Category: Collaboration

Dec 01 2006

Microsoft Vista support for Autodesk DWF format

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Internet, Marketing
1 December 2006

Autodesk has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to integrate DWF technology with the Windows Vista operating system (released to business customers today – see BBC news story). Vista users will be able to view and manage DWFs without additional downloads of plug-ins or special viewing software. Viewers are a feature of all construction collaboration technologies, or …

AEC, Autodesk, AutoVue, BIW, Brava!, Cimmetry, construction collaboration, DWF, extranet, Informative Graphics, Microsoft, Vista

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Nov 27 2006

BIM, BIMs or SBIM?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Internet, People issues
27 November 2006

After last week’s Construction Computing Show (see previous post), I have finally got round to reading the show edition of Construction Computing magazine (November/December 2006), which incorporates CAD User. In the latter, there is an article (not yet on the CAD User website) from Mervyn Richards, which I think gives a good, if ultimately somewhat …

AEC, Asite, BIM, Collaborative BIM, Construction Computing, Mervyn Richards, people issues, UK
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Nov 24 2006

Construction Computing Show 2006

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, Vendors
24 November 2006

I have just spent two days at the Construction Computing Show at London’s Barbican Centre. BIW took a stand this year, taking advantage of an arrangement between the organisers and the IT Construction Forum whereby ITCF IT Partners could get space at a special rate. I also presented an ITCF seminar each day entitled The Extranet …

4Projects, Aconex, AEC, Asite, Autodesk, awards, Bentley, BIW, BuildOnline, Business Collaborator, construction collaboration, Construction Computing, Mark Suster, NCCTP, UK, Union Square

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Nov 24 2006

Autodesk Buzzsaw revenues up 79%

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Vendors
24 November 2006

Cadalyst’s report on Autodesk’s latest financial statements includes the following paragraph about its Buzzsaw offering: “Revenues from Buzzsaw, a collaborative project management solution, increased 79% over Q3 2006. [Autodesk president and CEO Carl] Bass attributed that gain to the company’s focus on market segments where Buzzsaw has been successful, such as home builders, as well …

AEC, Autodesk, Buzzsaw, construction collaboration, Constructware, extranet, US

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Nov 20 2006

Cimmetry AutoVue for SharePoint 2003

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Vendors
20 November 2006

Not everyone needs the full-blown collaborative capacity of a construction collaboration platform (aka ‘extranet’) to share and collaborate upon design drawings. Particularly when working within organisations, teams can share drawings using a simple Microsoft SharePoint solution, and Cimmetry has just released a version of its AutoVue viewer product for just such an environment. Read the …

AEC, AutoVue, Cimmetry, file viewer, Microsoft, SharePoint

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2006/11/cimmetry_autovu/

Nov 17 2006

Styles&Wood – an update

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, Vendors
17 November 2006

Further to my 8 November post on Styles&Wood, a Tesco insider has been in touch to correct and update my information. He writes: Although our initial implementation was the Union Square Workspace, we have bespoked the system significantly since then (using Styles and Wood developers)….so S&W are becoming more than just re-sellers. However, I was …

4Projects, AEC, Styles&Wood, Tesco, UK, Union Square, Workspace
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Nov 14 2006

BuildOnline and Koral

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Future, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
14 November 2006

BuildOnline CEO Mark Suster is running two companies. As well as running the UK-based construction collaboration vendor, Suster is also CEO of California-based Koral. This is an interesting development on two or three levels: first, Koral itself seems an interesting business with a strong Web2.0 content collaboration product; second, I wonder whether this will have an …

AEC, Alfresco, BIW, BuildOnline, construction collaboration, content collaboration, extranet, Koral, Mark Suster, UK, US, vendor
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Nov 09 2006

Changes at 4Projects

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, Vendors
9 November 2006

I notice that sales director Gerard Callaghan no longer features among the senior people at UK collaboration vendor 4Projects, while executive chairman Paul Callaghan has become non-executive chairman. (23 November update: Having met Gerard at this week’s Construction Computing Show, I am pleased to say that he is still 4Projects sales director – the disappearance …

4Projects, AEC, collaboration, Construction, extranet, UK

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Nov 09 2006

Adobe ignores extranets?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Internet, People issues, ROI/benefits
9 November 2006

An Adobe survey of 657 US-based AEC professionals undertaken by Harris Interactive (reported by AEC.Cadalyst.com) has found that, despite the advent of electronic means of exchanging project information, paper still remains the most popular form in which to review CAD information. Indeed, paper is even more popular in 2006 than it was when a similar survey was …

Adobe, CAD, collaboration, Construction, extranet, PDF, research, US

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Nov 08 2006

Styles & Wood flotation

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Vendors
8 November 2006

Ordinarily, the Stock Exchange flotation of a UK contracting business wouldn’t interest this blog, but the company in question is Styles&Wood (this week’s Contract Journal has a news story on the flotation and dealing in its shares began yesterday). The reason I note the move is that Styles&Wood has an operating division called StoreData, which: …