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Data Portability

This Wired article touches on the issues associated with SaaS and data portability. The problem extends into the enterprise further, with significant business decisions being based on the lack of data portability. Business will many times build a solution in-house, investing significant time and money in a non-core business component because of the importance of [...]

Transparency, Trust, Authenticity

Being transparent with your customers is important for success. It is simple but sometimes overlooked. Honesty, integrity, transparency. But at times transparency can be dangerous. It’s important that your customers trust your actions, and believe you are acting in their best interest. That can only be done by building trust through a history of transparency [...]

Myspace launches Myspace ID and gets it very right

I have already posted what I don’t like about Facebook Connect. Yes its a great in some ways but very wrong in others. Myspace has recently launched their Myspace ID and they clearly understand the needs of the businesses that would integrate it. They are using an “open stack” which consists of OpenID, OAuth, and [...]