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Microsoft Access Loses Salesforce Connector - Here's Your Replacement Plan

Microsoft retired the Access Salesforce connector in October 2025. Here's how to keep your data flowing with the Simba Salesforce ODBC Driver. If you've been using Microsoft Access to connect to Salesforce, you need a new solution. The good news? Simba has been powering Microsoft's Salesforce connectivity under the hood for years. Same proven driver, same reliable performance. The switch is simple: update one connection string and your queries keep running, your reports stay intact, and your stakeholders don't even need to know anything changed.

Unifying Snowflake & Apache Iceberg in Logi Symphony via Simba's ODBC Driver

How do you connect Snowflake and Apache Iceberg to embedded analytics without adding complexity? In this video, we demonstrate:→ Setting up the Simba Snowflake ODBC driver via system DSN→ Why pushdown queries matter for performance→ Building governed, reusable metrics in Logi Symphony→ Delivering fast, interactive dashboards on live retail data The result: unified sales and inventory analytics without the ETL pipelines, Python scripts, and custom services that create support headaches.

Why Enterprise AI Projects Fail - The Token Predictor Problem Executives Don't Understand

Why do large language models hallucinate? It's not a modeling problem. It's a data and context problem. This video breaks down why AI fails in enterprise environments and what it takes to get reliable, verifiable answers from your AI systems. When AI doesn't have governed access to live data, no understanding of your business rules, and no guardrails to keep it grounded, hallucinations aren't just likely. They're inevitable.

Process Runner GLSU: SAP Finance Automation in Excel

See how Process Runner GLSU eliminates manual SAP data entry and accelerates month-end close. This 90-second demo shows how finance teams automate 40+ SAP FI transactions, process thousands of entries in minutes, and catch errors before they hit the system—all from Excel, no coding required.

Certent Equity Management Overview

Managing your company's equity shouldn't be a complex task. Get a quick overview of how Certent Equity Management can help you streamline your entire process, from issuance to reporting and compliance. See how you can bring your cap table, employee stock plans, and financial reporting together in one secure, easy-to-use platform.

JustPerform at the Finance and Technology Expo | FATE NYC 2025 Recap

FATE NYC 2025 brought together finance and technology leaders from across the industry. The conversations throughout the event showed how ready finance teams are for a simpler and more connected way to plan, close, and report. JustPerform supports that work by bringing every key finance process into one unified platform that removes manual steps and creates one single version of the truth.

What Is Real-Time Data? | AI IQ Challenge by Vizlib

Real-time data gives organizations the power to act the moment something changes. In this episode of the AI IQ Challenge, discover how Vizlib brings real-time insights directly into Qlik dashboards, enabling faster decisions without exports or delays. Ready to level up your data knowledge?

How to Connect Druid to Power BI

Connecting Druid to Power BI shouldn’t require hacks—and it definitely shouldn’t require exporting CSVs. Here’s the part nobody says out loud: Microsoft built Power BI’s connector architecture around ODBC, not JDBC or REST. So if your Druid cluster is built for lightning-fast analytics but your users can’t access it natively, that’s not a Druid problem… that’s a connector problem. This video shows how the Simba Druid ODBC Driver solves that in minutes.

Simba Connectivity Drivers - Expand Your Product's Reach

Stop building data connectors from scratch. Start shipping features faster. Your customers want access to more data sources, but your engineering team is already stretched thin. Sound familiar? In this video, we break down how redistributable connectivity drivers can accelerate your product roadmap without adding technical debt. If you're building analytics tools, reporting platforms, visualization apps, or any software that needs to connect to data, this is for you.