Darryl K. Taft

IBM Aims to Transform Health Care IT, From Disaster Relief to Genetics IBM is helping transform the health care IT industry with innovative servers and services. by Darryl K. Taft University of Miami The university turned to IBM to develop and deploy a high-performance computing system called Pegasus, pictured above, to efficiently perform these complex […]

Splunk, provider of a software platform for real-time operational intelligence, and Tableau Software, a business analytics software provider, have announced a strategic alliance to leverage the power of visual analytics and real-time machine data. As part of a joint technology investment, the latest version of Tableau software includes Splunk Enterprise as a native data source […]

IBM recently named Bob Picciano as senior vice president of its newly formed Big Data and Analytics Group. He is charged with leading a new business unit focused on continuing to drive leading-edge technologies into the marketplace to transform industries and professions. Picciano sat down with eWEEK senior editor Darryl K. Taft for a look […]

IBM continues to focus heavily on its Watson cognitive computing system and is looking for Watson to be a factor in driving up to $20 billion in revenue by 2015. Last week at both its IBM Pulse 2014 and the Mobile World Congress (MWC) conferences, IBM made Watson-related announcements aimed at helping to gain traction […]

Microsoft has announced new tools that make it easier to develop cloud apps for devices and the Web that tie into Office 365 and SharePoint. Announced today at Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference 2014 in Las Vegas, the Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 – March 2014 Update, ships with a bunch of new features that […]

As expected, IBM has begun the workforce rebalancing effort the company foreshadowed in January due to lackluster 2013 financial results. Job cuts began this week in locations such as Rochester, Minn., and Burlington, Vt., to name a few. In January, IBM announced it would be taking a restructuring charge of $1 billion in the first […]

IBM announced a new pay-as-you-go cloud storage model to help enterprises more easily and efficiently manage their swelling data volumes and adopt cloud storage solutions. The new IBM Advanced System Placement program for clients is a pay-as-you-go program that lets organizations purchase IBM XIV storage systems for only a fraction of the price upon installation. […]

IBM has launched a developer contest to spur innovation and accelerate mobile applications on its Watson cognitive computing platform. Announced Feb. 26 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge encourages mobile developers globally to create mobile consumer and business apps powered by Watson. IBM is demonstrating its […]

Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 (2013.2) Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2 and Team Foundation Server 2013 Release Candidate (RC). Visual Studio 2013.2 CTP 2 builds on the newly added capabilities from CTP 1 while also providing functionality to make development teams even more productive, Microsoft said. Team Foundation Server […]

LAS VEGAS—IBM touted its support for openness and noted that its open standard approach to the cloud has brought significant opportunity. At the IBM Pulse 2014 conference here, IBM announced that it is accelerating the adoption of cloud computing through growth in the ecosystem that includes working with key open technology organizations that are focused […]