Database Designs

Database Designs is an independent technology consulting firm with 20 years experience serving non-profits, government and business. With deep roots in the Boston metro area, but with clients nationwide, we are proud of the longstanding relationships we have built with a broad range of organizations including community and advocacy groups, universities and independent schools, labor organizations, and medical programs.

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Client Spotlight

  • Challenge:

    Family Nurturing Center needed to consolidate its numerous program-oriented databases into a consistent, integrated and holistic data system to make it more efficient and improve outcome measurement on all services provided; implement an updated CRM solution for managing mailing and contact lists for donors, partners and program participants; and provide geographically dispersed staff access to these systems.

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Steve Jobs got it right when he banned Flash from Apple's mobile platform

I love Apple products, but I don't like the policies behind the App Store or iTunes.  That said, Steve Jobs got it right when he banned Adobe's Flash from Apple's mobile platform.

Flash is the technology for peristing information about you and your surfing habits outside of your browser.  In other words it a perfect end run around privacy settings.  It didn't start out that way on purpose either.