Darryl K. Taft

Today’s Technology Landscape: Not Your Father’s IT Using SolarWinds’ knowledge base, we examine how new technology has transformed the IT department and the IT professional’s role. New Technologies The rapid and continued adoption of new technologies has become the norm in businesses and IT departments, as 93 percent of IT professionals say adopting significant new […]

Microsoft .NET: A Platform for All Developers At dotnetConf, Microsoft highlighted the flexibility and agility of the .NET development platform. Here are some of the things discussed at the event. Exciting Times Ahead Scott Hunter, program manager for .NET at Microsoft, kicked off the dotnetConf by telling the crowd there are exciting times ahead for […]

The Eclipse Foundation, which has been leading an effort to develop open-source technologies for Internet of things application development, announced that the Eclipse Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group has delivered new releases of four open-source IoT projects the group initiated over a year ago. The four projects, hosted at the Eclipse Foundation, are Eclipse […]

Apple’s Swift programming language continues to gain popularity among developers and IBM, as a key Apple partner, is putting its considerable might behind the technology. This week at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), IBM announced new tooling and support for Swift, along with updates on the uptick in momentum Swift has seen at IBM and […]

SmartBear Software, a provider of software quality tools for developers, announced the release of a major revision of its developer collaboration tool, Collaborator 10.0. SmartBear’s Collaborator enables development, testing and management teams to work better together to produce high quality code, applications and services. The tool enables users to review user stories and requirements, review […]

5 Tips for Building an Agile Infrastructure for Delivering SaaS SaaS providers deciding whether to build their own infrastructure or use a public cloud provider have much to consider. These five tips might help. Don’t Compromise on User Experience Customer retention is as important as new customer acquisition. Because SaaS users aren’t invested in infrastructure […]

IBM announced that it will be one of the first to deliver the new Apple Pay on the Web to online businesses. Apple Pay is Apple’s digital wallet technology. At its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 13, Apple announced that with the new iOS 10, Apple Pay now can be used to make easy, […]

Capital One is one of the nation’s largest banks. It started as a credit card company, really as a startup in the late 1980s. Its founder, Richard Fairbank, is still its CEO today. Fairbank’s idea was to build a better financial services company by using information and data to make better decisions and build better […]

The Internet of Things Has Arrived, Let the Games Begin The Internet of things will bring new challenges to organizations as it will be seen as a complete paradigm shift and require new solutions and ways of thinking. Not Just for Consumers Anymore According to a report by futurist and Stringify CTO Dave Evans, an […]

Graduation 2016: 5 Tips to Get an ‘A’ in IT Security Here are tips for firms seeking to support employees’ technology choices while mitigating security risks. Security education is a key part of these guidelines. Implement Employee Guidelines for Web and Computer Use Many organizations like to give their employees the freedom to use the […]