Annual prognostications are typically overly optimistic, so for 2010’s soothsaying I’ve opted for a more pragmatic approach.
Austerity drives innovations in doing more with less – The 2009 budgetary hangovers while I expect to less restrictive this year, will drive nearly all purchasing decisions this year. A need to demonstrate obvious and immediate on any return [...]
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In this podcast Rob Steward shares why Progress Software is a great place to work, and he provides insights into corporate culture. This podcast lasts for 3:24.
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Here is a video I’ve prepared showing how the DataDirect Data Integration Suite can be used to create customized ETL functions through the graphical mapping interface. By taking these fundamentals and adding functionality to fit your needs, you will be able to quickly and easily develop transformations that can then be deployed within your environment.
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In the previous post I introduced you to the idea of using the Data Integration Suite as a way to deploy ETL functions for moving data from database and file formats into a new database. A complete list of the data sources you can use for ETL processes can be found at Data Source Support. [...]
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Have you ever found that your applications require data from multiple systems in order to get the job done? Once you have determined the data and its sources, do you have to pull it into a new database for access by the application? If you were moving data from one database to another such as from DB2 [...]
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Please give a warm welcome to the newest converter in the DataDirect Data Integration Suite family – IATA Cargo-IMP (Cargo Interchange Message Procedures). IATA is leading the charge to move to e-freight, but at the time of this writing fully 5/6 of all cargo is still moved by paper-based processes.
To learn how to use these [...]
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Based on the success of its Data Integration Workshops this September in India, Progress DataDirect will offer software developers in Antwerp, Dubai, Moscow, Munich and Helsinki the same knowledgeable, how-to agenda covering data integration using XML as a common data format.
The Data Integration Workshops address a wide variety of data manipulation techniques and processes – [...]
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The Looming Problem in Healthcare EDI
On January 15, 2009, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final rules for the updated X12 transaction sets, version 005010, to used in conjunction with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The final compliance date is January, 2013. At the same time, [...]
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The looming deadlines for implementing HIPAA 5010 standards and ICD-10 specifications continue to cause headaches for many healthcare IT professionals. We’re taking the pulse of the Healthcare IT industry on their current HIPAA transactions, and we hope you’ll take five minutes to fill out the “Processing HIPAA Healthcare Transactions Survey”. The survey results will help [...]
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It has been a while since my last post, more than time to continue with the Integrating Office applications with Salesforce.com series. Today we’ll explain in detail with many several concrete examples, how to query and update your Salesforce.com data through XQuery.
The idea is to access Salesforce.com through its webservice interface. But before looking into [...]
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