Darryl K. Taft

HackerRank, the company that helps companies find top-notch software development talent by ranking programmers based on their coding skills, poses the question of which country would win a coding Olympics. Although the United States dominated the recent 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, HackerRank took a look at the data it has compiled on programmers from […]

Breaking Down the Anatomy of the Enterprise The core departments within an enterprise have one thing in common: technology. Here’s a look at the different types of technologies each department uses. Legal Department The legal department within an enterprise organization may be the most paper-intensive. Managing risk and being accountable for any legal implications within […]

The expansion of IBM’s partnership with VMware indicates just how eager customers are to adopt hybrid cloud environments as part of their IT transformation strategies. IBM and VMware announced an expanded cloud relationship this week at the VMworld 2016 conference in Las Vegas, where the companies will enable customers to use IBM Cloud to move […]

Forrester Research has ranked IBM among the leaders in the public cloud space, particularly when it comes to empowering enterprise developers with the tools they need to build applications. The market research firm cited IBM as a “strong performer” in its latest Forrester Wave report, which evaluated global public cloud platforms for enterprise developers. Forrester […]

Restlet, a provider of API design tooling, has released a new version of its Restlet Studio that supports DevOps teams. Restlet Studio is an API design tool that helps API developers move between development, test and deployment tools within the Restlet Platform. The Restlet Platform supports all major API specification languages such as OpenAPI, also […]

Training Tips to Help Developers Snag Security Gold The 2016 Summer Olympics has spurred businesses to up their game, especially when it comes to security. Here are some ways developers can take home the gold. Analyze and Understand Application Vulnerabilities An athlete wouldn’t attempt a course or routine without assessing potential risks first. So companies […]

IBM Research officially opened a new lab in South Africa—Big Blue’s second research lab in Africa—to focus on health care, digital urban ecosystems and astronomy, among other key issues. The new lab, based at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, employs researchers in a variety of disciplines, including math, computational biology, robotics, genomics, […]

There has been a flurry of activity in the Agile and DevOps world of late, with vendors providing new software, services and support for developers. DevOps emphasizes cooperation between developers and IT operations. The goal of DevOps is to change and improve the relationship between software developers and operations by advocating better communication and collaboration […]

IBM continued its expansion into the Asian market with the opening of a new cloud data center in South Korea. The new data center comes as the Korean market is growing rapidly. IDC projects that the cloud services market in Korea is expected to grow from $445 million in 2015 to $1 billion in 2019. […]

Video software provider Panopto is gearing up to battle the big boys, as the likes of IBM and Microsoft enter its space. With the market for enterprise video software quickly evolving, Panopto announced the receipt of a new round of funding to the tune of $42.8 million to expand its business and compete with entrenched […]

Biometrics has gained an upper hand as the security mechanism most preferred by mobile app developers. A new Evans Data survey of mobile application developers finds that security is their top concern and biometric authentication is their primary method for providing security and privacy of applications and users. Biometric authentication involves the use of various […]

How to Overcome the Top Enterprise Container Adoption Challenges There are a number of barriers preventing wide adoption of container technologies. Here’s a look at the biggest challenges to adoption, and how enterprise can overcome them. Networking Networking remains a top priority for those considering containers. According to results from the 2016 Container Market Adoption […]