I'm still digging through a backlog of news & links sent to me during from
my vacation. One of which is an interesting new project announced a couple
weeks ago called CloudLoop <http://www.cloudloop.com/index.html>. The
project is described as a universal, open-source Java API and command-line
tool for cloud storage, which lets you store, manage, and sync your data
between all major providers.

According to the announcement <http://www.cloudloop.com/blog/?p=3> Cloudloop
aims to solve cloud storage related problems by putting a layer in between
your application and its storage provider. It gives you one simple storage
interface that supports a full directory structure and common
filesystem-like operations (e.g. mv, cp, ls, etc).

The project currently supports Amazon S3, Nirvanix, Eucalyptus Walrus,
Rackspace CloudFiles, Sun Cloud, with support coming soon for Microsoft
Azure, EMC Atmos, Aspen, Diomede storage clouds.

Key futures include;

   - Sync your data to multiple providers, so if your primary provider goes
   down you will still be able to access your data.
   - Handles all the messy plumbing that comes with cloud storage, such as
   retry logic, authentication, and differences in vendor API's.
   - Makes switching between storage providers really easy. there are no
   code changes required to move to a new provider.
   - Lets you organize your data with a standard directory structure, rather
   than key-value systems offered by most providers.
   - Gives you a powerful unix-like command line interface for managing your
   data and configuring applications that use the cloudloop API.

Check out the project at www.cloudloop.com