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Currently I’m trying to post to Apatar’s wiki at least one short manual per day. So if you guys are watching the topic, you will find more documentation within the next weeks. I have a goal to give the users more knowlegde so that they could find how to start and run Apatar Open Source Data Integration themselves.

One of the useful wiki’s features is that there are RSS... - [Read more]

Apatar participated in the Business Internet conference, held in Minsk, Belarus. Our presentation was entitled “Monetizing Media Content Using RSS Feeds”.

The event could have been better, actually. I wish there were more people interested in RSS technologies, Web 2.0, etc. in our section. I even cannot post video here, because the camera was installed in the main room only!

Most interesting things I’ve heard were about e-marketing. The guy selling XXX... - [Read more]

Dion Hinchcliffe explores “The 10 top challenges facing enterprise mashups” in a recent post. Have a look at his article to get an idea about the state of business mashups today. He raises urgent questions and issues.

If enterprise mashups unleash hundreds of new applications inside an organization, then who will catalog them, support them, maintain them, and fix them when they... - [Read more]

Yesterday I’ve presented mashup technologies at the “Bynet 2.0″ conference. Said too much about the business, though I didn’t mean it. =)) Actually, I was too confused to think clearly.. Anyway, some say that it was quite interesting. Thank you a lot, guys! I’ll... - [Read more]

Have you heard the news of the day? Sun Microsystems acquires MySQL. The two open source monsters are converging to deliver services and evolve together. “Being part of Sun will give MySQL more resources for everything from development, support, services, sales and marketing,” Zack Urlocker, Executive Vice President of Products at MySQL, said.

This acquision will... - [Read more]

Well, guys, I’m taking a week off! I just need to waste some time to have my mind rested.

Ok, I think I deserve it anyway. =)) This week I finally drafted a brief guide for each Apatar’s connector. They all are available at

http://www.apatarforge.org/wiki/display/GUI

I know, there’s a lot to be improved, but please keep waiting. =)

I also started working on the operation guides... - [Read more]

Microsoft’s Silverlight breaks the news of the week. Launched on April 15, it is already Read more]

Recently I presented a “guest editorial” to ebizQ.net readers. In this article I tried to explain how to get started in the mashup business and monetize your mashup efforts. Six examples of possible monetization models might be of... - [Read more]

Dear fellows, inviting you to read the technical article I’ve written for TechRepublic. Complete with diagrams, this how-to guide covers 5 steps necessary for building an integration with Salesforce.com.

“If you’re considering or currently administering a SalesForce.com account, this article may help you explore how to integrate your CRM data between SalesForce.com and in-house... - [Read more]

Found a great post by Paul Weinberg observing a recent survey report by Taneja Group, storage... - [Read more]