Top 12 Discussions - Data Ownership in the Cloud

Over the first 12 months of the Data Ownership in the Cloud group on LinkedIn, the following are the top 12 discussions as rated in descending order by the number of comments:

“Give Me My Data Back!” or “I want to SEE My SELF, so give me my data back, please.”
Posted by John Brian Hennessy, Entrepreneur, Start-up & Early Stage Management Consultant
54 comments

Why does data ownership matter to you?
Posted by Steve Holcombe, CEO at Pardalis Inc.
20 comments

Project VRM
Posted by Steve Holcombe, CEO at Pardalis Inc.
16 comments

The about tag is immutable
Posted by Steve Holcombe, CEO at Pardalis Inc.
13 comments

What are the security issues regarding cloud computing?
Posted by John Mooney, Information Technology and Security Solution Sales Specialist
12 comments

9th Internet Identity Workshop - Nov 3-5 - Mountain View, CA
Posted by Steve Holcombe, CEO at Pardalis Inc.
11 comments 

Firebombs & sacred cows...
Posted by Joe Andrieu, President, SwitchBook
11 comments 

Google in China - What is Going On?
Posted by Al Macintyre, Volunteer Consultant at Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief & News
11 comments

Why Not One Big Database?
Posted by Steve Holcombe, CEO at Pardalis Inc.
10 comments

Will the next 'Google' be a traceability portal?
Posted by Steve Holcombe, CEO at Pardalis Inc.
9 comments

Is it the methods or the targets that make a hacker unethical?
From Anthony M. Freed, Director of Business Development, Managing Editor at Infosec Island Network
8 comments

Who owns supply chain visibility data?
Posted by Dirk Rodgers, Sr. Consultant, Serialization & Pedigree at Cardinal Health
7 comments

Thank you Brian, John, Joe, Al, Anthony and Dirk for posting very relevant and interesting discussions, indeed!

A World of Witnesses (redux)

[I orginally published this entry on 15 April 2008. I am re-publishing with the addition of a relevant video published 5 Dec 2008 by the Lou Dobbs Show].

The Economist.com published this on April 10th with an interesting reference to the safety of toys (given the toy product example I am using in my multi-entry Data Portability, Traceability and Data Ownership blog).

[An area] where mobile technology is beginning to have a big impact is health care, especially in poor countries. In South Africa people can text their location to a number and get an instant reply with the nearest clinic testing for HIV. HealthyToys.org, founded by a parental advocacy group and two American organisations, lets concerned parents text in the name of a toy they are considering buying in a shop and instantly reports back with information about lead or other toxins that may have been found in it. Soon mobile technology could play a large role in detecting, mapping and responding to epidemics. A lot of information about a recent polio outbreak in Kenya became available because health workers were using hand-held devices to collect data that used to be recorded on paper forms.

To see the full article, go to A World of Witnesses.

The foregoing was originally published on 15 April 2008.

The following is a video clip entitled Toxic Toys: Dangerous Toys Still On Shelves: