FileMaker Launches Bento 3 Family Organiser Kit

Give your family organisation a makeover for free with new Bento solution

LONDON, UK – 11th May 2010 – FileMaker, Inc. today announced the Bento 3 Family Organiser, a fast, free and easy way for families to get organised using their Mac, an iPhone or new iPad. It includes a free 30-day trial of Bento 3, the latest version of the personal database that's as easy to use as your Mac, plus beautifully designed templates that organise bills, meal planning, shopping lists, chores and weekly routines—all within Bento.

For families who worry over whether they have missed a bill, or are frustrated because they constantly recreate shopping lists, meal plans, chore charts and weekly family events, the Bento 3 Family Organiser is the answer.

"Organising a household is challenging for all of us. From paying bills to shopping, planning meals and other responsibilities, it's a major job," said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president of marketing and services for FileMaker, Inc. "The Family Organiser, together with Bento 3, helps make the task of organising a busy family much easier."

The Bento 3 Family Organiser is designed to work with Bento 3, which has received numerous media accolades including an Editors' Pick award from Macworld. Bento 3 adds useful new features such as Grid View, integration with iPhoto, sharing data with others on a local network and securing data with 128-bit AES encryption. The Bento 3 Family Organiser also works with Bento for iPhone and the new Bento for iPad, so customers can organise their bills, shopping lists and other family management activities on an iPhone or iPad and then synchronise the information with their Mac.

FileMaker also provides the Bento Template Exchange, offering hundreds of additional ways to use Bento. The Bento Template Exchange is a Bento community site that showcases real-world uses and offers Bento templates that users can browse, download and import into Bento 3 and use on a Mac, iPhone or iPad. Today, Bento users have created and shared over 600 templates on the Bento Template Exchange.

About FileMaker, Inc.

FileMaker is the leader in easy-to-use database software. Millions of people, from individuals to some of the world's largest companies, rely on FileMaker software to manage, analyse and share important information. The company's products are the FileMaker line - versatile business software for iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the web - and Bento, the personal database for Mac, iPhone and iPad. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple.

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