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Fidelity ACBS Oracle ODBC batch processing gets performance boost
An “instant performance boost saves hours on mission critical financial services operations” may sound like marketing collateral from a best case scenario. However we are hearing this monthly from...
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Ranking the ODBC/JDBC application landscape for SaaS vendors
My sentiment analysis research on the ODBC/JDBC application landscape produced some interesting results. The rationale for this project was to leverage our customer data to help SaaS, BigData and...
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Guest Post: 5X performance increase with Teradata’s TPT ODBC Operator...
To follow-up on my previous article on Teradata Parallel Transporter (TPT), I invited Jack Harris from WhereScape to share his latest performance tuning tips with TPT and DataDirect Connect for ODBC...
View ArticleStress-free Connectivity for MS Access to Various Data Sources
Does it sound like a dream? We see a lot people coming to us at DataDirect looking for improvement of Microsoft Access connectivity. Because even with much more sophisticated tools available, Microsoft...
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Our ODBC Driver for Cloudera Impala is Three Months Old!
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost three whole months since we released our ODBC driver for Cloudera Impala. We were excited to offer the expanded support, and we’re thrilled to continue to...
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Need for Speed in Business Analytics – the Role of Middleware
People are looking for a Business Intelligence solution that will allow them to quickly analyze data. Most analysts don’t care where the data is stored – they care about getting the right results fast....
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Trip through the clouds with SQL access to SaaS | Salesforce Platform
I gave the prezi below on SQL access to SaaS at #PRGS13 in Boston and it was well received by Application Partners, Industry Analysts and Global Organizations in attendance. The goal of the...
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BULK UPDATES to Salesforce objects are 16X faster with 11X fewer web service...
After a dozen conversations with shops about mass data updates to the Salesforce platform, I decided to tackle this basic topic being called “one of the hardest easy things to do” by those who know...
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SaaS Data access API headache across SQL, SOQL, ROQL, SOAP, REST
With the proliferation of data silos in SaaS applications, a lot of data driven organizations and application developers are getting headaches. Meet Jeff Jeff Leinbach is a Senior Software Engineer for...
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Become famous for taking control of Salesforce data at Dreamforce 13
Dreamforce and SQL access made me almost famous My session sold out last year to a packed house at Moscone, and attendees hit the ground running post DF12 on amazing data driven projects incorporating...
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Replay: Sold out real-time SQL access to Salesforce API at Dreamforce #DF13
Latest data driven blogging from Dreamforce Preview on how the real-time SQL session will make YOU famous. Data related predictions from the week at Dreamforce. See how Progress Sofware leads the world...
View ArticleConnect Your PHP Application with any Data Source
Interested in using PHP on various platforms including Linux? Looking into integrating your website or application scripted in PHP with various data sources? You may want to check out our Connect for...
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SSIS Salesforce ODBC sources and targets for SQL Server Integration Services
Following my third Dreamforce presentation on SQL data connectivity to Salesforce, I’m hearing more projects loading data into the Salesforce Platform. The sales ecosystem at Salesforce continues to...
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SAP BOBJ Universe to Eloqua, Marketo, Hubspot marketing data
Following my widely popular tutorial for Business Objects Universe to Salesforce produced with SAP, I’m hearing several requests for real-time ODBC3 access to complementary data such as marketing...
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Masters of Disrupting the Disruption from SQL, NoSQL, IoT, Big Data, SaaS
There is a growing sentiment among data connectivity professionals, in the real world, around disruption. From my consulting projects, it typically starts out with a requirement to integrate a new...
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Apache Solr ODBC over REST for OBIEE, Business Objects, Qlikview
Based on some recent projects, I am seeing a trend that continues to blur the lines between business intelligence (BI) and application development. It’s only fitting to blog about this topic since...
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JDBC ODBC over HTTPS to on premise RDBMS | User Tested, CIO Approved
From working on data connectivity projects for a decade, I can say with certainty that hybrid cloud / on-premise environments have become the norm. And I’m hearing requirements for secure data...
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InfoSphere DataStage to Salesforce, Eloqua, Marketo and other SaaS via ODBC
Infosphere DataStage is one of the top data integration platforms from a data connectivity perspective since most sources and targets are fueled by DataDirect ODBC connectivity. This includes our...
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SaaS Data access API headache across SQL, SOQL, ROQL, SOAP, REST
With the proliferation of data silos in SaaS applications, a lot of data driven organizations and application developers are getting headaches. Meet Jeff Jeff Leinbach is a Senior Software Engineer for...
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Become famous for taking control of Salesforce data at Dreamforce 13
Dreamforce and SQL access made me almost famous My session sold out last year to a packed house at Moscone, and attendees hit the ground running post DF12 on amazing data driven projects incorporating...
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