Remote working help
Did you know Decent Group can help you if you need help working from home using your FileMaker system? We can provide remote access to your FileMaker system. Get in touch today, call 01793 250 198 or email info@decentgroup.co.uk
FileMaker 18
The latest version of the award-winning FileMaker platform has launched! Version 18 of the platform includes everything needed to create, share and run custom apps for business teams that work across iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the web. Decent Group uses the FileMaker platform to help simplify the design and delivery of custom apps for mobile, cloud and on-premises deployments.
Looking to upgrade to the new FileMaker 18?
If you are running an older version of FileMaker, now is the time to get your software updated to the FileMaker 18 platform, which provides the latest improvements in performance, security, and OS compatibility.
Get in touch today with Decent Group to ensure a smooth installation. If you wish to perform upgrades yourself, please let us know prior to doing so, as there may be compatibility issues to be borne in mind before an upgrade is planned.
Your FileMaker licence
Your FileMaker installation may be covered by an annual licence agreement, in which case you will already be licensed to use a newer version at no extra cost. If you are not sure whether this applies to you, please contact us and we can find out.
Still using FileMaker 15 or older?
FileMaker 15 and older versions will continue to work, and Decent Group will continue to support them as far as possible. However as FileMaker Inc will cease to support versions 15 or older, we will be unable to call upon their assistance should we need it, and vital security updates may not be provided. There will come a time where it is not possible to install older versions on replacement or additional machines.
Not yet using the FileMaker platform? FileMaker has a well-deserved reputation as a platform that’s scalable, flexible, reliable and offers good ROI. The Decent Group team is FileMaker certified and has been working with FileMaker for over 20 years on migrations and new builds.
For advice, costings and any information about upgrading or support, get in touch. Call 01793 250 198 or email info@decentgroup.co.uk
We’re hiring: Web & FileMaker Developer, Swindon
Full-time, permanent
£20,000-£28,000 per annum, depending on experience
Our client, Decent Group, loves solving business problems and creating bespoke software for companies. Their dedicated team has won FileMaker Business Partner of the year for Europe, the Middle East, Asia and India.
As a result of increasing demand for their expertise, they are now looking to add a Web & FileMaker Developer to their highly engaged, friendly and close-knit team. This is a new role making it a great opportunity for a developer to come in and make their mark.
In this role, you will be involved in understanding Decent Group’s clients’ business requirements and developing and testing solutions to ensure client satisfaction. You will be involved in the development of server/OS/desktop/mobile applications and services including researching, designing, developing specifications for designing, writing, modifying and troubleshooting source code. You will also need to design relational databases, user interfaces, integration to other systems/applications, content and multimedia processes, and work with design to post-production processes.
You will need to be a skilled programmer with at least 2 years’ experience in web development. You will have development experience with Java, web services, PHP and SQL/databases. Ideally, you will have considerable knowledge and experience of full technical solution life-cycle and technical solution management methodologies. You will be a logical thinker with excellent problem-solving capacity, excellent inter-personal communication skills and be able to work openly and co-operatively with others.
Decent Group offer a friendly, fun, welcoming environment which is a great place to thrive and build a career. They will support training, especially FileMaker Developer Certification. They are situated in a modern, attractive business park within easy reach of Swindon town centre.
Please apply with CV and covering letter to sarahtv@citrushr.com
We’re hiring: Client Manager, Swindon
Full-time, permanent
£Competitive, dependent on experience
Decent Group loves solving business problems and creating bespoke software for companies. Our dedicated team has won FileMaker Business Partner of the year for Europe, the Middle East, Asia and India. As a result of increasing demand for our expertise, we are now looking to add a Client Manager to our highly engaged, friendly and close-knit team. This is a new role making it a great opportunity for a client manager to come in and make their mark.
In this role, you will provide relationship management and high-level technical support to our clients. You will understand Decent Group’s clients’ business requirements and work with our stellar technical team in order to design software solutions, testing them to ensure client satisfaction. You will build relationships with assigned accounts, regularly attending client meetings to collaborate on their requirements, ensuring services are functioning well and advising them of opportunities for additional services and product solutions. As well as being great at relationships, you will also be highly technical, providing ongoing technical support, improvement and troubleshooting for client systems, identifying potential areas of concern before they arise and making recommendations based on recognising the client’s current and future technology needs. Work will also include producing clear quotations, planning implementation and regular account reporting including margin reports and invoicing.
You will ideally have a qualification in Computer Sciences and have at least 2 years’ experience as a developer with considerable knowledge and experience of full technical solution life-cycle and technical solution management methodologies. You will be a logical thinker with commercial awareness and have excellent inter-personal communication skills with the ability to quickly build strong relationships. You will be able to work openly and co-operatively with others and be self motivated, with a passion for technical success. You will need to be able to travel frequently with a clean driving license and your own car.
Decent Group offers a friendly, fun, welcoming environment which is a great place to thrive and build a career. We will support training, especially FileMaker Developer Certification. We are situated in a modern, attractive business park within easy reach of Swindon town centre.
Please apply with CV and covering letter to sarahtv@citrushr.com
Introducing FileMaker a Workplace Innovation Platform
FileMaker, a Workplace Innovation Platform gives you the tools to tailor your existing processes and systems to meet the exact needs of your team and business. FileMaker has created a useful ebook which outlines the best ways your business can advance with the help of FileMaker, from becoming more competitive to increasing your inspiration. It details 5 reasons to invest in a Workplace Innovation Platform:
1. Escape the work rut
2. Bridge the gap between appliance apps and enterprise systems
3. Unleash your ideas and expertise
4. Go fully paperless
5. Move to mobility
You can choose to build your custom apps using FileMaker, the leading Workplace Innovation Platform or you can choose to use a FileMaker consultant, such as ourselves. We are happy to completely develop a new FileMaker system or finish building a system if you’re stuck moving the project forward to completion. See FileMaker development.
Additionally, if you’d like to develop it yourself but would like some training or mentoring on FileMaker, we can help. Find out what we offer FileMaker training.
You may be happy putting your new FileMaker system together but just need help to join it with other systems. See FileMaker integration.
Decent Group has over 20 years’ FileMaker experience. So if you need any FileMaker Workplace Innovation Platform advice, please contact us.
Official support for FileMaker 14 and older ended
Direct sales and FileMaker’s official support for the FileMaker 14 Platform (including FIleMaker Pro 14, FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced, FileMaker Server 14, FileMaker Go 14) has stopped.
Should I upgrade to the new FileMaker 17?
If you are running FileMaker 14 or older versions of the FileMaker Platform, now is the time to update your software to the FileMaker 17 Platform which provides the latest improvements in performance, security, and OS compatibility.
What happens now
FileMaker 14 and older versions will continue to work, and Decent Group will continue to support these as far as possible. However we will not be able to call upon FileMaker’s assistance if we need it, and there will come a time where it is not possible to install older versions on replacement or additional machines. Your FileMaker installation may be covered by an annual licence agreement in which case you will already be licensed to use a newer version at no extra cost. If you are not sure whether this applies to you, please contact us and we can find out. We can help you install upgrades if you need us to. If you wish to perform upgrades yourself please let us know prior to doing so, as there may be compatibility issues to be borne in mind before an upgrade is planned.
For advice, costings and any information about upgrading or support, get in touch. Call 01793 250 198 or email info@decentgroup.co.uk
FileMaker 17 now released
The latest version of the award-winning FileMaker platform has launched! Version 17 of the platform includes everything needed to create, share and run custom apps for business teams that work across iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the web. Decent Group uses the FileMaker platform to help simplify the design and delivery of custom apps for mobile, cloud and on-premises deployments.
Looking to upgrade to the new FileMaker 17?
If you are running an older version of FileMaker, now is the time to get your software updated to the FileMaker 17 platform, which provides the latest improvements in performance, security, and OS compatibility.
We can help you ensure a smooth installation get in touch today. (If you wish to perform upgrades yourself, please let us know prior to doing so, as there may be compatibility issues to be borne in mind before an upgrade is planned.)
Your FileMaker licence
Your FileMaker installation may be covered by an annual licence agreement, in which case you will already be licensed to use a newer version at no extra cost. If you are not sure whether this applies to you, please contact us and we can find out.
Still using FileMaker 14 or older?
FileMaker 14 and older versions will continue to work, and Decent Group will continue to support them as far as possible. However as FileMaker Inc will cease to support versions 14 or older, we will be unable to call upon their assistance should we need it, and vital security updates may not be provided. There will come a time where it is not possible to install older versions on replacement or additional machines.
Not yet using the FileMaker platform?
FileMaker has a well-deserved reputation as a platform that’s scalable, flexible, reliable and offers good ROI. The Decent Group team is FileMaker certified and has been working with FileMaker for over 20 years on migrations and new builds.
We work with clients from a wide range of sectors including manufacturers, architects, engineers, design agencies and service businesses of all kinds. Many Decent Group clients come to us when their existing systems have reached the end of their lifecycle, are no longer supported, don’t offer mobile and remote working, or simply don’t offer the efficiency and effectiveness that a well-designed and properly implemented FileMaker system can bring.
For advice, costings and any information about upgrading or support, get in touch. Call 01793 250 198 or email info@decentgroup.co.uk
GDPR – changes in data protection law
From 25 May 2018 a new data protection law (the General Data Protection Regulation) will come into force. GDPR places new duties on both Data Controllers (possibly you) and Data Processors (us, at least for some of our customers) and fines for breaches are greatly increased to 4% of global turnover or €20 million, whichever is greater. Your business needs to be compliant.
We can help your business become GDPR compliant
The strict requirements of GDPR affect every business that stores personally-identifiable data in its systems. The FileMaker platform, if properly deployed, provides tools and resources to help you achieve GDPR compliance.
In partnership with cyber security consultants Cardinia, we can conduct an audit of your systems and wider procedures to assess your GDPR compliance, and support you with taking any remedial steps you need. Contact us on info@decentgroup.co.uk or 01793 250 198.
What Decent Group is doing
At Decent Group, we take very seriously our increased accountability under GDPR and have been busy ensuring our own operations, and those we run for our clients, are fully GDPR-compliant.
Keep in touch
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1 or 10 Things You Should Do When Inheriting a FileMaker System/Database
- Understand the business and process flows of what the business does.
- Look at system from the users’ point of view and map out what it does.
- Conduct an in-depth technical analysis (we call this a System Condition Report) which includes review of security, deployment, referential integrity, error handling and adherence to convention. Note any areas of concern.
- Begin supporting the system, addressing day-to-day problems, but steer clear of any big developments for now.
- Compare 1 & 2 and see where the gaps are (i.e. what the system doesn’t do but the business does). Of the things it does do, work out how well it does them! Does the system actually support the business process?
- Brainstorm what could be done to fill in the gaps or to improve what it does or doesn’t do very well.
- Cost these projects and the areas of concern noted in step 3.
- Draw up a project plan, prioritising.
- Deliver, test and implement one project at a time until finished.
- Repeat from step 5: continually analysing the system’s fitness for purpose will ensure that it continues to fit perfectly with the evolution of a growing business.
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