When we posted our ParaScale Fact Check blog post earlier, it was specifically oriented to a situation where there were specific, unsupported claims by ParaScale. A fact check should be based on facts, not marketing claims or opinions. The claim that ParaScale offers Web services APIs, among other claims, initiated our response. Now, ParaScale not
Monthly Archives for August 2009
28 Aug 2009
20 Aug 2009
My last post on REST generated some attention. Since it is an important topic, I wanted to share some additional links for those who are trying to improve their understanding of REST: – Stefan Tilkov‘s Intro to REST presentation and When is an API RESTful? – Dare Obasanjo‘s Explaining REST to Damien Katz – Paul
15 Aug 2009
Most of us in the Cloud Storage industry strongly believe that a key capability of a storage cloud is the REST style Web Services API. Many of the most popular storage cloud services include or exclusively use REST, including SoftLayer’s CloudLayer, Amazon S3, Nirvanix SDN and Rackspace Cloud Files. Other access methods that are most
14 Aug 2009
Of late we see the folks at ParaScale going off the deep end with statements like: “…the REST API, though all the rage now, is emergent and there are no standards.” This kind of statement is simply irresponsible, and must be refuted immediately. Roger Costello explains: REST is not a standard. You will not see