While web-based services such as webmail and cloud storage have sprung up, allowing consumers to stop being restricted to a single hardware device and operate through the network at anytime, anywhere, because of the different application interfaces (APIs) of the cloud service providers, consumers Often the data transfer project is complicated, and the trapped (locked in) is the original service provider. However, this restriction was accompanied by a data transfer plan (Transfer project), developed by Google, Facebook and Microsoft (Microsoft) in collaboration with Twitter. DTP) is expected to be greatly improved by the publication of the White Paper. According to the DTP official website, in the past, cloud users in the replacement of service providers, in order to retain the original cloud data, if it is not necessary to download the original service provider data, and then upload the data into the new service provider cloud services; is to transfer through the service provider's conversion tool (Adapter). However, the former not only waste time, but also wastes end-user hardware resources; The latter depends on whether two different cloud service providers have established adapter to convert each other. Therefore, even if consumers find that other service providers have introduced better services or tariff schemes, it is often because the data transfer project is too complex to be trapped in the original supplier. As for DTP, it is the open source solution to solve these problems. The program, which was established in 2017, is currently hosted in the open source code platform GitHub and is available for download and trial by various operators. In the conceptual framework, the DTP is a data migration intermediary by establishing a data model (data Models) that is commonly accepted by the various industry participants. Because of the existence of data models, the operators only need to develop their own adapter between the home API and the data models, and to protect the safety of the user's data, so that the consumer cloud data can be seamlessly transferred between the participants in the DTP industry. This avoids the hassle of consumers downloading and uploading data on their own, and the need for cloud service providers to develop a variety of adapter for different industry APIs. In particular, with the implementation of the European Union General Data Protection Code (GDPR), DTP is providing the requirement that the operators must provide the data download and transfer tools required by the cloud users. While the DTP is still at the development stage and is not ready to be used by all operators, the tech blog Gizmodo reports that at present such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Flickr, SmugMug, The Instagram and cloud services platforms such as remember the milk have been able to use DTP tools to transfer data from one to another. Looking to the future, Google Data export services Google Takeout department head Greg Fair said the real challenge for DTP would be how to get other cloud storage operators to join the DTP. In the long run, it is hoped that industry leaders, consumer groups and government agencies will be able to jointly promote them. However, this is not going to be a simple job. Because other major players, such as Amazon, Apple, Dropbox and Mega, have joined in making it easier for consumers to move cloud data, it also means that their existing customers are more likely to break away from their original services and put themselves in the arms of rivals. In addition, for small cloud storage operators, the inclusion of DTP is likely to have a serious impact. Many customers are likely to switch to more resource-rich technology companies. This will not only strengthen the market position of the technology manufacturers, but also make the small operators in a more disadvantageous state. Moreover, given that the European Commission has officially fined Google € 4.34 billion, the publication of the DTP white paper can also be seen as a preventative measure taken by Google to prevent future cloud storage services, Google Drive, and penalties for violating fair trade ( Provides services that appear to make it easier for customers to migrate data. The DTP website emphasizes that consumers should be able to choose the products they want based on the unique values and functions offered by the operators. If consumers think that other products are better, they should be able to switch to other products or services as easily as possible.
