http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com A Blog on Data Integration Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:07:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Salesforce.com announced that its "CRM applications and partner solutions from the AppExchange are being used by IDeaS Revenue Optimization to run an entire business." The power and benefits of SaaS are widely used by employees across sales, marketing, service and support, client services, product management, company officials say. IDeaS is an enterprise ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/salesforce-crm-driving-companies-ahead.html Oracle’s latest release says the company has extended support for its key database feature, Real Application Testing. The company says the enhancement should help companies switch to the latest version of its database, Oracle 11g, although, the feature is available in the earlier versions of Oracle database (10g and 9i ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/oracle-enhances-its-database.html Ponemon Institute surveyed 870 IT professionals and found 23 per cent of respondents admit that their data is often left unsecured and inadequately protected. The problem usually lies in the way unstructured data is spread across the organization's knowledge management systems, corporate applications (CRM/ERP systems), databases, files etc. and the lack ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/simple-solutions-to-huge-data-management-problems.html If you ever get that feeling that you know the feature is there but you can't find it, while working with your GoldMine, this book is definitely for you - The Complete Idiot's Guide to GoldMine. This will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about GoldMine and ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-goldmine.html Apatar has recently launched Apatar On-Demand for Salesforce.com CRM and QuickBooks accounting software. Apatar On-Demand Edition is a hosted service that synchronizes order data between Salesforce.com CRM and desktop QuickBooks accounting software. It was designed for business users, so the process of setting up the integration link does not require ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/hosted-salesforcecom-and-quickbooks-integration.html Jill Dyché is answering questions about the recent data management trends for SearchDataManagement.com's Ask the Expert section. The three master data management trends she singles out are: MDM trend No. 1: The use of data quality tools. That is, establishing data quality standards and following through with them. MDM trend No. 2: Using a ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/data-management-longs-for-data-quality-solid-grounds.html ebizQ is organizing a roundtable discussion webinar that will focus on MDM's Role as a Critical Enabler for SOA The event will be held next week, July 16, 2008 at 12:00 pm US Eastern. What you will learn: - The types of practices and tools required to provide a unified and consistent ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/another-mdm-event-on-july-16th.html DM Review, BI Review and The MDM Institute, the leading analyst authority for research and consulting in the areas of MDM, CDI, announced the MDM Summit – Fall 2008, which will take be held on October 19 - 21 at the Hilton New York. MDM Summit – Fall 2008 is for ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/mdm-summit-this-fall-are-you-coming.html Couldn't resist posting this, as it clearly shows the benefits of on-demand services over the traditional software, without even mentioning SaaS. =) Perfecto. (image from here) http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/traditional-software-vs-on-demand.html Last month Salesforce.com was named one of Ethisphere Institute's 2008 'World's Most Ethical Companies'. While the fuss around the company’s alliance with Google creating a formidable competition against Microsoft is on, SFDC keeps steadily securing its position as a company that is not only successful in business, but also quite ... http://data-integration-blog.apatar.com/salesforcecom-has-the-leader-the-partner-the-people.html