Kalexo News

Introducing the âSimply Teamworkâ Blog

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:43:18 +0100

We decided to create a parallel blog to the official Kalexo Blog called Simply Teamwork. The idea is that here we will cover a wider spectrum of collaboration topics, in addition to things that are related to Kalexo Teamwork. Also, we plan to use this forum to link to other companies that we find interesting, and are entertaining the notion of inviting guest bloggers. So please take a look and tell us what you think! ...

How we use Amazon Web Services

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:28:35 +0100

Kalexo uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) extensively to run our service. If you donât know, AWS is a cloud infrastructure provided by Amazon (yes, the online bookstore) that essentially provides compute power and storage in a pay as you go fashion. AWS is really interesting for startups like us who do not want to be bothered with managing an own data center, at least in the early stages while the company is growing. In fact, AWS is a great enabler for many software startups because of the r ...

What is Kalexo Teamwork?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:19:16 +0100

Kalexo Teamwork is an unified project collaboration tool for professionals in project-based industries such as design, engineering, construction, architecture, and media & entertainment. Our goal is to break the collaboration barrier between multiple firms working together on a project by providing single application that everyone can use (irrespective of firm) to securely communicate and collaborate over a virtual private network, and incorporating all the most commonly used tools on ...

Cross organizational project work â breaking down the collaboration barrier

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:25:06 +0100

The Nobel Prize winning economist Ronald Coase explained that firms exist to minimize the communications overhead within and between teams. This refers to the cognitive load of having to process information, like figuring who should do what, whom to trust, and so on. This is especially interesting in the context of project-based industries where large projects can only be completed by many firms closely collaborating with each other. ...

Kalexo announces updated unified collaboration suite for project-based industries

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:59:45 +0100

Sept 10, 2009 â Burlingame, California. Kalexo today announced the release of Kalexo Teamwork 5, the companiesâ next generation unified collaboration software for project-based industries such as design, engineering, manufacturing, construction, architecture and information technology. Kalexo Teamwork is the worldâs first on-demand unified collaboration software to combine rich-media task and file management with modern communication tools to increase project velocity and reduce project r ...

Kalexo Teamwork just got supercharged!

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:20:39 +0100

Kalexo Teamwork Version 5 is raising the bar on unified project collaboration & communication software for project teams. We've taken the feedback from many of you and added several new features and made quite a lot of improvements. So if you have not seen Kalexo Teamwork recently, we encourage you to take a fresh look, and we believe that you will be pleasantly surprised. Some of the new features in Kalexo Teamwork 5: A new groundbreaking "thread" model that is designed to collect e ...

Google Wave on steriods?

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:45:03 +0100

Google Wave has certainly grabbed the attention of a lot of folks recently. If you have not heard yet, Google plans to blend the best aspects of Email and Instant Messaging into a real-time collaboration tool. A âwaveâ is essentially a real-time document where all participants can edit at the same time. Since the Wave announcement, a lot of people that are involved in complex project management have started wondering how they might catch the wave themselves. And here at Kalexo, we are asked ...

Why is my project such a mess?

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:10:49 +0100

If youâve been a member of a project involving many people and organizations, you probably wondered why some projects can go from doing fine, to doing badly, and then to catastrophe so quickly. For the pessimist, it is like everything is programmed to go wrong and there is pretty much nothing anyone can do about it. For others it is Murphyâs Law, and they let the cards fall where they may without giving it a second thought. Others wonder why? If youâve given it some thought like us here ...

Announcing Kalexo Teamwork 5

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:41:05 +0100

Kalexo has been hard at work over the last few months adding a whole slew of new features to our product. Our market focus is also changing to include other project-based industries than just Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC). Kalexo Teamwork 5 has a much more capabilities around file sharing and collaboration around files, in addition to streamlining the user interface and simplifying concepts. To get a quick overview what it all means, we have a short 4 minute video overvi ...

A closer look at Kalexo

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:04:15 +0100

Paul Wilkinson from Extranet Evolution wrote an article about Kalexo Teamwork describing the user interface and the perspective of one of our users, Steve Boak from Buro Happold.

Best Practices for Integrated Project Delivery

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:44:08 +0100

Integrated Project Delivery is on everyone's lips these days, and is quickly becoming the new buzzword in the AEC industry. Deeply collaborative delivery processes backed by appropriate legal frameworks do not only make financial sense, but is also a great path to sustainable design and buildings. This is because both IPD and the LEED certification process promotes early stake holder participation. If you are wondering how you can get started on IPD, you are not alone. Not many IPD projects h ...

Kalexo introduces Integrated Project Delivery Platform for the AEC industry

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:48:49 +0100

New IPD platform increases project velocity and reduces project risk Feb 17, 2009âBurlingame, California. Kalexo today announced the availability of Kalexo Teamwork, the first Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Platform for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) and other project-intensive industries. Integrated project delivery is a deeply collaborative process leveraging the talents and insights of all participants in design & construction through the ...

Follow us on Twitter

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:35:08 +0100

To get a real-time feed of what is happening at Kalexo HQ, you are welcome to follow us via Twitter.Â Whenever something of note happens here, we will post a short note on Twitter, and if you like, you can be notified immediately.

Integrated Project Delivery - More than BIM !

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:29:21 +0100

When you think of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), do you automatically think of Building Information Modeling (BIM) ? If so, you should keep in mind that projects are built by people, and not CAD tools. Even the best people make mistakes, forget things, or might not know what is important in a specific situation. Your BIM information model might be cool and save you money, but it is only is as good as folks that work on it.