IBM(NYSE:IBM) has announced that more than 30 additional cloud services are available in BlueMix, its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to help developers quickly integrate applications and speed deployment of new cloud services.
With this news, IBM aims to accelerate the pace at which cloud computing will transform global industries. Built on open standards and leveraging Cloud Foundry, BlueMix has made major advancements since being announced in February.
"The adoption rate of BlueMix has been nothing short of phenomenal since being announced only a few short weeks ago. Rapidly growing numbers of beta participants are embracing our model of extending their existing assets and services into a cloud-based, open-source development platform, allowing our clients to bridge between the tools they are planning for the future and the workloads and services they use today to get them to market faster," said Steve Robinson, General Manager, IBM Cloud Platform Services.
In the first eight weeks of BlueMix’s open beta launch, IBM has seen rapid adoption of the open platform with key clients and partners such as GameStop, Pitney Bowes, Continental Automotive and start-ups, including EyeQ.
Underpinned by a strong ecosystem, IBM aims to accelerate the pace at which cloud computing will transform global industries. Currently, IBM’s education, mentoring and innovation initiatives reach more than four million software developers worldwide, and more than 1,000 start-ups across retail, healthcare, finance, agriculture, automotive and more. The continued growth of the BlueMix community, as well as launches of additional BlueMix Garages, will help provide this network with the skills, innovation and tools needed to leverage the power of cloud to revolutionize the use of mobile, big data and more.
