FileMaker Press Release
Downloads of Bento by FileMaker Surpass Quarter-Million Mark
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 18, 2008 —Over 250,000 users have downloaded Bento, the new personal database for Mac OS X Leopard, FileMaker announced today.
The majority of the downloads have come from sales and trial
downloaders of Bento in North America, and the company is just now
beginning to distribute Bento around the world. In addition to
English, Bento is now available in French, Italian, German, Spanish
and Japanese.
“Bento’s popularity is propelled by the need
for easy-to-use organizational software tools such as Bento, and by
the rapid adoption of Mac OS X Leopard,” said FileMaker
president Dominique Goupil.
Bento has also won praise throughout the editorial community.
BusinessWeek recently termed it “a powerful organizing
tool anyone can use.” Bento was honored as
Editors’ Choice by Laptop magazine, MacWorld magazine
(UK) and Mac Observer.
For more info and to buy Bento, go to
www.filemaker.com/bento250Kpr
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About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker, Inc. develops award-winning database software. Its
products include the legendary FileMaker Pro product line for
Windows, Mac and the Web, and the new Bento personal database for
Mac. FileMaker Pro won 46 awards, more than its next eight
competitors combined, from 2003-2007. Millions of customers, from
individuals to large organizations, rely on FileMaker, Inc.
software to manage, analyze and share information. FileMaker, Inc.
is a subsidiary of Apple Inc.
Customer contact (for publication):
Bento is the stylish, personal database that helps Mac users
organize their work and personal life. Designed specifically for
Mac OS X Leopard, Bento is an exceptionally easy way to organize
contacts, calendars, projects, events, and more, faster and easier
than ever before.
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