IBM Masterclass- Bluemix, Watson, Cloudant and more

Explore IBM cloud compute options, comparing bare metal and virtual servers for processor-intensive tasks, RAM needs, and scalable, cost-aware deployment across public or dedicated environments.

Explore block, file, and object storage in IBM Bluemix, compare performance and scalability, and learn how containers fit into the architecture—even with a 30-day trial.

Explore cloud infrastructure security and networking options, including hardware firewalls, SSL certificates, VPN, load balancers, DNS, CDN, and static IP configurations, to secure and optimize regional content delivery.

Explore the Lumix platform's mobile capabilities, including API, application service, blockchain, cloud formation, and data analytics. Learn about authentication, push notifications, third-party tools, and analytics to tailor apps for audiences.

Explore the DevOps mindset and cloud-based software delivery with Bluemix, containers, and automated pipelines from planning to monitoring, emphasizing collaboration, testing, and continuous delivery.

Explore IBM Watson services on Bluemix, including text-to-speech, speech-to-text, visual cognition, and natural language tools to build cross-industry cognitive applications.

IBM Bluemix IoT platform with Watson and Cloudant, linking devices like sensors and Raspberry Pi for home automation and smart applications through real-time events and cloud analytics.

Explore function as a service (FaaS) and how serverless platforms run app functionality without managing infrastructure. Learn about triggers, events, per-execution pricing, and rapid function startup.

Blockchain is a decentralized distributed ledger that records cryptocurrency transactions by linking blocks with cryptographic hashes, creating a transparent, tamper-proof history shared by all nodes.

Cloud Foundry is an open source cloud application platform that supports the full application development lifecycle, runs on content based architecture, and automatically moves workloads as needed.

Develop a web app by building a toolchain, creating code and manifest files, deploying the app, configuring a domain, and managing changes through a repository within a devops workflow.

Create a 12 toolchain in the new south region to deploy and develop your application, with a pipeline, hosting options, domain setup, and multi-language support.

Create a bucket for data storage on IBM Cloud, choose a region, and upload objects using object storage, with block storage options, while configuring permissions and policies for secure access.

Discover how to manage container registries by creating namespaces, deploying container images, and configuring clusters with free and standard options, regions, and cli workflows.

Learn to set up an IoT starter on the IBM Bluemix platform and create a sample application by supplying resource name, application name, and region.

Develop Ruby applications using the Sinatra framework on IBM Bluemix, learn to assemble a complete tool chain and leverage a dashboard to monitor early deployments.

Build a flask-based service on Bluemix using the dashboard and CLI, configure environment variables and logging, and manage continuous delivery, domains, and monitoring.

Discover how to set up and manage a Cloudant database with Node.js on IBM Bluemix, including API management, uploading sample files, running queries, and storing documents and images.

Discover the analytics engine, a flexible data analytics framework that works with Hadoop and Apache components, enabling customization with open source packages and scalable cloud services.

Explore Apache Spark for building an open source cluster, interface with Hadoop for analytics, and run interactive Spark APIs via Jupyter kernels to develop data center analytics tools.

Create dynamic dashboards with drag-and-drop interactivity to surface insights for teammates and customers, featuring interactive graphs and end-to-end integration with other applications.

Explore creating and managing a DB2 SQL database on IBM cloud Bluemix, including schema and table creation, data upload, and credential management in the cloud dashboard.

Explore streaming analysis as the next step in big data analytics on the IBM cloud, leveraging tools and dashboards to analyze streaming data and build web-based applications.

Explore IBM Watson services on Bluemix, including speech to text, text to speech, visual cognition, language translator, natural language classifier, tone analysis, and conversation, to build cross-industry cloud apps.

Watson applies cognitive computing to unstructured data, reading text, building domain literacy, and generating hypotheses. It ingests knowledge, curates the corpus, trains with experts, and provides evidence-based insights at scale.