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filemakeruniversity.com Web Site Launches

New FileMaker Pro 7 Training Offerings Available from Leading FileMaker Development Firms CoreSolutions Development and The Support Group

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Toronto, ON; Boston, MA—March 9, 2004—CoreSolutions Development Inc., in partnership with The Support Group Inc. announced the launch of FileMaker University www.filemakeruniversity.com—a Website dedicated to providing the FileMaker Pro community with a source for reliable, high quality hands-on training.

The Web site will showcase a new Version 7 training course developed by Rich Coulombre, President of The Support Group. Appropriately titled “What's Next?™ Advancing to FileMaker Pro 7”, this four-day, hands-on training class introduces FileMaker developers to the skills they need to develop effective solutions with FileMaker 7 and migrate from older versions. “FileMaker Inc. has gone way beyond what developers and corporate users have been asking for” said Barney Lawn, CEO of CoreSolutions. “FileMaker 7 will change the way we approach and develop FileMaker databases, so we are looking forward to helping our customers by offering the “What’s Next” class from The Support Group.”

The new filemakeruniversity.com Web site also incorporates the highly successful and award-winning curriculum of both companies which are two of only four companies worldwide designated as Authorized Trainers by FileMaker Inc. “We are proud to partner with CoreSolutions to offer FileMaker Training” said Rich Coulombre, President of The Support Group. “By combining forces on our curriculum and geographic locations, we believe that filemakeruniversity.com represents the most comprehensive FileMaker training offering available today.”

The Support Group and CoreSolutions are leaders in the FileMaker community, together representing more than 30 years experience developing databases for small businesses, departments, corporations, and universities. As authors of books, articles, and newsletters about FileMaker Pro, the FileMaker University team of trainers is highly respected in the FileMaker community. Sharing a common philosophy when it comes to training, both Mr. Coulombre and Mr. Lawn believe that training can help developers to avoid pitfalls that cost time and money.

About CoreSolutions Development Inc.
CoreSolutions specializes in the development of custom-designed databases and data-driven web-applications using FileMaker Pro. With over 15 years of experience, CoreSolutions has provided solutions for organizations including Business, Healthcare, Education, and Non-Profit sectors. They are a Partner Level member of the FileMaker Solutions Alliance, an authorized trainer for the FileMaker Professional Training Foundation Series and the winner of the FileMaker Pro Excellence Award for Developing Outstanding Technical and Training Resources for FileMaker Pro. As publishers of the For FileMaker newsletter, with over 3,500 subscribers, and the FileMaker Standards Document, CoreSolutions has helped promote FileMaker to developers throughout the world.

Customers include Falconbridge Limited Kidd Mining, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Government of Nunavut, Durham District School Board, Quinlan Road Limited and AIM Trimark Investments.

Additional information on CoreSolutions Development Inc. can be found at www.coresolutions.ca.

About The Support Group
Founded in 1985, The Support Group, Inc. leads the field in FileMaker design, development and training for both Windows and Macintosh environments. Based in Boston with offices in New York, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, The Support Group provides its services throughout North America in business/industry, education and government. It is one of only 25 FileMaker Solutions Alliance Partner-level members and one of four companies recognized as a FileMaker Professional Training Foundation Series authorized trainer. The firm has won numerous industry awards, authored best-selling books and spoken at professional conferences.

Customers include Compaq, Pfizer, FileMaker Inc., Standard & Poor’s, First USA Bank, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, MIT, Los Angeles Unified School District and Harvard University.

Additional information on The Support Group can be found at www.supportgroup.com.

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