Congratulations: FileMaker Pro 9 wins CODiE FileMaker Pro 9 has taken the honours as Best Database Management Software Solution in the 2008 Software Industry Information Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards, announced in San Francisco on May 20th. FileMaker Pro 9 was selected by 750 of the software industry’s most prestigious companies for its excellence in design and development. After three rounds of judging, the SIIA found FileMaker Pro 9’s usability and features the best for a huge variety of customers to manage people, projects and assets, and awarded FileMaker Pro 9 the trophy for Best Database Management Solution. “We’re delighted the CODiE Award judges have recognised the significance, value and quality of FileMaker Pro 9,” said FileMaker General Manager Steve McManus. “The software and information industry advances in leaps and bounds, and being recognised by your peers for staying ahead of the pack in such a dynamic environment is a major achievement.” uLearnIT’s Cover Story for FileMaker Advisor Magazine David Head from uLearnIT is on the current front cover of FileMaker Advisor Magazine with his article ‘Good Catch! Error Capture and Testing in FileMaker Pro Scripts’. FileMaker Advisor is a global magazine guide to FileMaker Pro database software for advanced users and solution developers. You can check out David’s article online at http://my.advisor.com/doc/19466

Next Generation Fertility Clinic Significantly Reduces its Administrative Burden

Next Generation Fertility is a fully accredited IVF clinic that aims to give couples the best chance of achieving pregnancy within a supportive environment. The clinic was established in 2005 and has eight locations across Sydney that offer monitoring, nursing and counselling services. Being a busy clinic, Next Generation Fertility decided to look for a database system that would reduce its administration costs and improve workplace efficiency.

After trialling many software packages, Next Generation Fertility Clinic decided that FileMaker Pro 9 was the easiest program to use and the best fit for the organisation. Artie Shahho, Next Generation Fertility’s Chief Software Architect, commented, “FileMaker was the only program that could guarantee every facet of our business would be looked after. We can write new functions very quickly and make updates which improve business efficiency.”

For Next Generation Fertility, FileMaker Pro 9 has helped streamline time consuming and costly administration processes including the registering, tracking and billing of clients, patient correspondence and updating clinical files. Artie continued, “We’ve incorporated a lot of functions that were previously done on paper into FileMaker and this has saved around 20% of our staff’s time. We have to produce Medicare reports daily and statement bills every month, with FileMaker we can generate these reports with one click—which is the kind of thing that used to take someone a whole day to do.”

FBA Member Profile: All About KiM

FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA) member, KiM—which stands for Knowledge and Information Management—is a software company with a difference. The KiM system, built in FileMaker Pro, allows sign and graphics manufacturers to increase productivity and profits by capturing sales leads, developing detailed quotes and reports and allowing the tracking of jobs, time, costs and clients.

KiM was established in 2003 by John Hadfield and Luke Rochester. John has over 30 years of experience within the sign and graphic industry and is the National Chairman of the Australian Sign and Graphics Association (ASGA). Luke has an honours degree in Engineering and a graduate diploma in Psychology and gives seminars on Business Intelligence to FileMaker developers in Europe.

In addition to providing software to help manage information efficiently and effectively, KiM offers free sign and graphic business skills seminars focused on the end-to-end production process, organising your business and understand your clients’ needs.