diff --git a/atmos/pom.xml b/atmos/pom.xml
index 8fdc0dfd95..9f43d749d6 100644
--- a/atmos/pom.xml
+++ b/atmos/pom.xml
@@ -43,9 +43,16 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/aws/pom.xml b/aws/pom.xml
index fc21221319..73ff78ded2 100644
--- a/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/pom.xml
@@ -56,9 +56,16 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/azure/pom.xml b/azure/pom.xml
index 375884887f..6a37e25f13 100644
--- a/azure/pom.xml
+++ b/azure/pom.xml
@@ -53,9 +53,16 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
@@ -76,4 +83,4 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/blobstore/pom.xml b/blobstore/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..635a6124ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blobstore/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <!--
+        $HeadURL$ $Revision$ $Date$ Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole
+        <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+        ====================================================================
+        Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+        more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+        distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+        copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+        Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+        this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+        a copy of the License at
+
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+        by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+        under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+        WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+        See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+        and limitations under the License.
+        ====================================================================
+    -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+    <name>jclouds blobstore core</name>
+    <description>jclouds components to access blobstore</description>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:svn:http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</developerConnection>
+        <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</url>
+    </scm>
+
+    <properties>
+        <jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url>http://apache.multihomed.net/maven/binaries/apache-maven-2.2.0-bin.zip</jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url>
+        <jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5>132bcde2aeca20acb0b16c1c66b74984</jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.3</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>integration</id>
+                        <phase>integration-test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!--
+                                note that the groups/excluded groups
+                                don't work due to some problem in
+                                surefire or testng. instead, we have to
+                                exclude via file path
+                                <groups>integration</groups>
+                                <excludedGroups>unit,performance,live</excludedGroups>
+                            -->
+                            <excludes>
+                                <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/Base*Test.java</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                            <includes>
+                                <include>**/*IntegrationTest.java</include>
+                            </includes>
+                            <systemProperties>
+                                <property>
+                                    <name>jclouds.test.initializer</name>
+                                    <value>org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.StubTestInitializer</value>
+                                </property>
+                                <property>
+                                    <name>jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url</name>
+                                    <value>${jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url}</value>
+                                </property>
+                                <property>
+                                    <name>jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5</name>
+                                    <value>${jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5}</value>
+                                </property>
+                            </systemProperties>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!--
+                        note that the groups/excluded groups don't work
+                        due to some problem in surefire or testng.
+                        instead, we have to exclude via file path
+                        <groups>unit,performance</groups>
+                        <excludedGroups>integration,live</excludedGroups>
+                    -->
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+       </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobMap.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobMap.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobMap.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobMap.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContext.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContext.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContext.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContext.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContextBuilder.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContextBuilder.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContextBuilder.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContextBuilder.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContextFactory.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContextFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContextFactory.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStoreContextFactory.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStorePropertiesBuilder.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStorePropertiesBuilder.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStorePropertiesBuilder.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStorePropertiesBuilder.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/ContainerNotFoundException.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/ContainerNotFoundException.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/ContainerNotFoundException.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/ContainerNotFoundException.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/InputStreamMap.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/InputStreamMap.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/InputStreamMap.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/InputStreamMap.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/KeyAlreadyExistsException.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/KeyAlreadyExistsException.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/KeyAlreadyExistsException.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/KeyAlreadyExistsException.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/KeyNotFoundException.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/KeyNotFoundException.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/KeyNotFoundException.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/KeyNotFoundException.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/ListableMap.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/ListableMap.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/ListableMap.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/ListableMap.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobCapabilities.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobCapabilities.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobCapabilities.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobCapabilities.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobCapability.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobCapability.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobCapability.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobCapability.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobScope.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobScope.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobScope.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobScope.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobScopes.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobScopes.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobScopes.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/BlobScopes.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/Charge.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/Charge.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/Charge.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/Charge.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/Charges.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/Charges.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/Charges.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/Charges.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ConsistencyModel.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ConsistencyModel.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ConsistencyModel.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ConsistencyModel.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ConsistencyModels.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ConsistencyModels.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ConsistencyModels.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ConsistencyModels.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerCapabilities.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerCapabilities.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerCapabilities.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerCapabilities.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerCapability.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerCapability.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerCapability.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerCapability.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerVisibilities.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerVisibilities.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerVisibilities.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerVisibilities.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerVisibility.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerVisibility.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerVisibility.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/ContainerVisibility.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/FolderCapability.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/FolderCapability.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/FolderCapability.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/attr/FolderCapability.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToEntity.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToEntity.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToEntity.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToEntity.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToEntityAndUserMetadataToHeadersWithPrefix.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToEntityAndUserMetadataToHeadersWithPrefix.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToEntityAndUserMetadataToHeadersWithPrefix.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToEntityAndUserMetadataToHeadersWithPrefix.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToMultipartForm.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToMultipartForm.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToMultipartForm.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindBlobToMultipartForm.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/binders/BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/BlobStoreMapModule.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/BlobStoreMapModule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/BlobStoreMapModule.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/BlobStoreMapModule.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/BlobStoreObjectModule.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/BlobStoreObjectModule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/BlobStoreObjectModule.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/BlobStoreObjectModule.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/Blob.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/Blob.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/Blob.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/Blob.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/BlobMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/BlobMetadata.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/BlobMetadata.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/BlobMetadata.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ListContainerResponse.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ListContainerResponse.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ListContainerResponse.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ListContainerResponse.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ListResponse.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ListResponse.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ListResponse.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ListResponse.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MD5InputStreamResult.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MD5InputStreamResult.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MD5InputStreamResult.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MD5InputStreamResult.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableBlobMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableBlobMetadata.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableBlobMetadata.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableBlobMetadata.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableResourceMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableResourceMetadata.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableResourceMetadata.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/MutableResourceMetadata.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ResourceMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ResourceMetadata.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ResourceMetadata.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ResourceMetadata.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ResourceType.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ResourceType.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ResourceType.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ResourceType.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobImpl.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobImpl.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobImpl.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobImpl.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobMetadataImpl.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobMetadataImpl.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobMetadataImpl.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/BlobMetadataImpl.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/ListContainerResponseImpl.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/ListContainerResponseImpl.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/ListContainerResponseImpl.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/ListContainerResponseImpl.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/ListResponseImpl.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/ListResponseImpl.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/ListResponseImpl.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/ListResponseImpl.java
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/MutableBlobMetadataImpl.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/MutableBlobMetadataImpl.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/MutableBlobMetadataImpl.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/internal/MutableBlobMetadataImpl.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ParseSystemAndUserMetadataFromHeaders.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ParseSystemAndUserMetadataFromHeaders.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ResourceMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ResourceMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadata.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/impl/BouncyCastleGenerateMD5.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/impl/BouncyCastleGenerateMD5.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/impl/CalculateSizeByLength.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/impl/CalculateSizeByLength.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/GetDirectoryStrategy.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/GetDirectoryStrategy.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/DeleteAllKeysInList.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/DeleteAllKeysInList.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/FindMD5InList.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/FindMD5InList.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/GetAllBlobsInListAndRetryOnFailure.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/GetAllBlobsInListAndRetryOnFailure.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/ListBlobMetadataInContainer.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/ListBlobMetadataInContainer.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/MarkerFileMkdirStrategy.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/MarkerFileMkdirStrategy.java
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/MarkersGetDirectoryStrategy.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/MarkersGetDirectoryStrategy.java
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diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/BlobMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadataTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/BlobMetadataToRelativePathResourceMetadataTest.java
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diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ParseBlobFromHeadersAndHttpContentTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/functions/ParseBlobFromHeadersAndHttpContentTest.java
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rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/StubServiceIntegrationTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/StubServiceIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/StubTestInitializer.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/StubTestInitializer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/StubTestInitializer.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/StubTestInitializer.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/config/StubBlobStoreModule.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/config/StubBlobStoreModule.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/config/StubBlobStoreModule.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/config/StubBlobStoreModule.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobLiveTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobLiveTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobLiveTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobLiveTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobMapIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobMapIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobMapIntegrationTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobMapIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerLiveTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerLiveTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerLiveTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerLiveTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseInputStreamMapIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseInputStreamMapIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseInputStreamMapIntegrationTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseInputStreamMapIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseMapIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseMapIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseMapIntegrationTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseMapIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseServiceIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseTestInitializer.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseTestInitializer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseTestInitializer.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseTestInitializer.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/StubAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/StubAsyncBlobStore.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/StubAsyncBlobStore.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/StubAsyncBlobStore.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/internal/BaseBlobMapTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/internal/BaseBlobMapTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/internal/BaseBlobMapTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/internal/BaseBlobMapTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/GetOptionsTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/GetOptionsTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/GetOptionsTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/GetOptionsTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/ListOptionsTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/ListOptionsTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/ListOptionsTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/options/ListOptionsTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/RetryOnNotFoundGetAllBlobsStrategyTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/RetryOnNotFoundGetAllBlobsStrategyTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/RetryOnNotFoundGetAllBlobsStrategyTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/RetryOnNotFoundGetAllBlobsStrategyTest.java
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/util/BlobStoreUtilsTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/util/BlobStoreUtilsTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/util/BlobStoreUtilsTest.java
rename to blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/util/BlobStoreUtilsTest.java
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 07088e81ff..67fd9f602a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@
         <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</url>
     </scm>
 
-    <properties>
-        <jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url>http://apache.multihomed.net/maven/binaries/apache-maven-2.2.0-bin.zip</jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url>
-        <jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5>132bcde2aeca20acb0b16c1c66b74984</jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5>
-    </properties>
-
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>gson</id>
@@ -122,64 +117,6 @@
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.3</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>integration</id>
-                        <phase>integration-test</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>test</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <!--
-                                note that the groups/excluded groups
-                                don't work due to some problem in
-                                surefire or testng. instead, we have to
-                                exclude via file path
-                                <groups>integration</groups>
-                                <excludedGroups>unit,performance,live</excludedGroups>
-                            -->
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>**/Base*Test.java</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                            <includes>
-                                <include>**/*IntegrationTest.java</include>
-                            </includes>
-                            <systemProperties>
-                                <property>
-                                    <name>jclouds.test.initializer</name>
-                                    <value>org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.StubTestInitializer</value>
-                                </property>
-                                <property>
-                                    <name>jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url</name>
-                                    <value>${jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url}</value>
-                                </property>
-                                <property>
-                                    <name>jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5</name>
-                                    <value>${jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5}</value>
-                                </property>
-                            </systemProperties>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <!--
-                        note that the groups/excluded groups don't work
-                        due to some problem in surefire or testng.
-                        instead, we have to exclude via file path
-                        <groups>unit,performance</groups>
-                        <excludedGroups>integration,live</excludedGroups>
-                    -->
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
diff --git a/mezeo/pom.xml b/mezeo/pom.xml
index 02ad5d7a24..06031f2c16 100644
--- a/mezeo/pom.xml
+++ b/mezeo/pom.xml
@@ -42,9 +42,16 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/nirvanix/pom.xml b/nirvanix/pom.xml
index 806df4a710..85f5c605fe 100644
--- a/nirvanix/pom.xml
+++ b/nirvanix/pom.xml
@@ -42,9 +42,16 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c72513516e..2b669114a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
         <module>archetypes</module>
         <module>thirdparty</module>
         <module>core</module>
+        <module>blobstore</module>
         <module>extensions</module>
         <module>scriptbuilder</module>
         <module>aws</module>
diff --git a/rackspace/pom.xml b/rackspace/pom.xml
index 2b2ca45462..f21e760d93 100644
--- a/rackspace/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace/pom.xml
@@ -43,9 +43,16 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>