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eWeek: FileMaker Go is nudging iPhone and iPad into enterprise space
Jul 30, 2010 - eWeek notes the availability of new FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad and reports, "FileMaker is nudging the iPad and iPhone further into the enterprise space by bringing their database technology to the mobile devices' users. The company released FileMaker Go iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad Tuesday, and the programs are now available through Apple’s iTunes App Store. With FileMaker Go, users can view, edit and search for information in FileMaker databases."
New FileMaker Go is a Top-Ten iPad App for Work, says Datamation
Jul 27, 2010 - Datamation.com today surveyed the world of iPad Apps for work, for business and IT professionals, and lists the new FileMaker Go as one of the top ten iPad Apps for work.
Mashable sees FileMaker Go appealing to serious business users
Jul 27, 2010 - Mashable.com looks at the new FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad and finds them "further proof that mobile devices, both phones and tablets, are being taken more seriously by business users. As business adoption increases, more robust application support has followed ... You can do almost anything with the data that you could in the FileMaker Pro desktop app, including sorting, connecting to external SQL data sources and even running most of the scripts that work with FileMaker Pro."
New FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad are available
Jul 20, 2010 - FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad, giving mobile users access to FileMaker Pro databases, are available now on the iTunes App Store, FileMaker announced today. FileMaker Go users can easily view, edit and search for information in FileMaker databases on their iPhone or iPad. The two new Apps let users access databases created with FileMaker Pro and hosted on FileMaker Server or FileMaker Pro; ideal for mobile teams. And FileMaker Go users can also copy databases between their desktop or laptop computers and FileMaker Go via File Sharing in iTunes; perfect for single user databases. Databases may also be downloaded by email, popular file sharing sites, or the web.
Wired Educator: Put Bento on Your iPad and in Your Classroom!
Jun 25, 2010 - Wired Educator is a self-proclaimed "ardent supporter of an iPad in every classroom" and they just reviewed the new Bento for iPad: "Bento for iPad is a fantastic database that helps educators ... Teachers can use Bento to organize their lessons, their classrooms, student records, inventory, attendance, and so much more in an easy and visually stunningly format. Bento is a must for any iPad-packing educator."
Bento Template Exchange celebrates 1st birthday, offers 645 templates
Jun 16, 2010 - Our Bento Template Exchange is one year old today! Please visit and browse the great variety of templates, all showing real-world uses for Bento. You can download and install any of the 645 templates to see just how easy Bento makes it to organize any type of information.
PC MAG: FileMaker Pro 11 is a 'Must-Have Business Application'
Jun 2, 2010 - PCMAG.com lists 10 software applications which set a standard in meeting businesses' needs, including the new FileMaker Pro 11. PC MAG says, "FileMaker Pro 11 is an ideal database solution for small businesses. A streamlined interface makes it easy for even database newbies to get databases designed quickly and integrate them with the Web. Ad-hoc reporting, chart creation, and connectivity with other ODBC and JDBC compliant databases give FileMaker Pro 11 enterprise-level capabilities."
New! Bento 3 Student Survival Kit available for free download!
May 25, 2010 - The Bento 3 Student Survival Kit makes organizing all the details of campus life fast and easy. There are 5 pre-designed, ready-to-use templates to organize your lecture notes, group projects, special events, classes, and job searching. Download today!
PC MAG Editors' Choice award for new FileMaker Pro 11
May 19, 2010 - PCMAG.com awards its Editors' Choice to the new FileMaker Pro 11. As Samara Lynn writes: "Everything we liked about FileMaker Pro 10 returns in FileMaker Pro 11: Ease of use, powerful relational databases, a fast database design process, and helpful assistance with report-making. The latest version of the database software builds upon that rock-solid foundation by sporting a more streamlined interface, better overall responsiveness, and new features that focus on the graphical representation of data in charts and other layouts, Web integration, and ways to make it even easier for users to merge existing data into FileMaker than before. FileMaker Pro 11 still lists at $299 ($179 for upgrades), but the new features—in particular, chart creation and ad-hoc reporting—give the application even more gravitas in the database space."
New Business Productivity Kit for FileMaker Pro 11
May 4, 2010 - Get the newly updated Business Productivity Kit today. When you download a free 30-day trial of FileMaker Pro 11, you’ll receive ready-to-use templates for your everyday business tasks. Choose from either the Standard Edition or the Services Edition. Manage contacts, process services orders, organize products, and much more. Plus you’ll receive a bonus Email Marketing Guide that shows you step-by-step how to send customize email campaigns to your customers. Organize your business the easy way with the Business Productivity Kit.
New! The Bento 3 Family Organizer
Apr 27, 2010 - The fast, free and easy way to organize your busy family is all in one place! The Bento 3 Family Organizer makes organizing all the details of your busy family faster and easier. It includes a free 30-day trial of Bento 3 for Mac and 5 pre-designed, ready-to-use templates to organize bills, chores, meals, shopping lists, schedules and more. Download today!
FileMaker 11 Training Series and Certification Now Available
Apr 7, 2010 - FileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the FileMaker Training Series for FileMaker 11, a self-paced learning program to help intermediate to advanced database users and developers master the essentials of the new software. The FileMaker Training Series is a key resource to help prepare for the FileMaker 11 Certification examination, also available today.The FileMaker Training Series can help users hone their skills to get the most from the new features in the FileMaker 11 product line. The training can benefit anyone from consultants and in-house corporate developers to independent developers and professionals running their own business.
New Bento for iPad is available now
Apr 2, 2010 - FileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Bento for iPad on the App Store for only $4.99. The app is based on Bento for iPhone with enhancements to make the most of the big, beautiful iPad screen, and with support for new iPad gestures. Bento for iPad lets users manage contacts, track projects, plan events and more, and can be used by itself or synchronized with Bento 3 for Mac.
PC MAG on 'FileMaker Pro 11: New Features for Easy Database Design'
Mar 18, 2010 - PC MAG takes note of the new FileMaker 11 product line: "The most touted feature is the ability to graphically represent data in a series of colorful, dynamic charts. Quick Reports, gives users spreadsheet functionality by setting up data in a way which is similar to pivot tables in spreadsheets. File Maker Pro 11's other new features include Quick Find; an iTunes-like search tool that performs searches across all fields in a layout ... Database-creation novices should relish the improved Quick Start Screen; it aids in creating new databases, managing files and finding help resources."
'FileMaker 11 is the best version of FileMaker ever.' -- MACWORLD UK
Mar 11, 2010 - Five out of 5 Stars and an Editors’ Choice award is the verdict for the new FileMaker Pro 11, according to reviewer Dwayne Wright and Macworld UK. The new FileMaker Charts is described as a "blockbuster" and the review states: "FileMaker 11 has built in charting of data and this new feature is easy to master, flexible, elegant and even web compliant. You can choose to create bar, area, line and pie charts. Describing the process is almost as easy as performing it."
New FileMaker Pro 11 'will bring a smile to your face' -- Washington Times
Mar 11, 2010 - The Washington Times' Mark Kellner reviews the new FileMaker Pro 11 and writes, "If you enjoy working with databases, FileMaker Pro will bring a smile to your face. If you grind your molars at the thought of such work, FileMaker Pro will unclench your jaw and give you an easy (and successful) way of making lighter work of a demanding task. It's a program I highly, and happily, recommend."
New FileMaker Pro 11: Chart a whole new course for your data
Mar 9, 2010 - 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.
Bento is a top App for entrepreneurs, says Entrepreneur's Journal
Feb 24, 2010 - The Entrepreneur's Journal looked at the trend of more and more entrepreneurs using the iPhone to help run their businesses. At the top of the list of Apps: Bento for iPhone: "Bento helps you perform tasks like keeping track of your contacts and calendar, monitoring your projects, setting up to-do lists and even cataloging inventory. You can also use it for personal things, such as to log the progress of your diet. In fact, Bento has a template exchange that allows you to download hundreds of tasks."
Developer Conference 2010 events and full schedule are announced: Aug. 15-18, San Diego
Feb 24, 2010 - Dinner on the USS Midway and a record number of more than 80 workshops and sessions highlight the newly announced schedule for the FileMaker Developer Conference, August 15 to 18, 2010, in San Diego. For a limited time, attendees can save $200 on their DevCon registration, and can take advantage of very inexpensive ($149 per night) rooms at the headquarters hotel, the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina.
FileMaker Pro brings full-service printing company 'into the future'
Jan 26, 2010 - The Ace Group is a full-service printing company and a leader in graphic arts solutions. Ace chose FileMaker Pro to help it stay ahead of its competitiors in delivering web-to-print and variable data publishing solutions to its clients. IT systems manager Paul Groppe is very pleased with FileMaker Pro: "Basically, FileMaker was able to learn how we work. Refreshingly, we did not have to retool the way we run our business around the requirements or restrictions of FileMaker Pro ... FileMaker brought us into the future. Plus, it was cross-platform, and easily customizable."
INFORMATION WEEK: Bento is an 'essential iPhone App for SMBs'
Jan 26, 2010 - INFORMATION WEEK's Jake Widman surveys top iPhone Apps and recommends Bento for iPhone as an "essential" one for small and medium business: "Bento is a lightweight database designed especially for the Mac, so what better choice for a database on the iPhone? Bento ($4.99) works as a standalone database on the phone, but it also syncs with Bento on the desktop so you can take your data with you. If you modify the data on your phone, including adding new records and fields, they'll be synced back to your home database. Bento comes with 25 iPhone templates (see image) for managing different types of data."
Running a dental business in rural Brazil with an iPhone and Bento 3
Jan 26, 2010 - Dennis Sellers, MacsimumNews, reports that "Dentist Bia Kunze had a simple idea: If you can’t make it to the dentist, the dentist will come to you. Kunze is a mobile dentist in Brazil ... To manage her practice on the go, she uses Bento for iPhone. 'I was told that things would be easier to manage with the Mac and Bento,' she says. 'I decided to give it a try and found that it’s much easier to use than any other system I’ve encountered. In an afternoon I created a custom database that had everything I needed to keep track of.' At first, Kunze carried her MacBook wherever she went. When Bento for iPhone was released, she left her notebook at home. 'I have a lot to carry, so having everything I need in the iPhone is fantastic,' she says."
Bento Template Exchange Exceeds 200,000 Downloads
Jan 20, 2010 - 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 organize virtually any information in business, education and home settings.
Introducing Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager
Jan 13, 2010 - 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.
MacNN: Bento 3 earns 4-1/2 stars for eliminating the complexity of database design
Jan 7, 2010 - MacNN reviews Bento 3, finds much to praise, and awards it 4-1/2 out of 5 stars: "Bento really shows the power of a true personal database, with its well thought out interface. It is immediately useful, thanks to built-in templates and a straightforward design ... I have no reservations recommending this program for use in small business or for home projects."
Wine cellar trend: Let Bento for iPhone guide your wine shopping and organizing
Jan 7, 2010 - The Napa Valley Register surveyed wine industry experts for advice on the best approach to storing your wines and keeping track of what is in your cellar: "Rebecca Chapa, a professional taster and wine educator (www.rebeccachapa.com) said that even though a wine lover may not have ideal cellar conditions, it is more important to avoid drastic ups and downs in temperature than it is to keep a wine storage space at a strict 55 degrees. She also reported, ‘I recently found a cool new program to help you keep track of inventory, it’s called Bento for Filemaker and it has an application for iPhone so you can be sure you aren’t buying something you already have at home.’ "
New updater for Bento 3 now available
Dec 9, 2009 - This new Bento 3 updater replaces all previous versions of Bento 3 for Mac and resolves various issues. Download now!
Free Download - New Bento 3 Holiday Pack!
Dec 9, 2009 - The Bento 3 Holiday Pack is the fast, free, and easy way to get organized for the holidays. It includes a free trial of new Bento 3 for Mac, ready-to-use templates and festive themes to make organizing your gift list and planning parties – faster and easier than ever before!
Win a copy of Bento 3 or Bento for iPhone in our Facebook contest!
Dec 8, 2009 - If you’re using our free downloadable Bento Holiday Pack, you know that its themes and templates give you an easy way to organize your gift lists and holiday parties. Why not show your FaceBook friends how you’re using the Bento Holiday Pack and win Bento 3 or Bento for iPhone? If you haven’t tried the Holiday Pack, just go to www.bentotrial.com/holiday,get organized for the holidays, and enter our contest.
MACLIFE: New Bento 3 is Great: its 'interface makes building databases … enjoyable'
Dec 8, 2009 - MacLife reviews the new Bento 3 and declares it "Great." Praising the new personal database’s ability to organize all kinds of data, interface with Address Book, iCal and iPhoto, and new sharing features, MacLife says, "All of these features make Bento 3 brilliant for personal and small-group scenarios ... The easy-to-use interface makes building databases (dare we say it?) enjoyable."
FileMaker 10 helps OSI double growth while cutting costs
Dec 4, 2009 - Medical equipment supplier Oncology Services International has grown to be the world’s largest independent firm of its kind. And by turning to FileMaker Pro 10, OSI manages its growth without increasing admin staff. FileMaker solutions for accounting, cash flow and field service operations deliver what OSI needs at a fraction of the cost of competitive bids.
MACSIMUM: ‘Bento 3 worth every penny’
Nov 16, 2009 - Reviewing the new Bento 3, Macsimum News says, "Apple subsidiary FileMaker continues to bring database to the masses. Database is just a geek word for collection of stuff. Used to be, if you wanted a database, you had to hire someone to program it, or learn it yourself—not an easy task ... So FileMaker put together a program that makes it simple — Bento. And with the recent jump to v. 3, Bento takes another step toward making it easy for anyone to build and use a database ... Bento is worth every penny of the US$49 you pay for it. And a five-computer family license is $99. If you have a previous version, buying directly from the Bento website will save you $20 instantly."
BUSINESS WEEK highlights new Bento 3 and iPhoto integration
Oct 2, 2009 - The new Bento 3 is available, and BUSINESS WEEK says, "The new key feature is that Bento 3 talks to iPhoto, and your iPhoto albums are viewable from within Bento. This makes it easy to store and edit detailed information about your photos, but also to link photos to entries in your Bento database, whether its for a list of small business contacts, or your collection of antique stoneware."