JNBridge, a provider of interoperability tools that connect the Java and .NET Frameworks, on Monday announced codename "Project Lightning," a new initiative to extend Java and .NET interoperability into the cloud. "Project Lightning" will enable developers to access both .NET-based and Java-based cloud services from clients and services written with either platform, and to write cloud services incorporating both Java-based and .NET-based components.

"We believe that what is typically discussed under the rubric of cloud interoperability is so insufficient it will destroy the promise of the cloud," said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. "JNBridge's position is that ‘Cloud Interoperability' must encompass full Cloud-to-Cloud access, where any cloud service can access any other cloud's service, full Cloud-to-Ground access, where any cloud service can be consumed from any client or on-premise platform, and full interoperability within a cloud service. In order for this to work, developers need the ability to write cloud services using any platform, easily, simply and quickly, and regardless of the cloud vendor. Our vision of cloud interoperability is any object, on any platform, in any language, anywhere, and at any time."