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Leverage the Power of Fivetran Business Critical on Microsoft Azure

Leverage the Power of Fivetran Business Critical on Microsoft Azure

Enterprises using Microsoft Azure can now deliver secure, automated data pipelines while boosting compliance with privacy and industry mandates using Fivetran Business Critical.

New Connector: Amplitude

New Connector: Amplitude

New connector enables businesses to centralize data from product analytics platform Amplitude.

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Why You Should Replace Excel With BI

Why You Should Replace Excel With BI

BI enables you to generate more accurate and timely reports to make impactful business decisions.

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Communicating the Benefits of Fivetran to Your Boss

Communicating the Benefits of Fivetran to Your Boss

Interested in Fivetran but need help getting your boss on board? Here are a few business benefits of automated, fully managed pipelines to share with your company’s non-technical decision-makers.

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Why Fivetran Builds Standardized Data Connectors

Why Fivetran Builds Standardized Data Connectors

Data replication technology wasn't built for the cloud era, so we designed an entirely new kind of connector.

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An Introduction to Looker Blocks and LookML

An Introduction to Looker Blocks and LookML

Use Looker Blocks to conduct plug-and-play analyses with data from our standardized connectors.

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Team Bonding in Thailand

Team Bonding in Thailand

The Fivetran engineering team recently returned from a retreat in Phuket, Thailand.

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GDPR Compliance Is Now Easier With Column Blocking

GDPR Compliance Is Now Easier With Column Blocking

Block specific columns from replicating in order to protect personally identifiable information (PII).

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Wrapping Up 2018 and Looking Forward to 2019

Wrapping Up 2018 and Looking Forward to 2019

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of Fivetran in 2018! Here we recap some of the exciting things that have happened this past year.

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Now Live in Europe: Use Fivetran on EU Servers

Now Live in Europe: Use Fivetran on EU Servers

Learn how to migrate your Fivetran service to EU servers.

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One Hundred Employees, Unchanging Core Values

One Hundred Employees, Unchanging Core Values

On the occasion of our 100th hire, we're sharing our core values publicly for the first time.

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Use Lambda Functions to Move Data From Redshift

Use Lambda Functions to Move Data From Redshift

Learn how to incrementally migrate data from Redshift tables using AWS Lambda.

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Choose the Right Metrics

Choose the Right Metrics

What gets measured gets managed. Make sure you measure the right things, identify vanity metrics, and perform sanity checks.

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A Guide to Starting a Fivetran Free Trial

A Guide to Starting a Fivetran Free Trial

Follow these five simple steps to try out Fivetran for free.

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Fivetran and the Hierarchy of Data Needs

Fivetran and the Hierarchy of Data Needs

Your business's data needs follow a hierarchy, and Fivetran can give you a step up.

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Fivetran Partners With Growth Marketing Platform Iterable

Fivetran Partners With Growth Marketing Platform Iterable

We're proud to announce that Iterable is joining the expanding roster of companies participating in the Fivetran partnership program.

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Re-Sync Your Tables With Fivetran

Re-Sync Your Tables With Fivetran

Selectively re-sync tables to get the data you need, when you need it.

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A Word From Our Founders

A Word From Our Founders

Fivetran CEO George Fraser and COO Taylor Brown describe our journey to the recent $15 million Series A round.

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Fivetran Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding

Fivetran Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding

We’re thrilled to announce our Series A funding, led by Matrix Partners. With this new support, we’re poised to rapidly expand our critical role in the modern data stack.

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Press Release: Fivetran Catches the Cloud Swell, Raises $15 Million

Press Release: Fivetran Catches the Cloud Swell, Raises $15 Million

Fivetran raised $15 million in Series A funding to centralize data for every business and enable cloud-first Snowflake, BigQuery, Looker and more.

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Bucketing in SQL

Bucketing in SQL

Use SQL to group data so that you can spot trends, uncover opportunities, and see where and how your business generates value.

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You're Hired: Fivetran Partners With Recruiting Tool Greenhouse

You're Hired: Fivetran Partners With Recruiting Tool Greenhouse

We're proud to announce that Fivetran is partnering with Greenhouse, an industry leader in applicant-tracking systems.

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How We Think About Onboarding Account Executives

How We Think About Onboarding Account Executives

At Fivetran, we have distilled the sales process into repeatable steps.

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Don't Try This at Home: Fivetran Makes NetSuite’s API Usable

Don't Try This at Home: Fivetran Makes NetSuite’s API Usable

Understand the history of the Fivetran NetSuite connector and you'll see why you shouldn't try building your own.

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Fivetran Partners With Zuora, Software Automating Entire Order-to-Revenue Process

Fivetran Partners With Zuora, Software Automating Entire Order-to-Revenue Process

We're proud to announce that Fivetran has partnered with Zuora, an industry leader in subscription management.

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Funnel Analysis and Conversion Metrics in SQL

Funnel Analysis and Conversion Metrics in SQL

Using SQL to conduct funnel analysis can help you make sense of multiple facets of your business.

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Build vs. Buy: Some Back-of-the-Envelope Costs

Build vs. Buy: Some Back-of-the-Envelope Costs

A few simple calculations illustrate why it's ill-advised to build your own data pipeline.

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Fivetran Announces Partnership With Product-Feedback Platform UserVoice

Fivetran Announces Partnership With Product-Feedback Platform UserVoice

We're proud to announce that Fivetran is partnering with UserVoice, an industry leader in actionable user feedback.

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Fivetran Announces Partnership With Marketing Tool HubSpot

Fivetran Announces Partnership With Marketing Tool HubSpot

We're proud to announce that Fivetran is adding HubSpot to the growing ranks of our technology partners.

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Fivetran Email Connector Automatically Loads Files Into Warehouses

Fivetran Email Connector Automatically Loads Files Into Warehouses

Use our automated email connector to load CSV and JSON files directly into your data warehouse.

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How to Write Cloud Functions in Python

How to Write Cloud Functions in Python

We walk you through the process of setting up a cloud function connector using Python and Google Cloud Platform Functions.

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Fivetran Wins Snowflake Partner of the Year "Get It Done" Award

Fivetran Wins Snowflake Partner of the Year "Get It Done" Award

We’re proud to announce our 2018 Snowflake Partner of the Year Award.

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New Destination: Microsoft Azure Synapse

New Destination: Microsoft Azure Synapse

Use Fivetran to replicate and sync your applications, databases, event logs and file stores into your central Microsoft Azure Synapse.

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Developing SQL for Zendesk Ticket Metrics

Developing SQL for Zendesk Ticket Metrics

Use SQL queries with Zendesk data to assess help desk performance by employing metrics that offer quantitative insight into the efficiency of support teams.

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Why You Shouldn't Use Postgres or MySQL as Your Data Warehouse

Why You Shouldn't Use Postgres or MySQL as Your Data Warehouse

Columnar databases, not OLTP databases, are the appropriate choice for a data warehouse.

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Introducing Partner Connect From Snowflake

Introducing Partner Connect From Snowflake

Easily set up Fivetran data connectors through the Snowflake UI for effortless data loading. This new feature is part of our longstanding commitment to eliminating the obstacles of traditional ETL.

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Intern Spotlight: Working at Fivetran

Intern Spotlight: Working at Fivetran

One of our engineering interns describes the experience of joining Fivetran for a summer.

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Urgent Announcement for Marketo Users

Urgent Announcement for Marketo Users

If you already use Fivetran, you have nothing to fear. If not, pay attention: Marketo’s new data retention policy may result in the loss of valuable activity data unless you take the proper actions.

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Pitfalls to Avoid in Designing APIs

Pitfalls to Avoid in Designing APIs

Building your own API for internal or commercial use? Follow these guidelines and your end users will thank you.

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Serverless ETL With Cloud Functions

Serverless ETL With Cloud Functions

ETL custom data sources into your data warehouse, using Fivetran and serverless cloud functions.

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SendGrid Partners With Fivetran to Optimize Data Delivery

SendGrid Partners With Fivetran to Optimize Data Delivery

For SendGrid, partnering with Fivetran to improve data pipeline management was a logical choice: Both firms specialize in data delivery on a grand scale.

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Fivetran Announces New Google Sheets Permissions, Security Options

Fivetran Announces New Google Sheets Permissions, Security Options

At Fivetran, we’re always looking for new ways to bolster customer security and data privacy, so we offer permissions management at the most granular level possible.

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Fivetran Rolls Out the Klaviyo Connector

Fivetran Rolls Out the Klaviyo Connector

From supporting and replicating databases into a data warehouse to syncing and replicating data from dozens of business apps, Fivetran should be your default method of loading business data into a warehouse.

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Fivetran Updates Warehoused Databases via Log-Based Replication

Fivetran Updates Warehoused Databases via Log-Based Replication

There’s no magical way to keep databases in sync with your data warehouse, but Fivetran does it the most favorable way — with heavy yet easy-to-use and easy-to-implement engineering.

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Fivetran Expands Sales Operations to European Union, Middle East and Africa

Fivetran Expands Sales Operations to European Union, Middle East and Africa

Fivetran is expanding its global reach to help more companies become data-driven and offer more analysts easy access to disparate data sources.

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Fivetran Announces Five-Minute Syncing

Fivetran Announces Five-Minute Syncing

Fivetran now supports five-minute syncing for all of our data connectors, from Asana to Zendesk. Centralize your data in a warehouse and generate deeper, more comprehensive insights.

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Fivetran Now Compliant With European Union’s GDPR Privacy Law

Fivetran Now Compliant With European Union’s GDPR Privacy Law

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Chew on These Postgres “Hidden Gems”

Chew on These Postgres “Hidden Gems”

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For Advanced Analytics, Choose a Column-Oriented Data Warehouse

For Advanced Analytics, Choose a Column-Oriented Data Warehouse

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Help Scout Is Our Latest Connector and Partner

Help Scout Is Our Latest Connector and Partner

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Database Replication Methods

Database Replication Methods

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Data Pipeline Checklist

Data Pipeline Checklist

Seven things to look for when choosing a data integration provider.

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Replicating Formula and Lookup Fields in Your Data Warehouse

Replicating Formula and Lookup Fields in Your Data Warehouse

Why Saleforce’s formula and lookup fields can cause problems when integrating your data pipeline, and what you can do to get the information to your warehouse.

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How to Create an Account With Fivetran

How to Create an Account With Fivetran

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Data Source to Dashboard in an Afternoon

Data Source to Dashboard in an Afternoon

Prepping data for analysis can be a daunting process, especially with traditional ETL. But what used to take days or weeks can now can be done in an afternoon with Looker and Fivetran.

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Webinar: From Disparate Data to Tell-All Dashboards at Talkdesk

Webinar: From Disparate Data to Tell-All Dashboards at Talkdesk

Learn how Talkdesk powers business intelligence with Looker and Fivetran.

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Fivetran Browser Uploader

Fivetran Browser Uploader

When you’re trying to analyze data in CSV files, it’s easy to fall into a long cycle of repetitive work. Here's how to avoid it.

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Five Differences Between Fivetran and Traditional ETL

Five Differences Between Fivetran and Traditional ETL

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Webinar: Outsystems, Snowflake Computing and Fivetran

Webinar: Outsystems, Snowflake Computing and Fivetran

In this webinar, Outsystems explains why it choose to work with Fivetran in unison with Snowflake Computing.

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The Modern Data Pipeline

The Modern Data Pipeline

How workflow systems are shifting to keep up with the speed of business.

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Inflection Points

Inflection Points

How data is changing the face of business.

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