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