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• Not a free press release service

  I don't republish company's press releases on this blog. Last week I received an email asking: "We are interested to publish our company news in Extranet Evolution; I could not navigate the place to find the details of how to... Read More... Posted Nov 20 2009, 03:20 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Blogs, Web 2.0

• ADePT Management

  I attended the November meeting of the London Constructing Excellence Club last night, and heard a presentation by Andy Newton of Adept Management, talking about the Analytical Design Planning Technique (ADePT) and supporting software and services. I... Posted Nov 11 2009, 05:27 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Future, AEC, SaaS, BIW, Functionality, Web 2.0

• 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

• 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

• Collaboration at heart of future ICT, says SCRI

  (This is a slightly amended version of a post from my pwcom2.0 blog.) This morning I discovered a SCRI Research Report, Future Generation of IT (PDF), published in June and reporting on discussions held at a 'vision planning workshop' hosted.... Posted Nov 02 2009, 03:45 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Future, AEC, SaaS, People issues, Internet, Web 2.0

• 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

• Bye-bye BT Workspace, Hello Glasscubes

  In early 2007, I wrote about BT Workspace, a Software-as-a-Service that the UK telecoms giant was offering to small and medium-sized businesses. Built on a modified version of the Microsoft SharePoint platform by US company SMBLive, BT Worskspace offered... Posted Oct 29 2009, 12:37 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, AEC, SaaS, Functionality, Extranet, Web 2.0

• Memoori upgrade

  In August 2008, I wrote about Memoori (see AEC-specific search), and having since met the company's founder Jim McHale a few times (most recently last week), I can say the product, while still a little raw in places, is developing... Read More... Posted Oct 23 2009, 12:02 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, AEC, Functionality, Blogs, Web 2.0

• 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

• Woobius wins £23,000 at PICNIC

  I wrote again about Woobius a couple of weeks ago, noting that its real-time mobile collaboration solution, Woobius Eye, had reached the final of the Vodafone Mobile Click 2009 competition. Last Friday, in a Dragons Den-style appearance before judges... Posted Oct 01 2009, 10:49 AM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Future, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, Functionality, Web 2.0

• A first look in the Incite Toolbox

  In June (as I posted), I met Sean Kaye and Michael Baker of Australia-based construction collaboration vendor Incite. We talked about Incite's new project collaboration tool and platform, Incite Keystone, amid a wide-ranging chat about collaboration... Posted Sep 22 2009, 07:05 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors, AEC, SaaS, Functionality, Internet, Blogs, Web 2.0

• Asite community revisited

  Back in June, I wrote about construction collaboration vendor Asite's revamped website and its new social media features. Three months later, I had a quick look to see how the Asite community has been developing.... Blog posts have been a... Read... Posted Sep 22 2009, 10:24 AM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Marketing, Vendors, AEC, Functionality, People issues, Extranet, Blogs, Web 2.0

• Good numbers from 4Projects

  Latest results, for the 12 months up to 31 March 2009, show that UK-based construction collaboration technology vendor 4Projects enjoyed its most successful year to date. According to the latest returns submitted to Companies House, revenues grew 24%... Posted Sep 03 2009, 01:07 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, People issues, Extranet, Web 2.0

• More design review applications

  A couple of years ago (2 March 2007, to be more precise), I noted the emergence of some marketing-related online applications, ConceptShare and ReviewBasics, that allow, for example, graphic designers to share brochure and advertising designs with their... Posted Sep 02 2009, 10:09 AM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, AEC, SaaS, Functionality, Web 2.0

• Newforma targets the UK

  On the same day last week that I swapped emails with Knowledge Architecture's Chris Parsons (see post), I read in AECcafe.com that New Hampshire, USA-based AEC software vendor Newforma was forming a user community in the UK (see Newforma Users...... Posted Aug 17 2009, 06:03 PM by Extranet Evolution Filed under: Collaboration, Marketing, Future, Vendors, AEC, Business/Financial, SaaS, BIW, Web 2.0