1. © 2012 Autodesk Collaboration Systems – It’s good to share Martin Duke Business Systems Manager

2. © 2012 Autodesk Class Summary This roundtable session will discuss the issues around collaboration systems, drawing on the group's experience. The group will be invited to discuss the tools they use and why, the impact these tools have had on their business (both good and bad), and how they see the technology evolving over the coming years. Finally, we will discuss the impact social media has had or might have in enabling collaborative work sharing both within and external to organizational boundaries

3. © 2012 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to:  Advise your business on successful collaboration strategies  Define the key outcomes of moving your business into the collaboration space  Describe some of the strengths and weaknesses of the various tools on the market today  Understand how the cloud can be used for collaboration  Network with like-minded professionals

4. © 2012 Autodesk Collaboration Platforms  There are many options available in the collaboration space, and they offer a diverse range of features and functionality. What key features do you look for? For example:  Server side processing (publishing)  External access  Distributed architecture  Support for multiple CADD platforms  Integration with Windows features such as SharePoint and Active Directory  Workflows  Mobile access  Automatic File Naming

5. © 2012 Autodesk Key outcomes/business requirements When moving a business to a collaborative model whereby work is shared between multiple offices and regions what key outcomes and business requirements should be defined?  Accessibility  Security  Project cost savings  Ability to share work with low cost centres  Better project outcomes due to a single source of truth for data.  Reduced risk  Implementation and enforcement of standards

6. © 2012 Autodesk Impact For those that have made implemented a collaboration system, describe the impact that it has had on your business and on he way that you do business.

7. © 2012 Autodesk Impact of social media Social media is one of the huge growth areas of the last five years, do you feel that social media has had an impact on the collaborative space?

8. © 2012 Autodesk Thank You.

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