May 2008 Archives

Most of you who have seen my presentations have heard me make the claim that the Adobe product LiveCycle Rights Management, formerly known as LiveCycle Policy Server, is the future of security for the AEC industry.  So what is LiveCycle Rights Management and how does is fit into your AEC workflow?  LiveCycle Rights Management policy protects documents down to the document level.  When you think about how you manage security today you are managing it at the application level.  Most AEC companies have a Document Management application like Documentum, ProArc, etc. which protects the access point and what a user can or cannot do.  Such as a user may have rights to a folder and they can view the document in that folder or even download.  When a user downloads the document you now have lost full control of that document.  LiveCycle Rights Management applies a policy to the document and you can maintain control even if the user has downloaded the document to their hard drive, burned it on a CD, put it on a thumb drive, etc.

This is an eSeminar that you don't want to miss!  You have heard about all the great functionality we have put into Adobe Acrobat to address the needs of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry, now it is your opportunity to hear how several customers are using it to address their mission critical business needs.  This event will be moderated by Steve Jones - Business Development - McGraw Hill Construction and will include presentations from John Moebes - Director of Construction - Crate & Barrel, Shawn Pressley - Director of PM Systems and Development - Hill International and Paul Connolly - Project Automation Department Manager - Fluor.  They will be discussing how they are streamlining communication, improving productivity, and reducing costs by standardizing several of their processes on the pdf file format.  This is an All Star lineup of presenters and a webcast that you don't want to miss!  The eSeminar will be held on Wednesday May 21st at 10 am PST or 12 pm CST.  You can register for the event here. 

Last week on Monday and Tuesday something very ground breaking happened.  Fiatech held a Technology Vendor Workshop in Houston and invited all the members that were technology providers to have a round table discussion on how we were going to support ISO 15926.  Why is this ground breaking?  Well the discussion was focused on how we were going to work together.  Yes, that’s right, technology competitors coming together to address the needs of the industry.  Companies participating in the first meeting were:  Adobe, Aspentech, AVEVA, Bentley, COADE, Dassault Systems, Intergraph, Innotec, Metegrity, Noumenon, NRX and Oracle.

Alright New York City & Houston, here I come.  I will be presenting the Adobe Engineering Seminar live and in person at the Marriott Marquis in NYC, Tuesday May 6th from 9 -12 pm EST and at the Marriott Westchase in Houston, Thursday May 8th from 9 - 12 pm CST.  You can register for the events here and we will be taking onsite registrations as well.  The events are FREE and there is no charge.  This event will be well worth the 3 hrs that you invest.  I will be demonstrating live Acrobat, Acrobat Connect and LiveCycle.  I have a full agenda, and I am really looking forward to it.  Recent feedback from one of the live events was "I thought I was using 50% of the features that Acrobat offers, after the presentation I realized I was using less than 10%, but I could be using 75%-100%!".