Claris Engage 2024
Apple Campus in Austin, TX
February 6-8, 2024
Soliant Consulting is a Premier Sponsor of Claris Engage 2024. Our team enjoyed networking with Claris community members, sharing our insights, and learning from other Claris technology leaders.
If you couldn’t make it to Austin in February, can watch Soliant’s recorded presentations below.
![Claris Partner Platinum](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Claris-Platinum-Partner-transparent.png)
Claris Engage Speakers from Soliant
![Bob Bowers, CEO](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/photo-BobBowers-circle.png)
Bob Bowers
CEO
Claris FileMaker Pro: Latest and Greatest
Date: February 6, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (CST)
The last several releases of FileMaker Pro have contained many exciting new and useful features, but if you’re like many developers, you may not have had an opportunity yet to explore them in detail. This class will remedy that.
![Wim Decorte, Director, Claris Practice](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/photo-WimDecorte-circle.png)
Wim Decorte
Director, Claris Practice
Training: Server Administration and API Integrations
Date: February 6, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (CST)
Ready yourself for a packed day of hands-on instruction on how to install Claris FileMaker Server and use all three admin interfaces: the console, the CLI, and the API. Learn about the available settings and how or when to change them and learn how to use the available logs to monitor and troubleshoot.
Are you confident in your app’s security? Security is a mindset, not a checklist.
Date: February 8, 2024
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (CST)
This session goes back to the basics and highlights all the different areas where security settings can be found and applied. The session host will also demonstrate how automation of the save-as-xml through the new Claris FileMaker developer tool and the Admin API can be used to produce a comprehensive and intuitive overview of those security settings across your entire app.
![Sara Severson, Business Solution Architect](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SaraSeversonPortraitCircle.png)
Sara Severson
Business Solution Architect
Training: Claris FileMaker Pro: Building a Strong Foundation
Date: February 6, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (CST)
You’re already creating great things for your team and clients with Claris FileMaker Pro. This session is an opportunity to deepen and extend your knowledge — to make your apps more robust and your life easier!
![Bill Heizer, DIrector, AWS Practice](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/photo-BillHeizer-circle.png)
Bill Heizer
Director, AWS Practice
Soliant.cloud Vendor session
Date: February 8, 2024
Time: 12:35 PM – 1:20 PM (CST)
Soliant Consulting has been dedicated to delivering the best-in-class platform as a service (PaaS) for the Claris FileMaker community since 2015. Join Bill Heizer, Soliant Consulting AWS Cloud practice director, and Sara Kirmis, AWS enterprise solutions architect, as they discuss the technical capabilities and business significance of partnering with AWS and Soliant at the onset of your cloud journey.
![Dawn Heady, Senior Technical Solution Architect](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DawnHeady-PortraitCircle.png)
Dawn Heady
Senior Technical
Solution Architect
Transaction Fundamentals
Date: February 7, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (CST)
How do you ensure that the data housed in your Claris FileMaker custom app is accurate, complete, and valid? By utilizing data transactions! Whether you are new to the concept of transactional processing or been utilizing old-school techniques for years, modern FileMaker offers exciting new tools to make it easier than ever to utilize transactions when you modify data.
![Karl Jreijiri, Senior Lead Application Developer](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/KarlJreijiri-PortraitCircle.png)
Karl Jreijiri
Senior Lead
Application Developer
Performance Testing at Scale
Date: February 8, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (CST)
The session will focus on an automated method for load-testing Claris FileMaker applications and servers using actual Claris FileMaker Pro clients. This is a departure from existing methods that rely on server scripts or Data API sessions, providing the audience with an innovative and practical tool for their development toolkit that can simulate actual production workloads.
![](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MattHintz-PortraitCircle.png)
Matt Hintz
Senior Application
Developer
Claris Connect and Amazon Web Services: Our journey of discovery
Date: February 8, 2024
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (CST)
This session will be a review on a series of blog posts focused on integrating Claris Connect, Claris FileMaker, and various Amazon Web Services (AWS). Matt will be focusing on integrating with AWS Simple Storage Service (S3), Simple Email Service (SES), and Simple Notification Service (SNS).
![Steve Bennett, CNA Practice Lead](https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/StephenBennett-PortraitCircle.png)
Steve Bennett
CNA Practice Lead
Scalable web solutions with Claris FileMaker event-driven architecture
Date: February 7, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (CST)
Explore how design-driven development can help break down the complexity of web integrations and data connections. Learn what JSON data contracts can do to ease the data in / out flow friction between Claris FileMaker data providers and consumers.