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.

We're all buzzing about the new version of FileMaker that has just been released. There are all sorts of goodies for you as users and us as developers (and there are a few gotchas you should be aware of too).

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.

This is the first in a series of articles that will present some useful and time saving tidbits for various areas in FileMaker. In this first article we focus on layout mode. Take it as it is - this is just an assortment of our favorite time-savers, shortcuts, tips, hints, tricks, tools of the trade and more…

Every business dreams of a paperless office right? Where administration takes a back seat to customer care and excellence in your field. Dr Alex Buller and his team at Eye Surgeons Hawkes Bay (ESHB) have put the blinkers on, buckled their seat belts and embraced this challenge with absolute determination.

Back in December, Digital Fusion launched FileMaker Weetbicks - a section of the main site dedicated to FileMaker articles of a technical nature. The idea behind creating the site was to give something back to the wider FileMaker community, and act as a resource for developers of all skill levels.

The night after the earthquake, out checking on the state of my father's house, I started thinking about friends and acquaintances that I hadn't checked up on. I happened to be driving at the time past a street where I knew an ex-colleague lived. I hadn't seen him for some years, and the suburb was largely untouched, so I put it out of my mind.

We've just built our first solution for the iPad, a "Farm Diary" which allows a farmer to work from a map of the farm...

Continuing the onward and upward march was the recent release of FileMaker 11, featuring some very nice charting capabilities, and a raft of developer and user improvements.