Open Source Data Integration Page

Open Source Data Integration

As the global recession bites hardder, this might be a period when open source software reaches its Tipping Point and takes off.
One of the major suppliers is Talend,which has 350 connectors to other products, including Salesforce.
Other suppliers include Apator, Enhydra Octopus, Kinetic Networks, Pentaho and SnapLogic.

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Apatar	Recommended - includes DataMaps,integration with Salesforce.com , Mashup Integration and a Skills Exchange. Migration from SQL Server to Salesforce.com
Enhydra Octopus	"Open Source Java Solutions"
Kinetic Networks	"End-to-End Solutions for Complex Information Management Issues"
Pentaho	Offers Data Integration, specialises in BI and offers Reporting, Analysis and Dashboards.
Snap Logic	"SnapLogic is an Open Source Data Integration framework that combines the power of dynamic programming languages with standard Web interfaces to solve today's most pressing problems in data integration." Offers its "Salesforce.com Solution Pack / Extension, which allows you to :- Integrate Salesforce.com account records with in-house accounting systems and other enterprise applications Migrate customer records from internal CRM systems to Salesforce.com Create custom data feeds to import Salesforce.com data into desktop applications, such as Excel Perform other data integration tasks, leveraging Salesforce.com data
Talend