• Corporate News
  • Prolog Survey: What Would You Include in the 2005 Prolog Release?
  • Proliance Verified as Reliable, Secure and Manageable in Microsoft Certification
  • IUC 2004 General Session Footage Now Available
  • BrightFire Engineering: New Asia-Pacific Partner
  Product Tips
  • Enhanced Password Encryption
• Customer News
  • Award Winning Prolog Customers
• Industry News
  • CMMA/FMI Owner Survey
  • We Can't Keep Meeting Like This
  • AEC Blog: Diggin' Deeper

Corporate News

Prolog Survey: What Would You Include in the 2005 Prolog Release?

As many of you heard firsthand at IUC 2004 last month, you can expect to see a lot of positive changes in the Prolog product line in 2005. As users and advocates of Prolog, your opinions and recommendations are invaluable to continuing Prolog's superiority. So, we ask that you assist us in prioritizing the feature candidates for our next major Prolog release (planned for mid-2005).

Click on the title above to request our web-based survey (listing roughly 150 features that have been grouped into themes—e.g. Reporting, Budget/Cost, etc.). Once you access the survey, please rate the items that interest you. Using your feedback as a guide, we$B!G(Bll determine which items are most greatly needed in our next major Prolog feature release. Thank you, and be sure to provide feedback before December 3.

Proliance® Verified as Reliable, Secure and Manageable in Independent Microsoft Certification

Proliance completes three Microsoft Windows® Server 2003 certifications

Proliance passed three rigorous operating system certifications: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition. The extensive certification testing was developed by Microsoft Corp. and establishes an unprecedented technical standard to identify applications that are secure and manageable, and that run reliably on the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. Read the release for the complete details.

IUC 2004 General Session Footage Now Available

Get your CD of IUC 2004 General Session Footage

Our cameras were rolling, and we caught all the informative tidbits revealed in the four general sessions of the conference. Contact iuc2004@meridiansystems.com or (916) 294-2068 to get your copies. Please specify if you would like footage of an individual session or of all four general sessions.

Meridian Systems^® Enters Global Reseller Agreement with BrightFire Engineering

Meridian expands Asia-Pacific presence, signing systems integrator serving the AEC markets of Asia-Pacific

As Meridian's exclusive Certified Global Reseller for Singapore and Malaysia, BrightFire will support the selection, implementation and adoption of Prolog. BrightFire will draw on its industry expertise gained with clients like the Singapore Ministry of Environment, Mitsubishi Corporation and Hong Kong MTR. Read the release to find out more about BrightFire and how the partnership fits into Meridian's long-term goals.

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Customer News – Award Winning Prolog Customers

McCarthy, J.A. Jones International, and Prolog® Awarded by Constructech

Construction/technology magazine recognizes companies for demonstrated commitment to effectively improving revenue through technology

J.A. Jones International and McCarthy Building recently received Constructech Vision Awards for using Prolog. J.A. Jones has extended the power of Prolog by integrating the project control solution with a custom-developed time tracking system, while McCarthy has used Prolog as a part of an international, corporate-wide initiative to streamline construction processes.

Learn more about the J.A. Jones International and McCarthy projects and their Constructech Vision Awards.

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Product Tip of the Month – Prolog

Enhanced Password Encryption

By Andrea Chase and John Hodgson, Meridian Senior Support Services Technical Analysts

Did you know that Prolog 7.20 SP2 now offers two levels of password encryption for your Prolog database? Take a look at this month's tip to learn more.

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Industry News

CMAA/FMI Survey

Owners say start-up and completion continue to challenge construction projects

Although the construction process is not rocket science, the industry faces pressure to construct evermore complex projects in shorter time spans with equal or greater success. In this survey, owners from the private and public sectors reveal their concerns with this difficult situation. Among these concerns—collaboration, asset commissioning and late involvement from CMs.

We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

By Tim Kress, Projects@Work magazine, November  2004

Sometimes an established project meeting has deteriorated so badly that the project manager must end it once and for all. Here are some common symptoms and possible corrective actions before you pull the plug.

AEC Blog: Diggin' Deeper

By Judy Schriener, Editor-in-Chief, Construction.com

Ever heard of a 'blog'? It's a Web log, an ongoing "journal" of facts, snippets, observations, opinions and analysis. Many companies from Microsoft to CNN are using this innovative new form of communication to build better relationships with their clients. Diggin' Deeper is brought to the AEC industry by Construction.com Editor-in-Chief Judy Schriener. In her blog, Schriener gives views on construction-related movies, growing construction businesses, the AIA, the link between project management and facilities management, and anything AEC. Comments are welcome and, in fact, encouraged!

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