Earlier this month we saw the results of Xero's continued growth, particularly the increase in users in Australia. With a growth rate of 219% for the year, we are starting to see that businesses in Australia are really getting behind the products (32% of all users are Australian based).

We recently finished an iPad solution for Canterbury Track Cycling using FileMaker Go. Known as RacePlace, it records the results of their club racing, championships and special events and integrates smoothly with the website we built for them at the end of last year.

Apple released its new operating system, Mountain Lion, a couple of weeks ago. As it is always a good idea to test new software before deploying it to all computers in a business, we tested it on a few computers, just to make sure not to run into serious problems.

In the cold of July Daniel, Julie and myself packed our skimpiest summer gears, sprayed on the tan and headed to body-beautiful Miami? OK it wasn't exactly like that, but it was hot hot hot and the hotel Fontainebleau was a classy venue, right on the beach.

Our very own Daniel Wood has just been awarded the coveted Mad Dog PR Award at FileMaker DevCon 2012. The award recognises developers who have made a significant contribution to advancing the awareness of FileMaker in the media and community.

Digital Fusion have been working out of Australia for a few years now, sharing an office in Sydney with one of our favourite clients - Streamtime. During this time we?ve had good success but not good enough for our liking.

As our human race progresses through the ages, we?re constantly after a bigger bang for our buck. We want more for less: more productivity for less effort i.e. efficiency.

When our clients choose FileMaker it?s usually because they want to do things their way. They want a solution tailored to the way they do business ? they want flexibility and control. This is great and we love these forward-thinking visionaries.

We're rapt to see the new version of FileMaker released, a major release covering all 3 aspects of the FileMaker suite (FileMaker Pro, Server and Go) in one hit, and bringing a raft of new features along with speed and robustness improvements... all very good stuff, so here's a few highlights and what they'll mean for you.