Apatar Enables Data Sync Between SFDC and 3rd Parties

October 25, 2007, Chicopee, MA - Apatar, Inc., the leading provider of open source software tools for the data integration market, announced data synchonization with Apatar software between SalesForce.com and 3rd-party data sources. The new feature allows users to have their SalesForce.com data synchronized with a number of databases (such as MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MS Access), applications (SugarCRM), and files (.CSV/.TXT). Using the synchronization mode, it is possible to automatically update or delete records in SFDC account, once the information is changed at the data source.

Apatar is the first company to release open source tools for non-technical staff and customers to access the application data they need to do their jobs more effectively. Apatar provides support, training, and consulting services for its integration solutions.

Major Apatar Offerings

Apatar Enterprise Data Mashups (www.apatar.com)

Apatar Enterprise Data Mashups is the first open source on-demand data integration software tool set and services, which help users integrate information between databases, files, and applications. Imagine you could visually design (drag and drop) a workflow to exchange data and files between files (Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, CSV/TXT files), databases (such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle), applications (Salesforce.com, SugarCRM), and the top Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, RSS feeds, Amazon S3), all without having to write a single line of code. Users install a visual job designer application to create integration jobs called DataMaps, link data between the source(s) and the target(s), and schedule one-time or recurring data transformations. Imagine this capability fits cleanly and quickly into your projects. You've just imagined what Apatar can do for you.

ApatarForge (www.apatarforge.org)

ApatarForge is the first on-demand service, released under an open-source license, which allows anyone to build and publish an RSS/REST feed of information from their favorite Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, news feeds, databases, and applications. ApatarForge is the community effort where business users and open source developers publish, share, and re-use data integration jobs, called DataMaps, over the web. ApatarForge is the prime destination for Apatar users to collaborate and extend an Apatar Data Integration project. ApatarForge.org now hosts more than 130 DataMaps containing metadata. All DataMaps are available for free download at http://www.apatarforge.org.

Benefits

- Reduce integration cost
- Improve data quality
- Shorten implementation time
- Reduce maintenance costs
- Eliminate custom coding
- Knowledge workers can subscribe to secured internal or external RSS feeds aggregated from ERP/CRM systems, databases, personal and shared files and XML feeds.
- Synchronization across multiple interfaces (on-premises, on-demand, mobile)
- The ability to personalize feeds for workgroup collaboration, opportunity tracking, business and competitive intelligence, and project management.
- No coding! Visual job designer and mapping enable non-developers to design and perform transformations
- Users have the ability to create, publish, share, and re-use data transformations and output to RSS feeds by monitoring keywords and URLs for both internal and external systems.

General Features & Benefits

Apatar brings its users a set of unmatched capabilities in an open source package:

- Visual job designer and mapping enable non-developers to design and perform data transformations.
- Aggregating and reading RSS content
- Connectivity to Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, Sybase, Microsoft Access, PostgreSQL, InstantDB, BorlandJDataStore, Csv, Qed, HSQL, Compiere ERP, SalesForce.Com, SugarCRM, Goldmine, Microsoft Excel, XML, RSS, ATOM, FTP, POP3, LDAP, WebDav, Autodesk Buzzsaw, any JDBC data sources, Amazon S3, Flickr.
- Job Scheduler
- Single interface to manage all your integration projects
- Flexible deployment options
- Bi-directional integration
- Platform-independent, runs from Windows, Linux; 100% Java- based
- Easy customization, source code included

About Apatar:

Apatar is the leading provider of open source software tools for the data integration market. With powerful Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) capabilities, Apatar enables its users to easily link information between databases (such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle), applications (Salesforce.com, SugarCRM), and the top Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, Amazon S3). Apatar provides support, training, and consulting services for its integration solutions. Headquartered in Western Massachusetts, Apatar operates a development center in Minsk, Belarus. Apatar is currently used by 250 organizations and individuals worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.apatar.com, and http://www.apatarforge.org.

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