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Excel vs FileMaker

Michael Rocharde on the difference between using spreadsheets or a database to track, and use, information in your business.  I prefer to think of these two concepts in more direct terms:  Excel vs FileMaker. Now some might say I am comparing apple and oranges–it’s not a valid comparison as they are not the same.  But in the real world, businesses do use them the same way.  Excel even has…

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Excel vs Filemaker – Part 3

Excel vs Filemaker – Part 3

Michael and I had a very nice conversation on the phone this past Monday morning, talking about FileMaker and business in general.  We also discussed the Excel vs. FileMaker series he has produced–this one being the third in the series: Here are some more side-by-side comparisons between Excel and FileMaker but, before we move onto them, I should disclose that I am not an Excel expert by any…

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Excel vs FileMaker – Part 2

Excel vs FileMaker – Part 2

Michael Rocharde follows up his 5 video Part 1 post on Excel vs FileMaker with a great example of the benefits of relational databases over spreadsheets:  Entering data one time and using it over and over again, without having to type it in again. Excel is an extraordinarily powerful tool for those functions it does well. But it is not, and never will be, an alternative to a relational database…

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Excel vs FileMaker - FileMaker Pro Gurus

Excel vs FileMaker – FileMaker Pro Gurus

Excel vs FileMaker.  Every FileMaker developer is asked to compare and contrast the two.  A lot of data is collected and stored in Excel, as well as output to excel from FileMaker.  So there is the fact that they work together well. But when the observation of the prospective client is that Excel does  great job running their business, and they don’t see what FileMaker brings to the game, it’s…

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