Proven Professional Consulting.

Focus On The Problem

Most often our customers commission new database systems to help organize and streamline an area of their business. Common goals include high user acceptance of the new system, a reduction in errors and rework, and an overall improvement in information access. At the heart of this process the developer must come to grips with a number of business challenges, only some of which are related to technology. Our mnemonic is simple: we see a user on a three legged stool supported by

1) accurate and secure data

2) a healthy network

3) software that addresses their working needs

Only by interacting with the system users can we build a solution that addresses all three requirements.

Published

Kyo Logic has published several articles over the past years, all targeted at helping others with guidelines on how to get the most out of their software. We remain committed to continuing and increasing this drive and will be posting software snippets that can help others solve problems. Through the Connecticut FileMaker Developers' Group we help sponsor an active effort to share learning and we will extend that effort to our website in the near future.

Trusted Experience

Kyo Logic offers its clients practical business leadership experience combined with technological know-how. The systems we build are based on a practical understanding of the customers' needs and a keen focus on ensuring that our systems perform as planned. The chief design criteria is user acceptance.

Project Management

Kyo Logic recognizes that successful projects require proactive project management with frequent interactions with our clients. Using weekly check-ins with clients and short development cycles, we remain agile in development.
Embracing the concept of "Think globally and act locally", our approach is to develop a large scale view of the system. At the start of any project, we scope the broader business processes involved, the desired outcomes of the system, and the technical requirements as accurately as possible . We assess the global picture in order to implement the modules in a coordinated manner.
Once in development though, we shift to short decision lines and rapid turn-around of program changes. Finding the shortest time line between discovery and first user trial is our over-arching goal.

Statistical Analysis

Many of the systems that Kyo Logic designs rely on powerful statistical analysis and mathematical manipulations. We experimented with several approaches for speeding up calculations in FileMaker, and developed tools in MySQL and Visual FoxPro to perform high speed data analysis and synchronize the results with FileMaker. We have also developed dynamic style sheet scripting code that allows external databases to automatically sync with FileMaker through an XML interface. This process allows developers to handle much larger data sets for data modeling than would be practical using FileMaker alone.

Community Driven

Kyo Logic principals, John Mathewson and Tim Neudecker, have participated actively in building the strength of the FileMaker community in New York City and Southern Connecticut. In 1999 John sponsored, and Tim spearheaded, the founding of the New York FileMaker Users' Group. Tim became the first president of that group and remained there through 2002. Later, John and Tim wanted to build FileMaker's presence in Connecticut and in 2005 formed the Connecticut FileMaker Developers Group (CFDG) with the help of Peter Leap, the regional FileMaker representative. The CFDG remains active today and Kyo Logic coordinates the monthly meetings and hosts the group's wiki.