Melbourne-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration provider Aconex has today launched Aconex Smart Manuals, effectively a relaunch of an updated suite of products acquired when Aconex bought Grazer in June 2012 (post). The module allows contractors to efficiently capture, review and deliver the documentation required for operation and maintenance of a built asset, and owners can easily maintain that documentation …
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Feb 19 2013
16 reasons why nobody yet dominates the construction SaaS collaboration sector
Despite widespread adoption of SaaS-based construction collaboration platforms and wider acceptance of SaaS, no company has achieved real dominance across any major regional, national or vertical AEC market. Why? [Warning: this is a longer-than-usual post!] By revenues and (notwithstanding recent restructuring) by manpower, Aconex is the biggest player in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based construction collaboration …
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Feb 18 2013
Aconex restructuring
Australian SaaS construction collaboration vendor Aconex is restructuring to reduce overheads at its Melbourne head office. Readers’ comments on previous blog posts, including one about Australian SaaS collaboration vendor Aconex and its 2012 annual results (Aconex growing revenues again), and – more recently – my reflections on the 4Projects acquisition got me looking at recent Aconex activities.* …
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Jan 28 2013
Dome Connect and iSnag
London-based project commissioning management consultancy Dome Consulting offers two related software products. It says its Dome Connect software is used for project collaboration, BIM management, snagging and defect management, commissioning management, and operation and management (O&M) manuals. It also offers a mobile snagging and defect management tool, iSnag, which “leverages the powerful functionality of Dome Connect,” …
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Jan 18 2013
2012 on ExtranetEvolution: stats
2012 was the first full calendar year for ExtranetEvolution on WordPress, and I have just been looking at my annual statistics from Google Analytics, and comparing the year’s traffic with that of 2011 (post). During the year, the blog delivered 82,936 page impressions (up over a third on the near-60k recorded in 2011), generated from …
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Jan 14 2013
4Projects growing again…
The latest SaaS collaboration vendor to report on its financial performance is Sunderland, UK-based provider 4Projects, whose latest (abbreviated) annual return to Companies House covers the year to 31 March 2012. CFO Chris Baty was happy to provide me with some more detailed background to the business’s 2012 performance. “Double digit growth” Revenues were up …
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Nov 30 2012
Aconex growing revenues again
Aconex reports growing revenues and reduced losses for year to June 2012. The annual report and accounts (for the year ending 30 June 2012) from Melbourne, Australia-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex have been published – albeit with what I have begun to regard as the quadruple-A: the “Annual Aconex Accounts Adjustment.” The headline figures show …
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Nov 05 2012
Another Aconex appointment
Is Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO)? Well, judging from the calibre of the executives it is recruiting, it is certainly making sure that it has some heavy hitters with relevant domain experience. The latest appointment (announced today) sees Patricia Cuthbert join as vice president …
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Oct 16 2012
Aconex appoints new US general manager
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
neXadyne offers document control training as an RTO
According to a news release from neXadyne, the Training Accreditation Council in Western Australia has granted approval for neXadyne Pty Ltd to operate as a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). This follows the launch of the company’s document control courses in February 2012 (post) – an area where SaaS document collaboration vendor Aconex is also active …
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