SAP, like IBM, has been very active in the Cloud/PaaS space. SAP’s HANA Cloud Platform (HCP) is seen as an integral direction for SAP’s customers. On the surface it would seem that HCP and IBM Bluemix are mutually exclusive, however,… Read More ›
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‘Lift and Shift’ your WebSphere applications to the Cloud
New webinar by Don Vines (member of the Migration Team with IBM Cloud Services) is now available for replay: “WebSphere… on the Cloud? Learn how to ‘Lift and Shift’ your WebSphere Applications to the Cloud” to see for yourself just… Read More ›
Migrating from Pivotal tc Server on-prem to IBM Liberty in the cloud
I have written about migrations and the increasing use of the cloud to optimize workloads, but this article combines these topics as experienced by a major USA based airline company. The IBM migration team was called in to evaluate what… Read More ›
Cloud TCO calculator for WebSphere App Server
Many IBM customers are using cloud in one way or the other, however not many have done a detailed analysis of the true cost of the implementation. Even fewer have done a comparison of the on-prem cost vs. the cost… Read More ›
IBM advantage for energy & utility industry
According to Gartner, the traditional energy & utility (E&U) business model is being challenged by the many market imperatives. There is a gap between what IT is delivering and the demands in the marketplace. CIOs in the E&U industry can… Read More ›
IBM Bluemix can be an aswer to the Parse developers
When Facebook acquired Parse (MBaaS provider) back in 2013, it planned on growing its business by tapping into a different market – mobile app development. However, things started to change. The Facebook advertising platform has been doing very well lately. Facebook decided to… Read More ›
Migration of Java web application from Google App Engine to IBM BlueMix
A couple of years ago I wrote an app that runs on the Google App Engine (GAE). This month I had to add a couple of new features to the app and decided to port it to IBM’s Bluemix. This… Read More ›