Darryl K. Taft

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft announced a cloud experience that brings together cross-platform technologies, services and tools, enabling developers to innovate at startup speed via a new Microsoft Azure Preview Portal. The new portal, along with components like Microsoft’s lightweight editor code-named “Monaco” and the company’s Application Insights analytics feature of Visual Studio Online, provides a unique “DevOps” […]

Microsoft Unveils Visual Studio Update 2 RC at Build Conference by Darryl K. Taft Windows Phone Support Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 includes all the tools you need for developing apps for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1. New Diagnostic Tools The suite of tools in Visual Studio for Windows Store development can all […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft has again expanded on its release late last year of Visual Studio 2013 by announcing on April 2 the availability of a release candidate (RC) of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2, which provides significant improvements to the flagship tools suite as well as support for the Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows […]

SALT LAKE CITY—Although 40 percent of marketers claim they want to “reinvent” themselves, only 14 percent of those marketers said they actually know how to go about it, according to a recent report commissioned by Adobe. The study, Digital Roadblock: Marketers Struggle to Reinvent Themselves, is based on a survey of more than 1,000 marketing […]

Adobe Showcases ‘Reinventing Marketing’ Theme at 2014 Summit by Darryl K. Taft Adobe Aims to Reinvent Marketing Brad Rencher, senior vice president and general manager of the Digital Marketing Business at Adobe, opens the conference with the theme of “reinventing marketing.” He said, “Marketers today want to reinvent themselves and the way they approach their […]

IBM recently announced that BP, the British multinational oil and gas company, has selected Big Blue to integrate and manage BP’s business applications globally, as well as provide enhanced service desk support for 60,000 employees and 80,000 devices in the Americas and Europe. IBM was chosen to support BP in enhancing user interaction with the […]

IBM’s Watson Goes Mobile With New Class of Intelligent App Development By Darryl K. Taft Big Data Feeds the Machine Big data growth is accelerating as more of the world’s activity is expressed by mobile technologies. Not only is it increasing in volume, but also in speed, variety and uncertainty. Most data now comes in […]

Although it shipped a week ago, Oracle formally launched Java 8 with major fanfare, including a highly polished Webcast March 25 that delved into key features of the new platform. As part of the most significant Java technology release by Oracle, the company hosted a Java 8 launch Webcast to tout Java Platform, Standard Edition […]

SALT LAKE CITY–Adobe announced Adobe Target Premium, a new personalization solution that leverages predictive technology to unlock unseen insights and take the guesswork out of marketing. Announced at the Adobe Summit 2014 digital marketing conference here, Adobe Target Premium, part of the Adobe Marketing Cloud, automates the targeting of relevant content, offers and cross-sell recommendations […]

SALT LAKE CITY—Adobe and SAP AG announced a global reseller agreement targeted at digital marketing and omni-channel commerce for enterprise customers. The companies announced the partnership at the Adobe Summit 2014, Adobe’s digital marketing conference, here. The brass tacks agreement is beneficial to both parties. As part of the global partnership, SAP plans to resell […]