Darryl K. Taft

A week after announcing plans to acquire Rally Software to enhance its Agile tools portfolio, CA Technologies today announced it has acquired Grid-Tools, a provider of enterprise test data management, automated test design and optimization software solutions. With the addition of Grid-Tools, along with Rally, CA has beefed up its portfolio to provide a delivery […]

When it comes to cloud computing, IBM is on a mission that continued today with the acquisition of Blue Box Group, a Seattle-based managed private cloud provider built on OpenStack. The move accelerates IBM’s open cloud strategy by making it easier for customers to move to data and applications across clouds and adopt hybrid cloud […]

MongoDB World Highlights NoSQL Databases in the Enterprise by Darryl K. Taft MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria Dev Ittycheria, president and CEO of MongoDB, said the company is poised to become the “new default” database as enterprises realize the potential of its NoSQL offering above traditional relational databases. AXA AXA, a MongoDB customer, used MongoDB to […]

With a nod to enterprises with established business intelligence (BI) processes, MongoDB today announced a new connector for BI and visualization that connects MongoDB to industry-standard BI and data visualization tools. MongoDB’s connector is designed to work with every SQL-compliant data analysis tool on the market, including Tableau, SAP Business Objects, Qlik and IBM Cognos […]

Data Breach Costs Hitting Record Levels by Darryl K. Taft A 23 Percent Increase in Total Cost The Ponemon survey notes that the average consolidated total cost of a data breach is $3.8 million, representing a 23 percent increase since 2013. “Based on our field research, we identified three major reasons why the cost keeps […]

NEW YORK—MongoDB beat out NoSQL databases in a recent benchmark study that measured performance and scalability in real-world deployments, as it aims to become the new default database option for enterprises. At the MongoDB World 2015 conference here, MongoDB announced that United Software Associates, an independent benchmarking and performance testing organization, delivered results of its […]

IBM unveiled 20 new industry-specific offerings to deliver behavior-based predictive analytics to various industries. The new solutions with pre-built predictive analytics capabilities will make it easier and faster for companies across industries like retail, banking, telecommunications, insurance and others to find and act on business insights. This first set of solutions addresses the needs of […]

CA Technologies today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rally Software, a provider of Agile development software and services, for approximately $480 million in a move that helps round out CA’s portfolio. The acquisition of Rally is a strategic move that bears out CA’s continuing focus on Agile development and DevOps. The […]

Xamarin and IBM today announced a new interoperability feature across the Xamarin cross-platform mobile development environment and IBM’s MobileFirst portfolio. It enables enterprise developers to build more secure mobile applications. Xamarin said interoperability with IBM MobileFirst Protect enables enterprises to more securely deploy, manage and monitor business applications. IBM MobileFirst Protect, formerly IBM MaaS360, is […]

How IBM Commerce Solutions Drive Customer Engagement by Darryl K. Taft Care.com Intro In April, IBM announced that it is collaborating with Care.com, which focuses on finding and managing family care. Care.com’s goal: to reach the 47 percent of consumers that fall within the Sandwich Generation (which simultaneously cares for aging parents and small children) […]