Glynn Bird

Cloud January 6, 2022

Truck Tracker: An IoT Pattern Using IBM Cloud Services

7 min read - A use case on how to combine different IBM Cloud services to produce a variety of insights. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term used (and often misused) in all sorts of contexts. But its core idea — that…

Cloud October 18, 2021

IBM Cloudant and PostgreSQL: Combining Databases for App Speed and Business Intelligence Insights

5 min read - How to move data from multiple IBM Cloudant tables to a PostgreSQL “data warehouse” so that you can query the data in more creative ways. In previous posts, we have looked at combining various IBM services to create applications that…

Cloud September 9, 2021

IBM Cloudant and IBM Databases for Redis: Combining Databases to Optimise for Cost and Speed

8 min read - How to combine two IBM services to optimise for speed and cost by implementing a caching system for database queries. Each database technology has its own strengths and weaknesses. Some are built for high availability and data durability (at the…

Cloud August 16, 2021

IBM Code Engine and IBM Cloudant: Serverless Data and Infrastructure

8 min read - One of the great advantages of cloud infrastructure is that it offers the option of trying things out at zero or near-zero cost. You can spin up services, create applications and try them out. If they don’t work or don’t…

Cloud September 16, 2019

Cloudant Logging with LogDNA

4 min read - Cloudant is now rolling out customer-facing logging for its Cloudant services. In this post, we’ll explore how to set it up and how it can help you keep tabs on your IBM Cloudant service. Note: At the time of writing,…