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2. Zabbix Server Monitoring
  
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Our picks
- HTTP Request: I don’t know how, but it works
  
  Todd Geist posted a blog entry in Geist Interactive, November 8, 2019
  
  In the past year and a half here at Geist Interactive, I’ve been tasked with some development work that involves connecting to various APIs. I’ve written modules for clients that get definitions, other forms, synonyms and antonyms, hypernyms and hyponyms of a term from the client’s internal dictionary and such public dictionaries such as Oxford […]
  The post HTTP Request: I don’t know how, but it works appeared first on Geist Interactive.
  
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  Ocean West, November 9, 2019
- DB Services Named to Inc. 5000 List
  
  dbservices posted a blog entry in DB Services Blog, September 13, 2019
  
  For the first time, DB Services has been ranked #3494 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the country’s “fastest-growing innovators” based on overall revenue growth over a three-year period. The Inc. 5000 list has brought attention to America’s growing private businesses since 1982.
  
  DB Services now joins the ranks of other Inc. 5000 list alumni such as Facebook, Zappos, Pandora, and others. DB Services is top ranked FileMaker Platinum Business Alliance Partner on the 2019 Inc. 5000 list. DB Services joins 63 other Indiana-based companies, and ranks #42 in the state.
  
  DB Services’ mission is to make organizations more efficient and effective through the use of custom FileMaker solutions. Since 2003, they have provided custom applications and workflow solutions to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, K-12, universities, and non-profit organizations. DB Services is a FileMaker Business Alliance Platinum Member that offers FileMaker Development, FileMaker Support, FileMaker Training, FileMaker Cloud Hosting, and FileMaker Licensing.
  
  For a complimentary consultation with one of our Certified FileMaker Developers, call the main line at 888-488-0191, or fill out a Contact Form on the DB Services website.
  
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  Ocean West, September 14, 2019
- Forum Etiquette
  
  John Mark Osborne posted a blog entry in The Philosophy of FileMaker, July 2, 2019
  
  Forums are a great way to get technical advice for FileMaker but for some reason, many people don't think they have to be nice in the electronic world. I was raised to say "please" and "thank you" and that has translated over to the internet for me. But, other folks think the anonymity of cyberspace is an excuse to be a jerk. Some posters are outright offensive and others will just leave snide responses like, "that wasn't much help". News flash! People on the internet are real and you should be as nice to them as you would in real life! In fact, I would say you should be nicer online so as not to be misinterpreted.
  
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  Ocean West, July 3, 2019
- Elemental for FileMaker Released
  
  Daniel Wood posted a blog entry in FileMaker Weetbicks, June 17, 2019
  
  Hi all, Today I'm happy to announce the release of Elemental for FileMaker. This is a free fully unlocked solution containing some cool user interface and design stuff that I hope you find useful and can incorporate into your own solutions.
  
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  Ocean West, June 17, 2019
- New in FM 18: SetRecursion and While
  
  Kevin Frank posted a blog entry in FileMaker Hacks, May 22, 2019
  
  Author’s note: Inevitable comparisons will be drawn between the new While function and the venerable CustomList custom function, which I wrote about at length several years ago. Preliminary testing indicates that CustomList is faster under certain circumstances and While is faster under others. In my opinion, both of them belong in your developer tool kit. […]
  
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