The Ontario Construction Report – April 2008 – PAGE OCR B3
Infinte Source Systems sponsors Symposium’s Cyber Café
Offers Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to GCs, owners, architects, and trades
STAFF WRITER – The OCR Construction Report Special Feature
Infinite Source Systems Corp. will again or capital costs.
operate the free Cyber Café at the OGCA “Recently, we introduced a new shop
Symposium – allowing visitors the oppor- drawing tool that allows consultants to re-
tunity to update emails, check in with your view and stamp shop drawings online,”
office or, if you wish, learn more about Sulpher said. “This product is unique to
ISSC’s powerful and value-packed re- ISSC and eliminates the need for multiple
sources. sets of shop drawings to be shipped to nu-
Steve Sulpher, ISSC’s vice-president of merous consultants and for the same
business development, says contractors, ar- markup to be copied seven or ten times.
chitects, engineers and subs can radically Post one copy of the document and every-
improve their productivity and reduce costs body can review and stamp the document
by using the company’s web-based software online.”
solutions. Instead of worrying about soft- “This resource is really helpful for the
ware compatibility and upgrades, you ob- architectural community. We have been
tain the package of services you require, working with architects for several months
customized to your needs, at reasonable and have had a very positive feedback that
cost. the tool has saved them a considerable
ISSC’s services reflect the increasing amount of time and effort in processing
trend towards remote hosting of software shop drawings,” Sulpher said. “Initial feed-
applications, known as Software as a Serv- back from GCs we’ve mentioned it to has
ice, or SaaS. ISSC services allow even also been very positive.”
smaller contractors to access resources and ISSC product PlanSource is a full-fea-
services formerly available only to much tured hosted online solution designed to dra-
larger businesses, without the high capital matically improve the document and
tion phase or a shop drawing management gain an understanding of how they can help
costs and rapid depreciation associated with information flow on projects. “Architects,
tool, PlanSource can be configured to suit your business achieve higher productivity at
much business software. With the combi- engineers, contractors and owners have
your needs. lower cost,” said Sulpher.
nation of frequent updates, reliability, and never had such a comprehensive solution,”
ISSC also works with construction asso- The Cyber Café is on the top floor in the
ability to connect operations in remote lo- ISSC says on its website. Whether you need
ciations and project news organizations in Bayview Executive Boardroom. You can
cations (a real issue for many contractors), a broadcast fax and e-mail tool, a commu-
providing Planroom Server resources. also visit http://www.infinitesource.ca or
ISSC products effectively increase produc- nication and document management tool
“At the OGCA symposium, you’ll be phone 1 866 294 6557.
tivity without adding to business overhead from bid solicitation through the construc-
able to see these resources first-hand and
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