Microsoft, IBM, SAP and others have moved to make the Microsoft-derived Open Data Protocol an official international standard. The Open Data Protocol (OData) is used for data-sharing, which makes it ...

Market demand is growing for easy access to data across multiple platforms and devices. The move to cloud computing is increasing pressure to create a more open and programmable Web by having a common ...

I'm taking a couple weeks off before the busiest part of Microsoft's 2012 kicks into full gear. But never fear: The Microsoft watching will go on while I'm gone. I've asked a few illustrious members ...

Back in 2016, I asked Microsoft about the status of OData -- the RESTful API protocol it developed back in 2007 -- because it seemed its initial buzz had tapered off dramatically. I was assured by the ...

Lansing-based IDV Solutions Tuesday released an Open Data Protocol Connector for its business intelligence software, Visual Fusion. With this release, organizations can easily connect solutions built ...

OData, the Open Data Protocol, is a protocol from Microsoft for querying and updating data. You may remember hearing "Astoria" Protocol or ADO.NET Data Services ...

Anthropic today released a new open source protocol to let all AI systems, not just its own, connect with data sources via a standard interface. Model Context Protocol (MCP), the company said in its ...