ARCHIBUS Named Autodesk ISV Partner: Partnership to Offer Single Source for Sales and Support of ARCHIBUS and Autodesk Software Solutions.BOSTON -- ARCHIBUS, Inc., the #1 provider of real estate, infrastructure and facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. solutions in the world, has been named an authorized Autodesk Independent Software Vendor (ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. ) Partner. The ISV Partner designation from Autodesk, Inc., the world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets, enables ARCHIBUS to be a one-source solution for clients who recognize the benefit of pairing the ARCHIBUS solution for real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management with complementary building and construction information from Autodesk solutions. Autodesk products covered under the partnership include AutoCAD([R]), AutoCAD([R]) Architecture, Autodesk([R]) FMDesktop[TM] and the Revit([R]) series of software products. "ARCHIBUS has been pleased to be an Autodesk partner since 1983 and we look forward to expanding our relationship, "says ARCHIBUS President and founder Bruce K. Forbes. "Since 1987, we have been the #1 AutoCAD-based infrastructure and facilities automation solution in the world. For fiscal year 2007, the expenditures for ARCHIBUS related products and services are once again forecasted to exceed $1.7 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). Until now, however, the organizations of our 4,000,000+ end-users had to procure the ARCHIBUS and Autodesk products separately. ARCHIBUS' status as an Autodesk ISV Partner will enable our users the convenience of purchasing, from a single source." "When you implement ARCHIBUS and Autodesk together, there's no doubt that you'll get best-of-class results based on global best practices and benchmarks," Forbes adds. "Each year, by optimizing their infrastructure and facilities assets, ARCHIBUS users save their organizations billions of dollars through increased productivity, operating cost reduction, and structural cost avoidance Cost avoidance is a management accounting term referring to an expense one has avoided incurring. It is commonly used in the field of energy management to describe the energy costs you avoided due to energy management initiatives. . ARCHIBUS' seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with information silos An information silo is a management system incapable of reciprocal operation with other, related management systems. A bank's management system, for example, is considered a silo if it cannot exchange information with other related systems within its own organization, or with the and point solutions is remarkable and can be rapidly deployed in less than 90 days. In 2008, it is our belief, that through extended partnership with Autodesk and our global expansion programs, the activities related to ARCHIBUS will exceed $2 billion (USD)." Enterprise-Scale Savings ARCHIBUS functionality, the most extensive in the real estate, infrastructure, and facility management arena, offers an open and highly scalable platform, over 10,000 thousand off-the-shelf reports and Web templates A web template is an element of a web template system that is used to rapidly generate and mass-produce web pages through a pre-defined schematic, layout, or finite number of programming language instructions. , a robust database schema The definition of a database. It defines the structure and content in each data element within the structure. Schemas are often designed with visual modeling tools that automatically create the SQL code necessary to define the table structures. See subschema and XML schema. , and open architecture enabling seamless information exchange with other ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems such as SAP([R]), Oracle([R]), and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software product from Microsoft. The product is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance, manufacturing, customer relationship management, supply chains, analytics and electronic ([R]). In addition, it offers Best Practices methodologies for Autodesk integration. The combination of ARCHIBUS and Autodesk solutions gives organizations of any size: * Easy access, maintenance and analysis of facilities information * Value-added integration to Real Estate, ERP, GIS and CMMS CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management System CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software CMMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMMS Conceptual Model of the Mission Space CMMS Center for Multilingual Multicultural Studies systems * Collaborative tools for greater productivity and profitability * Accelerated deployment and positive results in as little as three months The over 25-year relationship between ARCHIBUS and Autodesk has produced notable product synergies that have made ARCHIBUS one of the few business information applications the world's largest publicly-traded international oil and gas company has standardized on. In addition, global telecommunications giant, Telefonica, reports savings in excess of EU968 million from implementing ARCHIBUS in combination with Autodesk. In this deployment, Autodesk software was used to mine real estate and building graphics in order to visualize strategic choices. Forbes went on to say, "With over 1,600 ARCHIBUS Business Partners around the globe, we believe that our participation in the Autodesk ISV Program will enable us to provide an even more remarkable ARCHIBUS/Autodesk Experience for our customers." About ARCHIBUS, Inc. ARCHIBUS is the #1 global provider of real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management solutions and services with expenditures for ARCHIBUS-related products and services exceeding $1.7 Billion (USD). With ARCHIBUS, organizations of all sizes and their outsourcing partners can use a single, comprehensive, integrated solution to make informed strategic decisions that optimize return-on-investment, lower asset lifecycle costs, and increase enterprise-wide productivity and profitability. More than 4,000,000 ARCHIBUS users collectively manage over 5,000,000 properties, with organizations reporting facilities-related cost savings as high as 34%. With over 1,600 ARCHIBUS Business Partners, local and regional support worldwide is available in over 130 countries and in over two dozen languages. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New , ARCHIBUS, Inc. has pioneered real estate, infrastructure and facilities management software technologies since 1982 - when it developed the world's first integrated CAFM CAFM Computer Aided Facilities Management CAFM Certified Automotive Fleet Manager CAFM Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy CAFM Commercial Air Freight Movement (computer-aided facilities management) system. For more information, visit www.archibus.com. About Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has developed the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art digital prototyping Digital Prototyping is a word that has been used in the MCAD space for more than a decade. It reimerged around 2007 and has became a discussion topic with trade media and industry analysts. Daratech dedicated one of their online newsletters to the topic. solutions to help customers experience their ideas before they are built. Fortune 1000 companies rely on Autodesk for the tools to visualize, simulate and analyze real-world performance early in the design process to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation. For additional information about Autodesk, visit http://www.autodesk.com |
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