I’ve been paying more attention to the SaaS data portability space, especially since data portability in general is an important and currently undervalued area of enterprise software.

Here’s a round-up of three that I know of that focus on enterprise data (including Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft applications):

• Jitterbit
• Talend
• SnapLogic

Of the three, Jitterbit is my favorite so far.  They seem the most advanced in terms of capabilities, and their editor UI looks the cleanest.  I haven’t spent much time playing with all of them yet, though, so I’m not sure what the pros/cons are of each of them (yet).

It’s interesting to note that all three of the ones I mentioned are offered as open source.  Most of them offer free tools for smaller scale projects, and an enterprise version for larger projects.

And then there’s Gnip, which seems like a good solution for SaaS providers to create data endpoints that only get polled when data is updated, rather than periodic polls that often end up in empty sets.

Filed under: Cloud Computing, Enterprise Web, OpenSource, SaaS