Category: Vendors

Jan 16 2008

Asite directors invest (2)

By Paul Wilkinson in Business/Financial, People issues, Vendors
16 January 2008

Just before Christmas, Asite COO Nathan Doughty and non-executive director Gordon Ashworth increased their stakes in the UK construction collaboration technology vendor. Today, another non-exec, Walter Goldsmith, purchased 150,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 3p per share, taking his total holding to 700,000 shares, representing approximately 0.68 per cent of the issued ordinary …

Asite, Walter Goldsmith

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2008/01/asite-directors/

Jan 14 2008

BC parent in takeover approach

By Paul Wilkinson in Business/Financial, Collaboration, Vendors
14 January 2008

According to a London Stock Exchange announcement today, Coda plc, the parent company of UK construction collaboration technology vendor Business Collaborator, has been the subject of a takeover offer from Dutch-based business software provider Unit 4 Agresso. The move values Coda at £157.8m, but “news of the talks could well attract competitive bids from rivals …

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2008/01/bc-parent-in-ta/

Jan 09 2008

4Ps confusion

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors
9 January 2008

Within the UK construction collaboration technology market, vendor 4Projects is sometimes abbreviated to 4Ps (‘four peas’). The latest news release on the 4Projects’ website therefore initially confused me, as it concerns a partnership with another business known as … 4ps (a local government project delivery specialist, apparently).

4Projects, 4ps, collaboration, Construction

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2008/01/4ps-confusion/

Jan 02 2008

Reviewing 2007

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Future, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Telecoms, Vendors
2 January 2008

Last year, I made five ‘Extranet Evolution’ 2007 predictions. Were they correct? 1. Growing acceptance and use of web-based collaboration tools within the UK construction industry It was something of a no-brainer. The continued revenue growth trends of the leading UK-based vendors shows there is a strong appetite for the applications. I was also encouraged by the …

4Projects, BIM, BIW, collaboration, Constructing Excellence, Construction, CTSpace, mobile, MPS, NCCTP, Predictions, SaaS
1 comment

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2008/01/reviewing-2007/

Jan 02 2008

More on Sword

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
2 January 2008

After a blogging break over Christmas and New Year, I have started 2008 with another quick look at the Sword Group – which announced it had acquired construction collaboration technology vendor CTSpace on 21 December (see previous post). Reviewing the Sword Group’s offerings, it seems CTSpace will augment the parent’s existing enterprise content management (ECM) or document …

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2008/01/more-on-sword/

Dec 23 2007

CTSpace put to the Sword

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
23 December 2007

Just 53 weeks after its last major ownership change, SaaS construction collabaration technology vendor CTSpace (the result of a merger between UK-based BuildOnline and US-based Citadon) has been acquired by the international Sword group of IT companies (as far as I can tell, no value for the transaction has been given). The news came in a …

4Projects, BIW, BuildOnline, Carillion, Cimage, Citadon, construction collabaration technology, CTSpace, ECM, Heath Davies, Howard Koenig, Jacques Mottard, MASS Systems, PIMS, Royal Opera House, SaaS, Schal, Sword group, Tarmac Professional Services, TPS
7 comments

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/12/ctspace-put-to/

Dec 20 2007

Web conferencing, ICT and paper savings?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Internet, ROI/benefits, Sustainability, Vendors
20 December 2007

Earlier this week, I wrote about web conferencing and its potential contribution to reducing carbon footprints by eliminating some travel. In a comment, Cece Salomon-Lee of ON24 noted that such online sessions also reduce the need to print out copies of presentations, etc (assuming, of course, that participants don’t later download the presentations and print them out …

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/12/web-conferenc-1/

Dec 18 2007

Asite directors invest

By Paul Wilkinson in Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Vendors
18 December 2007

A Stock Exchange announcement says Asite CEO Tony Ryan, COO Nathan Doughty and non-executive director (and former CEO) Gordon Ashworth have increased their stakes in the UK construction collaboration technology vendor. Ryan bought 186,577 shares at an average price of 2.38 pence apiece, lifting his stake in the company to 442,156 shares (c 0.43%). Doughty acquired …

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/12/asite-directors-2/

Dec 14 2007

Hawthorn Glen v Aconex – latest

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Legal, Vendors
14 December 2007

Just two days ago, in the context of collaboration vendor Aconex‘s 2007 financial results (post updated today to include some additional information from Aconex), I said there had been some court activity in mid-November relating to the Hawthorn Glen Pty Ltd v. Aconex Pty Ltd shares dispute. I now know that these hearings, on 15 and 16 November, related to an …

Aconex, Australasian Legal Information Institute, collaboration vendor, Federal Court of Australia, Hawthorn Glen, judgment, Leigh Jasper, Robert Phillpot

Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/12/hawthorn-glen-v/

Dec 12 2007

Aconex results hit by legal row

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Legal, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
12 December 2007

Some three months ago, I had a look at the 2006 financial results for Australia-based construction collaboration vendor Aconex, noting that its 2007 results would be available in November (as per Aconex marketing chief Frank Carron’s comment). After a slight delay (auditors requested an extension of time as some areas required additional testing), the latest …