Darryl K. Taft

SEATTLE—Tableau Software, a provider of business analytics and data visualization software, today announced that it has added seven new partners to its OEM partner program, including Premier Inc., Redzone, Vocera Communications, CI&T, LeanKit, N2N and PostUp. Tableau made the announcement at its Tableau Conference (TC14) here. By teaming up with Tableau, these independent software vendors […]

IBM and the Mayo Clinic announced plans to use IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system to match patients more quickly with appropriate clinical trials, beginning with research studies in cancer.According to IBM, enrolling patients in trials is one of the more difficult parts of clinical research. It has long been done manually, with clinical coordinators sorting […]

The City University of New York (CUNY) along with IBM is sponsoring a competition for students to build innovative apps using IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system. The contest, known as the CUNY-IBM Watson Case Competition, is an opportunity to learn and develop apps for applying the IBM Watson cognitive technology to improve the operation of […]

IEEE Picks Top 23 Technologies for 2022 by Darryl K. Taft Security Cross-Cutting Issues The growth of large data repositories and the emergence of data analytics have combined with intrusions by bad actors, governments and corporations to open a Pandora’s box of issues. Powerful forces are converging that are of great concern to individuals and […]

Curious about what the technology landscape will look like in 2022? The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which represents more than 400,000 engineers, has come up with a report that looks to the future and predicts what the hot technologies of 2022 will be. Indeed, nine technologists led by IEEE Computer Society President […]

Embarcadero Technologies, a provider of application and database development tools, has launched RAD Studio XE7, a new platform for building connected apps for Windows, Android, iOS, OS X, gadgets and wearables. The new XE7 version of RAD Studio enables Delphi, Object Pascal and C++ developers to extend existing Windows applications and build new, modern apps […]

How IBM Watson Is Helping to Make Data-Driven Breakthrough Discoveries by Darryl K. Taft Ginni Is in the House IBM President, Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty joins (counterclockwise starting from her left) Mike Rhodin, senior vice president of the IBM Watson Group, in talking to Dave Aldous, vice president of Sanofi; Dr. Olivier Lichtarge; and […]

IBM has released a new report that offers businesses guidance on how to advance enterprise mobility for their employees. The report is titled “The Individual Enterprise – How Mobility Redefines Business” and was developed by the IBM Institute for Business Value. It illustrates how analytics-driven mobile strategies can redefine business and how work gets done, […]

IBM systems are driving more enterprise mobile, cloud and analytics adoption as demand for these technologies continues to grow, the company said. As organizations look to take advantage of the emergence of cloud, analytics and mobile technologies, demand for IBM systems has increased in geographies around the world. In fact, a recent IBM study illustrates […]

10 Reasons Why No-Code, Rapid App Development Makes Sense for IT by Darryl K. Taft IT Is Spending Too Much Time ‘Keeping the Lights On’ Eighty percent of IT budgets are spent on maintaining existing systems, leaving little room for innovation projects aimed at capitalizing on new opportunities. Yet, demands from the business for precisely […]