Darryl K. Taft

Java, you’ve come a long way, baby. Twenty years ago when a skunk-works team at Sun Microsystems launched a project that begat the Oak language (later renamed Java), nobody had any idea it would become such a significant part of IT history. Today, Java is the programming language of choice for 9 million developers, and […]

Datameer Offers Its Take on 5 Pillars of Data Governance by Darryl K. Taft Democratized Data Access According to Datameer, there are five pillars of democratized data access: quality and consistency, policies and standards, security and privacy, compliance, and retention and archiving. Quality and Consistency Visual data profiling enables users to spot data outliers early […]

A federal judge this week entered a judgment against Terix, an IT maintenance and support provider, stipulating that the company must pay Oracle $57.7 million for unlawfully distributing Solaris software and related firmware. The judgment comes just about a month after Oracle settled with Maintech, another support services company and co-defendant to Terix, for $14 […]

Tales of Windows Server 2003 and Other Software Used Past Its Prime by Darryl K. Taft Windows for Workgroups “Believe it or not, my dentist’s office had one of its computers running Windows for Workgroups. Now, that was scary. When I saw it, I started to look around the office for an abacus.” Windows for […]

Most businesses will be software-driven in the next 36 months, according to a recent survey commissioned by CA Technologies. The global study, “The Battle for Competitive Advantage in the App Economy,” shows that 43 percent of those surveyed said becoming a software-driven enterprise is a critical driver of competitive advantage today, rising to 78 percent […]

Apple announced plans to open source its Swift programming language, a move that is sure to enhance the usage of the already popular language. At the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference 2015, Apple announced Swift 2.0, a new version of the language along with the plan to open source the technology later this year. Swift is […]

MapR Technologies, which provides a popular Apache Hadoop distribution, announced version 5.0 of its MapR Distribution. Introduced at the Hadoop Summit, the latest MapR release auto-synchronizes storage, database and search indices to support real-time applications. MapR 5.0 also includes comprehensive security auditing, Apache Drill support, and the latest Hadoop 2.7 and YARN features. “With the […]

IBM today announced plans to deliver its IBM High Performance Services for Electronic Design Automation (EDA). Big Blue designed the new cloud service, which will provide on-demand access to electronic design tools, in partnership with SiCAD, a Silicon Design Platform provider, with expertise in EDA, design flows, networking, security, platform development and cloud technologies. “The […]

The UK’s Minister for Universities and Science recently announced a partnership with IBM valued at 313 million British pounds – or about $479 million — to boost big data and cognitive computing research in the UK. Jo Johnson, Universities and Science Minister, said IBM’s partnership with the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) will […]

Why You Need to Test New Apps on the Right Mobile Device Mix By Darryl K. Taft All About Devices … Thirty percent of the market can be covered with 10 to 16 devices—including the Samsung Galaxy S5, iPhone 6 and HTC One M8—and are based on market adoption, market device leaders, reference devices and […]