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New Data Migration Tool Promises Salesforce Customers a Simple Migration to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

by Linda Rosencrance
Contributing Writer, MSDW

Astera Software, a provider of data integration solutions through its Centerprise Data Integration platform, has launched its Centerprise Connector for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and its One-Click Migration tool for migrating from Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

The tool allows business intelligence analysts and IT workers to use a graphically-based method to move large data stores from other CRM and ERP applications into Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 additional coding, according to the company.

"Centerprise Connectors are pre-configured to make it easy to accurately and quickly integrate a wide variety of data types," said Ibrahim Surani, President and CEO of Astera, in a statement. "Astera's unique approach to Dynamics integration possesses ability to support high-speed data integration and migration means information can be rapidly accessed in the desired format, helping ensure a project's success."

Surani added that with the launch of Dynamics CRM 2011 in the cloud as well as on premise, many organizations are considering moving from Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.

Astera has developed a One-Click Migration connector for Salesforce to Dynamics CRM that businesses can use to migrate their data in minutes through a simple graphical interface. Company officials said project-based payment options help cuts costs and improve the return on investment of migration projects.

Centerprise Connectors include pre-configured workflows as well as dataflows that let the Centerprise integration engine communicate with specific enterprise business applications including Microsoft Dynamics as well as with databases, data warehouses, and technologies such as EDI and web services, the company said.

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About Linda Rosencrance

Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing about information technology for the past 16 years.

She has covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, mobile security issues such as data loss prevention, network management, secure mobile app development, privacy, cloud computing, BI, big data, analytics, HR, CRM, ERP, and enterprise IT.

Rosencrance is the author of six true crime books for Kensington Publishing Corp.

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