Bluemix
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The Bluemix logo. | |
| Developer(s) | IBM |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 30 June 2014 |
| Development status | active |
| Written in | Python, Java, PHP |
| Website |
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IBM Bluemix is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) developed by IBM. It supports several programming languages and services[1] as well as integrated DevOps to build, run, deploy and manage applications on the cloud. Bluemix is based on Cloud Foundry open technology and runs on SoftLayer infrastructure. Bluemix supports several programming languages[2] including Java, Node.js, Go, PHP, Swift, Python, Ruby Sinatra, Ruby on Rails and can be extended to support other languages such as Scala[3] through the use of buildpacks.[4]
It took a team of people located in different places only 18 months to build Bluemix from initial concept to public availability.[5] It was announced as a public beta in February 2014[6] and generally available in June.
OpenWhisk
IBM Bluemix includes OpenWhisk which is IBM's open source[7] Function as a Service (FaaS) system. This system, equivalent to Amazon Lambda or Google Cloud Functions allows calling of a specific function in response to an event without requiring any resource management from the developer.[8]
References
- ↑ IBM Bluemix catalog
- ↑ What are the languages supported by BlueMix?
- ↑ Is the Scala language supported in BlueMix?
- ↑ Bring your buildpack
- ↑ The best way to develop new ideas at work (article), Fortune
- ↑ IBM Invests $1B to Deliver Unique Platform-as-a-Service Capabilities to Connect Enterprise Data and Applications to the Cloud (news release), IBM
- ↑ OpenWhisk GitHub
- ↑ OpenWhisk vies with AWS Lambda
