On budget with Websphere SQL Server Type 5 JDBC connectivity in virtualized environments

by Sumit Sarkar on January 27, 2012

in JDBC,Virtualization

As a certified IBM Consultant working exclusively on data connectivity for Progress DataDirect, I have learned a couple tricks of the trade.  The most compelling of which is the cost savings story on virtualization that fellow consultants and prospects have shared with me.  They found running Progress DataDirect Type 5 JDBC drivers in virtual environments greatly reduces [...]

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Name the most widely used 20-year-old software!

by Jesse Davis on January 17, 2012

in Handbook,ODBC

Ok, we all love a good technology quiz so here we go. What technology was conceived in 1992 and is still widely used in every major financial system, stock trading application, and business intelligence tool on the planet? It’s ODBC!! This year, ODBC turns 20 years old and is still at the forefront of all [...]

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Getting started with Microsoft Visual Studio Lightswitch to Oracle, Sybase, and DB2

January 3, 2012

Interest in Microsoft Visual Studio Lightswitch is definitely trending up based on recent data access consulting projects.  Organizations are getting their feet wet with SQL Server for a POC, and then expanding to other systems running Oracle, DB2, and Sybase.  From these conversations, there is a buzz about Microsoft Lightswitch’s ability to quickly modernize proven tools [...]

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Predictions for 2012

December 27, 2011

This year’s predictions entry have been triggered by a recent WSJ article by Marc Andreessen, one of the most noted, early inspirations that created what the web is today not withstanding his continued support through the VC firm, Andreessen-Horowitz. The question of whether ‘Why Software is Eating Everything’ the world is not so much a [...]

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The Mayan calendar ends in 2012…and what it means to technology!

December 22, 2011

Well, 2012 starts in just a few days and as I sit here in my study looking at a wooden Mayan calendar I can’t help but notice that it ends on December 21, 2012 – exactly one year from today. All the end of the world prophecies from the Mayans lead people to do some [...]

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2012 Predictions – Big Data, Bulk Load, Cloud Computing, Hadoop and more

December 15, 2011

From Big Data and Bulk Load, to Cloud computing, to Hadoop being described as the ”Swiss army knife of the 21st century” as they picked up the ”innovator of the year” at Media Guardian Innovation Awards, alot has happened in 2011.  Much of what happened in 2011 leaves us very excited about the prospects for 2012!  Here [...]

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Informatica PowerCenter Salesforce CRM ODBC data integration ready for production

December 7, 2011

We just completed a POC now ready for production using Progress DataDirect Connect64 XE for ODBC Salesforce driver to migrate, replicate, cleanse, and synchronize Salesforce CRM data using Informatica PowerCenter v9.0.1 running on Linux x64. What are the steps to configure DataDirect Connect64 XE for ODBC Salesforce with PowerCenter? 1. Download the free trial of [...]

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Updated ODBC Application Performance Tutorial

December 5, 2011

We have added fresh options and content to our ODBC application performance tutorial.   From connection pooling, to packet size, and many other options, each one is explained in detail making the options easy to understand – and making it even easier to optimize application performance with DataDirect Connect for ODBC Drivers!  Do you have the [...]

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Salesforce Reporting and ETL demo with joined table objects from a SQL enabled cloud

November 28, 2011

Here is an outline of my demo: 1. Run Report that provides exclusive 360 degree view of your Salesforce data 2. Run Data Integration (ETL) job using Salesforce.com as the source and target 3. Rerun the report to demonstrate real-time access after ETL workflow Click below to watch demo! Here are the highlights if you’re [...]

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Big Data. No Big Deal.

November 21, 2011

Everyone is talking about it.  Some are worried about it.  What are you doing about it?  How are we to properly access and maintain all the data which we find so critical to the decisions we make?  Whether you are talking warehousing, migration, or replication, managing big data can be made much easier with bulk load [...]

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