Abstract: Methods and systems for creating a universal API standard for communication and operability between brand-specific cloud services. A method for enabling a developer to execute a standardized API call to access, monitor and manage cloud services provided by multiple distinct cloud computing systems is disclosed. The method includes accepting, via an API gateway of a cloud-connected system, an external API call, queuing, via a queueing engine of the cloud-connected system, the external API call for processing, and converting, via a transformation and communication engine of the cloud-connected system, a message of the external API call into a brand-specific API call format. A response to the brand-specific API call flows through a same path in an opposite direction.

Abstract: In some examples, a cloud-services management tool for managing cloud services of an entity includes a processor and a storage device communicatively coupled to the processor. The storage device stores computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to cause, via a display device, display of a user interface including one or more lists of available technology resources based on a user of the entity, receive, via a network interface, a user selection including at least one technology resource from the one or more lists of available technology resources, determine the at least one technology resource is provided by at least one cloud-service provider of a list of cloud-service providers, the list of cloud-service providers a list of cloud-service providers authorized by the entity, and manage the at least one technology resource provided by the at least one cloud-service provider based on the user selection.