Recently, when  I met few developers, they are concerned about Bluemix not providing management console for certain DB's like clearDB. When I get to know their usage scenarios, it is mostly to create/manage tables , take a backup of the data and stuff like that. . Interestingly Bluemix cleardb database has well defined documentation about using sql clients to manage such database. . I just explored  one such option using "Navicat" . very straight forward, simple and quick to configure. Following... [More]

What’s a SmartCamp? Part mentoring bootcamp for startups, part networking extravaganza, and part pitch competition for entrepreneurs. SmartCamp events are global affairs where tech entrepreneurs go head-to-head. We’ve narrowed it down to the  top 9  finalists and we’re bringing them to InterConnect for the grand finale. These entrepreneurs will take the stage and battle it out for the title of  IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year ! Learn more at:  http://ibm.co/194FI18

Santa bidding a good-bye and the alluring smell of ginger bread man gradually fading can mean only one thing. Valentine's is coming!   Love is in the air and the cupid at IBM is busy shooting arrows at the start-ups.    The energy and creativity simply weaken our knee for the passion that a start-up carries and we want to give you an opportunity to win our hearts out completely.    Make a two minutes audio elevator pitch to the mentors at the IBM Cloud Startup PitchFork and you... [More]

In this article we will see how to port a simple web application that is developed using the Grails framework. Grails is a popular web application framework like Django or Rails, that enables quick development of web apps .We will use in our example Grails v2.4.4.  We will use eclipse as the development IDE , wherein we have Groovy/Grails Tool Suite (GGTS) for eclipse version 4.4 (Luna) installed . Steps to download and install eclipse has been omitted here. Once the eclipse is installed (in this case eclipse Luna version 4.4 ),... [More]

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Reading an article on ThoughtOnCloud , I was surprised to see how aptly fit the article was for a Country like ours. We are not a very rich country but we are not among the poorest either and despite our diversity, there remains a commonality across the Country. India is seeing a tremendous amount of innovation and entrepreneurial activities-unencumbered by much of history and technological debt that were highly dependent on fixed line technologies and insufficient data centers--we are now seeing these emerging markets lead the way.  ... [More]

Whether it's a game-changing mobile app, an internet community, or connecting every possible object to the net. Every option is available today for rapid development with cloud tools. But what is significant is the benefit of saving time and cost while doing it. It is no wonder IBM's "Platform as a Service" (PaaS) Bluemix , is witnessing such a rise.    Over one third of the world's website today are written in PHP and with Bluemix expanding its toolbox by collaborating with Zend, the leading PHP... [More]

IBM's open platform Bluemix is amazing for developing and deploying mobile and web applications. The numerous pre-built services on Blemix make developing and enhancing applications a child's play for developers. And one such game is building an iOS app using the IBM Mobile Data for Bluemix  service.    IBM's MobileFirst platform is revolutionizing how business worldwide is creating mobile apps and they bring to you a live demonstration on building an iOS... [More]

Are you a romantic IBMer, technical enough to come up with a cool Valentine day app idea? If yes, then here is a promise to give wings to your idea.  We are excited to announce the inaugural  Bluemix  Valentine's Day App Idea Challenge! The challenge is to create a Valentine's Day-themed app idea to be built on Bluemix. Enter for your chance to have your app idea turned into reality and earn 1,000 BluePoints at the same time.    The challenge's deadline is  January 10th , so get... [More]

A relaxing vacation and 5 KG’s extra weight is what the year-end has been to me. Hope you bid farewell to 2014 in as affectionate manner as I did.    Before we get deeper into 2015, I would like to start the year by thanking each one of you for being a part of developerWorks India. Your support and involvement has been the main reason for the growth of the community.    Apart from a number of things lined up for 2015, one of our main aim is to understand how can this community serve you better?... [More]

Ranjeet Pasupathi, the Technical Rock Star from India has spent six years in IBM creating several Bluemix apps and tutorials. In an exclusive interview with dW India, Ranjeet reveals that in a place like India, where Online shopping is increasingly gaining interest, Bluemix is something each developer, tester and coder needs to grab. The ease of creating apps clubbed with the varied third party services provided within Bluemix is what makes the platform stand out from the rest. We bring to you the candid chat with Ranjeet, The Bluemix India... [More]

  In this blog, I am writing up my experience of packaging on-premise Liberty profile onto bluemix. My application environment needs third party libraries which also needs to be packaged along with my application files                                        create the server packaging using... [More]

A team of IBMers took only about 18 months to build BlueMix from initial concept, through technical underpinnings and design, to beta testing and marketing.Since, Bluemix had to be a global platform the team was deliberately put in every continent, in Canada, India, Brazil, England, and so on.   Continue reading the Bluemix story as it appears on Fortune Do not forget to grab your 30 day free Bluemix trial offer by registering today.   

If you are a fitness freak like Phil Estes then you just bought yourself another reason to be a registered Bluemix user.    Fitness bands on people these days are very intellignetly connected to apps and websites that analyze and track the user's every move, helping them get more conscious of what they eat and how they burn those calories. If you own a Fitbit yourself, I am sure you have been excited about what shows on the dashboard of yor fitness gadget. Wouldn't it be fun to write your own app to do interesting... [More]

Just a push !!  yes, it is just a push onto bluemix helps you to get your D3 charts !! Login/Register   Bluemix  -  www.ibm.com/developerworks/in/register-for-bluemix/ cd to the folder where you have  D3 scripts and html push to bluemix using cloudfoundry command line   I have taken the simple Radar chart as an example to demonstrate , Source code courtesy: http://bl.ocks.org/jeffthink/1630683   - cd to the folder where the source code is available ... [More]