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Accelerate Development
of New Enterprise
Solutions for the Cloud Thriving in this fast paced and
with Codename BlueMix connected world
A recent IBM® survey1 of enterprises showed that those who
An IBM Redbooks® Point-of-View publication adopt and leverage cloud computing for competitive advantage
by IBM Corporate Headquarters Strategy on average grow twice as fast and double their profit. Continued
technology advancements in cloud computing are creating
By Walter Falk, IBM Program Director,
Christopher Ferris, IBM Distinguished Engineer, exceptional opportunities for enterprises to transform business
Michael Fork, IBM Software Architect, and models, supply chains, and their interactions with customers
Rob Sauerwalt, IBM Director of Strategy, Cloud and partners. New technologies and tools are transforming
Initiatives traditional software development lifecycles. Innovation around
IBM's open cloud architecture is dramatically changing the
entire digital fabric inside, and outside of, the data center. This
Highlights has a profound impact on how enterprises should think about
their business:
Business success increasingly depends on 򐂰 Unlock innovation: Cloud computing is enabling changes in
applying new and innovative business models how businesses and society operate and is unlocking huge
and implementing IT solutions more quickly avenues for innovation. These innovations are leveraging
than competitors. With the new IBM new ecosystems of application services and speeding the
development environment for cloud-based creation of solutions for a highly mobile, increasingly
applications, BlueMix, enterprises gain interconnected, and data intensive world.
essential application development capabilities:
򐂰 Scale through open architectures: Evolution of IBM’s open
򐂰 Innovative new applications and services cloud architecture, based on open source software and open
developed, deployed, and scaled in minutes standards, is enabling a new approach to delivering
rather than months.
capabilities, workloads, and services. This approach results
򐂰 New born-on-the-cloud applications can be in dramatic improvements in data center operations, faster
developed with speed and agility for a mobile application development, and highly scalable solutions
and socially connected world, increasing deployed on-premise and in the cloud.
customer and employee loyalty.
򐂰 Open ecosystems: Leveraging open ecosystem projects,
򐂰 Leveraging a broad ecosystem of application
services, new development tools, and tools, and technologies can greatly enhance the enterprise's
languages enables the enterprise to ability to adapt and leap-frog its competition. Open
transform business and IT processes, ecosystem projects supported, maintained, and enhanced by
making them more flexible and agile. global partners can dramatically improve innovations. This
BlueMix helps the enterprise avoid vendor approach is becoming the norm rather than the exception for
lock-in. IT going forward.
򐂰 Develop rapid business outcomes: Developers are taking a
more central role in delivering value to the business. Rapid
technology innovations in tools, frameworks, open interfaces,
and languages are enabling them to create or synthesize
highly interactive and dynamic applications that accelerate
business outcomes. DevOps innovations coupled with
composable cloud services are allowing new cloud-centric
applications to be ready in days, rather than months.
Deployment to and support of mobile platforms is often the
first priority resulting in dramatic usability improvements
when done right.

1
Under cloud cover: How leaders are accelerating competitive differentiation,
CIW03086USEN.PDF, accessed via the following website:
Redbooks http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/42304.wss

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2014. 1

򐂰 Engage social business for competitive advantage: Establishing a solid enterprise
Social applications and mobile devices are
transforming customer and partner interactions. foundation
Advanced analytics processing applied against the
mobile and social interactions provides insights to IBM's open cloud architecture was announced in early
transform marketing and product innovation, 2013 and is the result of steady technology
resulting in competitive advantage for those willing advancements, improved integration, and
to engage. standardization in virtualization, management
򐂰 Economics of consumption: Emergence of a cloud automation, and cloud scaling. The architecture has
services consumption model (often called the API proven itself across hundreds of client engagements.
economy) and the availability of composite cloud Today's business environment is demanding greater
services based on open standards are creating the
flexibility in order to introduce new products to market
opportunity for cost effective sophisticated solutions
faster. This requirement demands that new tools be
for enterprises large and small.
available that promote such products to an ever
increasingly interconnected, mobile, and social world.
In this fast paced and connected world, each enterprise
As a result, the digital fabric supporting the business
must continuously transform itself adapting to this
must be designed for utmost flexibility in order to
ever-changing business landscape. To enable this
support modern business processes, and customer
continuous transformation, an enterprise needs a
and partner interactions.
flexible digital fabric and application platform, coupled
with the right tools, and services to rapidly deliver IBM’s open cloud architecture (Figure 2) encompasses
innovations across the enterprise (Figure 1). at its most basic level three distinct layers.

Consumerization Cloud & mobile Systems of

of technology innovation engagement API Economy
3
SaaS
Composable Environments
2
PaaS

Software-defined Environments
Creating New types of Driven by LOB 1
cloud-centric solutions & & marketing
applications socialization
IaaS

Hardware

Figure 1 New IT and business environment

Figure 2 Open cloud architecture
IBM's open cloud architecture provides the foundation
of enterprise applications. IBM's strategic direction for
The Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) layer (Figure 2,
IT services is based on this architecture. BlueMix
layer 1) resides above the physical hardware and
provides a comprehensive application development
supports virtualization and management of the
environment in order to create born-on-the-cloud
hardware components. Virtualization has evolved to a
applications for mobile, social, and big data domains.
point where it is used by most enterprises today.
IBM is ready to engage with your enterprise to take
However, virtualizing physical hardware and creating
advantage of these technology innovations and to
this abstraction layer does not deliver on the full
deliver robust enterprise solutions on your private
promise of the cloud. Although virtualization is a key
cloud, IBM SoftLayer cloud, or a hybrid cloud
component of the cloud infrastructure architecture, all
environment.
basic infrastructure resources need to be provided as
true services. As defined by National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)2, the full set of
characteristics for IaaS includes managing all the

2 NIST, http://www.nist.gov/index.html

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infrastructure resources in a resource pool, with IBM SoftLayer customers can quickly and easily deploy
self-service provisioning, rapid elasticity, and as globally distributed hybrid cloud architectures. These
measured services. Virtualization alone does not architectures are provisioned in real-time and billed
accomplish this vision and set of characteristics. After hour-to-hour or month-to-month. Options that are
all infrastructure resources are provided and managed available include GPU-powered servers, high-speed
as a set of capacity services, the data center can be storage, and multi-processor bare metal. These options
treated as a true software-defined environment give customers access to higher levels of performance
(Figure 2 on page 2, layer 1). than available in commodity public clouds. The
performance benefits extend to IBM SoftLayer's
The value in a software-defined environment stems innovative triple-network architecture with these key
from two aspects. First, expressing physical capabilities:
infrastructure as software services that can be
򐂰 High-speed public connectivity
manipulated and automated, programmatically.
򐂰 A global private network for security
Second, considering the infrastructure as a composite
򐂰 Point-to-point intra-application and inter-data center
whole, not the network, storage, and compute as
connectivity
individual parts. Building the software-defined
򐂰 Out-of-band management network for systems
environment requires a disciplined approach.
administration
Standards (both formal and informal) are rapidly
evolving to ensure portability, interoperability, and Cloud-enabling an existing application environment or
manageability of the software-defined environment. data center has resulted in increased flexibility for the
The OpenStack Foundation3 has emerged as the most enterprise providing an essential base for
important consortium for the implementation of the improvements and innovation.
software-defined environment by adopting many of the
cross industry standards initiatives. The OpenStack More than 23,000 clients are taking advantage of IBM
Foundation was founded by IBM and several other SoftLayer's advanced IaaS capabilities to increase their
leading IT vendors. infrastructure flexibility. Many are leveraging IBM
SoftLayer to deliver a new style of cloud-centric
Enterprises take advantage of the capabilities of a
applications, often designed for a mobile and socially
software-defined environment to ensure that their
interconnected world. In some applications areas (such
applications receive the resources and performance
as, commerce and customer relationship management
available when demanded by the business, customers,
(CRM)), these cloud-centric applications are already
and partners. This new design approach and
having a dramatic impact. These cloud-centric
architecture enables IT to deliver a much more
applications take full advantage of software-defined
compelling value to the enterprise. This design and
environments and are also leveraging rapid evolutions
architecture ensures that enterprises can optimize the
in platform services. Developers are empowered with
utilization of infrastructure assets (physical and increased flexibility, which is further enhanced in the
financial assets). The success of IaaS in public and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) (Figure 2 on page 2,
private cloud deployments and the associated cost layer 2) layer. Bridging the software-defined
savings have already transformed the operations of environment layer with the compositional PaaS layer
many data centers. above it is an emerging open standard, which is based
on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)5 linked
IBM is investing heavily to provide world-leading IaaS
data, referred to as Open Services for Lifecycle
capabilities. The recent IBM acquisition of SoftLayer
Technologies Inc. provides a seamlessly unified global Collaboration (OSLC). The benefit is better integrated
cloud computing infrastructure. It combines virtual tools for developers of cloud-centric applications, and
public cloud instances, powerful bare metal servers, as a result, an increase in developer productivity for the
turnkey private clouds, and a broad range of storage, enterprise.
network and security devices, and services. All these
The concept of composable environments, which
services are connected via a global private network
consists of finer grained services that can be
across 25 data centers, with a single
recombined to create new capabilities, is a key element
control-and-command portal. A recently announced
of the cloud. Composable environments (Figure 2 on
$1.2B additional investment will bring the number of
page 2, layer 2) can contain cloud services, which
global data centers to 40 by the end of 20144.
bring together operational, development, application,
3
OpenStack Foundation, http://www.openstack.org/foundation database, and third-party services. All of these cloud
4
IBM Commits $1.2 Billion to Expand Global Cloud Footprint,
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/42956.wss 5 W3C, http://www.w3.org

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services include embedded monitoring and any type of device with consistency of data and user
manageability capabilities. Developers can take experience, is fueling an increase in APIs. Composite
advantage of these cloud services to quickly build new applications leverage APIs from internal and external
composable applications. These new applications are providers to build even more powerful application
built as cloud-centric (designed for and deployed to the environments with a focus on employee productivity
cloud) and in a mobile-first (user interface that is and efficient customer interactions. Increasingly, these
designed for mobile devices) fashion. APIs may participate in an economic model, where the
consumption of the API is tied to a fee or on-going
IBM and Pivotal announced in mid-2013 their intent to subscription model. As a result, this approach is often
collaborate on development of the Cloud Foundry open referred to as the API economy.
source Platform-as-a-Service framework. They also
agreed to work towards defining an open governance Many business models across various industries are
model for the emerging Cloud Foundry community. being transformed as a result of the rapidly evolving
Announced in February 2014 IBM, together with API economy. Enterprises are making existing and new
leading vendors formed the Cloud Foundry Foundation business applications and data available through APIs
to manage the evolution of Cloud Foundry. Cloud in order to expand their reach and drive new business
Foundry is an interoperable PaaS framework that opportunities for growth. The explosion in APIs is
enables rapid application development, deployment, fueling a dramatic shift in the business landscape
and scaling of new cloud-centric applications. It runs on where customers, business partners, vendors, and
a broad range of cloud infrastructure platforms, clients can directly participate in an enterprise's
including OpenStack, Amazon Web Services (AWS), business processes and gain access to enterprise
VMware, and IBM SoftLayer. It also supports a wide data, from both inside and outside of the enterprise.
range of application programming language run times APIs offer a cost-effective way to provide access to
and frameworks including Java, Ruby, JavaScript, and large amounts of data and the enterprise can leverage
Python. As with OpenStack at the IaaS layer, Cloud sophisticated analytics that are available to increase
Foundry is defining the open standard at the PaaS the value of such data.
layer, by virtue of its growing community and broad
ecosystem of partners, vendors, and users. An It is important to carefully design and manage APIs
enterprise is able to develop cloud-centric applications because they are often published and made available
based on the open Cloud Foundry standard, which is in internal and external marketplaces or application
the foundation for BlueMix, and take advantage of its stores. Many new business models are evolving around
open and vibrant cloud development platform and the availability of APIs. For example, APIs could be
ecosystem without fear of vendor lock-in. Services and used to hail a taxi from a smartphone application, to
applications written based on the Cloud Foundry open process a mortgage application on a tablet, or to
standard are portable across vendors and purchase health insurance from health exchanges via
infrastructures supporting and implementing this the web. Monetization of APIs and governance of the
environment. API lifecycle are rapidly evolving. Developing and
implementing applications that take advantage of the
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is the top layer of the API economy requires enhanced tools, frameworks,
open cloud architecture (Figure 2 on page 2, layer 3). and programming models that are part of the PaaS
This layer is where end-users gain access to and layer of the cloud architecture. Cloud Foundry is the
leverage business applications to support the open source framework that pulls all these pieces
enterprise's business processes. IBM SoftLayer is together and is delivered from IBM in the form of
today hosting thousands of SaaS-based applications, BlueMix.
including a large share of the most popular apps
available on iOS-based and Android-based mobile New enterprise applications often must leverage
devices. Furthermore, IBM has over 100 enterprise existing IT systems inside, as well as outside of the
SaaS-based applications available to clients today. enterprise. Adopting Cloud Foundry is not sufficient to
bridge all these requirements because the enterprise
Modern applications are increasingly composed of a often needs to link new applications with existing
wide variety of composite services that are accessed business applications and data in a secure and
through web-scale application programming interfaces scalable manner. IBM has worked on these challenges
(APIs) in order to access information and integrate with with its clients as their IT systems have evolved, and
other applications. The rapid evolution of social IBM is focused on helping enterprises bridge the gap
applications, coupled together with the desire to have with enterprise class solutions.
multi-modal applications that can be accessed from

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The cloud-centric application environments that 򐂰 Consume cloud services
incorporate mobile and social business support are 򐂰 Publish and manage APIs for consumption by
often referred to as systems of engagement, due to their others
highly interactive nature. In contrast, traditional
application environments are often referred to as These activities need to be accomplished while
systems of record because of their transaction-oriented balancing performance and security requirements. The
and database-oriented nature. development environment must enable the developer
to build and expose secure, reliable, performant
Figure 3 shows the combined environment of systems services to support an ecosystem of customer and
of engagement and systems of record, together with partner applications.
the Internet of Things, referred to as systems of
interaction. Key to enabling development of cloud-centric
applications is an environment built on open standards
and technologies that offers a broad, extensible range
Systems of Interaction of capabilities including:
Systems of Engagement Systems of Record 򐂰 Programming languages and runtime frameworks
CRM HR
򐂰 Discoverable and consumable services
򐂰 Integrated application lifecycle and automation
DB ERP tooling enabling DevOps

Cloud-based Cloud-centric applications consist of multiple

Continuous Services Partner
client experience value chain
composable components each of which can use a
different development language and framework. This
approach to programming optimizes both system
Internet of Things
performance and developer productivity by promoting
the selection of the right tool for each job. This
approach to programming optimizes both system
performance and developer productivity by promoting
Figure 3 Systems of Interaction the selection of the right tool for each job. Traditional,
compiled programming languages (such as C, C++,
IBM is leveraging its middleware platforms, IBM and Java) optimize system performance where it
PureSystems™, IBM Worklight, OpenStack, and Cloud matters, but at the expense of developer productivity.
Foundry, to enable enterprises to build systems of Newer interpreted languages (such as Ruby, PHP, and
interaction. Enterprises should build next generation Python) allow for higher developer productivity and
applications using BlueMix to leverage the evolution of increased agility at the expense of some performance.
the capabilities delivered for systems of interaction. By combining traditional and dynamic languages, the
These applications take advantage of existing developer can optimize the elements of an application
investments in packaged line-of-business applications and the development process to the application. This
including CRM, human resources (HR), and enterprise approach is often referred to as polyglot programming.
resource planning (ERP) as well as new cloud-centric Cloud Foundry and the Cloud Foundry-based BlueMix
applications. Through workload-optimized deployment, support polyglot programming through the concept of
IBM can ensure that the enterprise receives optimal buildpacks. Buildpacks are predefined environments to
benefits out of existing line-of-business applications as execute applications and can be created in support of
they are deployed in system of interaction environments. unique enterprise environments. This approach
enhances flexibility in the enterprise while improving
both maintainability and productivity by allowing
Empowering developers with BlueMix developers to select the best language or framework
for a job from a controlled, predefined set of
In order to take full advantage of cloud computing, the
standardized environments.
IBM open cloud architecture, and composable cloud
services, applications must be designed to the The emergence of cloud services is also transforming
emerging set of cloud-centric architectural principles. the way developers work by providing a means to
The development environment and tooling should create and use complex capabilities without the need
make it easy to perform the following activities: to install, configure, and tune software in the traditional
򐂰 Write and deploy applications manner. A rich library of these cloud services coupled

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with a marketplace that enables discovery promotes than previously possible, ultimately leading to better
experimentation by allowing developers to quickly and business outcomes.
easily find and use these services. To reach their
potential, marketplaces must not only be populated IBM is rapidly expanding its product portfolio to be the
with a variety of services targeting the many phases of premier supplier of services and tooling for open cloud
the development cycle, from design, development, and architectures to the enterprise. The centerpiece is the
test, through production and maintenance and the Cloud Foundry-based BlueMix. BlueMix supports
many types of application development, including web, polyglot programming and composition of cloud
mobile, big data, and Internet of Things. They must be services from both IBM and its business partners in a
extensible and support the addition of new categories pay-as-you-go public cloud model supported by IBM
and services. The marketplace must promote SoftLayer. The IBM Rational® family of products,
discovery through features such as, browsing by including JazzHub, along with newly acquired
category and filtering by various attributes and UrbanCode Inc. support the DevOps methodology.
packaging formats, making it easy to compare and IBM, demonstrating a broad and deep commitment to
contrast the available options. This approach helps open standards and open source initiatives, is
ensure developers can quickly get started and integrating and delivering these core capabilities via
ultimately deliver new applications to market faster. BlueMix.

DevOps, a methodology that stresses tight To deliver on the promise of faster delivery and higher
collaboration between development and operations, quality offered by composed cloud-centric applications,
promotes speed, efficiency, and stability through the developers need a rich portfolio of trusted, proven
automated, rapid integration of changes. Cloud services. BlueMix offers these services from three
Foundry and OpenStack, the foundation of BlueMix, sources: the IBM portfolio, third parties, and open
have robust ecosystems of add-on DevOps tooling that source projects. Initial services from the IBM portfolio
facilitate development of cloud-centric applications. will be drawn from IBM WebSphere®, IBM
These add-on tools help with the deployment and InfoSphere® BigInsights™, IBM Tivoli®, and IBM
orchestration of application releases and complement Rational. Third-party services come from across the
the existing and extensive IBM DevOps portfolio, which industry, including both IBM business partners and
includes the recently acquired UrbanCode Inc. independent software vendors (ISVs), and will continue
to expand through IBM's open cloud architecture.
Open standards and open technologies are rapidly Popular open source projects such as PostgreSQL,
evolving in support of cloud-centric applications and MySQL, and RabbitMQ will also be provided.
the API economy. Open standards, especially in areas
such as application security, federated identity, Supporting the developer with software development in
application APIs and access control, help deliver the the cloud is JazzHub. JazzHub is a premier DevOps
interoperability and portability wanted while enabling service on BlueMix that provides a place to collaborate
integration with other technologies and providers. Open with others to plan, track, and develop software. A
technologies bring vibrant ecosystems of tooling, hosted service, the simple user interface allows a
products, and solutions with their unparalleled project to be started quickly and coding to begin
innovation and ability to extend. Together open immediately without downloads through the use of a
standards and open technologies, supported and often web-based source code editor. Developers preferring
led by IBM, will ensure client investments are protected traditional GUI-based integrated development
by enabling interoperability and portability. environments (IDEs) such as Eclipse or Microsoft
Visual Studio can continue using them through the IBM
Tying together polyglot programming, marketplaces, Rational Team Concert™ client. JazzHub projects can
DevOps, and open standards is what empowers the be public or private and come with source code
developer to bring more value to the enterprise faster. management, project planning and work item tracking
With the right platform and underlying infrastructure, services, and a customizable reporting dashboard.
developers are enabled to rapidly develop, deploy, and JazzHub provides a simple yet powerful path to getting
scale applications and manage the application started with BlueMix.
lifecycle. A robust ecosystem provides a rich library of
easily consumable cloud services based on proven
cloud technologies that can be simply composed into a
solution that is deployed with minimal effort. Solutions
that are composed from these proven services are able
to be delivered to market faster and with higher quality

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As an IBM survey6 shows, enterprises that leverage embrace different approaches. In return, the enterprise
cloud and deploy cloud-centric applications outpace has the opportunity to deepen its relationships with
their peers in both growth and profits. More importantly, customers, find new ways to deliver value, and grow its
pace-setters are not just using cloud to optimize their business.
infrastructure, they were leveraging cloud to deliver
new business models and new modes of engaging IBM invests heavily in the development of open source
their customers and business partners. With BlueMix, and open standards to support the security, cloud,
the application developers have self-service access to social, mobile, big data, and analytics requirements of
the tools, services, and technologies they need to its clients. IBM is a founding member of The
develop and deliver cloud-centric applications. These OpenStack Foundation as well as the new Cloud
applications often support new business models and Foundry Foundation. IBM is also a founding member of
systems of engagement, enabling enterprises to the Object Management Group (OMG) Cloud
achieve remarkable results. Standards Customer Council (CSCC) where
customers, vendors, and consultants collaborate to
influence the evolution of the open cloud. IBM is
working closely with Pivotal and other members of the
A trusted partner is key Cloud Foundry community to make it the leading PaaS
platform across the industry. These initiatives and
IBM is in a unique position to help transform its clients’ investments combined with other standards activities
IT infrastructure and development environments. IBM help to advance broad industry adoption of the IBM
has led the way in embracing new technologies to open cloud architecture. The IBM open cloud
provide business solutions that benefit enterprises. architecture reduces concerns of vendor lock-in and
Now, IBM is helping to define this new era of cloud fosters an open API economy. The standards also
computing via the IBM open cloud architecture, which improve the ability of developers to interchange
is based on software-defined environments and component services when they need to modify or
composable cloud services. These composable cloud enhance their applications.
services can be created and used in BlueMix by
developers. IBM is using continuous delivery methods Through BlueMix and the recent acquisition of
for the design, construction, deployment, and SoftLayer, IBM has introduced the core capabilities
maintenance of applications within this platform. necessary to enable the enterprise for the world of
systems of interaction and cloud-centric applications.
The new technologies and tools outlined in this paper IBM continues to enhance BlueMix and continues this
bring both challenges and great opportunities to journey of innovation for its clients. IBM intends to
enterprises. However, most enterprises should not collaborate within the ecosystems around OpenStack
embark down this road without a knowledgeable and Cloud Foundry by direct contributions and to
partner who is investing in the core technologies and expand the portfolio of cloud services and capabilities
providing service and maintenance. Optimizing available within BlueMix. IBM is also working with
application development and delivery has its business partners and ISVs to foster a broad
challenges. Only an experienced and trusted partner is ecosystem of services and capabilities to develop and
able to provide world-class support, service, and the deploy system of interaction applications. The IBM
long-term maintenance capabilities that are needed to acquisition of SoftLayer greatly enhances the IBM
make these projects successful on your cloud capability to provide a world class and scalable cloud
environment. This partner must be able to support your platform to its clients. Investments into the open source
cloud environment be it a private cloud, a public cloud OpenStack community will help ensure OpenStack
(such as IBM SoftLayer), or a hybrid cloud remains the market leading cloud infrastructure
environment. platform. With IBM investments into and support of the
base PaaS capabilities around the Cloud Foundry
IBM has successfully introduced and integrated new
project, a significant new ecosystem of cloud services
technologies into the enterprise in the past with its
is expected to rapidly emerge across the industry. IBM
leadership in Linux, Apache, and now with OpenStack
has launched BlueMix to pull all of these initiatives
Foundation and Cloud Foundry Foundation. To thrive,
together into a single development platform
enterprises need to develop and acquire new skills and
environment for easy consumption by developers. This
6 Under cloud cover: How leaders are accelerating competitive
platform provides the home for building and deploying
differentiation, CIW03086USEN.PDF, accessed via new system of engagement enterprise applications on
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/42304.wss the cloud.

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What’s next: Getting started 򐂰 The Twelve-Factor App
http://www.12factor.net
with BlueMix
򐂰 The Citizen Developer
IBM is investing to help enterprises realize their vision. http://thecitizendeveloper.com
IBM is working with thousands of enterprises, helping
them adopt cloud computing and leverage new 򐂰 Systems of Engagement and the Future of
applications for maximum business outcomes. IBM Enterprise IT: A Sea Change in Enterprise IT
partners and clients are providing feedback and http://www.aiim.org/futurehistory
identifying best practices based on real world projects.
򐂰 IBM's open cloud architecture blog
IBM continues to share this collective knowledge and
expertise with its clients and will continue to http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/libra
incorporate lessons learned into BlueMix. ry/cl-open-architecture/index.html

You can start your journey by learning more about

BlueMix and IBM SoftLayer from these web addresses:

IBM application development environment Codename

BlueMix
http://www.bluemix.net

IBM Cloud - Cloud Platform (PaaS)

http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/paas.ht
ml

IBM SoftLayer offering

http://www.softlayer.com

Resources for more information

For more information about the concepts that are
highlighted in the paper, see the following resources:
򐂰 IBM’s open cloud architecture
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/libra
ry/cl-open-architecture
򐂰 Ebook: Cloud Services for Dummies
http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/files/clou
d-for-dummies.pdf
򐂰 IBM survey of enterprises adopting cloud
computing
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/4
2304.wss
򐂰 All Clouds are Not Created Equal: A Logical
Approach to Cloud Adoption in Your Company
http://www.ibm.com/services/be/en/attachments
/pdf/SmartCloud_Enterprise_-_IBM_-_Frost_and_
Sullivan_Whitepaper.pdf
򐂰 IBM is a leader in cloud open standards
http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/open
-standards.html

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