IBM aims to help developers build analytics-driven cloud apps
Big Blue announced the new services for its Bluemix cloud development platform at Cloud Foundry Summit in Santa Clara, Calif.
"The key announcement is around our integration of API management into the platform," says Damion Heredia, vice president of Platform Services, IBM Cloud. "That's a big area for our clients and the solutions our clients are building."
The Bluemix API Management service gives developers the capability to rapidly create, deploy and share large-scale APIs. It also provides an easy-to-use and consumable way of controlling critical APIs.
Heredia notes that in today's application landscape, you're going to have APIs you need to manage 5 you need control around performance, throttling, versioning and security. You need to be able to move users from one version to another. Bluemix API Management features built-in documentation and a catalog of rich information on APIs for both internal and external developers. It also features a whole host of new technology connectors and domain-specific connectors.
Going mobile first
IBM also announced new mobile capabilities on Bluemix for the IBM MobileFirst Platform.
"Mobile was a big part of our platform from the beginning when we started Bluemix," Heredia says.
The new capabilities focus on location-based mobile apps experiences to help developers connect insights from digital engagement and physical presence.
"What did they search on in their browser before they walked into the store" Heredia asks. "When they get into the store and they check in, can you tie all that together"
The Bluemix partner ecosystem is also expanding.
"We've publicly partnered with Microsoft on providing a .NET Buildpack, which is a way to run .NET applications on Bluemix," Heredia says. "With their support, we codeveloped a Buildpack that allows you to run your .NET applications right next to other languages."
Customers with heterogeneous environments can run all of them on the Bluemix platform and manage, monitor and interact with them as one.
Other ecosystem and third-party services announced Monday include the following:
Finally, IBM announced it will establish the first IBM Cloud Foundry Dojo in Raleigh, N.C. as a physical location open to all developers where IBM will help accelerate skills on the Cloud Foundry Code base and mentor developers to increase the number of code committers to Cloud Foundry.
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