Category: Internet

Nov 03 2006

“QS News” feature on mobile working

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Future, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Telecoms, Vendors
3 November 2006

UK trade magazine QS News has published a feature article written by me: Why ‘I’ always comes before ‘T’. In the article, I argue that providers and users of mobile IT solutions in the construction industry need to focus on ‘whole life information‘ instead of getting hung-up about technology hardware and connectivity issues. The key …

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Nov 03 2006

Now Trimble buys XYZ

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Functionality, Internet
3 November 2006

Just days after acquiring Meridian Systems (see post), GPS technology developer Trimble has also purchased US technology firm, XYZ Solutions – a provider of real-time, interactive 3D intelligence software to manage the spatial aspects of construction projects.

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Nov 01 2006

Google acquires JotSpot

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Functionality, Internet, SaaS
1 November 2006

In September 2005, I blogged about the JotSpot wiki product. Today, I learned that Google has bought JotSpot. Registration for new JotSpot accounts has been temporarily suspended while the systems are migrated to Google, but hopefully this move will open more people’s eyes to the day-to-day possibilities of Wikis.

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Oct 31 2006

IE7/DWF viewer bug hotfix issued

By Paul Wilkinson in Functionality, Internet
31 October 2006

The bug in Autodesk’s DWF viewer products that prevented them being used in conjunction with the Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 browser (see previous posts) has been fixed, via an Autodesk "hotfix" (get more details at AECnews.com).

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Oct 27 2006

CE Avanti – ICT or not ICT?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Internet
27 October 2006

The Avanti initiative is now part of the portfolio of initiatives managed by Constructing Excellence. The branding is a bit confusing. On the one hand, the logo subheading says "ICT-enabled collaborative working", leading one to think that there is some technological foundation, but the latest glossy brochure I have (distributed at a Building & Estates …

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Oct 24 2006

IE7/DWF viewer bug fix imminent

By Paul Wilkinson in Functionality, Internet
24 October 2006

Apparently, the Autodesk DWF bug relating to Internet Explorer 7 (see 20 October post) is about to be fixed. A CNetnews.com report says Autodesk is to release a patch for Autodesk Design Review 2007 and Autodesk DWF Viewer 7.0 later this week – ahead of a service pack release planned for 7 November.

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Oct 24 2006

BIM – Asite targets US

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Internet, Marketing, Vendors
24 October 2006

Earlier this month, UK-based collaboration vendor Asite announced that it planned to release a collaborative BIM product (see 10 October post). It has just issued a further press release saying it will be announcing (again) the “forthcoming release of Asite Collaborative BIM at the Building SMART Week Conference” in Washington DC next week. BuildingSMART is the recent preferred …

Asite, BIM, BuildingSMART, collaboration, Construction, extranet, IAI, IFC, UK
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Oct 24 2006

BIM – some background reading

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Functionality, Future, Internet
24 October 2006

Are all your construction contacts clamouring to switch to BIM (building information modelling)? No. Neither are mine. However, there is certainly growing interest in what BIM might have to offer, and over the last few days I have found myself reading more about it. For example: On AEC Cadalyst, I read a great article by US-based …

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Oct 20 2006

TeamDWF.com highlights IE7/viewer incompatability

By Paul Wilkinson in Functionality, Internet
20 October 2006

TeamDWF‘s headline story, Internet Explorer 7 Will Break DWF & DWG Viewers, highlights a potential problem whereby users of the new Microsoft browser (see BBC story) could find that it breaks Autodesk DWF Viewer, Autodesk Design Review, and Autodesk DWG TrueView. The problem arises because these applications use HTML as part of their menu interfaces, …

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Oct 18 2006

Factors in buying software

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Extranet/CDE, Internet, Marketing, SaaS
18 October 2006

In “Why Do You Buy CAD Software? Survey Result (preliminary)“, Roopinder Tara of the CAD Insider blog (and the useful TenLinksDaily newsletter) gives an early indication of the key factors used in assessing CAD software for purchase – based on an online survey (still ongoing at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=891102592287). After over 120 responses, the key factors (listed in …