The most common system that serves both as a content management and a knowledge management system is the old school Windows File System and it is holding A/E/C/O firms back from working faster and making smarter designs.

As ArchVision began contemplating entering the crowded content management market we spent a lot of time trying to identify what was missing. We have dabbled in content management over the years as we attempted to provide solutions to manage our RPC subscription content and provide customers with easy ways of managing thousands of pieces of content. We learned a lot over the years and developed some philosophies to build on.

One of the observations we’ve made regarding the current state of content management is the strong reliance on two tools to manage your company’s files be they on a WAN/LAN or in the cloud; the ability to create and name file folders and the name of files themselves. I don’t have to tell you how limiting those tools can be. Our only option for decades we’ve all become somewhat numb to the pain.

I attended Autodesk University 2018 in Las Vegas week before last along with several others from the AVAIL and ArchVision teams. That included participating in the Autodesk developer conference on