ARCHITECTURE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A CLIENT COMPUTER SYSTEM AND A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH A DRIVER FRAMEWORK

A method and apparatus for mediating communications between a client computer system and a cloud computing system with a driver framework is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request from a client computer system, wherein the request is in a neutral format and is directed to a cloud computing system. The method may also include translating the request from the neutral format to a second format supported by the cloud computing system utilizing a driver.