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Make Mine iPad!
iPad-related solutions represent about 80% of our current workload. Apart from the fact that iPads are way-cool, there are several compelling reasons to consider Foundation, FileMaker and the iPad. Break-down the interpersonal barrier. Use: Sales, Consulting, Medical. If you sit down beside someone and show them your presentation, or...read more »
Its a Celebration
Some of you are already familiar with David, our resident South African. Well, David has just passed his FileMaker 11 certification exam and is the first person in the company to do so. Congratulations David, this is a significant step in your career. David's next course: "Remedial coffee-making 101" ...read more »
Security Matters
A recent survey found that Kiwis take data security extremely seriously and 80% would stop dealing with an organisation that had security breaches. So how secure is your data? A FileMaker solution can be made extremely secure as required; Individual name and password for all users and the ability to track what they do. Incredibly...read more »
It'll Never Happen!
Shortly after the last newsletter went out, our production hosting servers will subjected to a denial of service attack eminating from the United States. Apparently it wasn't strictly aimed at us but at the host we use. Nonetheless, we suffered a significant degradation of service for a short period. The good news is that our host's defences held...read more »
Feel Good Stories
Because we don't do a lot of public work like websites, it can be a little hard to blow our own trumpet but here are a couple of recent stories where we made a difference; We got a txt message out of the blue from one of our clients asking if we could do a new report that would do this, that and the other. Wondering why they didn't just phone...read more »
Xero Integration
Xero is all the rage in the exciting world of accounting packages and having recently built a prototype we have now completed our first paid FileMaker-to-Xero integration. Within Xero's limitations, it works just fine. So if you are thinking about transferring your accounts to Xero but don't want to abandon your existing FileMaker solution, give...read more »
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
It is not possible to ignore the passing of Steve Jobs when FileMaker is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apple but rather than resort to cheap hagiography, we thought this blog was a more useful insight into the man and his ideas....read more »
Do You Want to Grow Your Business?
Owners and managers can get funding to help pay for assistance with Business Planning, Marketing Strategy, Improved Processes and Systems, Governance and other development activities. The funding is provided by NZTE through the Business Development Voucher Scheme which is administered by Regional Business Partners around New Zealand. To qualify...read more »
