Preface

Cloud computing is an important transformative force defining the technology landscape today. Cloud computing has changed the way technology can be built and used for business, industry, governance, academia, and the like. Cloud technology is also considered as a key enabler to building innovations that define newer markets. Given the importance and relevance of this space, it is but natural to consider talking about one such cloud platform called Bluemix, which is a platform as-a-service (PaaS) offering from IBM.

This book is an attempt to compile illustrative descriptions for the different capabilities offered by Bluemix. The intended audience for this book is developers who are relatively new to the space of application development on a platform as-a-service environment. This book also serves to jumpstart developers who want to learn and use IBM Bluemix.

This book gives you the levers to understand Bluemix as a platform, learn how to use the value-added services on Bluemix, understand how to build, manage, and monitor applications on Bluemix, discover the options of deployment on Bluemix, and above all, witness the ease and the innovative approach to discover and cater to different types of use cases solving problems in varied categories.

This book is written in a simple, appealing, explanatory format with sufficient visual aids in the form of screenshots so that it is easy to follow even for those of you who are not very technical. As the author of this book, I am certain that you will experience a learning that you can build upon later; you will find that this provides an apt landing platform from where you are equipped to take the plunge.