Earlier this week (see post) I downloaded Windows Live Writer. I tried it out yesterday and the first experience was very good. Having occasionally lost a draft article during preparation of long posts, I like the ‘save draft’ feature, the spell-check is a useful extra, and the big editing area is a big plus for …
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Aug 16 2006
3D CAD standards
Need a quick run-down on the potential ‘standards war’ between different 3D CAD standards in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) space? Look no further than AECnews.com and Randall Newton’s comprehensive overview: "3D CAD Publishing is the New Vendor Battleground". It will be important from the perspective of construction collaboration technology or ‘extranet’ vendors as …
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Aug 15 2006
Windows Live Writer – beta version launched
I have been a bit sceptical about Microsoft’s ability to adapt to the Web 2.0 world, but the blogosphere reaction to its new Live Writer announcement has been very positive (see, for example, Phil Wainewright’s view). In a nutshell (and to re-use Wainewright’s original wish-list), it is: a simple utility that you can use as …
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Aug 11 2006
UK extranet vendor PR update
The past couple of months have seen a flurry of UK deals reported on the websites of the leading construction collaboration technology vendors. For example: BIW Technologies has just announced a three-year corporate deal with contractor Fitzpatrick Business Collaborator signed up Parkman Mouchel in June BuildOnline is to support Thomas and ADAMSON and the City …
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Aug 11 2006
What You Need to Know About Web 2.0
Mystified by talk of Web 2.0, mashups and the like? Read Steve Apiki’s helpful article, found on the ASPnews.com site.
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Aug 08 2006
ASP, SaaS, On-demand or the “business web”?
At ASPstreet, an article – What do you call your ASP? – by Minda Zetlin usefully sums up some of the debate about terminology, and proposes a term that we may hear more of in the months ahead. Zetlin points out that the term ‘ASP’ became discredited in some people’s eyes by its much-hyped associations …
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Aug 01 2006
Top 10 SaaS myths
Phil Wainewright’s blog is an invaluable resource for commentary on new developments in the Software-as-a-Service sector. His latest post talks about an SaaS business (Crownpeak) confident enough to confront head-on the ten most frequently raised objections to the SaaS model: The complete list of myths: Fewer features Customer loses control Security is a problem Difficult …
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Jul 28 2006
End of the PC era
The latest Microsoft admission that the future lies in internet-based services comes from new Microsoft boss Ray Ozzie. The Financial Times says the "top technology visionary" has declared an end to the PC era, laying out a vision for the company in which internet-based services, rather than PCs, lie at the centre of its worldview. …
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Jul 27 2006
“95% of email is junk”
The email management headache shows no signs of diminishing. According to a BBC report: "More than 95% of e-mail is ‘junk’". The article says spam, error messages or viruses account for a large proportion of email traffic – less than 4% is legitimate email. Of course, we don’t always see much of the junk – …
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Jul 20 2006
Clients increasingly require ‘Extranet expertise’: NCCTP research highlights benefits of using collaboration systems
The UK ‘project extranet’ vendors’ association, the Network of Construction Collaboration Technology Providers (NCCTP) has today published its market research report, Proving Collaboration Pays. The research was undertaken by an independent market research consultancy, Benchmark Research, and is – to the best of my knowledge – the biggest ‘extranet’ user survey ever undertaken, certainly as …
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