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Simplify Reporting from Multiple Data Sources in Real – Time
To keep pace with the speed of today’s business, everybody is looking to gain faster, …
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How to view a custom Salesforce report in Excel on MacOS
Salesforce reports can be the key to driving success for the organization because they allow …
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Why businesses need to prioritize data connectivity
Speed to market is today’s winning business currency and enterprises have to act swiftly to …
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The imperative for redefining data connectivity for ISVs
The explosive pace of data creation from an ever-expanding list of sources is a fundamental …
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Connecting to Athena using SQL Workbench
SQL Workbench is one of many applications that use drivers to query and view data. …
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Connecting to Marketo through SQL Workbench
The Simba Marketo JDBC Driver enables Business Intelligence (BI), analytics, and reporting on data that …
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How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Data Analysis
In today’s data-driven economy, data analytics is a powerful differentiator for businesses to gain insights …
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How to Set up a Salesforce ODBC driver on macOS
Before configuring the driver, make sure you have the iODBC driver manager installed. For iODBC …
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Connecting to Salesforce data through SQuirreL SQL
The SQuirreL SQL client provides a simple graphical interface to relational databases. Because it is …
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Named Parameters in an ODBC Test application on Windows
When building an ODBC driver, Microsoft’s ODBC Test can be used to test the driver. …
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ODBC Is Cool Again – Solving the Data Fragmentation Nightmare
I was never the cool kid in school, which is clear when you consider that …
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Connecting SQL Workbench/J to your Hive-based data
Workbench/J is a free SQL query tool that helps developers to run SQL scripts (either …
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Installing a driver manager for ODBC Drivers on a Mac
Before configuring an ODBC driver on a Mac, you will need to download and install …
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How to connect MLab MongoDB to Tableau
MongoDB is an increasingly popular NoSQL database. As more and more companies take advantage of …
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Testing Your SimbaEngine SDK ODBC Driver with ODBC Test
Microsoft’s ODBC Test is a great way to test an ODBC driver you are building …
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Why I joined Magnitude Software
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.
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Salesforce TLS 1.0 Deprecation
Starting on July 22 2017, Salesforce will begin disabling TLS 1.0 support and will require …
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SimbaEngine X SDK now supports Create Table as Select (CTAS) for Data Stores without SQL
We are delighted to announce that we have added support for “Create Table as Select” …
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SQL Engine just got even better in SimbaEngine X SDK, v10.1.1
We believe in continuously investing in our SimbaEngine SDK software, to provide benefit for our …
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Introducing the new Simba Cassandra ODBC Driver V2
Today, we announced the launch of version two of our Cassandra ODBC connector. The release introduces …
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ODBC and JDBC Driver development gets easier with SimbaEngine X SDK v10.1
ODBC and JDBC Driver development gets easier with SimbaEngine SDK v10.1, the next minor release …
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Connect to your data in Ruby with Simba ODBC Drivers
Need database access in your Ruby application? With Simba’s ODBC drivers, you can easily connect …
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How to connect Salesforce ODBC driver to 2016 Excel for Mac
Simba Technologies allows you to easily connect any ODBC application to Salesforce on the Mac …
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Benefits of Java SQL Engine in SimbaEngine X
Today we have released SimbaEngine SDK X, v 10.0.6, the next minor release of the …
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Performance Improvements in SimbaEngine X SDK, v.10.0.5
In SimbaEngine X, v.10.0.5, we are pleased to announce a significant performance optimization in our …
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Simba Joins the Magnitude Software Family
Big news today! I’m happy to announce that Simba Technologies is now the newest member …
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ODBC Escape Sequence Parser in SimbaEngine SDK
ODBC and JDBC specifications define escape sequences to standardize syntax for the data source-specific features, …
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Fine-Tune your Custom ODBC Driver with Tableau TDC File
Tableau has an experimental feature that allows customers to fine-tune parts of their ODBC data …
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SQL and N1QL in Harmony: Collaborative Query Execution in Simba Couchbase Drivers
Structured Query Language (SQL) was originally designed as an intuitive query language for relational data …
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Usability and Performance Advances in Couchbase Server 4.5
This week Couchbase launched the latest version of Couchbase Server, a distributed, document-oriented NoSQL database with …
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How Phoenix is Bringing HBase Ecosystem into the SQL-on-Hadoop Party
From May 24-25, I had the opportunity to join the community in conversation at HBaseCon …
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Microsoft announces ODBC 4.0
Wow! Just one day after the anniversary of D-Day, Microsoft announces ODBC 4.0. This is …
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Introducing SimbaEngine X: ODBC and JDBC driver development environment
The Simba Engineering team has been hard at work on the new and vastly improved …
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Connecting QlikView to an Amazon Redshift cluster
With the introduction of the Amazon Redshift service, data analysts get access to a fully managed …
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Exploring MongoDB data in Qlik Sense using Simba ODBC Driver
Simba’s MongoDB ODBC Driver makes it easy to explore your MongoDB data in Qlik Sense. …
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The Second Annual Simba Partner Summit
We have just wrapped up our second annual Simba Partner Summit in San Jose. The …
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Customizing MongoDB Schemas with the New Simba ODBC Driver for MongoDB
In a previous post, I discussed the automatic schema generation capabilities of Simba’s new MongoDB …
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Why Leading BI Vendors Choose Simba ODBC Connectivity
This week’s unveiling of the latest MicroStrategy Analytics application reminds me again, how much did …
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Schema Generation with the New Simba ODBC Driver for MongoDB
A lot has changed in MongoDB since the last major release of the Simba MongoDB …
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SAP Data Services and the Salesforce SSL/TLS upgrade
Soon, Salesforce will be changing the versions of SSL/TLS connections which will be supported. Connections …
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How to Build and Run an ODBC Driver for Linux
The SimbaEngine SDK enables you to build and develop custom ODBC Drivers for Windows, Linux, …
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Optimization of ODBC Data Retrieval with the SimbaEngine SDK
ODBC driver performance is an important concern, particularly when you’re using ODBC connectivity with popular BI …
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ODBC Troubleshooting: How to Enable Driver-manager Tracing
Enabling tracing at the driver-manager level is a useful way to troubleshoot ODBC driver issues. …
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Getting Started with the Simba Couchbase ODBC Driver
This guest post is by Tim Wong of Simba Technologies partner Couchbase. ODBC has been around …
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“Hey, Simba.com looks different!”
The Simba Technologies website has a new face! We have redesigned Simba.com to give it …
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Simba Couchbase ODBC Driver & Couchbase Server 4.1
Simba computer scientist Mike Howard authored this blog post on N1QL data manipulation and ODBC connectivity for …
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How to Implement Custom SQL Scalar Functions in an ODBC Driver
The SimbaEngine SDK™ allows you to build a custom ODBC driver with which you can …
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Cassandra Summit 2015 summary
The Cassandra community continues to impress me with their vigor and openness. 2015 is another …
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Building an ODBC Driver as a Server
With the Simba Technologies SimbaEngine SDK™, you can build your own custom OBDC, OLEDB, JDBC, …
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Simba MongoDB Extension for Lumira
As promised in our webinar “Connect SAP Lumira to MongoDB Data with the Data Extension …
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Simba’s Tableau Certification for your ODBC Driver
Every day we hear from data source providers that have asked Tableau for advice on …
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Teradata Presto
I am at the Teradata Partners user conference this week and one of the highlights …
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How to Setup Couchbase as a Linked Server in Microsoft SQL Server
Couchbase Server is a fast and scalable NoSQL solution. It can reduce the cost and …
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Making Data Work at Strata + Hadoop World NYC 2015
This year’s Strata + Hadoop World in New York City was all about “Making Data …
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Simba continues to lead with ODBC and JDBC for even more Big Data and NoSQL data sources
I am excited to be at the Strata Hadoop World conference in New York this …
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Multidimensional data analytics with Teradata OLAP
In today’s data driven world, analyzing data is key to success. Analyzing data across multiple …
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Introducing… Vora.
We just passed Labour Day so it’s back to the grind for everyone. And what …
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Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – RC now available
Today, Couchbase announced the release of Couchbase Server 4.0 Release Candidate. In conjunction with this …
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Remote Data Access on Mobile Devices: Overview; Best Practices
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.
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What Today’s SAP Analytics-Simba Announcement Means: Seamless ODBC Connectivity Paired with Powerful BI
Today, Simba announced that its connectivity platform has been licensed by SAP for use with …
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The future of Hortonworks and Hadoop
I was reading an article by Dan Woods at Forbes.com titled “Can Hortonworks Dominate The …
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Setting up a Virtual Private Cloud on AWS: Our experience
35 days. As part of benchmarking our ResultSet compression protocol, we wanted to set up …
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New Case Study: Why Couchbase Chose Simba ODBC and JDBC Drivers for Couchbase Server
Simba ODBC, JDBC Connectivity Makes it Easy to Connect Any Data Source to Leading NoSQL …
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Guest Post: Connecting to Salesforce Data Through SAP BusinessObjects with an ODBC Driver
Mitesh Shah is a senior Business Intelligence consultant for Decision First Technologies, a BI consulting …
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All About Apache Drill Data Sources and File Types
Storage plugin extensibility is a key feature of Apache Drill. Drill supports Hive, HBase, and …
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ODBC Driver Testing and Validation for Tableau BI
In order to build engaging visual analytics that help people understand their data, Tableau BI …
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Hadoop Summit 2015: A Retrospective from Exhibit Hall Booth S13
This year’s just-wrapped Hadoop Summit 2015–particularly the exhibit hall–was somewhat subdued compared to last year. …
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Couchbase Connect 2015 highlights
Couchbase Connect wrapped up last week, and I had the pleasure of attending and giving …
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Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – Beta now Available
Exciting news! Couchbase Server 4.0 Beta was announced this morning at Couchbase Connect 2015 currently taking place June 2 …
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HBaseCon 2015 highlights
May is conference month and the memorable event–for all the ideas and progress over the past year–for …
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Mapping MongoDB Nested Documents to SQL schema
Different ways of mapping MongoDB’s nested documents to relational schema, allowing analysis via BI tools and SQL
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New Case Study: How Concur Books It with SAP Lumira, Apache Spark, and Simba Connectivity
Concur handles expense reports. A LOT of expense reports. Think billions. As the world’s leading …
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Setting up Apache Spark on AWS
Question How long will it take to sort 100TB of data? 100TB. Think about it …
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Connect-a-thon Demo: Couchbase and Informatica in the Connected Enterprise
Couchbase and Simba will be at Informatica World 2015 on May 11 to 15. Curious …
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Couchbase ODBC and JDBC Connectivity Solutions – Developer Previews now Available
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 …