Darryl K. Taft

WASHINGTON – Microsoft kicked off its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2014 with an invitation to partners to leverage the new cloud solutions and programs that Microsoft continues to turn out as it transitions into a mobile-first, cloud-first company. With more than 16,000 in attendance at the event here, Microsoft announced it is making significant new […]

How Programming Languages Are Like Superheroes by Darryl K. Taft Python = Godzilla Yes, both Godzilla and Python are derived from reptiles, but that’s not where the comparison to the radioactive behemoth ends with Python. The Python language is one of the most widely used due to its readability and compact syntax, ensuring that even […]

Lenovo is doing its part to help train the next generation of programmers by launching the Lenovo Scholar Network. Lenovo announced a new agreement with the National Academy Foundation (NAF) to bring a mobile app development curriculum and delivery program to NAF academies in the United States. The two organizations will provide curriculum and technology […]

10 Facts About E-Signatures in Today’s Any Time, Any Place World by Darryl K. Taft E-Signature ROI Is More Than Paper Savings It’s the combination of this paper savings along with the millions of dollars saved in deflected disputes, and penalties and settlements around non-compliance that shows the true ROI of e-signatures. Besides cost-savings, organizations […]

10 Reasons Why PaaS Usage Is on the Rise in the Enterprise by Darryl K. Taft Extensive Use of PaaS for Development/Deployment Almost three quarters (70 percent) of the respondents said they are either already using PaaS solutions for application development or are planning to use them in the future. Interest in ‘Mobile-First’ Approach Respondents […]

A recent study by Evans Data, an IT industry research firm that focuses on developer issues, found that software developers rank application lifecycle management (ALM) tools as most satisfying to use while requirements management and other tools leave more to be desired. Indeed, when asked to rank various types of tools on the values of […]

InterSystems, a provider of database, analytics and integration technologies, has announced Zen Mojo, a new technology for faster and easier development of Web-based applications for mobile and desktop environments. The offering, which builds on InterSystems’ existing Zen technology, is a lean framework that leverages JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). The Zen Mojo technology is embedded in […]

Software development is a team sport and today’s developers, perhaps more than any other types of workers, have a need to collaborate with others to get their jobs done. In the past, when software development cycles were up to 18 months and longer, developers could afford to go heads-down and work solitarily on their piece […]

How Smarter IT Paves the Way for a Mobile Future By Darryl K. Taft Zitouna Bank of Tunisia In a nation where more than 50 percent of the population does not have access to modern, reliable financial services and more than a quarter have no bank accounts at all, Zitouna Bank of Tunisia is using […]

Microsoft announced an enhanced partnership with Perfecto Mobile to provide mobile app developers with a multiplatform testing experience for mobile devices. Acknowledging that mobile-first development requires testing on the wide variety of devices, Microsoft has tapped Perfecto Mobile, a provider on on-device testing solutions, to deliver mobile testing extensions to Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server […]