IBM has announced over 30 additional cloud services that are available in BlueMix, its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to help developers quickly integrate applications and speed deployment of new cloud services.
In addition, IBM is launching BlueMix Garages, collaborative locations where developers can create new apps on BlueMix, learn new development skills, and access IBM’s developer ecosystem.
With this news, IBM aims to accelerate the pace at which cloud computing will transform global industries.
Built on open standards and leveraging Cloud Foundry, BlueMix has made major advancements since being announced in February, including:
·Cloud integration services to enable a secure connection between an organization’s public applications and private data
·Swift, secure and fast connections, via the cloud, between Internet of Things and machine to machine device to store, query and visualize data
·Data and analytics-as-a-service to allow the rapid design and scale of applications that turn Big Data into competitive intelligence
·DevOps services that support the complete developer lifecycle
IBM is leveraging BlueMix’s foundation on SoftLayer for this expansion, combining the strength of IBM’s middleware software with third-party and open technologies to create an integrated development experience in the cloud.
Using an open cloud environment, BlueMix helps both born-on-the-web and enterprise developers build applications with their choice of tools. With the ability to easily combine a variety of services and APIs from across the industry to compose, test and scale custom applications, developers will be able to cut deployment time from months to minutes.
“The adoption rate of BlueMix has been nothing short of phenomenal since being announced only a few short weeks ago,” said Steve Robinson, General Manager – IBM Cloud Platform Services.
“Rapidly growing numbersof beta participants are embracing our model of extending their existing assets and services into a cloud-based, open-source development platform, allowing our clients to bridge between the tools they are planning for the future and the workloads and services they use today to get them to market faster,” added Robinson.
In the first eight weeks of BlueMix’s open beta launch, IBM has seen rapid adoption of the open platform with key clients and partners such as GameStop, Pitney Bowes, Continental Automotive and start-ups including EyeQ.
“BlueMix has helped us grow and scale our resources at a rapid pace, assisting us in deploying a cost-effective solution to our clients that helps us get to market faster,” said Michael Garel, CEO and Founder,EyeQ. “With BlueMix, we are able to reduce the amount of time spent on monthly server maintenance by 85 percent, and turn our attentions back to greater innovation.”