After a statement from Autodesk sounded to some that it was discontinuing development of its ConstructWare online project management software, owners of half-billion-dollar construction projects became concerned, reports ENR.com in Collaboration Tool Feels a Chill And Hearts Skip a Beat.
But an email from Jay Bhatt, senior vp of Autodesk’s AEC Industry Group, assured them: "The purpose of this e-mail is to tell you we are, in fact, investing in the development of Constructware and moving the product forward."
Again we see the danger in entrusting data to the cloud -- in this case, limited to a few days of worry. The only solution we can trust, however, consists of perpetual licenses for software running on our own servers -- aided by backups to an external site.
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