In this tutorial, the second in a series of three, you learn how to combine Clojure OpenWhisk actions into sequences that actually receive a request from the browser, process it, and return a usable result.

Businesses can make IT operations smarter by reacting to weather events and automating operational decisions that factor in weather data. This article describes the steps to combine services to automate decisions that consider weather data by running business rules. The business decisions could result in actions such as sending notifications, adjusting prices, generating promotions, triggering IoT devices, or initiating business processes.

See top 10 editor's picks of IBM Business Process Manager content published on developerWorks, updated to include some of the best tutorials published in the past year.

In Part 4 of this tutorial series, you'll learn how to link external and public data to your existing data to gain insights for your sales team. In this scenario for retail sales, you'll learn how to forecast the hot sales areas for new wins.

IBM i2 Analyze is an extensible, scalable, and service-oriented analytical environment that is designed to provide organizations with access to intelligence when and where they need it, so they can make faster and more informed decisions.

In this second installment of a two-part tutorial on how to combine Weather Data and Business Rules IBM Cloud services to automate operational business decisions based on weather conditions, you will take a closer look at the decision operation created in Part 1, learn how to create simple business rules that use weather data and a rule flow that includes these rules, and deploy the decision operation to IBM Cloud. A Node-RED flow will orchestrate a call to the weather data, the Business Rules service, and take action based on the outcome executing business rules.

Discover common problems associated with cleansing data for validation and processing, with solutions for dealing with them. You'll also find a custom tool to make the process of cleansing data and merging data sets for analysis.

Learn about VQ and ART algorithms. VQ quickly and efficiently clusters a data set; ART adapts the number of clusters based on the data set.

This article describes the Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) Flash support on IBM AIX. CAPI technology has been used on AIX to accelerate I/O operations to IBM Flash storage. AIX CAPI Flash driver stack has been optimized into a monolithic driver model which further reduced the I/O code path length. CAPI Flash technology provides a superior performance advantage in terms of IOPS per processor when compared to the traditional Fibre Channel I/O. We also describe at a high level how a user can use CAPI-based flash devices on AIX.

Global miner Rio Tinto has recommended shareholders vote against forcing it to set targets around the emissions of its steel-making customers, putting it on a collision course with investors over its climate policies.

JC Penney Co Inc is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as next week with plans to permanently close about a quarter of its roughly 850 stores, becoming the latest major US retailer to succumb to fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, according to people familiar with the matter.

As waitlists for care facilities grow longer and more people with dementia are choosing to live within their own communities, urban planning and design will play an increasingly important role in helping them live safe, comfortable and independent lives.

With smartphones and automated technologies taking care of our information for us, the means to store information outside of our brains is endless. But does this “information offloading” have an impact on the brain’s memory function?

We're not very good at predicting the potential side effects of our tech

Justice Minister David Lametti says he thinks Canadians want more access to medical assistance in dying following a court ruling that struck down provisions limiting it to people whose death is near. That’s the theme he says is emerging from the responses of nearly 300,000 Canadians to an online questionnaire that ended Jan. 27 — the largest number of responses the department has ever received during a public consultation.

The American author and translator's memoir is a poignant exploration of language, sisterhood and overcoming personal tragedy.

We’re dazzled, and sometimes frazzled, by our encounters with contemporary art. Marc Mayer, former director of the National Gallery of Canada, draws back the curtain to show what’s behind the art that can be so fascinating and yet so confusing.

In the last few years, the renewable industry has been going from strength to strength. However 2020 might see that end. So what needs to be done to sustain the industry and protect Australia's electricity prices from the whims of the oil controllers?

Can pride be ‘redeemed’, and form the basis of human dignity, or is pride as such a form of moral corruption, a debased form of moral vision?

What can we learn from living through lockdown to make our cities and urban areas better places to live into the future?

South Korea has this week further relaxed their social distancing rules, allowing a phased reopening of businesses as the nation has largely managed to get on top of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Walmart's payments to foreign officials in years past are raised anew in a lawsuit by a former executive who says he was fired for refusing to water down a memo he'd written about his findings in Mexico.

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ANZ customers can no longer utilise banking services at their local post offices after the bank failed to reach an agreement with Australia Post on their Bank@Post service.

Industry figures say unstable weather, a lack of infrastructure investment and poor international prices are hampering sugar sector confidence as mills open for crushing.

SunWater is about to shed the equivalent of 32,000 Olympic pools of water from Bundaberg's Paradise Dam, which is less than 20 years old so what went wrong?

More than 11,000 scientists around the world have signed a scientific paper declaring a climate emergency, in turn backing protesters across the world demanding and calling on governments worldwide to act.

Scientists say Ikaria wariootia, which lived 550 million years ago, was bilaterian, meaning it had a mouth, an anus and a through gut — just like humans and most animals.

From a whisper to a bang! is a six-part podcast series about war, remembrance and Australian prisoners of war in Germany during the Second World War

The West Coast Eagles will review the way they manage drug-testing procedures in the wake of the scandal engulfing forward Willie Rioli.

It is not just Perth feeling the exceptionally early burst of spring warmth, with central parts of Western Australia sizzling in record-breaking heat this past week.

The husband of a woman found dead at a Nollamara home by family members is charged with murdering his wife sometime between Wednesday and Saturday last week.

The AFL advises that West Coast Eagles player Willie Rioli tested positive in an in-competition drug test for "a metabolite of cannabis", having previously tampered with a sample in a separate test.

At least 20,000 short-term rental properties in WA would be forced to register their details as part of a mandatory scheme designed to level the accommodation playing field and give peace of mind to consumers.

For the first time in history, the mayor of WA's biggest council will be chosen directly by residents, but the campaign has been marred by allegations of criminal damage, sabotage and online abuse.

As WA Premier Mark McGowan proudly announced direct flights from Perth to Shanghai this week, it flew in stark contrast to Scott Morrison's US visit that put several Chinese noses out of joint, writes Eliza Borrello.

Low-cost airline Jetstar announces it will start running three flights a week between Melbourne and Busselton in the south-west of WA.

An inquest into the death of a notorious Perth criminal dubbed "the Porsche kid" is told a prison guard said she "didn't care if he died" during a standoff that ended with him trying to take his own life.

A 14-year-boy faces a huge repair bill along with criminal charges after allegedly crashing a stolen car into a $400,000 Lamborghini SUV in Perth's south.

WA's biggest native hardwood processor is facing accusations it sold thousands of tonnes of jarrah sawlogs to be burnt as low-value charcoal.

Since she was 11, an eating disorder has controlled much of Ruby Alarcon Gleeson's life. Then when she turned 16, she fell through the gaps into a "chasm of care" just when she needed help the most.

A woman accused of killing her two young daughters faces a bedside court hearing in hospital, several days after the girls' bodies were discovered in their home in Perth's northern suburbs.

A former Perth rugby league coach who spent more than 14 years behind bars for "horrendous and abhorrent" child sex offences is jailed for another seven months for molesting a boy 25 years ago.

Game of Thrones, Succession, True Detective... there's no shortage of iconic HBO shows, but how much does Foxtel need them for its new streaming service? Also, would you entrust Facebook with a messenger service for your kids? Guests: Angharad Yeo, ABC television presenter, video game critic, technology journalist and entertainer @angharadyeo + Ben Grubb, technology journalist and Homepage Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald @bengrubb

Many of us have extra time on our hands at the moment, and for many of us that time can feel like a burden. But what is this mysterious relationship between what time feels like and what it really is?

A Rotary Club in WA has been trialling a form of cheap and simple therapy for people living with dementia. Having seen some remarkable results, the plan is now to push the program further.