Yesterday we officially launched the new GoGrid API and I wanted to pass on a few notable mentions that recently appeared in the blogosphere. This release was a fairly significant event for us as well as for users of Cloud Computing because for the first time, users now have a choice of using either a slick and intuitive web-based interface or an Application Programming Interface (API), depending on their needs.
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Technology writer, Mark Gibbs, who has been closely following GoGrid’s progress over the past few months writes:
“The GoGrid API is remarkable because of its depth – through a REST-style interface it provides access to everything that the GoGrid platform can do including configuring components, starting and stopping services, and retrieving status information as well as real time usage and billing data. “
He continues by discussing some possible options for hooking the GoGrid API into a Microsoft Visio COM object or C# to use Visio to diagram and control the service architecture. He extends this idea to incorporate the use of Business Objects’ Xcelsius to potentially create comprehensive GoGrid dashboards.
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Quick Roundup of a few GoGrid Reviews
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 by Michael SheehanGoGrid is starting to get some traction around the world. Many users are seeing how “controlling the cloud” is becoming the clear way to go when choosing a cloud hosting solution. Obviously, Amazon EC2 is pushing hard to be the leader and GoGrid is biting at their heels. In many cases, GoGrid actually offers a better service than many of the other cloud computing companies out there with offerings like:
But don’t just take my word for it. Here are what others have to say:
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