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FileMaker Maintenance
Benefit from tomorrow's technology innovations
- Access new features and enhancements
- Control when and how you deploy
- Ensure budget simplicity
- Make the most of your initial FileMaker investment
Benefit from tomorrow's technology innovations! The FileMaker Maintenance Program provides upgrades on FileMaker Pro software products at a low annual price assuring that you and your organisation have the most current version of FileMaker Pro products available.
Access new features and enhancements
FileMaker Maintenance assures that you will automatically get instant access to the latest FileMaker upgrades released throughout the period of your FileMaker Maintenance agreement.
"With many software applications, an upgrade offers ho-hum improvements, but with every new version of FileMaker Pro there's a definite improvement over previous versions. I've never regretted upgrading!"
Each release has included great features that help you work faster and share more. View a history of the features in FileMaker Pro
Also, each release has been updated to include compatibility with the latest Windows or Mac OS and with the newest technologies. Further, you can optimise the performance of your workgroup by keeping all of your software licenses on the same version: FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Advanced, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Server Advanced.
Control how and when you deploy
Deploy new versions of FileMaker when it is convenient for you. You can keep your entire organisation or departments on the same version for easier maintenance and support across all desktops. Or you can download and deploy the latest release as soon as it is available; assuring your organisation is using the most up-to-date features and functions available for maximum productivity.
Ensure budget simplicity
You can plan ahead for software upgrades by locking in today's price on tomorrow's technology. Regardless of how many upgrades are released during the period of your FileMaker Maintenance agreement, you pay just 20% of the price of a new software license on an annual basis. Compare this to the cost of purchasing an upgrade (60% of the price of a new software license).
In addition you can avoid lengthy internal procurement and approvals by having a single annual renewal date for which to plan. When buying additional licenses at a later date, be sure to speak to your Volume Licensing Representative about combining FileMaker Maintenance agreements. Call +44 (0)1628 534158.
Make the most of your initial FileMaker investment
The best way to leverage your initial investment in FileMaker software is by staying current in the Maintenance program.
If you had been in the Maintenance program since FileMaker Pro 7, you would have received 3 upgrades.
- FileMaker Pro 8: 29 August 2005
- FileMaker Pro 8.5: 10 July 2006
- FileMaker Pro 9: 10 July 2007
To get all 3 versions during the same period, you would have had to pay three times as much if you had upgraded versus if you had joined the FileMaker Maintenance program.
And the critics agree: Each new version of FileMaker Pro has had great features to help you work faster and share more.
FileMaker software keeps getting better so your investment keeps getting better overtime.
FileMaker Pro 8.5
"a powerful, new set of features that broaden the scope of its abilities… The browser capacity within FileMaker 8.5 opens the door to all sorts of creative uses."
"FileMaker has done it again. The venerable maker of database software recently released a new version of FileMaker Pro that will help you work more productively than ever."
FileMaker Pro 8
"The improvements in FileMaker Pro 8 will make any serious user's life easier. And if you're a FileMaker guru who creates databases for others, you have more options for customization, including adding specialized menu buttons and tooltips."
"Six months sooner and six ways stronger than anyone expected"
FileMaker Pro 7
"FileMaker Pro 7, released last month for Mac OS X and Windows, is the most sweeping overhaul in years. The good news is that the rewrite extends the program's power and potential so far upward, it begins to challenge far more expensive corporate database systems, yet it's still as friendly as a cocker spaniel."
"For rapid development of individual or workgroup database solutions, FileMaker Pro 7 is an outstanding choice. And for current FileMaker users, its dramatically improved relational capabilities make a strong argument for upgrading."