With the holidays right around the corner, Devon 2017 feels like a long time ago. If you are missing that exciting buzz experienced at DevCon, we invite you to take a listen to FileMaker Talk’s podcast from DevCon – “ Live at DevCon in Phoenix 2017” .

You need to open it up in iTunes, but it will certainly transport you right back to Phoenix (lazy river and 99-degree weather not included).

The podcast starts out with Matt Navarre interviewing Jesse Barnum from 360Works. Jesse talks until about minute 11:40 and discusses their MirrorSync product, including its pricing and what’s new with version 4. Jesse’s portion of the podcast also includes an insightful discussion on 360Deploy and how that product works.

After Jesse, our very own CEO, Marc Larochelle, is on from about minute 11:40 until 41:00. Marc talks about what’s new (as of July 2017) here at Productive Computing – which included discussing our latest plug-in, the Exchange Manipulator SE, and its functionality. Marc also hinted that a Google plug-in might be in the pipeline for PCI (wink) and he mentioned that we are now Intuit Authorized QuickBooks Resellers!

Marc and Matt also discussed AWS (Amazon Web Services) and PCI’s hosting services, including how we manage our servers and why we use Amazon Workspaces. Lastly, they discussed PCI’s hiring and training practices (including our training program for all new hires).

At minute 41:41, Nicholas Orr from Goyacomes on to talk about their flagship product, BaseElements (which now has a new annual pricing model, making it more affordable and easier to upgrade) and RESTfm (cool story – FileMaker came to Goya to discuss RESTfm when they were creating the FileMaker Data API).

Nick also discusses his vendor session, which touched on the differences between RESTfm and Data API, including format flexibility and authentication flexibility.

The fourth and fifth guests on the show are James (Dave) Ramsey and Todd Geist from Geist Interactive at minute 52:15. In his segment, Todd’s talks about his 2017 FileMaker Award (for Advocacy) and Dave discusses their new product – FMPerception – and what exactly it is/does (hint: FileMaker DDR analysis tool that is crazy quick). Todd also talks about his training day session and what topics that training covered.

The last guest on the show is Mark Richman from Skeleton Key at 1 hour and 4 minutes. Mark discusses Skeleton Key’s extensive participation in DevCon, including the many sessions he and his staff presented during the week (Security 101 and The ABCs of reselling; 7 Tips for Getting More out of FileMaker Cloud and Introduction to SQL and ODBC; The Power of Bi-Directional Relationships and Programming for Power Users).

Mark also gave his opinions on the benefits of being a one-stop shop for your clients and the benefits of reselling FileMaker software.

 
There are some great interviews here – hope you enjoy!

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