FileMaker Presents the FileMaker Developer Challenge: Custom Apps for Community

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- FileMaker, Inc., an Apple subsidiary, will host the FileMaker Developer Challenge to give back to the Las Vegas community by helping three local nonprofit organizations.

The event, to be held at this year's FileMaker Developer Conference in Las Vegas from July 18-21, will challenge developer participants to create custom apps to help three nonprofit organizations reduce inefficiencies and drive productivity. Specifics of the challenge will be announced at the event, and teams will have two-and-a-half days to build a working prototype of their custom app.

The Las Vegas-based nonprofit beneficiaries are:

• Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth: NPHY is the most comprehensive service provider for the thousands of homeless youth in southern Nevada, serving hundreds of youth through its core programs and touching the lives of thousands more through outreach each year.
• Foster Kinship: Foster Kinship focuses exclusively on helping people who raise children who aren't their own, but are family members, such as grandparents, aunts and uncles. Foster Kinship empowers kinship caregivers to provide the safest, most stable and permanent placements for the children in their home.
• The Center - Las Vegas: The Center is a multifunctional community center that supports and promotes activities directed at furthering the well-being and civil rights of the LGBTQ community, its allies and low-to-moderate income residents in southern Nevada.

Soliant Consulting, a platinum level member of the FileMaker Business Alliance that develops custom apps for small and large businesses, is an official sponsor of the challenge.

For more information, visit:
http://www.filemaker.com/learning/devcon/2016/developer-challenge.html

Two Days Left Before DevCon Early Bird Registration Ends

With the theme of "Aptitude for Apps," the FileMaker Developer Conference is designed to enhance the capabilities of those using the FileMaker Platform to create custom apps for desktop, iOS, and the web. Attendees will gain insight on the future direction of the FileMaker Platform, learn from other developers' app creation talents and expand their abilities in design, mobility, web and more. The early bird discount saves $500 off the full price if payment and registration is completed by May 26, 2016. All paid conference attendees will receive a free, not-for-resale copy of FileMaker Pro Advanced, a $549 value.

Ann Monroe, vice president of marketing, FileMaker, Inc., said: "At FileMaker, we know the impact that nonprofit organizations have within the region and the importance of having the right apps to better serve the community. In hosting the FileMaker Developer Conference in Las Vegas, we're happy to be giving back to some of the local organizations doing important work for many of our most vulnerable individuals."

About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker, Inc., an Apple subsidiary, delivers simply powerful software for easily creating custom apps that work seamlessly across iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac, and the web. Business teams use the FileMaker Platform to streamline their operational processes, boosting overall productivity. www.filemaker.com

About philanthropy at Soliant

At Soliant, an official sponsor the FileMaker Developer Challenge, we believe there is more to life than just work and more to work than just dollars. We love making a difference at the business level, but it is even more fulfilling when the software we create helps the greater community. To this end, Soliant engages in a number of philanthropic initiatives each year and is happy to contribute its time and expertise toward providing non-profit teams with often desperately needed technology solutions. With main offices in Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco, Soliant Consulting specializes in custom business applications and FileMaker development.

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