Business Intelligence Network is holding an online survey about Data Warehouse Appliances (DWA). I wouldn’t mind seeing the results of this. You can get a copy of the DWA research report firsthand, by the way, by participating in the survey (and it won’t take more than 5 minutes).

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It’s been a while since I posted, eh? I probably missed out on a bunch of data integration-related events while away. Well, on the bright side though, this blog acquired a fresh new look (bummer! now you don’t have to think long to feel the affiliation to Apatar).

Anyway, while I was gone, the Apatar team released a new connector to Vertica Analytic Database and completed the the first step of its code refactoring.

And another thing I couldn’t walk past is the Dell-Salesforce deal. Dell Inc. will be using Force.com development platform to build software for its “entire global workforce”, a deal that claims to be the largest ever for Salesforce, according to Marc Benioff. Salesforce won’t stop growing any time soon, nope.

Integrating Customer Relations Management and bookkeeping is probably high on the ToDo list of many companies. No wonder, the two working together can create a powerful management tool.

Richard Barrington in his article for VendorGuru exploring the opportunities that CRM can offer if combined with Marketing/eCommerce, Operations and Accounting, writes:

If accounting information is integrated into the CRM system, it can become a tool for financial management. For instance, customers can be analyzed and prioritized according to profitability. Also, customer sales and cost trends can be used for budgeting purposes.

Salesforce CRM and QuickBooks are rather influential players on the two respective markets, so acquiring a service that synchronizes data between Salesforce.com and QuickBooks shouldn’t go unnoticed for the companies deploying the two tools. That explains the recent increase in the interest and the demand for correct integration of CRM and accounting services.

If you didn’t get a chance to meet Apatar’s CEO, Renat Khasanshyn at Dr.Dobb’s Conference, be sure to catch him at LinuxWorld 2008 in San Francisco on August 5. The “Case Study: Professional Open Source at Autodesk” session by Jason Pratt of Autodesk and Renat will focus on applying open source Apatar data integration software at Autodesk.

Visit Renat’s blog to see how you can get a free full conference guest pass to this year’s LinuxWorld.

That’s not all though.  Web 2.0 NY Best Practices panel is coming up! It will be held next week, on August7th . This is the first conference to focus on the case studies from companies that have successfully deployed them. As Apatar is one of those, Renat is sure to be there as well leading the discussion on how to monetize mashups.

Visit the conference website for full agenda.