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What is Data Activation?

Learn everything to know about Data Activation, what it is, why it matters, and how you can get started activating your data today.

Hightouch: the Data Activation platform

Our transition from Reverse ETL to a Data Activation Platform, helping everyone take action on their data

Data Activation: the next step after analytics

Analytics & BI aren't enough: learn why you need to focus on data activation to help everyone take action on their data

How we migrated to Salesforce in 4 hours using Hightouch

CRM migrations are painful, but they shouldn't be. Learn how you can migrate your CRM in under four hours.

Hightouch Notify: get notified where you work

Stop checking dashboards: start getting notified about key business events (from your warehouse) directly in your messaging tools

Hightouch is going multi-region: why you should care about data residency

Data residency laws are changing. Learn how you can use Hightouch’s new multi-region capabilities to store data in your region.

Our integration with Databricks: activate your ML models in your Lakehouse

Learn how you can activate the data models in your Lakehouse with Hightouch and Databricks.

Customized alerts for syncs with our new Datadog integration

Learn how you can start configuring customized alerts for your syncs with our new Datadog integration.

Heroku Connect: the definitive guide

Learn everything there is to know about Heroku Connect and why Reverse ETL is a better alternative.

The definitive guide to API integrations

Learn everything you need to know about API Integrations including API types, authentication, reading, writing, deployment, monitoring, and scheduling.

Why your alerting should be configurable

Learn how you can adopt configurable alerting across your entire data stack.

What's new at Hightouch (March 2022)

See what's new with Hightouch in March 2022. Check out new features including Template Mappings, View SQL, new integrations, etc., and the latest news.

Unbundling the CDP

Learn why a more modular approach to first-party data benefits marketing and data teams.

The implementation free CDP: stop waiting 6 months

Stop spinning your wheels trying to implement a CDP and learn how you can activate your data immediately.

What is data ingestion? | The definitive guide

Learn what data ingestion is, why it matters, and how you can use it to power your analytics and activate your data.

Hightouch debugger & observability: better than ever

Learn about our updated Debugger, why data observability is important for Reverse ETL and see why no other Reverse ETL platform compares to Hightouch.

How to send data from Google Sheets to Notion

Learn how you can move data from Google Sheets to Notion in 6 easy steps

What's new at Hightouch in February: templates, auto-mappings, SSO, & filters

See what's new with Hightouch including suggested mappings, sync templates, sync filters, new integrations, Reverse ETL use cases, and new product features right around the corner.

Competitive benchmarks & our focus on customer value

An update on speed in the RETL competitive landscape

dbt and Hightouch are putting your transformed data to work

Give your business teams access to transformed data in the tools they use every day. See how Hightouch integrates with dbt to help you bring “Reverse ETL” to your stack.

The definitive guide to Conversion APIs & web pixels

Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Tiktok are adopting conversion APIs to capture data that web pixels and cookies can no longer collect. Here's an overview on how to adopt these new server-side advertising APIs.

Airflow alternatives: a look at Prefect and Dagster

We take a deep dive into Airflow, Prefect, and Dagster and the differences between the three!

ETL vs. Reverse ETL: the technical differences

Discover the technical differences between Reverse ETL and ETL/ELT and learn how they work behind the scenes.

Azure Synapse vs Snowflake: the definitive guide

Discover the key differences between Azure Synapse and Snowflake around architecture, pricing, security, compliance, data support, administration, data protection, performance, etc...

7 useful Zapier integrations or “Zaps”

Review 7 most useful Zapier integrations or "Zaps" and learn why Reverse ETL is a simpler solution.

The top 5 most useful Workato integrations & recipes

Review the top 5 Workato integrations and recipes and learn why Reverse ETL is a simpler solution.

The top 5 most useful Tray.io integrations & recipes

Review the top 5 Tray.io integrations and recipes and learn why Reverse ETL is a simpler solution.

The need for speed in Reverse ETL

An overview of how we think about speed, covering ways our customers power timely business workflows, the typical speeds they experience and improvements we are making to speed up Reverse ETL for everyone.

Hightouch Series B: What's Next

We’re honored to announce that Hightouch has raised $40M. With this latest round of funding, we will grow our team, expand the surface area of Hightouch, and deliver the best customer experience humanly possible.

Why every tool in the Modern Data Stack needs Git

Leverage the power of software development and DevOps and implement the same best practices you use in your production code in the context of data integration with Git.

4 ways to operationalize your product usage data

Learn how you can leverage your product data in your GTM motion.

Preparing for a new era of advertising with a server-side first integration strategy

Learn what a server-side integration is, why it's worth focusing on now, and how you can leverage Hightouch to push your server-side event data to your different ad platforms.

SaaS integration: what it is & why it's important

Learn how SaaS integrations eliminate data silos and the available solutions in the market.

How to enrich Hubspot data in 6 steps

Learn How Hightouch can help you enrich your Hubspot data in 6 easy steps.

How to enrich Salesforce data in 6 steps

Learn How Hightouch can help you enrich your Salesforce data in 6 easy steps.

BigQuery vs Snowflake: the definitive guide

Discover the key differences between Google BigQuery and Snowflake around architecture, pricing, security, compliance, data support, administration, data protection, performance, etc...

Why Salesforce shouldn't be your source of truth

Learn how Salesforce creates data silos and why the data warehouse should be your source of truth instead.

A deep dive into Hex and the future of data apps

Learn about Hex, a collaborative data analysis platform, and the future of data apps built on top of the data warehouse

Looker Actions: the definitive guide

Learn everything about Looker Actions, how it automates workflows to take action on data, where it falls flat, and the alternatives for your data needs.