Category: Extranet/CDE

Feb 17 2007

Leading, largest, global – how do you measure it?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
17 February 2007

Australian-based construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex says it is now “providing its online information management service to $100 billion worth of construction and engineering projects” (I’m not sure if this is US dollars or Australian dollars; in British pounds sterling, this would be around £50bn or £40bn respectively). According to its news release: “Global uptake of the …

Aconex, AEC, Autodesk, BIW, collaboration, Construction, CTSpace, extranet, on-demand, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, statistics
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Feb 13 2007

Spacedox

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
13 February 2007

A comment (an admirably succinct “Projectdox plus”) on my recent Projectdox rejects SaaS approach post led me to look at the website of US document collaboration vendor Spacedox. The site tells me a bit about the web-based hosted service, but not much about the firm behind it (no corporate ‘about us’ or ‘latest news’ to help users …

AEC, collaboration, SpaceDox, US

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Jan 30 2007

Kingston University research

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, People issues
30 January 2007

From time to time, in my role as BIW Technologies’ head of corporate communications, I receive emails concerning student research projects. As a former researcher, I try to be helpful. The latest request for help comes from Kingston University, where student Cunal Manani has posted an online questionnaire for users to complete. Click on ‘Online Document …

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Jan 29 2007

Asite Workspace arrives

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
29 January 2007

A new logo on the home page of Asite‘s website alerts us to the belated launch (or, given that Asite has previously marketed a similar product, should that read ‘relaunch’?) of Asite Workspace – announced in October 2006 as being available from December. The web-based collaboration product is positioned as an easy-to-use “cost-effective solution for small projects”. The basic …

AEC, Asite, collaboration, Construction, extranet, on-demand, SaaS, UK, Workspace
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Jan 25 2007

ProjectDox rejects SaaS approach

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
25 January 2007

I wrote briefly about US-based Informative Graphics‘ ProjectDox in July 2006. Today, thanks to Randall Newton’s AECnews.com (Informative Graphics Spins Off ProjectDox), I learn that IGC has created a subsidiary, Avolve Software, to manage ProjectDox opportunities, leaving the parent company to focus on its file visualisation products (eg: its Brava! viewer, etc). Looking at the website, …

AEC, Brava!, collaboration, extranet, Informative Graphics, on-demand, ProjectDox, SaaS, US
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Jan 25 2007

Tom Dengenis resurfaces

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, People issues, Vendors
25 January 2007

Former Bidcom UK and Asite CEO Tom Dengenis is still actively interested in construction IT. He is now a “a senior manager at BearingPoint, a global management and technology consulting firm”, and has just written an article (Building Information Model: the Solution for Optimizing the Construction Delivery Process) on the US-based Riverguide for Construction Software …

AEC, Asite, BearingPoint, Bidcom, BIM, Don Fornes, ENR, Late Majority, Riverguide for Construction, Tom Dengenis, US
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Jan 24 2007

BT Workspace

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Telecoms, Vendors
24 January 2007

Almost unnoticed, UK telecoms provider BT has recently launched a web-based service, BT Workspace, aimed at helping people in small to medium-sized enterprises share information and collaborate with each other. It talks about getting rid of email clutter, and managing and controlling projects via extranet functionality, with intranet functionality also available for internal company dicussions …

AEC, BT, BT Workspace, collaboration, extranet, Microsoft, Office Live, on-demand, SaaS, SME, Software-as-a-Service, UK, Workspace
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Jan 22 2007

De Kieviet’s Gambit – more CTSpace ‘spin’

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Future, SaaS, Vendors
22 January 2007

The latest spin on CTSpace comes in a one-page ‘Company focus’ feature in UK trade weekly Building (see PDF on CTSpace’s website). At first glance, the article, written by Mark Leftly, makes CTSpace seem a very credible venture, but I think there are some very debatable assertions. I was puzzled by the claim that the merger …

Aconex, acquisition, AEC, Autodesk, BIW, Building magazine, BuildOnline, Buzzsaw, Citadon, Constructware, CTSpace, Gert-Jan de Kieviet, merger, UK, US
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Jan 19 2007

The email argument revisited

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Future, Internet, People issues
19 January 2007

I keep returning to this topic (see previous post, for example). This time, my post has been prompted by three things: a Union Square press release, a conversation with Sarcophagus’s Jeremy Sainter, and a blog posting by Lars Plougmann linking to the thoughts of a Harvard professor. Taking these in reverse order, Lars writes about …

AEC, blog, collaboration, email, extranet, MsgSave, on-demand, SaaS, Sarcophagus, UK, Union Square, wiki, Workspace
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Jan 18 2007

Nathan ups his Asite stake

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, Vendors
18 January 2007

Days after Asite CEO Tony Ryan bought nearly £9,000-worth of shares in the company (see Now Tony invests in Asite), it has been announced that CTO Nathan Doughty has increased his stake by purchasing 65,362 shares at 3.41 pence each (total cost around £2,230). I am a little concerned at the timing: working for an …