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Data in the age of Coopitition

Charlie Bess| December 21, 2009 - last edited October 15, 2010
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One of the facts of business life today for many sectors is that you're forced to work with your competitor on one deal and compete against them in another -- coopitition. IT organizations need to have a plan in this space, to support their corporation business model.


The same situation is true in politics, both at the local and global level. In this situation, the use of information can be key to allowing the relationship to exist. Being able to share what's important for one situation and retract that access once the situation/relationship has ended, allows the data owner to have greater confidence that their being protected.


This article from some folks at HP is one view on addressing this situation - although it is more focused on the retail consumer information space. The consumer space is ripe for legal protection, requiring the use of privacy enhancing technologies.


Digital rights management is the implementation of data control technologies we're most familiar with as consumers (closely coupled with Digital Millennium Copyright Act).

Tags: collaboration| Coopitition| Personalization| Privacy
Labels: Collaboration| Coopitition| Personalization| Privacy
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  • Steve Simske is an HP Fellow and Director in the Printing and Content Delivery Lab in Hewlett-Packard Labs, and is the Director and Chief Technologist for the HP Labs Security Printing and Imaging program.
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