Darryl K. Taft

5 Data Management Horror Stories to Avoid The transition to data in motion requires a mindset shift toward building continuous data operations capabilities that are in tune with the time-sensitive, dynamic nature of today’s data. Night of the Living Data It’s alive. Your data is your lifeblood, and like Dorian Gray’s painting, it’s doesn’t age […]

The Data Center: Where the Stuff of Nightmares Lurks The data center can be a breeding ground for trouble–from new technologies that require power demands IT administrators can’t afford to service providers that cause more harm than good. Valley of the Shadow of Death I fear upgrades. They always seem to work flawlessly in test […]

LAS VEGAS–IBM held a big party for its Watson cognitive computing technology here this week in the form of the IBM World of Watson (IBM WoW) 2016 conference. Originally known as IBM Insight, the company augmented the name of the event to focus on Watson and the importance of cognitive technology to the company’s future. […]

LAS VEGAS – In another effort to advance the adoption of its Watson cognitive computing platform among developers, IBM is partnering with one of the hottest collaboration platforms around today: Slack. David Kenny, ‘general manager of Watson, said IBM is partnering with Slack to provide Watson’s cognitive capabilities to Slack’s global community of developers and […]

LAS VEGAS—IBM has unified its cloud platform, bringing its SoftLayer infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) capabilities and its Bluemix platform as a service (PaaS) together into one seamless platform. The goal of the move is to provide a unified cloud platform for IBM customers, enabling them to tap into the company’s infrastructure and platform services through a simplified, […]

LAS VEGAS—IBM has unified its cloud platform to provide customers with a simplified experience in accessing IBM Cloud assets and to enable developers to be more productive on the platform. With that in mind, IBM this week delivered an easier, single sign-on experience as the company continues to evolve its cloud as a platform for […]

LAS VEGAS—IBM continues to field questions about the adoption of its Watson cognitive computing system and just how much the technology is adding to the company’s bottom line. At its World of Watson conference here, IBM didn’t go so far as to provide specific numbers on how much Watson has meant to the IBM company’s […]

Microsoft has delivered a beta release of the new version of its Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK), CNTK 2.0, which offers improved performance and flexibility. Previously known as the Computational Network Toolkit (CNTK), the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit is a system for applying deep learning into applications. Deep learning is a form of machine learning that is used […]

It’s Time to Go on the Attack in Cyber-Security Battle In football, it’s often said that the best defense is a good offense. That same could be said about an organization’s approach to cyber-security. Here’s what businesses could learn from football teams. CIO = the Head Coach CIOs call the plays and determine the strategic […]

Sonatype, a provider of software supply-chain automation solutions, claims to have mapped the JavaScript genome to help organizations build better software in the fast-paced world of Agile development and DevOps. Earlier this week, Sonatype delivered a new version of its Nexus platform that provides development organizations with intelligence about the quality of npm and JavaScript […]