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RIB Software AG: Entry into 6D Big Data technology

DGAP-News: RIB Software AG / Key word (s): Acquisition RIB Software AG: Entry into 6D Big Data technology

30/07/2014 / 16:19

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30.07.2014

Einstieg in 6D Big Data technology

RIB Software AG (RSTA) will acquire 100% Scandinavian market leader Byggeweb A / S (Docia), Copenhagen (Denmark)

Stuttgart 30 July 2014. RIB AG takes over 100% of the Scandinavian market leader for 6D technology. With the acquisition of the Cloud (SaaS) company Byggeweb A / S extends the RIB AG your global competence for Digital Planning and Building.

Docia is Scandinavia’s leading provider of cloud-based software to collaborate in the field Project Management (PM) and facility management (6D). The Docia-collaboration applications but also operates in a number of other sectors such as infrastructure, transport and offshore. The company currently supports over 7,000 customers and 110,000 users in over 20 countries worldwide and serves more than 850 construction projects simultaneously.

Docia is a fast growing cloud software company with a strong team, strong growth and great potential. In the rapidly developing cloud software market, which will take up more drive generally expected in the next few years, the cloud specialist is a fixed size. Docia has been able to secure contracts for the supply of online project management and facility management solutions for a significant part of the construction projects in Scandinavia and the UK. In addition, global projects, for example in the Middle East, the U.S., Asia and Europe.

The integration of cloud-based project and facility management platform into the Big Data technology iTWO 5D will influence the thoughts and actions in the global construction industry again profound. RIB has the big data platform iTWO 5D established as a working group, which brings together all parties involved in a construction project using an integrated model-based platform. Next iTWO will now be further developed into a 6D Big Data platform, which moreover also supports model-based facility management processes. The aim of the collaboration is to plan construction projects in terms of quality, time and costs for investment and maintenance, first on a virtual level, and only then to begin with the actual construction work. Also the use of the building after its completion is supported throughout the cloud.

Dr. Hans-Peter Sanio, CTO of RIB Software AG: “With our Big Data Cloud platform iTWO 6D, customers can manage their project and facility management processes online and make decisions in real time access to the data and their. processing via desktop applications in the browser or on mobile apps like iTWO 6D Control Tower for the project and maintenance control or via Quick Capture (an app for fast data acquisition) of Docia, with the defects on site quality assurance and inspection purposes on smartphones and Tablets can be captured “

As Thomas Wolf, Chairman and CEO of RIB Software AG:”. The Big Data platform iTWO 6D is no longer an issue for the future, but right now the art. The 6D cloud computing represents a new major global trend within the construction industry dar. According to research conducted by the United Nations survey, the number of Internet users has increased worldwide in 2013 alone by 11% to 2.3 billion. Starting from a share of the construction industry of 13.4% of global GDP, we estimate the global potential for construction-specific 6D Big Data applications in the cloud to more than 100 million users. We want to expand our market-leading position in the construction segment in this area using our cloud platform iTWO 6D. “

The RIB Group

The RIB Software AG is a leader in the construction industry . The company designs, develops and markets the iTWO technology for construction companies in the world. iTWO is the world’s first Lizenz-/cloudbasierte Big Data BIM 5D enterprise solution for this industry. since its foundation in 1961, the RIB Software AG pioneered innovations in the construction sector , for the research and deployment of new technologies and new ways of thinking and ways of working to increase productivity in the construction sector and thus helps to make the construction industry one of the most progressive industries in the 21st century. RIB has its headquarters in Stuttgart and is conducted since 2011 in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. With over 600 qualified employees in more than 30 global offices, RIB 100,000 customers, including construction companies, property developers, owners, investors and governments, including in the fields of construction, infrastructure and EPC.

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Company: RIB Software AG
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