Alchemy Group - Database Solutions, Database Development and Consulting, FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Advanced, Database Security, Database Efficiency

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What Can The Alchemy Group Do For You?

With a great tool like FileMaker, just about anything! From calendar and scheduling, to inventory management, to integration with other technologies like SQL and accounting systems, we can make it happen.

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Database Development and Consulting
The Alchemy Group provides its many clients with powerful and intuitive database solutions. This is our main business focus. With over twelve years of development experience, we can help your company meet its software goals smoothly and efficiently. more...

Web/Database Integration
One of the biggest challenges facing businesses today is how to effectively compete on the World Wide Web. We can provide your business with an integrated web/database system that’s easy to maintain and administer. Accept credit cards over the web or allow employees access to company resources.

Cashier, Credit Card and Inventory Hardware Integration
Want to accept Credit Cards without sharing a single machine? Let us set you up with a magnetic stripe reader and an internet credit card merchant account. How about handheld, Symbol Technologies Palm OS devices for taking inventory -- with a built-in bar-code scanner and portable printer. We can integrate your FileMaker database solution with many kinds of hardware and software for maximum flexibility and time/cost savings.

Database Security Audit
How safe is your data? In today's world, you can't be too careful. The Alchemy Group can audit your database system and help plug up security holes. Enhanced security options might include user login and audit trails, password and data encryption, and liability assessments (how are you handling credit cards and social security numbers?).

Database Efficiency Audit
We can provide a detailed report on your database's overall structure,health, and compliance with industry standards. In any database system, there are lots of hidden "gotcha's" that can come back to haunt you later. We can help you find and repair these potentially costly problems before they happen.

Process Management Consulting
In the course of designing many database systems, we have learned a lot about how businesses get things done – or, sometimes, how they don’t. Let us help you streamline your business processes and save time and money. We can provide you with a solution that eliminates redundancy, increases efficiency, and looks out for common, costly mistakes.

FileMaker/SQL Database Integration
FileMaker Pro offers a powerful suite of SQL integration features, as well as several third-party solutions for sharing live, real-time information with enterprise systems. We can help you leverage the power of SQL in your easy-to-use FileMaker system. We are experienced in Oracle, SyBase and MySQL.

Accounting System Integration
Exchanging information between standard accounting packages and database systems can be challenging. We can integrate FileMaker with PeopleSoft, QuickBooks, or MYOB. Or, we can help you migrate your existing accounting system into a FileMaker-native version, eliminating data exchange headaches.

Network Optimization
We know how to get your FileMaker database up and running smoothly in a networked environment, over your existing LAN/WAN. We can also help you extend your existing network to open up new possibilities for your database solution.

Industries
The Alchemy Group works with many clients, in many areas of business and government. We are very, very good at learning your business needs and processes, and providing you with a solution that solves your organization’s unique problems. We have significant experience in Manufacturing, Education, Film/Visual Effects, Publishing, Service Industries, Medical and Veterinary Services, and Art Studios/Museums/Galleries. We have clients all over Southern California and the United States.

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