Darryl K. Taft

IBM introduced on March 2 a set of new IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps for the banking and financial services, airline and retail industries. Announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the new apps complement the 10 mobile apps that IBM and Apple announced in December. These next IBM MobileFirst for iOS solutions are […]

IBM InterConnect: New Cloud Tech, Celebs Take the Stage by Darryl K. Taft Mario Armstrong IBM tapped Mario Armstrong, an Emmy Award-winning radio and television talk show host, focusing in the areas of technology and digital lifestyle. Armstrong appears as a digital lifestyle expert regularly on NBC’s “TODAY” show. Robert LeBlanc Robert LeBlanc kicked off […]

LAS VEGAS—IBM announced it has upgraded its MobileFirst platform to enable developers to build mobile applications easier and faster. Big Blue delivered new modular mobile solutions to empower enterprises with greater flexibility and speed to better enable employees, engage customers and drive business growth. The new IBM MobileFirst platform helps organizations manage an increasing number […]

Five Things Hackers Are Doing With Victims’ Data in 2015 by Darryl K. Taft Blackmailing Blackmailing a corporation or individual for access to data or private information is becoming more common among hackers. Well-known companies or public figures fear slander and defamation for themselves or their customers. Because of this, hackers are beginning to apply […]

LAS VEGAS—IBM has announced new solutions that help enterprises take the power, performance and security of their mainframe systems to the cloud. At its IBM InterConnect 2015 conference here, IBM delivered new offerings that combine the power of the z13 mainframe—launched in January—with the flexibility of the cloud. At its introduction, IBM called the z13 […]

LAS VEGAS—IBM announced the continuation of its build-out of its cloud data center infrastructure, with new SoftLayer cloud centers in Sydney, Australia, and Montreal. Both facilities are set to open within the next 30 days. Once launched, IBM will have opened five SoftLayer cloud centers in less than four months, including recently established facilities in […]

LAS VEGAS—To address the increasingly worrisome issue of data sprawl, IBM has introduced a series of new cloud computing technologies and investments to help enterprises securely connect applications, data and services across a multitude of traditional systems and clouds. IBM has dedicated more than half its cloud development team to this effort, including more 1,000 […]

Databricks, the company founded by the creators of Apache Spark, announced plans to partner with Intel to optimize Spark’s real-time analytic capabilities for the Intel architecture. Indeed, Intel is investing in a broad initiative involving Apache Spark and is collaborating with both Databricks and the Algorithms, Machines and People Lab (AMPLab) at the University of […]

IBM has upgraded its BigInsights big data portfolio with new support for machine learning, the R programming language and more. With the release of IBM BigInsights for Apache Hadoop, Big Blue provides new In-Hadoop analytics technologies to accelerate the conversion of data into valuable insight for businesses. As the size and complexity of Hadoop applications […]

How Members of Black Duck’s Open Source Rookie Club Are Faring Today by Darryl K. Taft Docker: 2013 Docker, a 2013 open-source rookie, enables developers to pack, ship and run any application as a lightweight container. “We’re honored to be recognized with a Black Duck Open Source Rookies of the Year award—a wonderful way to […]