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API World 2017
August 7, 2017

CData Software Sponsors API World 2017

by Eric Madariaga

We are proud to be a sponsor and exhibitor at this year's API World 2017 , September 23 – 28, 2017 at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA. API World 2017 is the world's largest vendor-neutral API conference and expo, organizing the API Economy. API World is dedicated to the missi...

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2017 Driver Update
July 25, 2017

2017 Driver Update

by Eric Madariaga

Welcome to the 2017 Driver update! Our engineering teams continue to innovate, driven by feedback from the top BI, ETL, Data Integration, Data Virtualization, and Data Warehousing vendors, as well as thousands of customers worldwide, who rely on our drivers for data connectivity. In the h...

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June 29, 2017

Powering Enterprise Data Connectivity for Embarcadero RAD Studio

by Eric Madariaga

Move, integrate, and analyze data with ease using the new FireDAC Enterprise Connectors . The result of a year-long collaboration effort with Embarcadero, the Enterprise Connectors leverage RAD Studio FireDAC technology to reduce the complexity of connecting to multiple data sources, and ...

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June 14, 2017

Building Data-Driven Apps with Ruby

by Jerod Johnson

Ruby provides natural (but complex) development features in a free, flexible platform for creating expressive Web applications. Our ODBC drivers offer simplified access to your data, allowing you to write SQL-92 queries to work with data from any of the 80+ supported sources. By utilizing...

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Solutions & Use CasesData ConnectivityRuby
ODBC Connectivity in MS Excel for Mac
June 8, 2017

ODBC Connectivity in MS Excel for Mac

by Jerod Johnson

Earlier this year we announced the release of our ODBC Drivers for Mac and Linux/UNIX environments. With the ability to install our drivers on virtually any environment, you gain greatly expanded flexibility and functionality. For instance, you can now work with data from 80+ sources in M...

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When Performance Matters
June 1, 2017

When Performance Matters, There Is Simply No Substitute

by Eric Madariaga

When you read that a company like CData offers drivers for close to one hundred different data sources, it is easy to think that our connectors provide limited capabilities or superficial functionality. With access to so many different applications, file formats, SaaS services and data pl...

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New Embedded Tunneling Support in API Server
May 24, 2017

New Embedded Tunneling Support in API Server

by Jerod Johnson

The API Server has been enhanced with built-in 'Cloud Gateway' tunneling functionality. This powerful new capability allows users of API Server to create a secure reverse tunnel to any publicly accessible host, allowing external clients to connect to your on-premises API Server data behin...

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May 23, 2017

Connect Node-RED to API Server and Let Your Data Flow

by Jerod Johnson

Node-RED is a flow-based programming tool, built around JavaScript. With it, you can build applications using in a drag-and-drop interface to control the flow of data to and from a variety of sources, from IoT devices to APIs and online services. When paired with the API Server , which bu...

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Solutions & Use CasesCData API ServerData ConnectivityNode-REDJavaScript
API Server security operations
May 18, 2017

API Server Overview: REST APIs for Your Data

by Jerod Johnson

The API Server allows you to build a single, uniform REST API for your company's data, which is often stored in dozens of on-premises and Web-based sources, ranging from traditional databases and applications (like QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel) to SaaS and other cloud-based data sources...

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Solutions & Use CasesCData API Server
Connectivity to Azure Cosmos DB
May 16, 2017

Turnkey Connectivity to Azure Cosmos DB

by Jerod Johnson

Last week, at Build 2017, Microsoft introduced Azure Cosmos DB , a globally distributed, multi-model database offering five distinct consistency levels, ranging from strong to eventual. Since one of the data models for Cosmos DB accounts is the MongoDB API, you get turnkey connectivity to...

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SSWUG Spring Virtual Conference 2017
April 25, 2017

SSWUG Spring Virtual Conference 2017

by Eric Madariaga

A Combination of Development, Cloud On-premise Technologies, and more Join our session at the SSWUG.org Spring Virtual Conference (May 2nd and 3rd) and learn about using the CData API Server to build dynamic database-driven Web apps based without writing server-side code. In our session, ...

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April 4, 2017

React & D3.js + API Server: Dynamic Data Apps

by Jerod Johnson

React D3.js + API Server: Dynamic Data Apps The CData API Server provides users with a quick and easy way to create uniform APIs from any of the 80+ supported RDBMS, NoSQL, and SaaS data sources. Since many popular JavaScript frameworks (like React and D3 ) are capable of consuming OData, ...

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