Darryl K. Taft

Naughty or Nice? Eight Apps You Should Hunt Down on Your Network By Darryl K. Taft Online Storage Along with the inherent risk of storing corporate data in a cloud that the corporation doesn’t control, the fact that user accounts are easily hackable can create a security risk—especially if users are in the habit of […]

IBM and Docker announced a strategic partnership where IBM will work with Docker to sell integrated solutions with Docker Hub Enterprise (DHE). The deal enables enterprises to more efficiently build and run new applications on the IBM Cloud and on prem via the Docker open platform. Enterprises can use the combination of IBM and Docker […]

Following on a series of large cloud and services deals, IBM announced a new multi-year, billion-dollar agreement with British advertising and public relations giant WPP. Big Blue said it is building on its long-term relationship with the WPP communications services group. The agreement will enable WPP to innovate new digital services that will be run […]

IBM announced that Watson Analytics, the company’s natural language-based cognitive service that provides access to predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses, is available in public beta. IBM Watson Analytics automates tasks such as data preparation, predictive analysis and visual storytelling for business professionals. The solution is offered as a cloud-based “freemium” service, all business […]

Restlet, a provider of API framework technology, announced the general availability of its API platform, which consists of the new Restlet Studio, APISpark and Restlet Framework. Available today, Restlet Studio is a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) for APIs. APISpark is Restlet’s recently launched platform as a service (PaaS) for Web APIs. And Restlet Framework […]

IDC MarketScape has named IBM as a leader in the analyst firm’s recent U.S. Government Private Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 2014 Vendor Assessment report. The report, released in November, recognized IBM as a leader in providing the right mix of private, public and hybrid cloud capabilities that are ideal for federal agencies with […]

TIBCO Software, a provider of business intelligence (BI) software, announced the release of TIBCO Jaspersoft 6, the latest version of the company’s BI dashboard platform. Jaspersoft 6 is powered by TIBCO’s JavaScript framework known as Visualize.js. It enables developers to quickly build and embed interactive dashboards directly within their Web applications without relying on iFrames. […]

Hadoop 2020: The Future of Big Data in the Enterprise By Darryl K. Taft Hadoop Will Be Used for Over 10 Percent of Data Processing and Storage If you follow the developments of Apache Hadoop, you know that industry experts are claiming that it will only be used for 10 percent of data. However, according […]

Once again, Cyber Monday saw an increase in online sales over the year before. IBM’s Digital Analytics Benchmark, which tracks online shopping transactions, showed that this year’s online sales were up 8.1 percent over the same period on Cyber Monday 2013. IBM reported that as of 6 p.m. EST on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, mobile […]

IBM announced it has signed a 10-year, multibillion-dollar services agreement with ABN AMRO to manage the IT infrastructure that supports the bank’s operations globally. The agreement includes the implementation of a private IBM cloud together with further standardization and simplification of the existing IT landscape, from mobile computing to mainframe infrastructure. Based in the Netherlands, […]