Aconex Limited (ASX: ACX) was an ASX 200 listed public Australian company providing mobile and web-based

collaboration technologies Collaboration (from Latin ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. Most ...

for project information and process management (also sometimes described as

project management Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. T ...

or project extranet systems), on a

software as a service Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software. SaaS is co ...

(SaaS) basis, to clients in the

construction Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations,"Construction" def. 1.a. 1.b. and 1.c. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) Oxford University Press 2009 and ...

, infrastructure, power,

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic ...

, and oil and gas sectors. On 17 December 2017, 

Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization. The company sells da ...

 agreed to purchase Aconex in a deal valuing the business at A$7.80 per share (US$1.19 billion). Shareholders approved the takeover bid on 14 March 2018; Supreme Court of Victoria approval was granted on Thursday, 15 March 2018. Oracle now offers Aconex solutions via its Oracle Aconex platform.

History

Aconex was founded in 2000 by Leigh Jasper and Robert Phillpot to offer construction collaboration and procurement management services (its name is a concatenation of Australian Construction Exchange).Wilkinson, P. (2005) ''Construction Collaboration Technologies: The Extranet Evolution'' Taylor & Francis, London. However, due to low market interest in web-based procurement, it focused on expanding its online collaboration services, growing domestic revenue rapidly during the first half of the 2000s. By late 2004, Aconex had established a presence in the UK market, and was expanding into other regions including southeast Asia and the Middle East. Its overseas activity helped it win the 'Emerging Exporter' award in the 2006 Australian Export Awards. In September 2008, Aconex secured an A$107.5m private equity investment from US-based technology investor

Francisco Partners Francisco Partners is an American private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in technology and technology-enabled services businesses. Founded in August 1999 and based in San Francisco with offices in London and New York City, Franci ...

. It has since established a substantial presence in North America. By 2014, Aconex had served construction and engineering projects with an aggregate value of more than A$800 billion, across all major geographic markets, from more than 40 offices worldwide. The company completed its initial public offering (IPO) of ordinary shares on December 9, 2014 and was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the ticker code ACX. In August 2015, Aconex purchased the Incite Keystone platform from CIMIC group. In March 2016, Aconex acquired the Germany-based Conject Holding GmbH for A$96m. On 17 December 2017, Oracle bought Aconex for AUD 7.80 per share in cash.

Products / services

Aconex services include: * Construction project information and process management (managing processes, documents, drawings, building information models, communications, workflows, audit trails, and other project information online - both mobile and web access) * Construction field management (managing field inspections and issues from mobile devices) * O&M manuals (developing digital operation and maintenance manuals for post-construction handover to asset owner and dynamic management of asset information) * BIM (

building information modeling Building information modeling (BIM) is a process supported by various tools, technologies and contracts involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places. Building informatio ...

) data and process management (accessing and managing BIM models at the object level for project management) * Interface management (identifying and resolving interface issues on oil and gas projects) In 2011, the company launched an online bidding network, branded BidContender. In 2011 and 2012, the company launched Aconex Mobile - mobile applications (iPhone and iPad) for access to the Aconex online collaboration platform. In 2012, the company launched Aconex Field - a mobile field inspection and issues management solution for the iPhone and iPad, and an Android version followed in 2013. Also in 2013, the company launched Aconex Smart Manuals - a collaboration solution for the post-construction handover of digital operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals. In 2014, the company launched Aconex Connected BIM - an extension of the Aconex platform for BIM project collaboration - and Aconex Handover - a suite of post-construction handover solutions that includes Smart Manuals and Dynamic Manuals, a mobile solution for asset information management.''Aconex Launches Dynamic Manuals for Mobile Handover'',

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