The CubeAwards 2010 – FileMaker Developers of Excellence – the results

Winners of the annual FileMaker developer awards are announced

LONDON, UK – 17th November 2010 – FileMaker yesterday held the awards ceremony for its annual CubeAwards. Designed to acknowledge the achievements of software developers in the FileMaker Northern Region, the Cube Awards continue a long-standing tradition of rewarding innovation and recognising excellence for the use of FileMaker software by both commercial and in-house developers.

This year's ceremony was held at The Royal College of Physicians in London and was extremely well attended by developers who gathered to see who would be crowned the winners of 2010. Keynote speaker Dr Robert McNamee gave an interesting and entertaining talk about his experience of implementing FileMaker to manage the Electronic Enlightenment Project (EE) at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries.

The CubeAwards 2010 were once again split into two categories, the "Best Public Sector Solution" and "Best Private Sector Solution", with the best entry in the opinion of the judges from these categories taking the "Winner of Winners" award. The scope of this year's awards was significantly increased with several new markets now eligible for entry, including Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Portugal and Iceland.

Award entries were judged by a panel made up of representatives from FileMaker and seasoned developers. The panel was also joined by the editor of technology publication IT Pro, Maggie Holland.

The winner from each category received a crystal Cube Award while the Winner of Winners walked away with an additional Cube Award and a 32GB iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G. The ceremony saw the following winners crowned:

Best Public Sector Solution
Winner: V&A Museum Collection Management System, Cordis Technologies
Contemporising an old system to make it sophisticated, clear, intuitive and easy to use.
Commendation: Music School Manager, CJM Software Ltd
Clean reports and an impressive ability to exchange date with closed systems.

Best Private Sector Solution
Winner: Garage Assistant GA3, SWS Solutions
Impressive use of FileMaker to manage a grow a relatively small business.
Commendation: Unicol Manager, Unicol Engineering
Good use of the web viewer and for being highly functional.

Special Mentions:

• MaJic Logistics, MaJic Solutions Ltd – "A solid business solution"
• SCenquiry (Springdale College), right way up – "Use of information based in PDFs"
• Business Logical Limited, greenbase/Greenfield – "A clever way of managing synchronisation"
• OftalMac, Vida Digital Eiche, S.L. – "For its image capture from external devices"
  

In addition, the Winner of Winners award went to Winner – V&A Museum Collection Management System by Cordis Technologies. Museums are not often associated with elegance or sophisticated IT systems so the judges were very impressed by the standard and usability of this system.

Tony Speakman, Director FileMaker Northern Region, said, "The standard of this year's entries was extremely high, as was the volume of entries. Competition was very tight and the judging panel found it extremely hard to select a clear winner for any of the categories."

"It's fantastic to see the huge range of activities where FileMaker is making a difference, including, automotive, creative agencies, scientific organisations, educational establishments and commerce; it's a real testament to just how versatile FileMaker Pro really is."

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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