Darryl K. Taft

Weaved, Kii and Astak announced a partnership to deliver miniMole, a new IP camera platform with a wholesale distribution model, open API-based SDK, Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities and an online developer portal. The companies said the partnership combines three players in the IoT space. Weaved is a pioneer in IoT connectivity services, Astak is […]

IBM opened its first SoftLayer data center in Canada as part of the company’s $1.2 billion global cloud services expansion announced at the beginning of the year. The new data center, based in Toronto, is designed to meet the growing demand for hybrid cloud solutions, IBM said. The data center follows recent launches in London […]

Splunk, a provider of a software platform for real-time operational intelligence, announced its release of the Splunk App for Stream–a new app that provides a software approach for capturing real-time streaming wire data. The Splunk App for Stream, which comes out of Splunk’s acquisition of Cloudmeter, captures wire data for additional insights when using Splunk […]

Zend, the PHP company, announced it is making its PHP application platform available as a cloud service on Amazon Web Services (AWS) through AWS Marketplace. Zend officials said running PHP on the AWS Cloud, backed by one of the largest development communities, will give developers the advantage of the cloud. The offering on AWS empowers […]

IBM has added to its security portfolio with its Aug. 11 acquisition of the business operations of Lighthouse Security Group, a cloud security services provider. Lighthouse Security Group’s Gateway platform protects identity and data in a world where more company information is being stored in the cloud and accessed from mobile devices. The company is […]

How Smarter Infrastructure Moves Transportation Industry Ahead by Darryl K. Taft MERMEC Group Storage Management By employing IBM servers and storage management software, MERMEC Group has established a one-day recovery time objective for its critical systems, a first for them. Additionally, MERMEC Group’s railway customers in 45 countries worldwide are able to prevent disruptions and […]

10 Commandments of Secure Engineering By Darryl K. Taft Separation of Data When engineering secure systems, you must follow the fundamental principles of data separation and separate data by mission, objective and trust level so that only approved individuals have access to different types of data as well as different parts of your system. Defense […]

IBM has patented a new cloud invention that helps enterprises dynamically meet data governance and compliance mandates. Inventors from IBM’s well-funded research team have patented a technique that helps organizations automatically analyze and manage the location where their public and private cloud data is stored, thereby enabling companies to comply with regulations governing where data […]

Genuitec, a maker of productivity tools for developers, announced a new update to its Secure Delivery Center (SDC) product that introduces new split responsibility options for development teams. With Service Release 1 for Genuitec’s Secure Delivery Center 2014, team leads are now able to customize their tools based on centralized packages set up by IT […]

Seven Reasons to Try the New Version of Adobe Connect by Darryl K. Taft Social Promotion With Adobe Connect 9.2, users were able to use their social profiles (Facebook or Google+) to register for an event. Adobe Connect 9.3 extends that functionality by enabling event managers to crowd-source event promotion via newly added Twitter and […]