Darryl K. Taft

LAS VEGAS—IBM Research has set a new record for storing massive amounts of data on tape, the company announced at its IBM Edge 2014 conference here. Dr. Mark Lantz, manager of exploratory tape at IBM Research-Zurich said IBM researchers have demonstrated a new record of 85.9 billion bits of data per square inch in areal […]

LAS VEGAS — IBM has released preliminary study findings of 750 global organizations that show that less than 10 percent are fully prepared to address the proliferation of cloud computing, analytics, mobile devices, and social media, so Big Blue is providing new systems to help them. Preliminary findings from a new Institute for Business Value […]

Microsoft and SAP AG have expanded their global partnership to deliver new cloud, data and mobile solutions to help improve employee productivity, enhance workforce mobility and drive increased business value for customers and partners. This announcement extends the companies’ long-term partnership in three critical areas: enterprise cloud computing with SAP applications certification for Microsoft Azure; […]

IBM announced a major deal with energy provider NiSource whereby Big Blue will provide a broad range of IT services, including the creation and management of a hybrid cloud computing environment for the organization. Under a seven-year, $600 million agreement, IBM will help accelerate business innovation, while supporting NiSource’s focus on customer service, system security […]

IBM announced its new IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack, which provides open-standards-based cloud management with support for the full IBM server portfolio while it increases integration with the OpenStack cloud platform. IBM, which announced the new offering at the OpenStack Summit in Atlanta, is expanding its support of open technologies by providing advanced OpenStack integration […]

IBM Showcases ExperienceOne at Smarter Commerce Global Summit by Darryl K. Taft Things Are About to Heat Up Right before the IBM Smarter Conference Global Summit 2014 is about to start, people are milling around and beginning to be seated. This can be compared with the calm before the storm as e-commerce gets smarter and […]

TAMPA, Fla.—At its Smarter Commerce Global Summit here, IBM announced new cloud-based and on-premises business-to-business (B2B) software to help organizations deepen engagement with their partners and suppliers to ensure goods and services are delivered precisely when and where they are needed. John Mesberg, vice president of B2B and commerce solutions at IBM, said with its […]

TAMPA, Fla. — Acquisitions have played a key role in IBM’s ascension to become a prominent player in the cloud-driven big data analytics space, and Big Blue completed a major acquisition by closing its deal to buy marketing automation firm Silverpop. Indeed, at its annual Smarter Commerce Global Summit event here, IBM announced it has […]

TAMPA, Fla. – IBM has announced “IBM ExperienceOne,” a portfolio of cloud-based and on-premise solutions to help users provide deeper customer engagements by combining marketing, sales and services capabilities. Announced at the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit here, IBM ExperienceOne draws on innovation from IBM research as well as more than $3 billion invested in […]

Microsoft continued on its course of arming developers to build applications for the devices-first, cloud-first world by announcing new .NET technology, integrated support for building cross-platform mobile apps and other Visual Studio enhancements, among other things. Last month at its Build 2014 conference, Microsoft introduced the concept of Universal Windows Apps, where developers use a […]

IBM came out as the top cloud computing provider to businesses, according to a recent survey from research firm IDC. The survey showed that when it comes to infrastructure as a service (IaaS), businesses ranked IBM as the No 1 provider—beating out competitors such as Cisco, Amazon and Google. Enterprises ranked Cisco as second, HP […]

IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system is finding its way into the classroom at some of the nation’s top technology-oriented educational institutions. Big Blue announced that it is partnering with some of the country’s leading technology universities to launch cognitive computing courses that give students access via the cloud to Watson. Enrollment is now open for […]