Darryl K. Taft

Lucidworks, a provider of enterprise search solutions, announced the release of Fusion 2.0, the latest version of its flagship product that delivers integration with Apache Spark and provides search-based analytics. Fusion 2.0 provides an organization with access to a streamlined, consumer-like search experience with enterprise-grade speed and scalability. The new release integrates Lucidworks’ Fusion with […]

Welltok, an IBM Watson partner, and Healthy Dining, a provider of restaurant industry nutrition information, have announced a partnership dedicated to contributing to a healthier America. Welltok is the creator of the CaféWell Health Optimization Platform that guides and provides incentives for consumers to optimize their health. Through its collaboration with Healthy Dining, Welltok’s CaféWell […]

Although the tech economy is currently booming, the number of software startups has declined over the last five years or so, according to a study by Evans Data. The rate at which new companies have started up in the last five years is significantly lower in North America than it was in the past, according […]

Though IBM saw its cloud revenue grow by more than 70 percent in the second quarter of 2015, the company also experienced declines in both revenues and net income over the quarter as it continues to shift its focus to higher value business. IBM’s second-quarter net income was $3.5 billion, down 17 percent from $4.3 […]

With demand for Node.js applications on the rise, NodeSource, which is committed to delivering enterprise-grade Node.js software, recently announced the availability of N|Support, an enterprise support offering to meet the demand of small, midsize and large companies looking to integrate Node.js into their IT infrastructure. Node.js is a development platform built on Google Chrome’s JavaScript […]

Microsoft announced the release of Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 4.6, the latest version of its flagship developer toolset and framework that deliver on the company’s cross-platform aspirations. Last November, Microsoft announced plans to become all things to all developers by taking its .NET framework cross-platform to support Linux and Mac environments, and to deliver […]

IBM’s Watson Services Power the Cognitive Computing Era Darryl K. Taft IBM Speech-to-Text Service The Speech to Text service vastly improves the accuracy of speech-recognition technology, providing more opportunity to discover previously hidden insights in conversational, human-to-human speech. In addition to providing natural speech interfaces to applications, the API can be used to produce transcripts […]

Appery, the maker of Appery.io, a low-code platform for rapid development of cross device applications, announced that it is integrating Drifty’s Ionic SDK with Appery.io to enable developers to build hybrid mobile apps with the same user experience of a native application. The Ionic SDK is an HTML5 hybrid app development SDK that empowers developers […]

IBM has taken its Watson cognitive computing technology to various industry segments and now is taking it to the Middle East and North Africa with the help of Mubadala Development Company. Mubadala is an Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company that is working with IBM to bring IBM Watson to the Middle East and North […]

Eight Key Facts About Email Security in the Enterprise by Darryl K. Taft How Much Are We Using Email? For the majority of employees, more time is spent using email than any other application. The average employee sends and receives 110 emails per day and spends approximately two-and-a-half hours per day using email (according to […]