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Our Takeaways from Claris Engage 2025

Joe, John, and Xandon were able to attend Claris Engage this week, at the Apple campus in Austin. They recorded a FileMaker DevCast session while still in the capital of Texas, to recap some of their observations and experiences about the latest news and trends in the FileMaker ecosystem. 

AI remains a prominent topic both at the conference and in our discussion, along with thoughts about LLMs, DevOps, Claris Studio, the Apple campus, and cheese.

Jump on in and listen to hear more of the details.

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Save The Date! [Full Access] Unconference Launching in October

There’s a new event for developers, programmers, designers, and project managers who are fans of Claris products, including FileMaker Pro, Claris Studio, Claris FileMaker WebDirect, and related coding technologies. [Full Access] will take place October 20 – 23, 2025, at the beautiful Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos, CA.

[Full Access] is a community-led, in-person celebration of Claris FileMaker and related technologies, designed to strengthen and empower developers in a durable way. By bringing like-minded people together, we’ll create an environment where we can support and uplift each other along our journey — fostering collaboration and growth within the community.

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Travel Tips When Visting Austin, Texas, for Claris Engage 2025

It’s that time of year again! Claris Engage 2025 is up this week and will once again take place at the Apple campus in Austin, Texas. Our team had a fantastic time at last year’s conference, with many of us meeting in person for the first time. We’re excited to return and connect with the Claris community once more!

Ready? Engage. It’s Prep Time for the 26th Claris FileMaker Conference

Portage Bay Solutions had the pleasure yesterday to speak with Julie Sigfrinius, Senior Director – Customer Success at Claris, about her role in planning Claris Engage 2025. The 26th FileMaker developer conference is just around the corner. Listen to the FileMaker DevCast episode to hear why you should be in Austin, Texas, at the end of March. It’s a great discussion

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Discover the Value of Claris Connect and FileMaker Integrations

October and November have lots of ways you can keep learning about Claris Connect and other FileMaker integrations. Start by joining a Community Live call, hosted by Claris, where our own Kate Waldhauser will be one of the presenters.

Then catch the Claris Beyond Meetups on each third Wednesday. (No meeting in December)

For ongoing learning, join a FileMaker FixIt! session on a first or third Tuesday afternoon. You’ll be speaking directly with a Portage Bay dev who can answer your questions and assist with expanding your FileMaker database. These sessions are complimentary and are open to all experience levels.

And, as always, you can contact us directly or schedule a more in-depth consultation.

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Join Us in Welcoming Charles, Annie, and Seed System Solution

Last month we announced that Mike Ross and Ross Digital have joined the Portage Bay Solutions team. This month we’re delighted to share that we’ve also welcomed Charles Wiltgen and Anastasia Woyna, a brother and sister duo who are behind the success of Seed System Solution, a highly versatile data management solution for the seed sales and seed production industry.

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Over 50 Claris Engage Session Recordings Now Publicly Available

The session recordings from Claris Engage 2024 are publicly available, for free, on Claris Academy, so you can now watch session content at your convenience. Within the ten main categories you’ll find a total of fifty-two videos that cover a wide range of topics and provide useful information from thought leaders within the Claris Community.

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