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Business Meetings Really Can Be Productive With New FileMaker Meetings New FileMaker Meetings Application Aimed at "No More Wasteful Meetings" SANTA CLARA, CA - September 3, 2003 - In an effort to control the epidemic of unproductive meetings, FileMaker, Inc. announced today shipment of FileMaker Meetings, a meetings management application that helps busy professionals create and run effective meetings. Built on the popular FileMaker Pro 6 database software, FileMaker Meetings is one of the first FileMaker Applications business solutions, announced today (see related news announcement). Although most employees complain about meetings, they also see meetings as an unavoidable reality of business. Professionals attend an average of 60 meetings per month (1) according to research and more than 50 percent of this meeting time is wasted. (2) "Meetings are like the weather; everyone complains about them but no one does anything about it," said John Dasher, product manager of FileMaker Applications. "If you multiply the number of people in a meeting by the number of wasted minutes, then add the number of action items that fall through the cracks, you get a significant drag on business profits. By managing shorter and better meetings that generate productive outcomes, FileMaker Meetings is likely to pay for itself the first time you use it." Simple Tool Makes Meetings Matter FileMaker Meetings is a purpose-driven meeting management application that makes the whole meeting and post-meeting process simple and productive, from creating an agenda, managing the meeting itself, taking and distributing meeting notes, and tracking action items and deadlines. The application provides several task-specific features that help reduce the administrative minutia of preparing for and communicating about meeting content. Goal-Oriented Agenda Develop and communicate detailed agendas that define meeting goals for each team member. Manage the Meeting Track the agenda during the meeting and capture meeting content, action items and next steps. Action Tracker Communicate the meeting notes and track action items through to completion. Meeting Archive Get a complete snapshot of previous meetings, including agenda, minutes, next steps and associated emails and communications. Works with your current business processes As a FileMaker Pro 6 based application, FileMaker Meetings supports major Internet and data standards. Users generally do not have to change their current computing environment or other office applications. The application fits well with today's email applications and other software productivity tools. Pricing & Distribution FileMaker Meetings is affordably priced at $49 (U.S.) and is sold through FileMaker's Web Store (http://store.filemaker.com/applications/). It is currently available in North America only. It can be downloaded or purchased as a CD-ROM. Customers will also need to have FileMaker Pro 6 installed to run FileMaker Meetings. For those customers who do not already have FileMaker Pro 6, there is a special price of $323 (U.S.) for both FileMaker Meetings and FileMaker Pro 6. Volume licensing is also available. System Requirements FileMaker Meetings requires FileMaker Pro 6 and runs on Microsoft Windows XP and Apple's Mac OS X 10.2. About FileMaker FileMaker is a leader in workgroup databases and workgroup information solutions. Unlike complex database software, the FileMaker intuitive interface empowers knowledge workers to create and share rich solutions. The award-winning FileMaker line of database software provides relational power, instant and custom Web publishing, legendary ease-of-use and low-cost applications to solve common business problems. FileMaker, Inc. is the database software subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). (1) MCI Conferencing White Paper. Meetings in America: A study of trends, costs and attitudes toward business travel, teleconferencing, and their impact on productivity (Greenwich, CT: INFOCOMM, 1998), p. 3. (2) Robert B. Nelson and Peter Economy, Better Business Meetings (Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin Inc, 1995), p. 5. __________________________ Please visit our sponsors: RadGad(sm): The Place for Useful Gifts & Gadgets.(sm) http://www.radgad.com/, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 877-5-RADGAD MacTech(r) Magazine: The journal of Macintosh technology and development http://www.mactech.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 805-494-9797 DevDepot(sm): Your Source for RAM, Technical & Developer Products http://www.devdepot.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 877-DEPOT-NOW To submit a posting to NetProLive, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to NetProLive, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE NetProLive". 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