Tag: total cost of ownership

Mar 23 2009

VisualTao: CAD on demand

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors, Web 2.0
23 March 2009

For the third time this month (following SolidWorks and CADaaS, 2 March, and BIMserver.org: right technology, right time?, 3 March), I return to one of my favourite topics: delivering computer-aided design (CAD) solutions on a Software-as-a-Service model. I received an email from someone at an Israeli business development group, Trendlines. My correspondent had read my …

AfterCAD, Amazon, AutoCAD, Bentley, BIMserver.org, CAD, CADaaS, computer-aided design, DWG, Elastic Cloud Computing platform, Israel, PlanPlatform, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, SolidWorks, total cost of ownership, Trendlines, VisualTao

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2009/03/visualtao-cad-on-demand/

Feb 20 2009

Five SaaS myths debunked?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, ROI/benefits, SaaS, Vendors
20 February 2009

At ITPro, Nicole Kobie writes about Gartner’s warnings to businesses about Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The IT analysts say firms need to take a good look at the delivery model before jumping aboard the bandwagon, despite the apparent attractions of the model during a recession (Gartner’s views also covered by Brian Tinham at Manufacturing Computer Solutions). Myth …