etl software

Pentaho and Apatar, My Two Strangely Named Free Data Friends

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Image by rickbradley via Flickr

I have to admit that cool tools like these will eventually make certain types of programmers worry about job security. But I see it as a tool. I have an idea about the movement of data that will make me money and then I have to figure out the way to get that done. You see, I deal with masses of data for the most part. They make me money.