/ News, events, and information from FileMaker Inc. en-us Copyright 2006 FMI Database Productivity Santa Clara San Francisco Bay Area http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.filemaker.com/images/logos/filemaker_logo.png / /news/rss_redirect?id=400Bento, the stylish new personal database software that’s as easy to use as a Mac, is available now. Bento organizes Address Book, iCal and all your Mac info in one place, to get you organized. See why more than 140,000 copies of our Bento preview were downloaded, and why MacLife says, “It’s the database for the rest of us.” Watch a Bento demo, download a trial, or buy Bento now./news/rss_redirect?id=360Visit us in booth 1225 see what's new! You'll get a look at Bento, the new personal database, and all the newest FileMaker 9 products! You'll also want to stop by booth 1235, the FileMaker Pavilion, and meet some of the leading FileMaker experts and solutions providers. See you there!/news/rss_redirect?id=340FileMaker, Inc. today announced that there have been more than 100,000 downloads of the preview release of Bento, the stylish new personal database application designed exclusively for Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and made available for public preview Nov. 13, 2007./news/rss_redirect?id=300In its attempt to make data organization meaningful to non-techies, Bento dispenses with terms like “database” and “table” in favor of “library” and “collection.” In fact, the tutorial notes the similarities to building a playlist in iTunes. I, for one, never thought I’d see a database able to achieve that level of simplicity. Yet another reason to consider a Mac?/news/rss_redirect?id=320Food is very much at the core of our culture, and in Australia we have become accustomed to cuisines and flavours from all over the world, and added to them our own inventions. So we instantly recognise the significance of a new Macintosh-only application called Bento from the database gurus at FileMaker. The logo is a bento box full of addresses, appointments and personal information./news/rss_redirect?id=310This new, lightweight, personal database is a promising tool that can help Mac users organize their stuff according to Information Week./news/rss_redirect?id=290Since its release, Bento has been making a big impression on customers and editors. Watch this webinar to find out why./news/rss_redirect?id=280The newly unveiled Bento is a lightweight personal database application that, at its core, is about making databases accessible and easy for the casual user. Bento’s look, inspired by the likes of iTunes and iPhoto, will be familiar to most Mac users, says Macworld.com./news/rss_redirect?id=270For those of you who associate databases with large corporations, Bento will change your mind...You can use it to track projects, inventory for a small business, keep a record of hours worked for clients, sort your DVD library, and more. If you have a lot of data you need to organize, Bento is a user-friendly solution./news/rss_redirect?id=275If you've been waiting for Apple to offer an easy to use database as part of iWork, this is it./news/rss_redirect?id=260FileMaker, Inc. today announced the FileMaker Training Series, a self-paced learning program that provides the building blocks necessary to get the most from FileMaker 9. Designed for intermediate to advanced FileMaker developers, the FileMaker Training Series can benefit anyone who is creating FileMaker databases. It is also a key resource for developers looking to take the FileMaker 9 Certified Developer exam, which is planned for February 2008./news/rss_redirect?id=270FileMaker Pro 9 is a MacLife Editors' Choice. "We found FileMaker 9 to be the most compelling update in years. The new features are thoughtful additions and well executed. The ability to interact with SQL data sources is unprecedented. Best of all, the file format hasn’t changed since version 7, so you can dive in fearlessly."/news/rss_redirect?id=235"For new buyers, FileMaker Pro 9 is the most attractive version of the product ever," says William Porter, Macworld Magazine. Read the review, which awards 5 Mice to the new product./news/rss_redirect?id=225FileMaker 9 media coverage is unanimous: “Better integration with SQL … and support for PHP,” says IT Week. “FileMaker gets easier and broadens reach,” says Small Business Computing. “An impressive upgrade,” says Macworld. Read more media coverage./news/rss_redirect?id=204FileMaker Server 9 and FileMaker Server 9 Advanced are completely redesigned and easier than ever to install, configure and manage.