02/10/2013 - I'm not saying that I Jailbroke my iPhone 5, but if I did, I'd tell you that I'm thrilled with how well it's working on my iPhone 5. Oops, did I just say MY iPhone 5? Silly me.



09/21/2012 - I’ve been a bit busy lately, with a trip to South Africa on safari, FileMaker Devcon in July, a new sailboat, other new developments... but haven’t gotten behind on my reading though. Here are some stout recommendations for Autumn 2012:



04/21/2012 - Longterm Solutions is pleased to announce the immediate availability of FileMaker 12 hosting.



10/17/2011 - Longterm Solutions LLC is pleased to announce the successful upgrade of our network to a new Internet connection. Clients will see see doubled speed and much snappier response for databases, web sites, and database-powered web applications.



07/02/2011 -


Hosting Service

Using over 30 high-speed file servers, Longterm Solutions provides many different types of hosting for your needs:

FileMaker Hosting

Longterm Solutions can host your FileMaker Pro version 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 10, 11 or 12 databases for you for a very reasonable cost. We have multiple FileMaker Servers for optimum response from your databases.

We also offer web database design services, and will be happy to help you to get your database online quickly and affordably.

If you are interested in processing orders online, we can set up a secure server page for your transactions, which ensures that all transactions are encrypted and safe for your clients. Your transactions can be processed using credit card gateways such as Verisign or PayPal.

We provide free use of our SSL certificate to all of our clients.

Longterm Solutions uses PHP to create web applications for FileMaker databases; click here to see some of the our recent solutions. You can also use Instant Web Publishing to put your FileMaker solution on the web.

View some of our clients' FileMaker-enabled solutions

Click here to view some of our non-FileMaker clients' sites

Hosting Services

  • Website hosting
  • FileMaker database hosting (versions 7, 8, 8.5, 9 10 or 11)
  • FileMaker web application integration using 2-server configuration
  • FileMaker database hosting for websites
  • Server colocation
  • Dedicated server leasing
  • Instant Web Publishing available

  • Free DNS hosting
  • Unlimited email addresses
  • Site update and maintenance (maintenance agreement required)
  • Multiple high-speed T1 connections to the Internet; constant 6.0kbs bandwidth (99.9% uptime)
  • Automated server backup (databases backed up hourly, archived daily)
  • Award-winning tech support

Other Available Services

  • Private FTP site
  • Forms processing
  • Shopping carts
  • Listserv capability
  • Dedicated server leasing
  • Server colocation
  • Password-protected sites
  • FileMaker Instant Web Publishing available
  • Free SSL for all clients using


Our new natural-gas-powered backup generator

Features of Our Servers

  • FileMaker 10 & 11 Server Advanced
  • Web Publishing Engine (for use with PHP & Instant Web Publishing)
  • Automated server monitoring
  • 99.9% average uptime
  • Battery backup, fully surge-protected
  • Natural gas-powered automatic backup generator
  • Automatic hourly server backup, nightly database archival to 4 locations
  • Free SSL encryption available for all clients
  • Excellent tech support

Server Colocation and Leasing

Longterm Solutions provides server colocation and leasing at very reasonable prices.

We can provide a server for your exclusive use (either PC or Mac), maintain it, add it to our automated backup system, monitor it using our automated server-monitoring equipment, and provide any configuration you require.

For more information about colocation or leasing, please contact us.