Bluemix Key Advantages, from a developer's perspective

In this article I am going to summarize the main benefits and advantages that Bluemix has over other cloud development platforms.

v Bluemix has all the popular runtimes already installed and ready to go. And you don't see your favorite runtime, you can install your own, because Bluemix is based on Cloud Foundry technology.

v Bluemix has a large and growing catalog of services that are already installed and licensed for the platform, so they are easy to incorporate into your application. And they have usage-based pricing.

v The Bluemix compostable service approach lets you "kick the tires" of new technologies like Watson services.

v If the Bluemix runtimes and services aren't enough for your needs, you can build your own environments using Docker-based containers.

v If you need control the entire software stack, Bluemix supports virtual machine deployments via OpenStack.