Darryl K. Taft

SmartBear Software, a provider of software quality tools for developers, has released SwaggerHub integrations for the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Swagger is an API description format, and SwaggerHub is a place for development teams to collaborate during the life cycle of an API. With the new integrations, API designers can use the SwaggerHub cloud application […]

IBM this week launched its Industry Platforms business unit, a group focused on delivering blockchain solutions to enterprise customers. Bridget van Kralingen, a fast-tracked IBM executive who was head of IBM Global Business Services, will be in charge of the unit that will target financial services organizations as well as other enterprise entities where blockchain […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]