Comments on: Data Synchronization Pain http://itredux.com/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/ New Rules for a New IT World Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:42:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: IT|Redux » 8000 Contacts in Your Pocket http://itredux.com/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-6171 IT|Redux » 8000 Contacts in Your Pocket Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:40:12 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/#comment-6171 [...] Back in April, I complained about the pains of data synchronization, and my friend Assaf was quick to point to the fact that syndication was a far superior solution. Last week, Spanning Partners released a data syndication service that allows events stored in Salesforce.com to be syndicated to Apple iCal and stored into your iPod. Today, I deployed this solution and used simple export/import techniques to get about 8,000 contacts on my iPod. It worked. [...] […] Back in April, I complained about the pains of data synchronization, and my friend Assaf was quick to point to the fact that syndication was a far superior solution. Last week, Spanning Partners released a data syndication service that allows events stored in Salesforce.com to be syndicated to Apple iCal and stored into your iPod. Today, I deployed this solution and used simple export/import techniques to get about 8,000 contacts on my iPod. It worked. […]

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1979 Ismael Ghalimi Wed, 10 May 2006 17:30:55 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/#comment-1979 Assaf, I totally agree. Syndication is better than synchronization. Assaf,

I totally agree. Syndication is better than synchronization.

]]> By: Assaf Arkin http://itredux.com/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1978 Assaf Arkin Wed, 10 May 2006 17:25:54 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/#comment-1978 Data synchronization is a really great idea, but after years of trying, maybe it's time to realize it's just an idea. I like single source better. If I put all my contacts in one place, why can't my cell phone use that list? That way I don't have to synchronize anything, I only ever update it in one place. Single source doesn't work with disconnected devices like PDA, but my cell phone is either on the network, or turned off. One thing I like about Gmail is being able to access it from my cell phone. Before I had one e-mail account using the computer, another from the cell phone provider. I tried synchronizing them, smart forwarding, procmail rules. All ended up being too damn hard to get working. The same thing with calendar. You need one read/write iCal source and have everything else talk to it. An iCal calendar is also very easy to move, if you decided to change your single source. Data synchronization is a really great idea, but after years of trying, maybe it’s time to realize it’s just an idea.

I like single source better. If I put all my contacts in one place, why can’t my cell phone use that list? That way I don’t have to synchronize anything, I only ever update it in one place. Single source doesn’t work with disconnected devices like PDA, but my cell phone is either on the network, or turned off.

One thing I like about Gmail is being able to access it from my cell phone. Before I had one e-mail account using the computer, another from the cell phone provider. I tried synchronizing them, smart forwarding, procmail rules. All ended up being too damn hard to get working.

The same thing with calendar. You need one read/write iCal source and have everything else talk to it. An iCal calendar is also very easy to move, if you decided to change your single source.

]]> By: John http://itredux.com/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 John Sun, 07 May 2006 11:56:33 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/28/data-synchronization-pain/#comment-1716 Amen! Data synchronization is much more difficult than it needs to be for any of several reasons -- incompetence, negligence, arrogance, or greed. There are common standards available for making information transportable. Shame on those companies and developers who do not use them. Amen! Data synchronization is much more difficult than it needs to be for any of several reasons — incompetence, negligence, arrogance, or greed. There are common standards available for making information transportable. Shame on those companies and developers who do not use them.

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