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NEW VIDEO! Devin: DevOps for FileMaker, with David Wollesen of protabase

The Claris Beyond Meetup had the pleasure of hearing David Wollesen, of protabase, share about Devin, the new and complete DevOps tool for Claris FileMaker.

FileMaker Summer Camp … Unconference … PauseOnError

PauseOnError, the FileMaker ‘un-conference’ has been the main in-person developers conference now for two years. This year’s version will take place next week in Georgia.

Free Tool to Help Guide You Through Your Transformation (Part 4 of 4)

Welcome to the fourth part of this summer’s blog series about Harnessing the Power of Digital Transformation. This post offers real-world advice on implementing ...

NEW VIDEO! All The JS We Can Do In FileMaker, with Jeremy Brown of Integrating Magic

The Claris Beyond Meetup had the pleasure of hearing Jeremy Brown, of Integrating Magic, share about discovering all ...

Recently Announced! The First Public Availability of the New Claris Platform Bundle

Last week Claris announced the first public availability of the new Claris Platform Bundle. Do you deal with scattered information and inaccurate data? Gain greater ...

The Continued, Steady Power of the Command Line

Get your FREE DEMO of simple command line tasks that can be used in Claris FileMaker. In a world of expanding ...

Real-World Advice for Implementing a Successful Custom Software Project (part 3 of 4)

Welcome to the third part of this summer’s blog series - Harnessing the Power of Digital Transformation. This post offers real-world advice on implementing ...

NEW VIDEO! Claris Connect: Using the Stripe Connector

You can capture a variety of actions on your customer’s side and initiate corresponding processes in FileMaker. Examples include updating a customer record in FileMaker ...

How to Calculate the ROI of Digital Transformation (part 2 of 4)

Welcome to the second part of this summer’s blog series - Harnessing the Power of Digital Transformation. Watch the video, and read the post, to ...

NEW VIDEO! Claris Connect: Handling Events With Outlook

The Claris Connect Meetup has been gathering online for 18 months where we’ve reviewed a lot of connectors and have had some great discussions about ...

The Age of Digital Transformation and Why it Matters (part 1 of 4)

Not only is our job to stay up to date on the latest technology, but also to understand our client’s businesses so we can help ...

Announcing Claris Studio + The Problem Solvers Circle

Last week, Claris announced two exciting new initiatives, the first a new Software as a Service (SaaS) platform called Claris Studio, and the second a ...

Introducing Our Digital Content & Marketing Coordinator: Kim Nellans

One of our goals as we’ve grown through the years is to be able to hire a person to coordinate the planning and implementation ...

Happy 10th Birthday to our FileMaker Blog!

Welcome to post #182 of our Portage Bay Solutions blog! Our blog launched ten years ago on this date and is something we enjoy ...

Wireframing and Balsamiq

When it comes to Claris FileMaker development, having a clear plan prior to development is definitely key. When communicating design concepts and generating ideas with ...