<s>
The	O
Simple	B-Language
Cloud	I-Language
API	I-Language
is	O
an	O
API	B-Application
(	O
Application	B-Application
Programming	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
cloud	O
application	O
services	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
across	O
different	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Zend	O
Technologies	O
announced	O
the	O
Simple	B-Language
Cloud	I-Language
API	I-Language
project	O
for	O
improving	O
portability	O
of	O
PHP	B-Application
applications	O
across	O
all	O
major	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
attracted	O
much	O
attention	O
from	O
the	O
press	O
with	O
an	O
unusual	O
collaboration	O
among	O
leading	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Simple	B-Language
Cloud	I-Language
API	I-Language
is	O
a	O
common	O
API	B-Application
for	O
accessing	O
cloud	O
application	O
services	O
offered	O
by	O
multiple	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
API	B-Application
defines	O
interfaces	O
for	O
these	O
services	O
and	O
provides	O
adapters	O
for	O
several	O
vendors	O
 '	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
interfaces	O
and	O
adapters	O
form	O
a	O
new	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
component	O
called	O
Zend_Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
development	O
is	O
currently	O
carried	O
out	O
in	O
the	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
laboratory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
bug	O
reports	O
and	O
comments	O
will	O
be	O
collected	O
on	O
the	O
proposal	O
pages	O
until	O
the	O
API	B-Application
is	O
approved	O
for	O
inclusion	O
in	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
