Category: Future

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

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Dec 05 2007

Drowning in information…

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Internet, People issues, Sustainability
5 December 2007

Writing my paper on ICT and sustainable construction last week, I would have liked a quotation I found in Monday’s Guardian newspaper, where the Media section was edited by guest editor Vint Cerf, ‘architect of the internet’. Cerf asked several influential internet gurus to “Tell me the future” and Peter Norvig, director of research at …

Google, Guardian, information, knowledge, Peter Norvig, Rutherford Rogers, tuna, Vint Cerf

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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 29 2007

Vote for Sustrans Connect2

By Paul Wilkinson in Future, People issues, Sustainability
29 November 2007

Across the UK, numerous small projects are planned to improve parts of the national cycle network. Whether these proceed depends on the outcome of votes cast on The People’s £50 Million Website. Four projects are in the running and the winner will get National Lottery cash to fund the project. As a one-time racing cyclist, now a …

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Nov 28 2007

IT and sustainability – 4

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Future, Internet, ROI/benefits, Sustainability
28 November 2007

Apologies for the lack of posts this week. I have been putting the finishing touches to a document on ICT and construction sustainability (see IT and sustainable construction) prior to sending it to a few carefully chosen friends for some feedback. I am trying to conclude the document by Friday (30 November): deadline for submissions to …

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Nov 23 2007

Take-up of BIM growing

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Functionality, Future, Internet, People issues
23 November 2007

An article in US journal Building Design & Construction reports that US adoption of building information modelling (BIM) applications is accelerating (thanks to Mel at the Elemental blog for the link). More than a third of roughly 200 owners (collectively representing c.$115 billion in annual construction spending) responding to the 8th Annual Construction Management Association …

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Nov 22 2007

Avanti SMP in new draft BS1192

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Functionality, Future, Internet
22 November 2007

The Construction Computing no-Show at least saw me meet up with a few friends gathered over a decade of involvement with construction IT (among them, one of the pioneers of online collaboration, Ray Crotty of C3 Systems, and Marek Suchocki, formerly at Atkins, now at Mouchel). Mervyn Richards also strolled by, and gave me an update on progress since …

Avanti, BS1192, SMP

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Nov 14 2007

Integrated Product Delivery – quick follow-up

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Future, Internet
14 November 2007

After my post on the new AIA guide last week, a couple of people have been in touch. First, Graham Robinson (who I met earlier this year on a Collaborative Working Champions visit to Magal in Reading) observes: “… the USA lags behind UK to some extent, although they do some things better, particularly standardisation. It …

AIA, BIM, DBIA, IPD, Magal

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Nov 08 2007

Laiserin’s latest lucid column

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Legal, People issues
8 November 2007

My previous post (Integrated Project Delivery – US guide) talks repeatedly about Building Information Modelling (BIM). For readers interested in learning more about BIM as a process – as distinct from a set of technologies – I recommend Jerry Laiserin’s latest AEC Insight Column at Cadalyst (To BIMfinity and beyond!).

BIM, Cadalyst, IPD, Jerry Laiserin

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Nov 08 2007

Integrated Project Delivery – US guide

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Legal, People issues
8 November 2007

The American Institute of Architects (AIA), with the AIA California Council, has published Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide. This excellent document explains how project teams might move from a traditional approach to project procurement and delivery to a more collaborative, integrated team model. There are similarities with UK initiatives earlier this decade, but this guide also …