3 Steps to Accessing Salesforce Data From SQL Server
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Donald
ForceAmp is a tool that will allow you to create linked server to your salesforce.com (SDFC) data and therefore use any ODBC client event accessing the data directly within SQL Server.
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5 Steps to returning an API call into SQL Results
Posted on June 13, 2011 by Donald
On my current project we had a requirement to call a Lawson ERP COM object API from an integration. While CastIron recommends calling the Lawson webservices that wrap the API, Lawson recommends calling the API directly.
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Integrations with CastIron and DB/2
Posted on May 31, 2011 by Donald
Recently, while creating an integration to a Lawson ERP system running on DB/2, there were two hurdles that needed to be overcome. First was the fact that the Lawson system has a very narrow maintenance window and could not be brought down on demand.
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