StickyWorld opens up further potential channels for construction products people to engage with specifiers, and extend collaboration down the supply chain. I have done occasional consultancy work over the past couple of years for east London-based Slider Studio, some of it relating to its StickyWorld platform – a collaborative ‘virtual room’ platform that allows richer …
Category: SaaS
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Sep 29 2011
BIW talks contract administration over breakfast
Yesterday, I attended a breakfast briefing at London’s Building Centre organised by BIW Technologies. The Woking, UK-based construction collaboration technology vendor has been holding a series of early morning meetings to tell existing and prospective customers about its NEC3 contract management capabilities (echoing the efforts of its rival NEC Licensed Content Provider, 4Projects, in August). …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2011/09/biw-talks-contract-administration-over-breakfast/
Sep 27 2011
Autodesk to shift design tools to the cloud?
Both The Register and The Cloud Circle (among others) have reported that Autodesk is to move more of its existing client/server designer applications to run as cloud-based solutions, Amazon Cloud [update: 27 September news release], deployed via Amazon EC2. Both cite the example of SaaS-based construction collaboration platform Buzzsaw as an example of Autodesk’s experience in …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2011/09/autodesk-to-shift-design-tools-to-the-cloud/
Sep 19 2011
Five PR updates from UK AEC collaboration vendors
More US repro tie-ups for Asite London-based software-as-a-service construction collaboration technology vendor Asite has just announced a relationships with three more reprographic service providers in the United States. Following its earlier tie-up with the ReproMAX marketing network (see post), it is now reaching out to AEC professionals via LINK Document Services Group, Thomas Reprographics and NRI (the …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2011/09/five-pr-updates-from-uk-aec-collaboration-vendors/
Sep 15 2011
COMIT combining BIM and Mobile
For some years, my construction IT interests have brought me into regular contact with COMIT, Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT. My frequency of contact with this membership organisation has grown as construction collaboration vendors like BIW, Asite and Aconex (among others) have developed mobile applications to interface with their web-based services, and as professionals have …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2011/09/comit-combining-bim-and-mobile/
Sep 12 2011
Guest post by Nathan Doughty: BIM-as-a-Service
(My blog post about disruptive ideas stimulated Nathan Doughty, chief operating officer of London-based construction collaboration technology vendor Asite to contact me with his own views, which I suggested he write as a guest post on ExtranetEvolution.com.) Paul’s recent blog post about disruptive ideas in the construction collaboration space prompted some contemplation for me – …
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Sep 09 2011
The BIM battle – and some PR spin
The ‘BIM battle’ among UK-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendors is warming up nicely. Take yesterday, for example…. First, London-based provider Asite and Building magazine announced the first of four webinars on collaborative BIM. The series starts on 28 September, with an hour-long discussion, chaired by Building‘s Tom Lane and featuring Asite’s Nathan Doughty, BIM …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2011/09/the-bim-battle-and-some-pr-spin/
Aug 26 2011
What’s the next disruptive idea for collaboration?
I am indebted to a reader, Pierre-Alexandre Losson of Brussels-based Telio, who asked me a very interesting question about innovation: “In my opinion all vendors are more or less providing the same toolchain, using the same techniques. What would be in your opinion the next disruptive idea that could or should be pushed in the …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2011/08/whats-the-next-disruptive-idea-for-collaboration/
Aug 24 2011
Expanding on e-Builder
I recently talked (via Skype) with Jon and Ron Antevy, respectively CEO and President of USA-based e-Builder (in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida). The company recently marked its 16th birthday, making it one of the longest-established names in the world of online construction collaboration technology solutions. Focus on facility owners When I met Jon at a conference in Harvard …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2011/08/expanding-on-e-builder/
Aug 22 2011
Comindware
Start-up Comindware is looking to differentiate itself as a provider of project management applications through its use of semantic web approaches to software architecture. Contacted by the marketing manager of a recent start-up, Comindware, I had a look at the business’s recently created website to try and understand more about its collaborative project management software. Currently, …
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