Darryl K. Taft

IBM announced a major cloud deal with Marriott along with three other hybrid cloud wins today. IBM said Marriott will use IBM’s cloud to power its IT operations for its more than 4,000 properties across the globe. Marriott will migrate a significant portion of its core IT systems and applications to IBM’s open cloud platform […]

IBM announced a bunch of new beta services for its Watson Developer Cloud. Since its creation in October 2013, the Watson Developer Cloud has evolved into a community with more than 5,000 partners who have unlocked the power of cognitive computing to build more than 6,000 apps to date. IBM today added five new beta […]

Zend Technologies, a provider of software development tools for PHP developers, has announced the availability of Z-Ray for Magento, a PHP debugging and productivity tool for real-time visibility into Magento applications. Zend said its Z-Ray tool provides in-context visibility inside Magento applications, showing exactly what happens when constructing each page. Z-Ray, included within Zend Server […]

IBM announced a new cloud-based analytics platform for energy and utility companies designed to improve decision-making throughout the entire energy ecosystem. Known as IBM Insights Foundation for Energy, the new platform provides users with a 360-degree view, from the individual transformer level to the entire grid. Delivered via IBM’s SoftLayer cloud infrastructure, the platform couples […]

Microsoft is taking more steps toward open sourcing, making its .NET core runtime repository available on GitHub. The company also announced its 2015 virtual online conference for .NET developers. The moves follow Microsoft’s announced plans to open-source the .NET Core server stack and take the technology cross-platform to Linux and Mac OS. Microsoft made this […]

BlazeMeter introduced a new continuous testing- as- a- service platform, which is designed to help development teams shorten release cycles. The company joined forces with Sauce Labs to deliver the new platform, which enables developers to create and run tests and integrate testing into the existing development environment. As software increases in complexity, the number […]

Microsoft recently announced a slew of enhancements to its Azure cloud platform to improve business productivity and security across SQL Server, Enterprise Mobility and Azure Media Services. The company launched new updates and features for SQL Server workloads on Azure, including more simplified availability, setup, backup and patching for SQL Server in an Azure virtual […]

Secure Decisions, a provider of a suite of tools for software developers and security analysts, has released a new version of its Code Dx software assurance solution. The new release, Code Dx 1.6, features integration with Microsoft Visual Studio and Eclipse, as well as Git and Jenkins, enabling developers to more effectively identify, report and […]

Microsoft is making privacy and security of the Internet of things (IoT) a priority. In a blog post on Data Privacy Day, Clemens Vasters, principal architect of Microsoft Azure IoT, spelled out some of Microsoft’s views on IoT security and privacy to help consumers and enterprises manage some of the risks involved with emerging technologies. […]

Responding to the growing demand for real-time data, VoltDB announced Version 5.0 of its in-memory, scale-out operational database. The new release delivers increased support for the Hadoop ecosystem, expanded SQL support and a new management center. VoltDB 5.0 enables users to more easily create and manage fast data applications. With the Internet of Things driving […]