Reactions to news (eg: here and here) that Microsoft is to release its own customer relationship management (CRM) application as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application range from positive welcomes to derision. Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM product line will be transformed into a "Live" service when it ships next year. Rival SaaS CRM vendors aren’t worried (Marc Benioff …
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Jul 06 2006
CAD drawings in your browser – no viewer
At AECnews.com, Randall Newton discusses a new experimental offering from Autodesk Labs (this is Autodesk’s own version of the ground-breaking Google Labs – the technology playground home of, among other things, web-based spreadsheets – see my post). Randall talks about Project Freewheel, which allows users to view DWF versions of CAD drawings in a web-browser …
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Jun 30 2006
ASP: threat or friend?
Many IT directors and managers regard Application Service Providers (ASPs), On-demand or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) as a potential threat to their operations, but there are real benefits to be gained from adopting this mode of service delivery. An AECnews article, Easing IT Burdens with On-Demand Software argues the case well: "… The initial draw of SaaS …
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Jun 28 2006
Fon (2)
Back in February, I wrote about Fon, a Spanish start-up aiming to build a network of wireless broadband users. Today, the BBC reports (Wi-fi pioneers offer cheap router) that Fon plans to sell wi-fi routers for just $5 (£2.75) – but on condition that users agree to share their wireless connections with other Fon users …
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Jun 22 2006
Business Collaborator highlights Harvard OCPM research
Business Collaborator‘s latest press release, entitled Harvard Report Shows UK Leads Way in Benefiting from Online Collaboration, gives a vendor-specific viewpoint on the research undertaken at Harvard University into online collaboration and project management (OCPM) technology (see my previous posts, eg: this one, and the most recent one). BC claims the research found "UK companies …
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Jun 22 2006
BIM nice but DIM
Lachmi Khemlani’s latest AECbytes newsletter talks about a new abbreviation. A presentation on building information modelling (BIM) at a recent American Institute of Architects conference derogatorily referred to current BIM solutions (eg: Revit, ArchiCAD) as DIM solutions – Drawing Information Modelling. "Their rationale was that these products are being used primarily by architects for drawing …
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Jun 22 2006
Constructing Excellence
Asite‘s Nathan Doughty attended the Constructing Excellence Building and Estates Forum meeting in Reading on Tuesday (I normally attend these events, but couldn’t go as my wife is in Italy, leaving me to take/collect kids from school, etc). He apparently found it an interesting day, but gave no news on the Avanti project, which was …
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Jun 21 2006
More GPS stuff
Following my note about Gmap Pedometer, a reader (who wanted to remain anonymous) has pointed me at the cool GPSVisualizer.com. On a related topic, what about detailed weather forecasts? I’ve started using Metcheck.com to get fantastically precise cycling-related information about likely temperatures, wind directions and speeds, UV index, cloud cover, etc specific to precise locations. …
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Jun 19 2006
ReproMAX DFS
An article from the US publication, AIA Focus, entitled Digital Project Collaboration, looks at two US solutions: Newforma (see previous post) and ReproMAX DFX (sic), "a web-based, third-party document management system established by a consortium of more than 225 international printers familiar with the AEC industry". A user of the ReproMAX DFS (correct spelling) describes …
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Jun 17 2006
Gates goes – at the right time
The newspapers and internet news sources (the BBC, for example) have been full of comment about Bill Gates’ decision to step down from the helm at Microsoft over the next couple of years. Comments about it being "the end of an era" are probably quite appropriate, and Gates’ timing is impeccable. Gates was the architect …
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