Unwrapping the $300Bn+ industry with Mainframe, APIs and the finest Burger in town
The unexpected recipe to astound: take half a dozen APIs, an IBM Cloud, one Dallas mainframe, plus one iPad and gently fold in against a backdrop of a US-themed burger joint set in the heart of London on a bustling May evening. The result: a live demo of a Tweet-initiated, IBM Bluemix-enhanced, mainframe-powered business transaction cascade; that texted me on successful completion. Oh, and my two astounded colleagues who just saw a whole new dimension to the way that mainframes deliver business services. The digital generation of application developers – who have been weaned on Web2.0 and mobile apps – … Continue reading Unwrapping the $300Bn+ industry with Mainframe, APIs and the finest Burger in town