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Simple Cloud API 295
Simple Cloud API
Announcement
Developer(s) Zend Technologies
Microsoft
IBM
Rackspace
Nirvanix
GoGrid
Stable release 0.2
Written in PHP
Operating
system
Cross-platform
Type Application programming interfaces
License New BSD license
Website simplecloud.org [1]
On September 22, 2009, Zend Technologies announced the Simple Cloud API project for improving portability of
PHP applications across all major cloud computing platforms. [2] [3] The announcement attracted much attention from
[4] [5] [6]
the press with an unusual collaboration among leading cloud leaders.
Services
The Simple Cloud API is a common API for accessing cloud application services offered by multiple vendors. The
following services are supported:
• Storage with adapters for services such as Amazon S3 and Nirvanix [7]
• Document with adapters for services such as Azure Table Storage and Amazon SimpleDB [8]
• Queue with adapters for services such as Amazon SQS and Azure Queue Storage [9]
The API defines interfaces for these services and provides adapters for several vendors' services. Local adapters are
also available for offline development.