James Belton

Cloud January 12, 2022

Why Cloud Learning and Certification Is an Ongoing Process

3 min read - The IBM Center for Cloud Training helps you to keep pace with change by regularly updating its exams and training. Congratulations! You’ve passed your IBM Cloud certification exam and are now the proud holder of an IBM Cloud Certification Badge.…

Cloud March 23, 2020

Improve Scale and Automation by Modernizing Existing Applications

3 min read - Modernizing your cloud application? Don’t forget scalability, availability, and automation. In my last blog post, I explored reasons why treating a computer system as finished when it’s deployed in the cloud is an anti-pattern and that continual modernization is the…

Cloud March 5, 2020

Why Continual Application Modernization Avoids One of Cloud’s Most Prevalent Anti-Patterns

2 min read - Stating that a computer system is “finished” is an anti-pattern when it comes to cloud. (And a surprisingly common one!) One of the fundamentals of cloud enabled or cloud native systems is that they are built using cloud services. The…