Darryl K. Taft

IBM today announced a set of new services for its Bluemix Platform as a Service (PaaS), including a set of Eclipse tools for Bluemix. IBM has tirelessly been building up its portfolio of Bluemix services to include support for several of the most popular open-source development tools, frameworks and services, along with internal IBM technology […]

Facebook announced it is open-sourcing its Hack Codegen library for generating Hack code and writing it into signed files that prevent undesired modifications. Hack is a programming language Facebook developed for its HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) that interoperates with PHP. Hack reconciles the fast development cycle of PHP with the discipline provided by static typing, […]

MapR Technologies, a provider of big data solutions based on Apache Hadoop, has announced the availability of the MapR Distribution product in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. MapR on AWS provides enterprises with another quick and easy way to execute big data projects in the AWS Cloud. The MapR solution in AWS Marketplace provides a […]

Micro Focus, which provides enterprise application modernization and maintenance solutions, announced that its Micro Focus Visual COBOL solution now supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. Introduced in 1959 as a programming language for building business systems, COBOL remains viable today. Organizations around the globe remain committed to COBOL applications despite continuously changing business requirements and market […]

Google announced the release of Go 1.5, the sixth major stable release of the company’s programming language, which brings much improved garbage collection along with several other enhancements. Russ Cox, a principal engineer at Google and one of the two tech leads on the Google Go project, said there are four major new features or […]

AnyPresence, which provides mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) solutions, has announced it is expanding beyond the MBaaS to accelerate API development and management, support IT-governed app initiatives, and enable app ecosystems for the Internet of Things (IoT). Reston, Va.-based AnyPresence claims that it now offers a comprehensive set of capabilities to help enterprises bring […]

Seven Tips for Setting Up Self-Service IT Businesses can save big by helping customers and employees help themselves when it comes to high-volume, low-risk requests that eat up precious staff time. Build a Knowledge Base The No. 1 thing about self-service is giving people the option to solve a problem themselves. Ninety-one percent of users […]

Apiary, which provides API testing services, announced it has received $6.8 million in Series A funding as it also launched a new API testing service. The latest round of funding, led by Flybridge Capital Partners with participation from Baseline Ventures and Credo Ventures. Apiary had previously raised $1.6 million, bringing the total to $8.4 million […]

MongoDB today announced it has extended its partnership with IBM by announcing plans to offer support for MongoDB’s products on IBM z Systems mainframe computers. The announcement comes as IBM has launched LinuxONE, a new portfolio of hardware, software and services solutions based on the z Systems mainframe that is designed for enterprise-grade Linux applications. […]

CA Technologies today announced it has joined the Linux Foundation’s Open Mainframe Project to advance the adoption of Linux on the mainframe. CA officials said the company is a founding Platinum member of the project, which is designed to create a collaborative environment among top industry leaders and academic institutions to drive both improvements and […]