Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- Data Portability
- Being able to move data from one database or repository to another. It implies that the data are available in one or more file formats rather than only visually...
- Full Data Portability Definition >>
ZDNet Resources
- sort by:
- Relevance
- Date
- Popularity
- Social CRM: Interview with Oracle SVP Anthony Lye [podcast]
- Oracle's Social CRM product combines social networking and Web 2.0 sensibilities inside a traditional enterprise software wrapper. To learn more, I interviewed Anthony Lye, Oracle's Senior Vice President for CRM. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- MySpace's "data portability" initiative goes live today - prepare to be locked-in
- MySpace's "data portability" initiative goes live today - prepare to be locked-inCautious Welcome!!It's sound like a very good move but one has to be really cautious here. With all the internet big guys making a u-turn now with regards data portability, on e can only guess if they don't have...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Microsoft opens philosophical can of worms with Live Search Cashback
- Talk is bubbling up across the blogosphere, Gillmor Gang and Techmeme daily about social graph personal information. This may be among the most important discussions and topics of our time. How the "social mesh" works out now will affect our lives and businesses for a long time. It may even...
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- After Google calls Facebook's bluff, Zuckerberg says "let's see if there's a way to make it work" [data portability]
- After Google calls Facebook's bluff, Zuckerberg says "let's see if there's a way to make it work" [data portability]sharingMaybe Google is doing this because of Gmail and it's ad sidebar when you read you e-mails. I don't mind that at all and it has helped narrow searches more than once.So,...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- MySpace partners with Yahoo, Twitter and eBay in "data portability" initiative
- MySpace partners with Yahoo, Twitter and eBay in "data portability" initiativeSo...you're saying Twitter is going to get a MySpacelift?
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Guest post: Introducing the Open Data Definition
- This is a guest post by Ben Werdmuller who is the CTO of Curverider and one of the leads behind the Elgg open source social application engine. The Open Data Definition is a new format for the import and export of data from within social applications....
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Microsoft in "spam" partnership with five social networks
- I'm not sure whether to call this data portability or just making it easier for social networking services to spam a user's contacts. But either way, Microsoft have announced partnerships with LinkedIn, Tagged, Hi5, Bebo and Facebook, to enable Windows Live Messenger users to looks for contacts on either of...
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Why Facebook will drag its heels over data portability
- As companies rush to express their support for openness by joining DataPortability.org Microsoft is the latest, we need to ask ourselves: what's in it for them? For if data portability -- the ability for users to easily move their data from one site to another -- were to become a...
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- Facebook to Scoble: all your data belong to us.
- Intentionally or unintentionally, celebrity blogger Robert Scoble has put himself right at the center of the data portability issue, and at the same time is helping to expose the fascicle nature of Facebook's claims of openness. Scoble is one of Facebook's most heavy users, both in terms...
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- A Bill of Rights for Users of the Social Web
- Preempting the Data Sharing Summit kicking off tomorrow which aims to address the issue of interoperability between social networks, Marc Canter and co. have published the first draft of a proposed Bill of Rights for participants on the social Web. The idea of the "bill" is to push forward an...
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- Do ordinary users care about data portability? And if not, should they? Four social networks respond.
- Do ordinary users care about data portability? And if not, should they? Four social networks respond.Not reallyReaOf course they do -- they just don't know itUntil they try and leave their established social networks, that is. Up until the past year or so, social networks were at a stage...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-13
- Do ordinary users care about data portability? And if not, should they? Four social networks respond.
- Social networks operate on the premise that it should be as easy as possible for a user to input their data into the system: user profiles, blog posts, media etc, but if they try to move their data someplace else or simply want to make a backup, more than often...
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
Additional Resources
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Android 2.0 (Eclair) FAQ
- Android 2.0 GPSWill the GPS be functional if I don't buy the expensive Verizon data plan or pay by the Mb.You would need access to the internetto download the maps as needed there would not be enough room on the phone to store the whole country locally. So unless you...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?
- On October 26, Microsoft officials announced they were planning to open up the Outlook Personal Folders .PST file format and making it freely and safely licensable. What no one has said so far is why is Microsoft doing this now and who will likely benefit from the move. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Windows 7 will shine in medicine
- not convinced by touchI have a touch phone & a tablet.Frankly, never use the tablet, use keyboarded machines instead, and hanker for a phone with buttons again and not a slide phone.If you want to try to look cool, I can understand having one, but really, they are pretty awkward...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- ARRIRAW Toolkit for Final Cut Studio 1.0.5 (Mac)
- ARRIRAW Toolkit for Final Cut Studio allows users to import and work with files created by the ARRIFLEX D-21 Digital Cinema Camera. The software will perform all of the importing, playback, debayer, Exposure Index/ASA and White Point color correction functions. Any QuickTime enabled application is instantly compatible with the ARRIRAW...
- Software downloads 2009-10-19
- News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Yahoo plots app mall, app portability through its properties
- Yahoo has been busy rolling out new features---new home page, revamped My Yahoo, Mail and Messenger overhauls---that come courtesy of its infrastructure revamp a few years in the making. Among the most promising efforts by Yahoo are its homepage applications. Open to all third parties and self...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Fourth type of cloud computing
- Close, but no cigarThere is no requirement that a cloud be publicly accessible. In many cases, corporations use cloud products to supplement existing production. In that case, the public access is via the existing security scheme and the cloud assets are never directly accessible via public IP.Also, there...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
Content Types
Premier Vendor Content Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
Meet Doc
-
-
Here to help you with your Document Management Needs
- Check out Doc’s Blog on ZDNet
- Help your company, help the earth I want to share with you the Environmental Defense Fund Paper Calculator, which allows you to gauge your organization's environmental impact.
- Which is Greener: Paper or Digital? The Answer May Surprise You Anything we can do to reduce paper consumption is good. But what about the impact of digital waste?
-
Produced by
ZDNet and -
