Connectivity Portal (WIKI)

Hi All,
 
Wouldn€™t it be nice to have a single portal to check the list of data sources SSIS can connect to? Like, if and how SSIS can connect to SAP/Oracle/DB2/SQL Server/etc? along with what to expect from that connection, such as 64-bit support, fast data load option, scalability, etc?
 
The know-how around connectivity in SSIS has particularly been challenging to structure in terms of gathering and reaching all sorts of connectors and data sources out there.
 
The challenge is due to two main reasons:
 


Microsoft does not have central command/control on connector developers, and the connectivity story for SSIS has mainly been the support around ADO.NET, Ole DB and ODBC libraries. Since we don€™t have a certification process, it€™s up to the customer to evaluate a specific third party connector before making a decision on using it.

The extensibility story offered by SSIS inherently promotes development of new/specialized connectors to new/existing data sources. Since any application can talk to any other application given the right connector, the pool of supported connectors keep growing over time.
 
We are working to make this story better, but in the mean time, because of this ever growing nature of connectors and their features, I thought a WIKI portal can help this community in terms of formalizing/structuring/sharing information.
 
And thus, I am launching a new wiki site on connectivity. Well€¦Blogs are kind of not as cool these days anyways J MSDN has a recent wiki initiative, but it is not quite involving the community as I€™d like to have in this one.  
 
We have a great talent pool and a huge base of know-how around connectivity in this forum. Let€™s channel that into sorting out connectivity!
 
I created the initial site framework and provided simple samples here : http://ssis.wik.is/Home
 
I€™ll add more stuff to it in the coming days as well, but I really want this forum to be actively editing/providing content in there.
 
Please take a look at it, and start growing/editing it. -> http://ssis.wik.is/Home
 
Ideas/questions/feedback are all welcome, you can also e-mail me directly at denizerkan@yahoo.com
 
Thanks,
Deniz Erkan
 
PS: this is not in conflict or competition with the forum. Forum interface does not have a way to structure data to build a know-how, and the scope of this initiative is SSIS connectivity-only.