Bluemix in the News

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Too busy coding to keep up with all the exciting happenings in the Bluemix world? Well don’t worry! Every other week, this concise post will summarize announcements, videos, and events that Bluemix has been involved in because we understand your busy schedule, but we also know your desire to learn more about Bluemix!

Announcements

• AlchemyAPI & Updated Watson Nodes for Node-RED
  New AlchemyAPI for Node-RED on Bluemix analyzes text and images, as well as, supports simplified local execution.
• IBM XPages on Bluemix
  The latest additions to the Labs section of the Bluemix Catalog are now available, with the release of the IBM XPages runtime and IBM XPages NoSQL Database service.
• Updates to IBM Eclipse Tools for Bluemix
  A new version of IBM Eclipse Tools for Bluemix is now available for download, and it is packed with new features and improvements.
• Spanish support now available for IBM Watson Personality Insights
  IBM Watson Personality Insights, one of the most popular Watson Developer Cloud service APIs, now supports textual Spanish input.
• IBM Watson Language Translation and Speech Services – General Availability
  IBM has introduced the latest set of cognitive services to move into General Availability (GA) that will drive new Watson powered applications.

Videos

• Speed dating with Bluemix and Containers
  Super fast overview of how to deploy containers on Bluemix, deploy container groups, and monitor DevOps services for continuous delivery.
• Leveraging Bluemix at PostNord
  PostNord, a leading logistics company in the Nordics, leveraged Capgemini’s consulting and technology services along with the IBM Bluemix platform.
• Voice-Driven Apps With IBM Watson
  In-depth detail about creating a native iOS app with a voice-driven app experience using the IBM Watson Speech to Text and Question & Answer services.
• Loading Twitter Data into dashDB using Bluemix
  A ready to use application that populates IBM’s cloud data warehouse dashDB with data from Twitter, using IBM Insights for Twitter service in Bluemix.

Events

• Catch up with Dr. Ethan Hadar
  Dr. Ethan Hadar, CEO and founder of Gamifo, and his company’s work around ‘tribal’ relationships, their solution with Bluemix, to what it means to be a startup.
• CascadiaJS 2015
  Ben Rondeau, a developer advocate at Bluemix, taught a workshop at CascadiaJS 2015 about creating a Node.js web app and pushing it to the cloud.

Top Posts

• Facebook: Simplifying distributed Docker applications at runtime with ‪Bluemix‬
  With the recent announcements for IBM Bluemix and IBM Containers at DockerCon, it’s important to understand what those announcements bring to the developer.
• Blog: Bluemix Takes Selfies to the Next Level With Drones
  The Bluemix Selfie Drone application is available as open source. The project contains an application to take selfies via a Parrot AR Drone 2.0.
• Twitter: IBM Bluemix First Year Anniversary – Lessons Learned
  Today we’re commemorating Bluemix’s first year with the official IBM Bluemix anniversary page, which reveals facts and figures behind Bluemix’s accomplishments.

As my internship comes to a close, I sadly have to say goodbye to writing the Bluemix in the News posts, but I will make sure to leave it in good hands so you can continue to get all the latest news about Bluemix!

I also want to share with you about my wonderful experience interning here at IBM Bluemix. As a rising sophomore at Georgia Tech, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work here at Bluemix, and this opportunity has taught me so much. All of the people I have had the chance to work with have been so welcoming and instructive. Seriously, if you are considering places to work, this is the place to be, because being at the forefront of technology is incredible and doing it with wonderful people makes the experience that much better. So goodbye for now Bluemix!