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Daylite touch/Daylite 3.9 workshop

Jarrod Skeggs — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:00:27 +0000

We’re at it again. We’ve scheduled our next Daylite touch/Daylite 3.9 workshop. This workshop will take place at the Apple Store, North Point at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 14 ,2009. Come and see Daylite touch in action. You will be excited and amazed. Daylite touch takes productivity to the next level with your iPhone.

With the Daylite touch application you can manage your business on the go without the bulk of carrying a notebook computer. Some of the features of Daylite touch include:

Multi-user Calendar management
Contact management
Opportunity management
Project management
Task management and delegation

We hope you’ll come out and join us as we demonstrate how Daylite 3.9 and Daylite touch compliment one another.

What’s coming in Daylite?

Jarrod Skeggs — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:22:24 +0000

This time last week we were officially introduced to Daylite 3.9 and Daylite touch, the companion application that enables iPhone/iPod touch users to access their Daylite database in true mobile fashion. During last week’s meeting we learned about some major changes that are taking place, including some “under the hood” adjustments that will be made. As of now, we are free to discuss some of the great things that are ahead. Here is a brief summary…

Goodbye OpenBase, Hello Postgres – Through Daylite version 3.8, the back end database engine that the application runs on is OpenBase. In its prime, OpenBase was an excellent back end. At this point however, it is rapidly approaching antique status and is honestly very problematic from a support and reliability standpoint. Postgres on the other hand is also open source and standards based. It is used by many businesses from the Enterprise level down. There are two big benefits to the Postgres migration. First and foremost, is drastically improved stability and synchronization. Second is much better performance for the Daylite application overall.
Daylite touch – Of course the big news is the Daylite touch application which offers the ability to be truly mobile and access your database over any wifi, 3G, or EDGE connection. Offline databases will still be supported but will likely become a thing of the past as the adoption of the iPhone and iPod touch becomes more prevalent.
With the release of Daylite 3.9 the structure will change a good bit. As depicted below, there will now be Daylite Server, Touch Server, and the Postgres database. Standard Daylite licenses will stay at the same great price and the Touch Server license will likely weigh in at just under $100 for a license.

If you have any specific questions you’d like to ask, feel free to email us and we’ll be glad to schedule some time to discuss them with you.

Daylite 3.9 and Daylite touch

Jarrod Skeggs — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:06:41 +0000

We attended a Marketcircle Daylite Partner meeting this afternoon. They showed us a preview of Daylite version 3.9 and Daylite touch. Let's just say that we were quite impressed with the new things to come in both the desktop app and the iPhone/iPod touch app. We've been asked to keep our public comments generic until the official unveiling when Macworld Expo 2009 opens tomorrow.

While there are certainly still a few minor details that need to be worked out, the team at Marketcircle has done an amazing job at building an iPhone/iPod touch app that will accompany the desktop app. There seemed to be an excellent balance between a clean user interface and incorporation of the depth of the Daylite desktop app.

If your business is at all driven by projects, opportunities, and maintaining client relationships, then Daylite may be a good fit for you. If you'd like to explore Daylite a little more in depth, feel free to contact us.