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Zoho has announced Zoho CloudSQL, a middleware service that uses the familiar SQL (Structured Query Language) to connect business data stored in Zoho with traditional, on-premises applications as well as other SaaS offerings. Zoho Reports, the company’sonline reporting and business intelligence service previously known as Zoho DB & Reports,is the first to support Zoho CloudSQL. Zoho Reports also added an HTTP-based API that lets users interact with their data programmatically. Customers can use this new technology to seamlessly blend the data and applications they have on-site with the data and applications they have in the cloud.
Q-layer, the leading enabler of cloud computing through Virtual Private Data Centers (VPDC), today announced that it has expanded its operation into the United States. Founded in 2005 in Belgium, the company has experienced great success in the European market with the Virtual Private Data Center software targeted at Service Providers.