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Jerod Johnson

Jerod Johnson

Director, Technology Evangelism

Jerod is a high school math and computer science teacher-turned software developer-turned technology evangelist. He currently develops CData Software's partnerships, attends trade shows, generates content for CData Software and other sites, and has had the honor of presenting and speaking on behalf of CData Software at user groups, trade shows, developer conferences, and more.

Blogs by Jerod Johnson

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Digital Transformation in Accounting Simplified with Data Connectivity

by Jerod Johnson

At CData, we talk a lot about digital transformation and cloud adoption . Amid the rise in cloud computing, more services across every industry are available in the cloud than ever before, including accounting software. The top accounting software providers, including companies like Oracl...

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Industry InsightsData ConnectivityAccountingQuickBooksSage IntacctProducts
Key Takeaways from Sage Transform 2024

3 Key Takeaways from Sage Transform 2024

by Jerod Johnson

CData Sr. Technology Evangelist Jerod Johnson shares his key takeaways from Sage Transform 2024.

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Events & WebinarsSage IntacctSage
Real-Time Connectivity

Empower Data Workers with Real-Time Connectivity

by Jerod Johnson

Modern data and analytics teams face significant challenges in efficiently operating across an increasingly diverse data ecosystem. CData Connect helps teams overcome their data management challenges by providing a common, easy-to-use platform for accessing enterprise data from any and ev...

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Solutions & Use CasesData ConnectivityCData ConnectProducts
MCP Under the Hood

Under the Hood: How CData MCP Servers Connect AI to Enterprise Data and How to Build Your Own

by Jerod Johnson

Explore how CData MCP Servers use SQL and driver-level access to connect AI tools to real-time enterprise data with security, speed, and flexibility.

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NewsCData Drivers
Tableau Conference 2021

Join CData for Tableau Conference 2021

by Jerod Johnson

Join us alongside analytics peers and product experts to discover new ways to work smarter and faster with data. With a variety of industry tracks alongside Tableau training and certification, there's something for everyone at Tableau Conference 2021 . CData Tableau At CData, we help you ...

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Events & WebinarsPartnersTableau Conference
Vibe Querying

Vibe Querying with MCP: Uncovering Insights from Sales and Marketing Data

by Jerod Johnson, Marie Forshaw

Discover how marketers can use CData MCP Servers with Salesforce and Google Analytics, integrated with advanced LLM tools, to query real-time business data like never before.

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Solutions & Use CasesMCP ServerVibe Querying
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Meet Small Language Models: The lean, tool-using sibling of Large Language Models

by Jerod Johnson

Explore how small language models (SLMs) offer fast, cost-effective AI for real-time enterprise tasks—optimized for tool use, not massive training data.

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Industry Insights
Data Mining Social Media with CData FireDAC Connectors

Data Mining Social Media with CData FireDAC Connectors

by Jerod Johnson

The recent webinar by Embarcadero walks through using the CData Connectors for FireDAC to connect to Twitter and Facebook data in Delphi. Check out our FireDAC Component product page for more information. Download a free, 30-day trial of the Twitter Components or Facebook Components and u...

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Events & WebinarsSolutions & Use CasesData ConnectivityEmbarcaderoDelphiSocial Media
Querying vs. Vibe Querying

Querying vs. Vibe Querying: The Future of Data Access is Conversational

by Jerod Johnson

Discover how Vibe Querying is changing data access—ask natural language questions, get instant insights, and skip the SQL. The future is conversational.

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Industry InsightsCData Drivers
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The Best Way to Embed Elasticsearch

by Jerod Johnson

Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine capable of solving a growing number of use cases. It centrally stores your data so you can discover the expected and uncover the unexpected. CData Software produces standards-based drivers for Elasticsearch (and over 100 ...

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Solutions & Use CasesElasticsearchCData Drivers
Enabling Self Service BI and Analytics Through Cloud Data Connectivity

Enabling Self Service BI and Analytics Through Cloud Data Connectivity

by Jerod Johnson

Analytics and business intelligence platforms have evolved to provide self-service usage for line of business users to gain insights through data visualization and reporting. With modern BI tools, every stakeholder can create charts, reports, and dashboards from their business data. And t...

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Solutions & Use CasesData ConnectivityCData ConnectBusiness IntelligenceCloud AnalyticsProducts
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CData Couchbase Driver Update

by Jerod Johnson

Couchbase Server is an open-source, distributed, NoSQL document-oriented engagement database. CData Software's Couchbase connectivity solutions offer unparalleled performance and functionality for integrating with live Couchbase data in all of the popular BI, reporting, and ETL tools you ...

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PartnersCouchbaseCData DriversCData ConnectProducts