Cursor: Using AI to build a custom connector with Fivetran's Connector SDK

This tutorial demonstrates how to build a Fivetran Connector SDK custom connector using AI assistance with Cursor, an AI code editor. The demo showcases the end-to-end process of creating, testing, and deploying a connector for the FDA Food Enforcement API.

Preventing Data Leakage in Gen AI Chatbots: What's Your Risk Appetite?

Chatbots are quickly becoming more sophisticated and integrated into business workflows, enhancing productivity and scalability. However, they also expand the attack surface for organizations. This new exploitation vector requires data engineers and security teams to incorporate various security guardrails when building their gen AI architecture. In this blog post, we discuss the risk of data leakage through AI chatbots.

Fresh Off the Jet: Insights from the Snowflake and Databricks Summits

After two weeks of immersion at the Databricks Data + AI Summit and Snowflake Summit, it’s clear that the pace of innovation is accelerating faster than ever. Both events showcased groundbreaking advancements in AI, data orchestration, and table formats, with Iceberg, catalogs, and hybrid customer personas emerging as the key themes. Below are some analysis on the trends shaping the modern data ecosystem.

Analytics Tools Aren't Created Equal - So Why Do We Compare Them like They Are?

When people search for "best analytics tools," they usually find lists that include the same names: Depending on the month, some new or unexpected names may also appear. Regardless, they typically lead to a quick summary, showing off their respective pros and cons for each, and a link to their pricing pages. Useful basic information, sure, but what they do not do is show what matters most: Showing what your team needs to own, understand, and protect.

15 Years of Leadership. 15 Stories of Real-World Impact.

Qlik has just been recognized - for the 15th year - as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, and I am delighted to confirm Qlik is moving further up and to the right. The message is clear: we’re executing on the right vision, and the market is taking notice. It’s also driven by a commitment to innovation, trust, and above all, our customers.

How leading enterprises use Fivetran to break down SAP data barriers

As we explored in our previous post, SAP’s ecosystem makes it costly and complex to centralize data, especially when organizations need to blend SAP and non-SAP sources for unified analytics. Between restrictive licensing, limited compatibility, and constrained export options, SAP’s architecture often creates more roadblocks than results.

Turn AI Agents into Fully Integrated Team Members with Model Context Protocols | Demo

Want Your AI Agents to Work Seamlessly with Salesforce, Slack, or Any External System? In this video, our Associate Software Architect Humza Khatri, explains how Model Context Protocols (MCPs) make it easy to connect your AI agents with third-party tools and systems, transforming them into fully integrated and task-ready team members. With the Astera AI Agent Builder, your agents can now access and act on real-time data from external platforms such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and even custom APIs through a simple no-code configuration.