Groovy intros cloud offering for Myspace developers

SAN MATEO, USA: Groovy Corporation will present its next generation communications and data cloud offering for MySpace and real-time developers at the free MySpace devJam.

To help MySpace developers write applications and try the new service, Groovy will offer 10 developers 10,000 individual private data channels including real/write access to the cloud said a press release.

The Groovy Cloud gives MySpace developers access to a highly scalable data cloud that supports bi-directional private data channels. Included in the offering are significant advances in developer adoption for the real-time stream including:

* Access to the entire MySpace real-time stream for the smallest and largest of developers
* SDK for Flash/Flex, Java, Javascript/HTML, C++, C# developers
* Open source Crazy Wall application
* Familiar SQL front-end including a relational history
* Pre-populated MySpace data schema

As part of the free offering for the first 10 developers, Groovy will be making available an initial 10,000 bi-directional private data channels (user connections) and 25MB of Cloud Write access.

“As MySpace is opening free access to volumes of public real-time data, we’re looking to our developer partners to create innovative ways to socialize content on the Web," said Mike Jones, COO at MySpace.

"Groovy's Interactive 'Select' Broadcast data cloud delivers a real-time push capability at a considerable scale,  a very exciting update for our developers who interact with lots of multi-media and gaming content.”

"The killer application opportunities for real-time games, screen savers, widgets and live Web pages are extraordinary," said Joe Ward, CEO of GroovyCorp "MySpace is a multi-media powerhouse of the web and we're very excited to be partnering with them."

GroovyCorp is also hosting a cocktail reception for DevJam attendees after the event at the MySpace San Francisco office.