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  • Simplify  Reporting  from Multiple Data Sources in Real – Time

    Simplify Reporting from Multiple Data Sources in Real – Time

    March 11, 2019 by Jeff Bayntun

    To keep pace with the speed of today’s business, everybody is looking to gain faster, …

  • How to view a custom Salesforce report in Excel on MacOS

    How to view a custom Salesforce report in Excel on MacOS

    November 23, 2018 by Nadia Dobrianskaia

    Salesforce reports can be the key to driving success for the organization because they allow …

  • Why businesses need to prioritize data connectivity

    Why businesses need to prioritize data connectivity

    August 27, 2018 by Tony Fisher

    Speed to market is today’s winning business currency and enterprises have to act swiftly to …

  • The imperative for redefining data connectivity for ISVs

    The imperative for redefining data connectivity for ISVs

    August 21, 2018 by Tony Fisher

    The explosive pace of data creation from an ever-expanding list of sources is a fundamental …

  • Connecting to Athena using SQL Workbench

    Connecting to Athena using SQL Workbench

    July 19, 2018 by Vivian Wong

    SQL Workbench is one of many applications that use drivers to query and view data. …

  • Connecting to Marketo through SQL Workbench

    Connecting to Marketo through SQL Workbench

    June 28, 2018 by Nadia Dobrianskaia

    The Simba Marketo JDBC Driver enables Business Intelligence (BI), analytics, and reporting on data that …

  • How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Data Analysis

    How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Data Analysis

    May 30, 2018 by Matt Begg

    In today’s data-driven economy, data analytics is a powerful differentiator for businesses to gain insights …

  • How to Set up a Salesforce ODBC driver on macOS

    How to Set up a Salesforce ODBC driver on macOS

    May 16, 2018 by Hector Cervantes

    Before configuring the driver, make sure you have the iODBC driver manager installed. For iODBC …

  • Connecting to Salesforce data through SQuirreL SQL

    Connecting to Salesforce data through SQuirreL SQL

    April 26, 2018 by Jeff Bayntun

    The SQuirreL SQL client provides a simple graphical interface to relational databases. Because it is …

  • Named Parameters in an ODBC Test application on Windows

    Named Parameters in an ODBC Test application on Windows

    April 13, 2018 by Nadia Dobrianskaia

    When building an ODBC driver, Microsoft’s ODBC Test can be used to test the driver. …

  • ODBC Is Cool Again – Solving the Data Fragmentation Nightmare

    ODBC Is Cool Again – Solving the Data Fragmentation Nightmare

    April 5, 2018 by Mike Wheeler

    I was never the cool kid in school, which is clear when you consider that …

  • Connecting SQL Workbench/J to your Hive-based data

    Connecting SQL Workbench/J to your Hive-based data

    March 23, 2018 by Nadia Dobrianskaia

    Workbench/J is a free SQL query tool that helps developers to run SQL scripts (either …

  • Installing a driver manager for ODBC Drivers on a Mac

    Installing a driver manager for ODBC Drivers on a Mac

    March 10, 2018 by Hector Cervantes

    Before configuring an ODBC driver on a Mac, you will need to download and install …

  • How to connect MLab MongoDB to Tableau

    How to connect MLab MongoDB to Tableau

    November 16, 2017 by Jeff Bayntun

    MongoDB is an increasingly popular NoSQL database. As more and more companies take advantage of …

  • Testing Your SimbaEngine SDK ODBC Driver with ODBC Test

    Testing Your SimbaEngine SDK ODBC Driver with ODBC Test

    October 15, 2017 by Jeff Bayntun

    Microsoft’s ODBC Test is a great way to test an ODBC driver you are building …

  • Why I joined Magnitude Software

    Why I joined Magnitude Software

    August 1, 2017 by Tony Fisher

    Having spent more than two decades at the leading edge of the data management sector entrenched in its evolution and leading businesses across big data, data management and connectivity, I’m an ‘industry veteran’ in corporate speak. So at this defining point in my career, there are many boxes to tick in choosing my next move. After careful deliberation, I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined Magnitude Software as General Manager for its Connectivity business.

  • Salesforce TLS 1.0 Deprecation

    Salesforce TLS 1.0 Deprecation

    June 20, 2017 by Nadia Dobrianskaia

    Starting on July 22 2017, Salesforce will begin disabling TLS 1.0 support and will require …

  • SimbaEngine X SDK now supports Create Table as Select (CTAS) for Data Stores without SQL

    SimbaEngine X SDK now supports Create Table as Select (CTAS) for Data Stores without SQL

    May 1, 2017 by Andrew Blackmore

    We are delighted to announce that we have added support for “Create Table as Select” …

  • SQL Engine just got even better in SimbaEngine X SDK, v10.1.1

    SQL Engine just got even better in SimbaEngine X SDK, v10.1.1

    February 14, 2017 by Andrew Blackmore

    We believe in continuously investing in our SimbaEngine SDK software, to provide benefit for our …

  • Introducing the new Simba Cassandra ODBC Driver V2

    Introducing the new Simba Cassandra ODBC Driver V2

    January 15, 2017 by Wilson Ma

    Today, we announced the launch of version two of our Cassandra ODBC connector. The release introduces …

  • ODBC and JDBC Driver development gets easier with SimbaEngine X SDK v10.1

    ODBC and JDBC Driver development gets easier with SimbaEngine X SDK v10.1

    December 5, 2016 by Andrew Blackmore

    ODBC and JDBC Driver development gets easier with SimbaEngine SDK v10.1, the next minor release …

  • Connect to your data in Ruby with Simba ODBC Drivers

    Connect to your data in Ruby with Simba ODBC Drivers

    November 24, 2016 by Jeff Bayntun

    Need database access in your Ruby application?  With Simba’s ODBC drivers, you can easily connect …

  • How to connect Salesforce ODBC driver to 2016 Excel for Mac

    How to connect Salesforce ODBC driver to 2016 Excel for Mac

    November 23, 2016 by Eric Yang

    Simba Technologies allows you to easily connect any ODBC application to Salesforce on the Mac …

  • Benefits of Java SQL Engine in SimbaEngine X

    Benefits of Java SQL Engine in SimbaEngine X

    October 3, 2016 by Andrew Blackmore

    Today we have released SimbaEngine SDK X, v 10.0.6, the next minor release of the …

  • Performance Improvements in SimbaEngine X SDK, v.10.0.5

    Performance Improvements in SimbaEngine X SDK, v.10.0.5

    August 31, 2016 by Andrew Blackmore

    In SimbaEngine X, v.10.0.5, we are pleased to announce a significant performance optimization in our …

  • Simba Joins the Magnitude Software Family

    Simba Joins the Magnitude Software Family

    August 16, 2016 by Amyn Rajan

    Big news today! I’m happy to announce that Simba Technologies is now the newest member …

  • ODBC Escape Sequence Parser in SimbaEngine SDK

    ODBC Escape Sequence Parser in SimbaEngine SDK

    August 3, 2016 by Andrew Blackmore

    ODBC and JDBC specifications define escape sequences to standardize syntax for the data source-specific features, …

  • Fine-Tune your Custom ODBC Driver with Tableau TDC File

    Fine-Tune your Custom ODBC Driver with Tableau TDC File

    July 6, 2016 by Lorie Barton

    Tableau has an experimental feature that allows customers to fine-tune parts of their ODBC data …

  • SQL and N1QL in Harmony: Collaborative Query Execution in Simba Couchbase Drivers

    SQL and N1QL in Harmony: Collaborative Query Execution in Simba Couchbase Drivers

    June 29, 2016 by Nowrin Anwar Joyita

    Structured Query Language (SQL) was originally designed as an intuitive query language for relational data …

  • Usability and Performance Advances in Couchbase Server 4.5

    Usability and Performance Advances in Couchbase Server 4.5

    June 22, 2016 by Alex Popov

    This week Couchbase launched the latest version of Couchbase Server, a distributed, document-oriented NoSQL database with …

  • How Phoenix is Bringing HBase Ecosystem into the SQL-on-Hadoop Party

    How Phoenix is Bringing HBase Ecosystem into the SQL-on-Hadoop Party

    June 20, 2016 by George Chow

    From May 24-25, I had the opportunity to join the community in conversation at HBaseCon …

  • Microsoft announces ODBC 4.0

    Microsoft announces ODBC 4.0

    June 7, 2016 by Amyn Rajan

    Wow!  Just one day after the anniversary of D-Day, Microsoft announces ODBC 4.0.  This is …

  • Introducing SimbaEngine X: ODBC and JDBC driver development environment

    Introducing SimbaEngine X: ODBC and JDBC driver development environment

    May 23, 2016 by Andrew Blackmore

    The Simba Engineering team has been hard at work on the new and vastly improved …

  • Connecting QlikView to an Amazon Redshift cluster

    Connecting QlikView to an Amazon Redshift cluster

    May 3, 2016 by Alex Popov

    With the introduction of the Amazon Redshift service, data analysts get access to a fully managed …

  • Exploring MongoDB data in Qlik Sense using Simba ODBC Driver

    Exploring MongoDB data in Qlik Sense using Simba ODBC Driver

    April 29, 2016 by Jeff Bayntun

    Simba’s MongoDB ODBC Driver makes it easy to explore your MongoDB data in Qlik Sense.  …

  • The Second Annual Simba Partner Summit

    The Second Annual Simba Partner Summit

    March 29, 2016 by Alex Popov

    We have just wrapped up our second annual Simba Partner Summit in San Jose. The …

  • Customizing MongoDB Schemas with the New Simba ODBC Driver for MongoDB

    Customizing MongoDB Schemas with the New Simba ODBC Driver for MongoDB

    March 24, 2016 by Craig Chaplin

    In a previous post, I discussed the automatic schema generation capabilities of Simba’s new MongoDB …

  • Why Leading BI Vendors Choose Simba ODBC Connectivity

    Why Leading BI Vendors Choose Simba ODBC Connectivity

    March 18, 2016 by Alex Popov

    This week’s unveiling of the latest MicroStrategy Analytics application reminds me again, how much did …

  • Schema Generation with the New Simba ODBC Driver for MongoDB

    Schema Generation with the New Simba ODBC Driver for MongoDB

    March 9, 2016 by Craig Chaplin

    A lot has changed in MongoDB since the last major release of the Simba MongoDB …

  • SAP Data Services and the Salesforce SSL/TLS upgrade

    SAP Data Services and the Salesforce SSL/TLS upgrade

    February 9, 2016 by Jeff Bayntun

    Soon, Salesforce will be changing the versions of SSL/TLS connections which will be supported.  Connections …

  • How to Build and Run an ODBC Driver for Linux

    How to Build and Run an ODBC Driver for Linux

    February 3, 2016 by Eric Yang

    The SimbaEngine SDK enables you to build and develop custom ODBC Drivers for Windows, Linux, …

  • Optimization of ODBC Data Retrieval with the SimbaEngine SDK

    Optimization of ODBC Data Retrieval with the SimbaEngine SDK

    January 22, 2016 by Kyle Porter

    ODBC driver performance is an important concern, particularly when you’re using ODBC connectivity with popular BI …

  • ODBC Troubleshooting: How to Enable Driver-manager Tracing

    ODBC Troubleshooting: How to Enable Driver-manager Tracing

    January 6, 2016 by Kyle Porter

    Enabling tracing at the driver-manager level is a useful way to troubleshoot ODBC driver issues. …

  • Getting Started with the Simba Couchbase ODBC Driver

    Getting Started with the Simba Couchbase ODBC Driver

    December 17, 2015 by Toph Whitmore

    This guest post is by Tim Wong of Simba Technologies partner Couchbase. ODBC has been around …

  • “Hey, Simba.com looks different!”

    “Hey, Simba.com looks different!”

    December 14, 2015 by Toph Whitmore

    The Simba Technologies website has a new face! We have redesigned Simba.com to give it …

  • Simba Couchbase ODBC Driver & Couchbase Server 4.1

    Simba Couchbase ODBC Driver & Couchbase Server 4.1

    December 11, 2015 by Mike Howard

    Simba computer scientist Mike Howard authored this blog post on N1QL data manipulation and ODBC connectivity for …

  • How to Implement Custom SQL Scalar Functions in an ODBC Driver

    How to Implement Custom SQL Scalar Functions in an ODBC Driver

    December 7, 2015 by Eric Yang

    The SimbaEngine SDK™ allows you to build a custom ODBC driver with which you can …

  • Cassandra Summit 2015 summary

    Cassandra Summit 2015 summary

    December 2, 2015 by George Chow

    The Cassandra community continues to impress me with their vigor and openness. 2015 is another …

  • Building an ODBC Driver as a Server

    Building an ODBC Driver as a Server

    November 23, 2015 by Eric Yang

    With the Simba Technologies SimbaEngine SDK™, you can build your own custom OBDC, OLEDB, JDBC, …

  • Simba MongoDB Extension for Lumira

    Simba MongoDB Extension for Lumira

    November 20, 2015 by Kyle Porter

    As promised in our webinar “Connect SAP Lumira to MongoDB Data with the Data Extension …

  • Simba’s Tableau Certification for your ODBC Driver

    Simba’s Tableau Certification for your ODBC Driver

    October 29, 2015 by Jeff Bayntun

    Every day we hear from data source providers that have asked Tableau for advice on …

  • Teradata Presto

    Teradata Presto

    October 20, 2015 by Amyn Rajan

    I am at the Teradata Partners user conference this week and one of the highlights …

  • How to Setup Couchbase as a Linked Server in Microsoft SQL Server

    How to Setup Couchbase as a Linked Server in Microsoft SQL Server

    October 6, 2015 by Alex Popov

    Couchbase Server is a fast and scalable NoSQL solution. It can reduce the cost and …

  • Making Data Work at Strata + Hadoop World NYC 2015

    Making Data Work at Strata + Hadoop World NYC 2015

    October 2, 2015 by Toph Whitmore

    This year’s Strata + Hadoop World in New York City was all about “Making Data …

  • Simba continues to lead with ODBC and JDBC for even more Big Data and NoSQL data sources

    Simba continues to lead with ODBC and JDBC for even more Big Data and NoSQL data sources

    September 29, 2015 by Amyn Rajan

    I am excited to be at the Strata Hadoop World conference in New York this …

  • Multidimensional data analytics with Teradata OLAP

    Multidimensional data analytics with Teradata OLAP

    September 12, 2015 by Amyn Rajan

    In today’s data driven world, analyzing data is key to success.  Analyzing data across multiple …

  • Introducing… Vora.

    Introducing… Vora.

    September 8, 2015 by George Chow

    We just passed Labour Day so it’s back to the grind for everyone. And what …

  • Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – RC now available

    Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – RC now available

    September 1, 2015 by Sylvia Lee

    Today, Couchbase announced the release of Couchbase Server 4.0 Release Candidate. In conjunction with this …

  • Remote Data Access on Mobile Devices: Overview; Best Practices

    Remote Data Access on Mobile Devices: Overview; Best Practices

    August 12, 2015 by Emanuel Pumnea

    Remote data access on mobile devices presents developers and users with a number of unique challenges not found in server or desktop environments. Unreliable network connections, battery life optimization, and security implications are the major factors that need to be considered by developers and end users. This post gives a brief overview of these issues and offers some best practices.

  • What Today’s SAP Analytics-Simba Announcement Means: Seamless ODBC Connectivity Paired with Powerful BI

    What Today’s SAP Analytics-Simba Announcement Means: Seamless ODBC Connectivity Paired with Powerful BI

    August 11, 2015 by Toph Whitmore

    Today, Simba announced that its connectivity platform has been licensed by SAP for use with …

  • The future of Hortonworks and Hadoop

    The future of Hortonworks and Hadoop

    July 23, 2015 by Amyn Rajan

    I was reading an article by Dan Woods at Forbes.com titled “Can Hortonworks Dominate The …

  • Setting up a Virtual Private Cloud on AWS: Our experience

    Setting up a Virtual Private Cloud on AWS: Our experience

    July 21, 2015 by Rohit Dholakia

    35 days. As part of benchmarking our ResultSet compression protocol, we wanted to set up …

  • New Case Study: Why Couchbase Chose Simba ODBC and JDBC Drivers for Couchbase Server

    New Case Study: Why Couchbase Chose Simba ODBC and JDBC Drivers for Couchbase Server

    July 21, 2015 by Toph Whitmore

    Simba ODBC, JDBC Connectivity Makes it Easy to Connect Any Data Source to Leading NoSQL …

  • Guest Post: Connecting to Salesforce Data Through SAP BusinessObjects with an ODBC Driver

    Guest Post: Connecting to Salesforce Data Through SAP BusinessObjects with an ODBC Driver

    July 9, 2015 by Toph Whitmore

    Mitesh Shah is a senior Business Intelligence consultant for Decision First Technologies, a BI consulting …

  • All About Apache Drill Data Sources and File Types

    All About Apache Drill Data Sources and File Types

    June 26, 2015 by Norris Lee

    Storage plugin extensibility is a key feature of Apache Drill. Drill supports Hive, HBase, and …

  • ODBC Driver Testing and Validation for Tableau BI

    ODBC Driver Testing and Validation for Tableau BI

    June 19, 2015 by Simba Marketing

    In order to build engaging visual analytics that help people understand their data, Tableau BI …

  • Hadoop Summit 2015: A Retrospective from Exhibit Hall Booth S13

    Hadoop Summit 2015: A Retrospective from Exhibit Hall Booth S13

    June 11, 2015 by Toph Whitmore

    This year’s just-wrapped Hadoop Summit 2015–particularly the exhibit hall–was somewhat subdued compared to last year. …

  • Couchbase Connect 2015 highlights

    Couchbase Connect 2015 highlights

    June 8, 2015 by Kyle Porter

    Couchbase Connect wrapped up last week, and I had the pleasure of attending and giving …

  • Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – Beta now Available

    Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – Beta now Available

    June 3, 2015 by Sylvia Lee

    Exciting news! Couchbase Server 4.0 Beta was announced this morning at Couchbase Connect 2015 currently taking place June 2 …

  • HBaseCon 2015 highlights

    HBaseCon 2015 highlights

    May 31, 2015 by George Chow

    May is conference month and the memorable event–for all the ideas and progress over the past year–for …

  • Mapping MongoDB Nested Documents to SQL schema

    Mapping MongoDB Nested Documents to SQL schema

    May 26, 2015 by Kyle Porter

    Different ways of mapping MongoDB’s nested documents to relational schema, allowing analysis via BI tools and SQL

  • New Case Study: How Concur Books It with SAP Lumira, Apache Spark, and Simba Connectivity

    New Case Study: How Concur Books It with SAP Lumira, Apache Spark, and Simba Connectivity

    May 20, 2015 by Toph Whitmore

    Concur handles expense reports. A LOT of expense reports. Think billions. As the world’s leading …

  • Setting up Apache Spark on AWS

    Setting up Apache Spark on AWS

    May 11, 2015 by Rohit Dholakia

    Question How long will it take to sort 100TB of data? 100TB. Think about it …

  • Connect-a-thon Demo: Couchbase and Informatica in the Connected Enterprise

    Connect-a-thon Demo: Couchbase and Informatica in the Connected Enterprise

    May 11, 2015 by Sylvia Lee

    Couchbase and Simba will be at Informatica World 2015 on May 11 to 15. Curious …

  • Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – Developer Previews now Available

    Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – Developer Previews now Available

    April 22, 2015 by Sylvia Lee

    Update: The Beta versions of the ODBC and JDBC connectivity solutions are now available: https://www.simba.com/couchbase/couchbase-odbc-jdbc-connectivity-solutions-beta-now-available  For the …

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