The Internet Clicks with the CAD/CAM Crowd

摘要

In case you haven't noticed, the campaign to win new business-and keep existing busi ness-begins with an Internet strategy. No where was that more evident than at the recent National Design Engineering Show in Chicago, where traditional vendors and start-ups sent attendees two clear messages: we're in the Internet game, and we can put you in the game, too. For example, Carol Bartz, Autodesk chairman and CEO, explained to an audience of press and analysts that Internet-based e-collaboration and e-commerce are going to bring incredible improvements to the design process. Autodesk's vision of how to move design to the Internet involves a three-pronged strategy: