Darryl K. Taft

Building on a partnership that extends back to NASA’s inception and helped put the first man on the moon, IBM and NASA are collaborating on a global code-a-thon where developers will be tasked with building solutions that bolster space exploration missions and help to improve life on Earth. IBM announced that it will provide its […]

Black Duck Software has announced a new open source security platform that helps security and development teams find and fix open source vulnerabilities. The Black Duck Hub helps users identify open source components used within their code, identify known security vulnerabilities, and triage, schedule, and track remediation. “Most companies do not have an automated mechanism […]

The .NET Foundation has named Martin Woodward executive director of the organization overseeing the open-sourcing of the .NET Framework. Woodward, currently principal program manager for Open Source, Cross-Platform Development and Git at Microsoft, will remain an employee of at the company, where he has been involved in the open-source world for some time. Woodward came […]

IBM launched a new cloud unit earlier this year to focus its activities and bring the company’s overall cloud strategy under one leader as Big Blue takes aim at more established competitors, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft. IBM’s claim to fame is its expertise in the enterprise, and the company is hoping […]

A recent Evans Data study shows that there are more female software developers at work today than in the last 15 years. Despite a relative paucity of women in technology, in particular those who code, the number of females in software development has more than doubled since first being measured in 2001, according to Evans […]

IBM and China Telecom announced a partnership to accelerate enterprise mobility in Chinese businesses by tapping the IBM MobileFirst Platform for iOS. Big Blue said joint IBM/China Telecom customers will benefit from the IBM MobileFirst Platform for iOS to build, integrate and secure made-for-business enterprise apps that will be hosted on China Telecom’s cloud. The […]

IBM announced the availability of Verse, its new social messaging solution that incorporates built-in analytics to give users a new way to connect, communicate and find the right people and information fast. Verse is a direct result of IBM’s $100 million investment in design innovation. It integrates email, calendars, file sharing, instant messaging, social and […]

Apigee, an API platform provider, has announced Apigee Link, an API-first Internet of things (IoT) product for connecting devices to the Internet. Apigee Link enables device makers to build IoT ecosystems via REST APIs that foster connectivity between devices and IoT sensors. In short, Apigee Link helps take the IoT beyond gadgets and enables any […]

IBM Aims to Give New Generation of Programmers a Career Edge by Darryl K. Taft IBM’s 10th Anniversary Awards Event The 10th anniversary awards event was held in New York March 24. IBM is playing a role by establishing relationships with schools to teach the skills companies need, and locating talent in student and professional […]

IBM and The Weather Company’s WSI Division announced a global strategic alliance under which WSI will shift its massive weather data services platform to the IBM Cloud and integrate its data with IBM analytics and cloud services. In doing so, WSI will be able to accelerate the growth of one of the largest cloud-based applications […]