Cloud Elements is connecting cloud API platforms Twilio (News - Alert) and SendGrid via a single uniform application programming interface (API) with the release of a new developer tool.
Twilio is an innovator in SMS and voice messaging services and SendGrid serves the email services market.
The Cloud Elements Messaging Hub from the open cloud application company, Cloud Elements provides a single console to provision, integrate, monitor and maintain SMS messaging, voice and email services.
Through this console an integrated messaging platform is created that delivers seamless interaction between established SMS, voice and email service providers.
All software developers can now leverage the Cloud Elements' Messaging Hub, to quickly bring Twilio and SendGrid services into their SaaS (News - Alert) applications in an affordable manner.
The Cloud Elements Messaging Hub is available free of cost till the end of 2013 and will allow developers to easily provision and integrate services within their specific environments.
In May this year, Twilio added contact center-focused capabilities to communications API platform. This enhanced platform will result in new breeds of contact centers that can be up and running quickly as claimed by Twilio’s officials.
“We're excited by what Cloud Elements is doing with their new Messaging Hub,” said Lynda Smith, CMO of Twilio. “Developers often work with multiple APIs in the process of building out their solutions. The Cloud Elements approach allows them to manage them from a single dashboard, freeing up more time to create cool things.”
A singular dashboard in the Element's singular dashboard offers several benefits such as interoperability between services, tagging for granular account tracking and automated monitoring.
"Cloud Elements is making it even easier for developers to integrate both email and messaging by offering a singular, uniform API and dashboard,” said Jim Franklin, CEO of SendGrid. “The resulting streamlined integration, maintenance and management benefits are big wins for any developer looking to save time and money.”
Edited by Ryan Sartor