a time – to spot patterns, correlations and trends, and to write code to make more efficient transportation decisions. The platform, known as the Ford Smart Mobility Experimentation […]

Progress in the Web platform standards such as HTML5 and in the latest versions of iOS and Android has made Web languages and tools more viable for a greater swath of enterprise apps, according to a recent IDC study. In a report titled “The Evolving State of Mobile Software Development,” IDC analyst Al Hilwa says […]

IBM and Pathway Genomics teamed up to create the Pathway Genomics OME app, a new personalized wellness application powered by IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system. The companies unveiled the new app at the Digital Health Summit at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 and launched a closed-alpha release of the solution. The Pathway Genomics OME […]

IBM is tapping its Watson cognitive computing platform to advance the company’s robotics initiatives, partnering with SoftBank Robotics Holdings to offer a version of Watson for SoftBank Robotics’ Pepper robots. IBM and SBRH will tap into data and knowledge across the Internet of things to enable Watson-powered Pepper to make sense of the hidden meaning […]

Cloudability, a cloud cost management provider, announced its acquisition of DataHero, a provider of self-service cloud business intelligence. Cloudability CEO Mat Elis said the acquisition positions his company to better meet the demands of its surging customer base in the rapidly growing cloud computing market. DataHero’s San Francisco location will become Cloudability’s first Bay Area […]

Google is switching from the implementation of Java in Android, based on Apache Harmony, to a new one based on Oracle’s OpenJDK. The reason for the replacement is a matter of debate among developers and industry observers, but most agree that there are technical benefits to the change. Still, many folks point to the Oracle […]