(Continued from previous question...) What is API Testing? An API (Application Programming Interface) is a collection of software functions and procedures, called API calls, that can be executed by other software applications. Application developers code that links to existing APIs to make use of their functionality.
It has been named CloudStore rather than the Government Application Store, the name under which it was developed, and makes more than 1,700 services from 258 suppliers available through a catalogue for the first tranche of the G-Cloud service.
Francis Maude, minister for the Cabinet Office, said: The launch of CloudStore is an important milestone in the Government's ICT strategy to deliver savings and an IT system fit for the 21st century. Simply stated, purchasing services from CloudStore will be quicker, easier, cheaper and more transparent for the public sector and suppliers alike. The catalogue includes service details and pricing information.