Get the facts: Alpha Five compared to Access 2007 and FileMaker 9

Get the facts: Alpha Five compared to Access 2007 and FileMaker 9
When setting out to purchase a database application platform for the first time, naturally people have questions. To make things easier, we hired a professional software reviewer to produce this competitive features grid.

It objectively compares Alpha Five with Microsoft Access 2007, Filemaker Pro 9, Filemaker Pro 9 Advanced, Filemaker Server 9, and Filemaker Server 9 Advanced.

Our writer’s marching orders were simple: compare the products, and be completely transparent. We think he did a great job, and compared the products fully and accurately.

If you’re in the market for a new database tool, this grid will help you understand how three of the industry’s leading products stack up. And if you’re a journalist or blogger, feel free to take this grid and use it. Don’t worry about copyright. Just give us a heads up so we can see what you wrote.

Jeff Kalwerisky discusses the U.S. government’s IT woes with E-Commerce Times
Jeff Kalwerisky had the opportunity to sit down with Erika Morphy of E-Commerce Times recently to discuss the state of our government’s IT problems. It seems that the U.S. simply can’t get its IT ducks in a row, which is causing some major problems in both the public and private sectors. But why can’t they get it in order?

According to Jeff, one of the major reasons is the lack of continuity of management. But like I said, that’s just one of the reasons. Take a look at the article to get the full story.