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whats available via API?

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There are no generic examples of black-box compute services that are available today on the web via API. However, there are several technologies that point in this direction. First is the Alexa Vertical Search platform, which will be discussed more in the Search Services section below. The second is grid computing technologies like Sun Grid, DataSynapse’s GridServer or Platform’s Symphony. Encapsulating arbitrary computation [in an API] is a very challenging task and it might take another few years before we will see such services emerge widely.

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