Filemaker runs on both the MAC and the PC and is available for sale at the Tech Products store. FileMaker has some built in utilities to allow you to publish databases on the web. At the moment we are hosting about 20 databases on a BC web server. It is part of the BC web environment and therefore is monitored to stay open. The database is available from both inside the BC network and outside.
Web applications are by definition, insecure, they're open to the public.
So it is always best to isolate web applications for security reasons. Our currrent server is at the limit Claris recommends for hosting databases in a single environment. When new equipment becomes available, we will again be able to accept more databases for hosting. The Trustees of Boston College.