http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/apatar/default.aspxTags: apatarenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2008/10/17/connecting-with-sugarcrm.aspxFri, 17 Oct 2008 13:50:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:6459Pete Prestipino0http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=6459http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2008/10/17/connecting-with-sugarcrm.aspx#comments<p><b>According to Gartner, corporate developers spend approximately 65 percent of their effort building bridges between applications. If you&#39;re thinking that there&#39;s got to be a better way - you&#39;re right. </b><br /> <br /> Data integration software provider <a title="Apatar" href="http://apatar.com"><b>Apatar</b></a> announced connectivity to the SugarCRM open source suite. The SugarCRM &quot;connector&quot; integrates data between the popular customer relation management (CRM) system and a vareity of 3rd party data sources. Customer information between databases (such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle), files (Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, CSV/TXT files), applications (Salesforce.com), and the top Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, Amazon S3, RSS feeds) can be filtered, validated, and cleansed through Apatar. <br /> <br /> Both the SugarCRM system and Apatar&rsquo;s new connector are distributed as open source products. There is no doubt that many companies will significantly benefit from downloading and using these tools for free.</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6459" width="1" height="1">sugar crmapatar