We’re a tech company, but everything we do is in the context of the larger world. And right now, shadows from the larger world overwhelm our daily work with bits and bytes.

Thomas Jefferson wrote 244 years ago that our rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness must never be compromised, but the events of the past few days show that the United States is still far from that ideal. The murder of innocent African Americans must stop, and silence on this issue is intolerable. As Edmund Burke wrote, the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Have a Quick Base question? Working from home without the support you are used to? The Data Collaborative team is here to help.  We know there are so many people in the Quick Base community that are looking for a quick assist with technical roadblocks, and we want to ensure they get the most out of their applications.  No strings attached.

Starting on April 2, 2020, Data Collaborative is excited to begin offering free tips, tricks and design solutions for an hour every Thursday at 1:00 PM EST.  Staffed by our Quick Base Certified Expert Developers, these sessions will tackle things that you want to change, repair or update.  We can help you solve your application design issues, locate problem sources, or even help you get started building your own app.  Whatever the case may be, we look forward to working together.

The Data Collaborative, Inc. is pleased to announce that we have hired Sam Jones, a veteran Quick Base Product Manager who lead the development on many of their new features, as its new Vice President for Product and Technology.

Throughout his 5-year tenure at Quick Base, Sam held leadership roles across many aspects of Quick Base’s business. From deep technical features including the Quick Base API and Query Language to releasing user-facing features such as Kanban Reports, the Searchable Record Picker, and leading initial development of the Quick Base Mobile App. Since leaving Quick Base, Sam has worked as a Senior Product Manager in E-commerce AI at Teikametrics, releasing features to Amazon and Walmart Sellers and delivering enterprise-scale data analysis architecture for Fortune 500 brands.

Just like a person, Quick Base (and all database) applications age over time. Developers add fields, reports and relationships that become obsolete, but don't clean up after themselves. Eventually, there are all kinds of database elements that no one remembers and just confuse the user. The original developers leave the organization and their successors look at the app (originally so well-conceived!) and say "who designed this mess?"

There's no fountain of youth, but there are some things you can do to avoid database sprawl.

1. Isolate the chaos

Quick Base was recently named a 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service.  The Gartner Peer Insights award recognizes vendors that are the most highly rated by their customers through the Customers' Choice distinction.  Criteria for the award is that a vendor must have a minimum of 50 published reviews with an average overall rating of 4.2 stars or higher. As of mid-February, Quick Base received 159 verified reviews with an overall rating of 4.6 stars.  As we have all heard from Rick Willett, Quick Base is customer obsessed, so they are absolutely thrilled, and grateful for the honor.  As Quick Base Solution Partners, we are also proud, and look forward to helping customers make the most out of their applications!

It's an exciting time for the Quick Base team!  In a move currently targeted for April 2, 2019, Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a leading investment firm headquartered in San Francisco, CA will become the majority owner of Quick Base.  Vista Equity Partners specializes in investments in the software, data, & technology industries, working with companies who have a long-term perspective.   Great news for customers and partners alike! 

Quick Base will be ending support for non-SSL based requests in the platform, effective on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. These are requests that begin with http:// instead of https://.  Presently, non-SSL requests make up .004% (point zero zero four percent) of requests to the platform.

Jay Jamison, VP of Strategy and Product Management at Quick Base  has won  Boston's Best Tech Manager Award - The Timmy. He was chosen from among 10 finalists.

The Timmy Award recognizes leaders in tech world who lead and empower their teams. Jay Jamison is known for his clear communication and passion to inspire innovation leading his team to produce a powerful product.

You can read more on Jay Jamison's win here.

Verite is our happy customer. We support them to maximize the potential of Quick Base as their effective Project management database.  Below is the link to a new case study done by Quick Base to understand how over the past three years the company has increased revenues by $2 million!

https://www.quickbase.com/customers/Verite-Drives-Effective-Project-Management-with-Quick-Base?mc_cid=acc9033fb5&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d

Jake Wideman of Computerworld recently published an informative article on Quick Base and Citizen Developers!  Good info on where Quick Base is in the market today and what is next in the Enterprise. Good reading.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3284424/enterprise-applications/what-is-quick-base-a-low-code-database-platform-for-citizen-developers.html #QuickBase #Computerworld #CitizenDevelopers #Lowcode