http://www.filemaker.co.uk/ News, events, and information from FileMaker Inc. en-gb Copyright 2008 FMI Database Productivity Bourne End United Kingdom http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.filemaker.co.uk/images/logos/filemaker_logo.png http://www.filemaker.co.uk/ http://www.filemaker.co.uk/products/filemaker-pro/whats-new.html The all-new FileMaker 11 product line is available, led by FileMaker Pro 11. Innovative new features include FileMaker Charts with new ways to create eye-catching reports, the new Quick Find and productivity tools to use your databases more easily, and features for more experienced developers to build better databases faster. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/news/press-releases/2010/pr-20012010.asp FileMaker, Inc. today announced that more than 200,000 templates have been downloaded from the Bento Template Exchange. The Bento Template Exchange now offers more than 400 templates for Bento, the personal database for Mac. The templates range from Customer Appointments to Medication Record to Lecture Materials to Power Projects to My Job Search and even to The Beer Hunter. The Bento templates, free to browse, download and use, show how Bento can organise virtually any information in business, education and home settings. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:00:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/customer_stories/boston-university-london/ The university needed an easy-to-use tool to manage the inflow of students and help them make the most of their London experience. As most are young and living and working outside the US for the first time, the students needed help with housing, choosing room-mates, and obtaining visas as well as the usual student matters such as choosing courses and professors, obtaining grades and more. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:57:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/products/bento/bccm/ Now available for download, Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager is the fast, free and easy way to get instant access to contact and customer details. View call history, notes from meetings and conversations, upcoming to-do items, related documents and files, important emails, sales opportunities, receipts, and more. This download includes a free trial of new Bento 3 for Mac. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:14:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/customer_stories/gnashers-dental-management-system/ Keeping track of five dentists, a hygienist, five nurses, thousands of patients and hundreds of appointments each month is a huge task for his receptionist. Add in administrative matters like invoicing, purchasing, record keeping and the challenge is even greater. But doing it all with a paper-based system is nigh on impossible. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/support/downloads/ This new Bento 3 updater replaces all previous versions of Bento 3 for Mac and resolves various issues. Download now! Wed, 10 Dec 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/cubeawards09/ FileMaker today held the awards ceremony for its annual CubeAwards. Designed to acknowledge the achievements of FileMaker software developers in the UK, the Cube Awards continue a long-standing tradition of rewarding innovation and recognising excellence for the use of FileMaker software by both commercial developers and in-house users. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.bentotrial.co.uk/christmas/ The Bento 3 Christmas Pack is the fast, free, and easy way to get organised this Christmas. It includes a free trial of new Bento 3 for Mac, ready-to-use templates and festive themes to make organising your gift list and planning parties – faster and easier than ever before! Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/customer_stories/wood-&-douglas-manufacturing-database/ A leading manufacturer of radio communications equipment, Wood & Douglas needed a database solution to better manage the multiple elements involved in each project undertaken by the business. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:53:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/customer_stories/taylor-howes-designs-interior-design-database/ Formed in 1991, Taylor Howes is a successful and fast-growing interior design business, which traditionally relied upon several individual spreadsheets to manage each project. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://solutions.filemaker.com/database-templates/uk/index.jsp Do you have sales leads to manage? A DVD collection to organise? Customer appointments to keep track of? Check out the Bento Template Exchange! You'll find hundreds of templates to download and use for these purposes and for many other real-world uses. Tue, 10 Oct 2009 10:05:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/products/bento/features.html Meet Bento 3 for Mac, the breakthrough new version of the wildly popular personal database from FileMaker that's as easy to use as your Mac. Bento 3 is jammed with new features like iPhoto integration, password protection and encrypted fields, sharing databases with other Bento users over your wireless or wired network, 10 brand-new templates and lots more. And there's a £10 rebate for qualifying Bento 1 and Bento 2 customers. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/cubeawards09/ The CubeAwards recognise the efforts of individuals and organisations who develop solutions which are innovative and improve productivity through the use of FileMaker technology. The highly regarded CubeAwards enters its third year and once again invites entries from FileMaker Developers in the UK and Ireland. As always the competition is open to anyone that develops in FileMaker. So, if you are an in-house developer, a member of the FileMaker Business Alliance or FileMaker TechNet this is your chance to shine. Tue, 1 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/products/bento/customer-stories/oakroyd-tv-casting-agency.html Paula McKie runs a casting agency for TV called 'agency Oakroyd' who needed something really simple to manage a growing list of artistes and TV production contracts. "I'm not a techie, so having something just so visually easy to understand is great. Even I get it!" said Paula. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/appletell-reviews-bento-for-iphone-ipod-touch/ "It's an app that makes me feel foolish for not trying its Macintosh predecessor earlier" Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:44:00 GMT http://www.filemaker.co.uk/customer_stories/christian-blind-mission-uganda/ When reconstructive surgeon, Andrew Hodges, worked in Uganda in the early 90s he discovered there were no systems in place to record patients' medical records. In 2004, faced with a return to the country to work for the Christian Blind Mission in Anold children's hospital, he knew a comprehensive database could actually help save lives. But any solution needed to be robust enough to operate from a laptop in remote areas and capable of organising large amounts of complex medical data. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:57:01 GMT http://www.softwaresatisfaction.co.uk/the_shortlist.html FileMaker is proud to announce that it has been shortlisted in the Software Satisfaction Awards 2009 for the SME CRM award. http://www.filemaker.co.uk/customer_stories/the-childrens-hospital-school-at-great-ormond-street-uch/ The Children's Hospital School at Great Ormond Street needed to manage, update and report against a large volume of educational data to effectively support, monitor and track progress of the 1,300 plus pupils passing through its doors each year. Similarly, an accurate record of attendance was needed to supply the Local Authority with information for funding purposes. http://solutions.filemaker.com/database-templates/uk/index.jsp FileMaker, Inc. today unveiled the Bento Template Exchange, where Mac users can post and browse many real-world uses of Bento, the personal database from FileMaker that's as easy to use as a Mac. People interested in Bento can download templates and use them with a trial or full version of Bento 2 (free trial available at www.bentotrial.co.uk. Whether your passion is collecting coins, selling products, organising volunteers or planning events, these sharable templates show how you can do it better with Bento. http://www.macworld.co.uk/awards/winners.html FileMaker's latest solution – FileMaker Pro 10, has won the "Best Productivity Software" award for this year's Macworld Awards. The award was highly contested with other candidates on the shortlist including VMWare, Parallels and Smith Micro. The judges said, "The value of just the interface and ease of use enhancements, make FileMaker Pro 10 a must-have upgrade for any FileMaker Pro user." http://www.filemaker.co.uk/support/training/certification/ Certification testing for the award-winning FileMaker 10 product line is now available. With FileMaker 10 Certification, developers can boost their industry-wide business and career potential by becoming recognised as a FileMaker 10 Certified Developer. The certification demonstrates developers' technical comprehension of FileMaker products. In addition to receiving a FileMaker 10 Certified Developer certificate, those who pass the test may use the FileMaker Certified Developer logo on business cards, websites and marketing collateral. http://www.filemaker.co.uk/products/bento/iphone.html Now you can keep your life organised – on the go. With its 25 ready-to-use templates, "Bento for iPhone and iPod touch" lets you take client information on the road, track trip expenses, create To Do lists, manage membership lists or plan events. And since Bento for iPhone and iPod touch syncs wirelessly with Bento 2.0v4 for Mac, you can keep all your personal databases up to date. Just £2.99 in the App Store. http://www.filemaker.co.uk/MISC/bento2/bento_for_iphone.mov The new Bento for iPhone and iPod touch is here. And in 2 minutes, you can see how easy it is to organise your life on your iPhone. Also see how Bento for iPhone syncs with Bento 2 on your Mac. http://www.filemaker.co.uk/articles/scale-and-scalability-in-it-solutions.html Tony Speakman, regional director for FileMaker in Northern Europe discusses the importance of scalability and business forecasting when investing in IT. http://www.filemaker.co.uk/customer_stories/timeharvest/ Things have gone well for TimeHarvest and its products have sold strongly. But, even with a customer list that reads like a Who's Who of professional digital printers, the company is still looking for ways to improve their market leadership position. "We had been selling our software products in the traditional way since the very first release. But we felt that we could offer our customers a great alternative if we had a 'hosted rental' approach as well." http://itreviewed.net/index.php/filemaker-pro-10/ "Existing FileMaker users should be excited about the new features and user interface of FileMaker Pro 10, making this update one of the most significant in recent years," writes Christian Harris for IT Reviewed. "The ability to add buttons on the Status Toolbar is going to make life so much easier for many users, and Script Triggers should help to raise development productivity. More importantly, FileMaker Pro 10 allows non-programmers to create their own databases with ease … this latest version is a big step forward in terms of accessibility and out-of-the-box deployment. A must-have upgrade for any FileMaker Pro user." http://www.filemaker.co.uk/support/training/fts.html The new FileMaker Training Series for FileMaker 10 is now available. These self-paced training materials include must-have information on the new product line such as exploring Script Triggers, saving find requests and managing FileMaker Server 10. The FileMaker Training Series provides the building blocks for successful FileMaker solution development and is the official training curriculum from FileMaker, Inc. Get the book and CD for only £65+VAT. http://www.filemaker.co.uk/customer_stories/bryanston-school-blandford-forum-dorset/ Bryanston School needs to track and report academic data throughout the school year, undertake dynamic curriculum management for pupils – including personalised access to timetables, learning materials and assignments – via its virtual learning environment (VLE), and manage the day-to-day operations of the school which includes an extensive estates department. http://www.filemaker.co.uk/educationcentre/teach/ Today, FileMaker is being used in over 200 UK schools, some of whom have kindly provided examples of how they use FileMaker in the classroom and which are published on our website for you to share. For example, Bryanston School in Dorset have shared a six-week Training Plan for Databases including teaching points, objectives and proposed method as well as examples created by Year 9 pupils in a six-week work scheme. http://www.filemaker.co.uk/bpk/ Two new versions of the FileMaker Business Productivity Kit are available free, to help businesses organise their tasks and get the most out of FileMaker Pro 10. The kits include ready-to-use FileMaker Pro templates to help customers tackle everyday business tasks with ease – whether they provide physical goods or client services. Both editions are redesigned and updated to take advantage of the new features, sleek new interface and design of FileMaker Pro 10, and include an integrated Web Viewer that allows for live web viewing within a database. As a bonus, an updated Email Marketing Guide, to help small businesses users run effective email campaigns using FileMaker Pro 10 and the FileMaker Business Productivity Kits, is included.