Dear Reader,

We head into 2011 with very exciting news on the horizon for both our industry and for GRAPHISOFT. There is a revolution presently underway in the IT industry: the emergence of mobile technologies hooked up to the Internet through cloud services is changing how we communicate and ultimately how we do business. Information ― and the access to it ― has become a commodity, and users are demanding 24/7 access - even in the AEC industry. Technology experiments are already underway for BIM data as well; what is not yet 100% clear is the optimal level of authoring highly sophisticated data such as BIM models from mobile devices and/or in the clouds. The GRAPHISOFT BIM Server was the very first "cloud–enabled" BIM solution for live access to BIM projects through standard Internet connections. Check out our recorded Webinar explaining how this technology can be used in both large and small practices, enhanced with OPEN design collaboration workflows to the engineering disciplines. Tune in for ongoing innovations from GRAPHISOFT in the mobile/cloud domain in 2011. We hope you enjoy reading about other news and information from GRAPHISOFT's global community. Please don't hesitate to share your opinion with us about what you have read here or what you would like to see covered in future issues.

The GRAPHISOFT Team