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• The conject interview

  Having recently received a comment from Chris Brandt, CTO at conject, I thought it was high time that I took a more detailed look at this construction and real estate collaboration vendor. Based in Munich, Germany, but with operations across... Read More... Posted Nov 20 2009, 12:51 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Future, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, Functionality, People issues, Extranet

• StoreData trading in line with management expectations

  Retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood yesterday issued an Interim Management Statement relating to the period from 1 July 2009 to 18 November 2009, saying (among other things) that its specialist collaboration business StoreData was trading "in... Posted Nov 20 2009, 09:00 AM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial

• "A tough year for BIW"

  Duncan Mactear of 4Projects has forwarded me an article about [my former employer] BIW Technologies, published recently to subscribers to Megabuyte.com (an "invaluable source of market intelligence for IT companies, their advisers and investors providing... Posted Nov 17 2009, 08:31 AM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Future, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, BIW, People issues, Extranet, Legal

• Asite Autumn 09 release

  UK construction collaboration vendor Asite has issued its Autumn 09 Release, says a website notice dated 6 November 2009. Three hightlights I picked out: New maps "mash-ups" - using either a Google Maps portlet or a Microsoft Virtual Earth Read... Posted Nov 09 2009, 05:29 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Future, Vendors, AEC, SaaS, BIW, Functionality, Extranet, Web 2.0

• WorkCast tie-up with 4Projects?

  According to a report in local newspapers in north-east England, a Durham-based webcasting firm, WorkCast, has "received £850,000 of investment to develop software it believes will become the future of video conferencing". What attracted me... Posted Nov 09 2009, 01:06 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, Functionality, People issues

• Business Collaborator growth slows

  Business Collaborator, the Reading, Berkshire-based provider of construction collaboration technologies (and other applications including an ethical supplier database, SEDEX) has just reported its financial results for the year to 31 December 2008 at... Posted Nov 06 2009, 06:37 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, Extranet

• Recession hits Aconex order book, it sheds staff, but still grows

  Australia-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has just signed off its accounts for the year ending 30 June 2009, and they show another year of growth, albeit slower than in previous years (see Aconex reports... Posted Nov 05 2009, 04:43 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Future, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, BIW, Extranet

• New look for Sarcophagus

  It has a new logo (left), the main website of Yorkshire, UK-based technology vendor Sarcophagus has recently been revamped, and the company has also started (very occasionally) using Twitter. However, the new logo hasn't yet been applied across all... Posted Nov 05 2009, 12:35 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors, AEC

• Aconex APIs and an iPhone app "in development"

  According to a news release issued today, Australia-based construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has released a fully-featured set of Web Services APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to enable integration between its Software-as-a-Service... Posted Nov 05 2009, 11:59 AM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Future, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, Functionality

• Howdy, Howzee

  At Be2camp@WorkingBuildings last month, I met Tuomas Saarelainen who told me to have a look at his Helsinki, Finland-based company Mobimus and its service howzee.info - which I have just done. It is an intriguing concept, but currently only sketchily... Posted Nov 02 2009, 06:24 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Future, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, Functionality, People issues, Extranet, Web 2.0

• Constructware update

  In May this year there was some online speculation about Autodesk's continued enthusiasm for its Constructware Software-as-a-service platform (see posts here and here) prompting hasty denials from Rick Rundall pointing out that they would hardly be... Posted Oct 29 2009, 01:52 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, Functionality

• Meridian user forum

  Thanks to a news release published on AECcafe.com, I have learned that Meridian Systems, US-based provider of project management solutions including Prolog and Proliance, has created an online forum for users of its products. The platform - the screenshot... Posted Oct 29 2009, 01:36 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors, AEC, Functionality, People issues, Extranet, Web 2.0

• Coda2go + Salesforce strengthen SaaS Financials offer, but what about Business Collaborator?

  This week saw news of a partnership between US based software-as-a-service CRM vendor Salesforce.com and accounting systems vendor Coda. Why should I be interested? Well, Coda - since January 2008 part of Dutch ERP vendor Unit 4 Agresso NV -... Read More... Posted Oct 01 2009, 05:08 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS

• e-Grou Free Edition launched

  Mentioned earlier this summer (see post), Portugal based e-grou launched its free Software-as-a-Service document management system yesterday (30 September). Designed as a stepping stone towards adoption of the more fully-featured Professional and Enterprise... Posted Oct 01 2009, 01:42 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors, AEC, SaaS, Functionality

• Coming soon: tender.ly

  Found through a Twitter connection: It's almost ready. tender.ly is elegant and powerful web-based software, for Architecture, Engineering and Construction companies to conduct their tendering for suppliers and subcontractors. It's software that... Posted Oct 01 2009, 11:58 AM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Future, Vendors, AEC, SaaS, Functionality, Internet, Web 2.0