Category: Marketing

Dec 11 2007

Emap Construct stays put

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Future, Marketing
11 December 2007

Earlier this year it looked like Emap’s construction titles might have been on the move as the UK parent media company looked at way to capitalise upon its profitable business-to-business ventures. However, at the weekend I learned (see Guardian story and Emap announcement) that, instead, the group’s radio and consumer magazines have been sold, leaving Emap to become …

Construction News, Emap, Glenigan, Interbuild, NCE

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Dec 07 2007

SaaS growth in Asia

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Future, Internet, Marketing, SaaS
7 December 2007

Three months ago, I wrote about Springboard Research findings regarding the state of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market in Australia and New Zealand. Today, I received an email from Springboard’s Bhoorender Panwar attaching a press release headed: SaaS CRM Market in Asia Estimated to Grow 68% in 2007. Springboard estimates that the SaaS CRM market will grow …

Asia, collaboration, CRM, SaaS, Springboard Research

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/12/saas-growth-in/

Dec 03 2007

Google to target collaboration

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Future, Internet, Marketing, SaaS
3 December 2007

Over two years ago, I first wrote about the JotSpot collaboration tool; 13 months ago, I noted that JotSpot had been acquired by Google. Today, via TechCrunch‘s Michael Arrington, I have been reading about Google’s 2008 plans for Google apps, and it appears Google is planning to deliver collaboration tools based on the JotSpot technologies that “will …

Google, Google Sites, JotSpot, TechCrunch, wiki
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Nov 26 2007

Asite Workspace demo on YouTube

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Internet, Marketing, Vendors
26 November 2007

To help companies capture potential sales leads, they normally ask users to enter some contact details before they can view or download some sales materials from their websites. UK-based construction collaboration technology vendor Asite is no exception when it comes to its Asite Workspace application – except that it is now possible to view the …

Asite, Tony Ryan, Workspace, YouTube

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/asite-workspace/

Nov 22 2007

No-Show Day Two

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Marketing, Vendors
22 November 2007

If anything, day two of the Construction Computing 2007 show was worse than day one. Thankfully, the day was shorter – 10am to 3pm – but several exhibitors voted with their feet long before the end. Indeed, my BIW colleague and I were packed up and ready to leave by 3pm, and we walked past …

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/no-show-day-two/

Nov 21 2007

The Great Construction Computing no-show

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors
21 November 2007

I stood on the BIW Technologies stand today, and I waited … and I waited…. And people on neighbouring stands waited … and waited…. Then we started muttering to each other…. And then some started muttering discontentedly to the event organisers, BTC…. Yes, the first day of the Construction Computing Show 2007 – despite its new …

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/the-great-const/

Nov 19 2007

Construction Computing Show 2007 – update

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Marketing
19 November 2007

The number of exhibitors for this year’s event (see previous post) has now reached 36. This is not bad, particularly considering that the event also suffers from an unfortunate date clash with the much bigger Civils 2007 show, also in London but at Earl’s Court. It should only take about half an hour to cross London on the …

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/construction-1/

Nov 19 2007

Project extranets in Peterborough Evening Telegraph

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, People issues
19 November 2007

Project extranets (a term often used synonymously with ‘construction collaboration technologies’) are not usually something you see discussed in your average local evening newspaper in the UK. However, I see that a Davis Langdon employee, Simon Burke, has just won a special award for his masters dissertation on the subject of extranets – an achievement reported …

Cambridge, collaboration, Construction, contract administration, Davis Langdon, NEC2, Peterborough, Project Extranet, Simon Burke

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Nov 09 2007

Construction Computing Show 2007

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, Vendors
9 November 2007

Later this month, I will be presenting a 25-minute seminar at 2pm on both days of the Construction Computing Show 2007 at the Emirates Stadium in north London, 21-22 November. The educational seminar programme is being run by the IT Construction Forum (part of Constructing Excellence) and several of its IT Partners are involved: BIW of …

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Nov 07 2007

ICT, sustainability and contracts

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Legal, Marketing, Sustainability
7 November 2007

I met Building sustainability blogger Phil Clark last week for a coffee, and he was good enough to talk about our conversation on Zerochampion. As well as talking about sustainability, the potential contribution of collaboration technologies and the environmental downsides of ICT, we also talked more generally about collaborative working and contracts. Being involved in …