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loud computing is one of the emerging research

technologies today. With the wide use of sensor and

wireless based technologies, the cloud has expanded

to the Cloud of Things (CoT), which is the merger of cloud

computing and the Internet of Things (IoT). These technologies

provide for the transmission and processing of huge amounts

of information on different channels with different protocols.

This integration of technologies is generating volumes of

data, which then has to be disseminated for effective decision

making in multiple domains like business analytics, weather

forecasting, location maps, etc.

A number of cloud service providers deliver cloud based

services and application programming interfaces (APIs)

to users and developers. Cloud computing has different

paradigms and delivery models including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS,

Communication as a Service (CaaS) and many others. A cloud

computing environment that uses a mix of cloud services is

known as the hybrid cloud. There are many hybrid clouds,

which differ on the basis of the types of services and features

in their cloud environment.

The prominent cloud service providers include IBM

Bluemix, Amazon Web Service (AWS), Red Hat OpenShift,

Google Cloud Platform, etc.

IBM Bluemix and cloud services

IBM Bluemix is a powerful, multi-featured, hybrid cloud

environment that delivers assorted cloud services, APIs and

IBM Bluemix is a cloud PaaS that supports numerous programming languages

and services. It can be used to build, run, deploy and manage applications on the

cloud. This article guides the reader in building a weather app as well as an app to

remotely monitor vehicle drivers.

development tools without any complexities. In general, IBM

Bluemix is used as a Platform as a Service (PaaS), as it has

many programming platforms for almost all applications. It

provides programming platforms for PHP, Java, Go, Ruby,

Node.js, ASP.NET, Tomcat, Swift, Ruby Sinatra, Python,

Scala, SQL databases, NoSQL platforms, and many others.

Function as a Service (FaaS) is also integrated in IBM

Bluemix along with serverless computing, leading to a higher

degree of performance and accuracy. IBM Bluemix’s services

began in 2014 and gained popularity within three years.

Creating real-time monitoring apps in IBM Bluemix

IBM Bluemix presents high performance cloud services

with the integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) so that

real-time applications can be developed for corporate as

well as personal use. Different types of applications can be

programmed for remote monitoring by using IBM and third

party services. In the following scenarios, the implementation

aspects of weather monitoring and vehicle driver behaviour

analysis are covered.

Creating a weather notification app

A weather notification app can be easily created with IBM

Bluemix so that real-time messages to the client can be

delivered effectively. It can be used for real-life scenarios

during trips and other purposes. Those planning to travel to

a particular place can get real-time weather notifications.

Developing Real-Time

Notification and Monitoring Apps

in IBM Bluemix