Post Impact 2014 – Time to reflect
PureApplication on SoftLayer With IBM’s acquisition of SoftLayer last year, IBM has bought into an excellent infrastructure provider and it’s clear that they’re determined to capitalise on their...
View ArticleAccelerating the delivery of Payments Systems using an FTM Pattern of Expertise
There’s no doubt about it, financial topologies are complicated and users are all too familiar with the challenges involved in the development lifecycle (e.g. the time taken to deploy test and dev...
View ArticleA case for PureApplication – Just Do It!
We set up the forum because we really believe in the value of sharing product experiences (both good and bad) and using that knowledge to support other customers starting their journey on...
View ArticlePureApplication – JIT (Just in Time) for IT Operations?
One thing we’ve often been asked is who can justify investing in this converged, automated and extremely intelligent solution? But the reality is, no matter who the customer is, the driving factor...
View ArticleStep into the Cloud with PureApplication Services
As it’s still relatively new to the market, I thought I’d take a bit more time to explain what it is, the drivers behind using the Service and the benefits it delivers. Here are some answers to some...
View ArticlePureApplication and its benefits for testing
By the way, all the images I’ve used below are actual snapshots from PureApplication patterns we’ve created. This shows just how nice the pattern modelling environment is! Aside from the normal...
View ArticleTechnology that delivers….. straight from the horse’s mouth
I could spend all of my allocated ‘suggested word count for a blog’ waxing lyrical about the amazing food and sights we saw whilst in Paris but let’s focus on three things that I heard from...
View ArticleUsing the power of PureApplication, without the box
More choice, more flexibility The PureApplication pattern engine enables you to create PureApplication patterns – which revolutionise the way that you model, deploy and manage complete solution...
View ArticleThree PureApplication announcements you should know
Good things come in threes There were three main announcements: PureApplication Software Chef Support Docker Support I’m going to cover these in the order of importance from my perspective (and I hope...
View ArticleThe relationship between PureApplication, UrbanCode and DevOps
Here I try to define the DevOps problem and discuss how IBM tools like PureApplication and UrbanCode could help. Defining DevOps Ask three people what they think DevOps is and chances are they’ll give...
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