Nov 09 2012
In late 2006, Trimble acquired Meridian Systems, a US-based provider of project management and document collaboration solutions (post), as part of a strategy of connecting construction sites through tighter integration of construction process information. For Trimble, that deal meant its growing portfolio of construction solutions had been expanded to include Meridian’s infrastructure lifecycle management platform …
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Oct 31 2012
Bricsys, the Brussels, Belgium-based CAD software vendor that also provides a Software-as-a-Service project collaboration platform called Vondle (April 2007 post) is renaming the latter Chapoo, and incorporating some social sharing features. I heard about the name change last week during a telephone conversation with one of its executives, and the news was also broken by …
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Oct 19 2012
McLaren Software is growing its facilities management capabilities following the acquisition (announced today), by parent company Idox Group, of FMx Ltd, developer of the computer-aided facilities management application CAFM Explorer. McLaren has been busy expanding beyond its engineering document control roots over the past year. It acquired the SaaS-based construction collaboration business, CTSpace, in November …
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Oct 16 2012
Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS collaboration vendor Aconex has announced the appointment of Frank Kopas as general manager of its North American operations, which have been expanding in recent years. Kopas is described as: “a veteran of the enterprise software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry segments, [who] brings more than 20 years of strategic and operational sales experience to Aconex.” He …
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Oct 15 2012
Once scathing of the attractions of Software-as-a-Service, Newforma is now actively embracing the cloud, SaaS, BIM and mobile, and eyeing potential social media ideas for future product development. Last week I learned more about Newforma, developer of the enterprise-based Newforma Project Center application and now a recent entrant to the Software-as-a-Service collaboration space with its …
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Oct 08 2012
In 1987, actress Maureen Lipman famously said: “You get an ology, you’re a scientist,” in a TV advertisement for British Telecom, and I was reminded of this last week. I had been invited to the London launch, by Styles & Wood’s UK-based IT subsidiary, iSite, of ‘The Hub,’ an application of its web-based property information platform to …
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Oct 03 2012
California-based construction estimating, collaboration and project management software vendor Corecon Technologies has unveiled updates to its web-based Corecon V7 platform (launched in May 2010). The enhancements provide further mobile access options and integration with other popular tools including QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, Sage Simply Accounting and SAP Business One. Corecon V7 is now compatible with Google Chrome and Apple …
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Sep 24 2012
Reprographic hardware corporation HP launched its SaaS-based cloud storage service, ePrint & Share nearly two years ago (post), and has continued to market itself to UK users ever since (I wrote about its Android app launch in May 2012). I was invited to a launch event at the RIBA in London today (24 September), where it announced: “the …
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Sep 19 2012
In addition to its Building Information Mobility (#MobiBIM) event in London on 15 November (post), COMIT (Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT) has two other UK events in the near future. Both are invitation-only, but the nice people at COMIT may have a few spare places: Thursday 27 September: The Emperor’s New Clouds – an invitation-only afternoon …
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