June 18, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider SoftLayer (softlayer.com) announced on Monday it has developed additional features for API that will go live this week, in response to the high adoption rate of API. Following its May 21 launch, the API user base has increased by more than ten-fold and API connections have averaged several thousand per day.
"Not only are we thrilled by how quickly the API has been adopted, we're excited by how widely it’s being integrated," says Nathan Day, SoftLayer's chief technology officer. "Customers are building it into cPanel, Plesk and Helm control panels. And they’re creating and sharing tools on the SoftLayer Development Network, which will make future integration and customization even faster and easier."
The company has expanded the API's original feature set with three new capabilities, which include backbone bandwidth graphs, the SoftLayer Emergency Notification system and DNS Services with full control for integrating both authoritative name servers and reverse domain name servers. SoftLayer developers will continue to release new features on a bi-weekly basis throughout the year.
SoftLayer has also named Kevin Laude as API Evangelist. Laude, who is a senior developer with years of experience in software design and online communication, will help users as they migrate, build and design new systems and controls around the API.
