dotConnect for Salesforce is an ADO.NET provider for accessing data of the Salesforce.com cloud CRM and Database.com cloud database through the standard ADO.NET or Entity framework interfaces. It allows you to easily connect your .NET applications to Salesforce data and integrate Salesforce services with widely used data-oriented technologies. dotConnect for Salesforce offers local SQL engine to query Salesforce data advanced data caching query optimization and other enterprise level features. Key Features: * Powerfiul SQL Engine With dotConnect for Salesforce you don''t need to learn complex Salesforce Web Services API - use your existing SQL knowledge. dotConnect for Salesforce has its own local SQL engine that allows you to use SQL-92 compatible SELECT statements to work with Salesforce Leads Contacts Opportunities Accounts and other objects in the same way as with SQL tables. You may use complex JOINs WHERE conditions etc. - all the SQL benefits not available with SOQL. * Entity framework Support dotConnect for Salesforce supports Entity framework v1 and v4 which allows you to benefit from using LINQ to Entities entity relations with lazy/eager loading. With Entity framework you don''t need to post each edited/created object separately - a single SaveChanges() call to persist all the changed objects. dotConnect for Salesforce goes with its own advanced visual Entity framework model designer - Entity Developer. * Local Data Caching Local data cache increases performance greatly and if all the required data are cached it even allows you to work offline without establishing a Web service session until the cache needs to be refreshed or updating data is required. * Easy Access to metadata dotConnect for Salesforce offers easy access to metadata with either GetSchema method or through SQL-92 compatible information schema.