Welcome to the New IBM Cloud Blog

Welcome to the New IBM Cloud Blog

7 May 2019

By: Ian Smalley

5 min read

When we changed the name of our platform from IBM Bluemix to IBM Cloud, we did this as a way of simplifying an approach that crosses public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. Today, we're pleased to announce that we've also moved our blog from ibm.com/blogs/bluemix to ibm.com/cloud/blog.

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IBM Cloud Podcast Miniseries: Everything Cloud-Native - Episode 6

Cloud

IBM Cloud Podcast Miniseries: Everything Cloud-Native - Episode 6

21 June 2019

By: Ian Lynch and Stephen Choquette

3 min read

Check out Episode 6 of the IBM Cloud Podcast miniseries on cloud-native: "Gaining advantages with the technology."

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Using Portable IPs to Create a Highly Available Microsoft SQL Cluster on IBM Cloud

Cloud

Using Portable IPs to Create a Highly Available Microsoft SQL Cluster on IBM Cloud

10 July 2019

By: Kendra Ramick

5 min read

Always On Availability Groups for Microsoft SQL Server provide increased availability and scalability for Microsoft SQL workloads running on IBM Cloud. 

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Edge Computing for Serverless Applications

Cloud

Edge Computing for Serverless Applications

8 July 2019

By: Manzoor Farid, Michael Behrendt, Nikhil Gupta, and Danielle Kingberg

5 min read

Need to build applications that can easily scale to spikes in demand? We understand your pain!

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VIDEO – What is a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)?

Networking

VIDEO – What is a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)?

21 June 2019

By: Ryan Sumner

5 min read

Chief Network Architect Ryan Sumner presents a brief and concise overview of the architecture and benefits of virtual private clouds (VPC).

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The New Builders

The New Builders features educational, technical, and thought-leadership content on a variety of cloud technologies and solutions.

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Using SQL to Combine Databases and Object Storage

Database

Using SQL to Combine Databases and Object Storage

17 July 2019

By: Torsten Steinbach

4 min read

What do we mean by a "SQL Sandwich"?

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Part 2 of the blog series on Kubernetes operators.

Cloud

Being Frugal with Kubernetes Operators Part 3: Leveraging Knative Scaling Down to Zero Capability

8 July 2019

By: Lionel Villard and Aleksander Slominski

5 min read

Part 3 of the blog series on Kubernetes operators.

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Being Frugal with Kubernetes Operators Part 2: Scaling Controllers to Zero

Cloud

Being Frugal with Kubernetes Operators Part 2: Scaling Controllers to Zero

3 July 2019

By: Kyle Schlosser

5 min read

Part 2 of the blog series on Kubernetes operators.

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VIDEO—Big Data Explained

Analytics

VIDEO—Big Data Explained

1 July 2019

By: Torsten Steinbach

5 min read

Exploring the relationship of serverless technology and big data and analytics.

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Being Frugal with Kubernetes Operators

Cloud

Being Frugal with Kubernetes Operators

1 July 2019

By: Kyle Schlosser

5 min read

What is an operator?

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CouchDB Explained

Database

VIDEO – CouchDB Explained

24 June 2019

By: Adam Kocoloski

5 min read

What is Apache CouchDB?

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The Latest IBM Cloud Blog Posts

Knative v0.7, Tekton, and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service—Oh My!

Cloud

Knative v0.7, Tekton, and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service—Oh My!

18 July 2019

By: Doug Davis

6 min read

This week, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service upgraded to support Knative version 0.7, and I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss some of the recent changes of which people should be aware.

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How to Schedule a VSI Power On and Off Using IBM Cloud Functions

Automation

How to Schedule a VSI Power On and Off Using IBM Cloud Functions

17 July 2019

By: Gerson Itiro Hidaka

2 min read

Integrating the IBM Cloud Functions Periodic Triggers and Actions to schedule the VSI power on and power off.

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Using SQL to Combine Databases and Object Storage

Database

Using SQL to Combine Databases and Object Storage

17 July 2019

By: Torsten Steinbach

4 min read

What do we mean by a "SQL Sandwich"?

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Continuously Deliver with Private Pipeline Workers

Automation

Continuously Deliver with Private Pipeline Workers

15 July 2019

By: Jerh O'Connor

3 min read

How to to run Continuous Delivery Pipeline stages outside of the IBM public infrastructure using Private Workers.

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Migrating Auto-Scaling Policies for Cloud Foundry Apps

Cloud

How to Migrate Auto-Scaling Policies for Cloud Foundry Apps

10 July 2019

By: Sachi Pradhan

5 min read

How to migrate Auto-Scaling policies via the UX or the CLI.

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Bring Your Own ALB: DNS with Health Checks and SSL Certificates (GA)

Compute

Bring Your Own ALB: DNS with Health Checks and SSL Certificates (GA)

10 July 2019

By: Chris Rosen

5 min read

Running applications on a host name in IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service with NLB host names

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Using Portable IPs to Create a Highly Available Microsoft SQL Cluster on IBM Cloud

Cloud

Using Portable IPs to Create a Highly Available Microsoft SQL Cluster on IBM Cloud

10 July 2019

By: Kendra Ramick

5 min read

Always On Availability Groups for Microsoft SQL Server provide increased availability and scalability for Microsoft SQL workloads running on IBM Cloud.

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Containers are Efficient—Now, Make Them Even Better

Cloud

Containers are Efficient—Now, Make Them Even Better

9 July 2019

By: Chris Rosen and John DeFazio

5 min read

Opportunities to increase the efficiency of containers to further improve resource utilization.

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