Welcome back to Loadero’s monthly newsletter and a happy new year to you all! Last month we implemented several fixes, as well some brand new functionality – all of which will be gone over in this article.

Before we dive into the world of testing Cron jobs, let’s first know what they are. In the computer’s world, a Cron job is a time-based job scheduler that automates the execution of tasks at predetermined intervals on Unix-like operating systems. These tasks can range from routine maintenance scripts to fetching data from APIs or performing backups.

Companies acquire massive amounts of data online in today’s digital age. You’ll have to transform the raw data to create usable data, whether gathering data from various sources or creating dashboards and visualizations. This is when ETL comes into play.

Dataloader.io is a widely used tool for loading data into Salesforce, but even the most experienced users can encounter errors, especially as they start to reach the platform's limitations. Understanding these errors and knowing how to resolve them is crucial for maintaining data integrity and workflow efficiency. In this post, we'll dive into some of the most common Dataloader.io errors, their causes, and how to resolve them.

As a founding member and major contributor to the success of the PHP Foundation, Tideways sponsored the Foundation with 12,000 USD in 2023. As a member of the administrative board of the PHP Foundation, the advancement of the open source language PHP is key for us. In the founding year, we supported the Foundation with 10,000 USD and followed this up in 2022 with another 15,000 USD. As a major sponsor, it is our declared goal to uphold our commitment to PHP and the foundation.

Forrester Research recently released the Forester Wave for Streaming Platforms, Q4 2023. We are happy to share that Cloudera ranked as a strong performer, with a top three score for current offering. This score was stronger than anyone outside of one-cloud vendors Microsoft and Google, including a stronger current offering than Confluent. Cloudera is also the strongest on-prem offering and the only fully hybrid offering to achieve a strong performer score.