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Data portability is a crucial consideration when considering cloud vendors.
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Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, speaking at a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) event last May, said security, data portability and interoperability are key to the future success of cloud computing.
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To avoid vendor lock-in, there should be mechanisms for data exchange that encourage portability across platforms, they add.
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Blue Button for America, an effort to boost the portability of health data by enabling citizens to download their information online.
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The standards allow interoperability and portability of applications and data between clouds anywhere in the world.
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Being a young industry, there are few tools, procedures or standard data formats or service interfaces in place to guarantee data, computer application and service portability.
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In America, for instance, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) introduced security standards for personal health data.
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Verizon Enterprise Solutions launched a comprehensive cloud and data center infrastructure portfolio specifically designed to help the health care industry meet the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for safeguarding electronic protected health information.
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Portability is high among the concerns for enterprise customers, who need to be able to move their entire data center workload (apps, networking, and security) from one provider to another.
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