BEGINNINGS
TWENTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Office 2 Office started in 1987 as A+ Computer Software at the time the IBM PC was just hitting the market.Our dream was to create software that would handle the mundane day-to-day chores of running an Architectural practice. This would inevitably free up the design professional to allocate more to design rather managing the office. This in turn would eventually lead to better designs in general. However, the market was too new and the design firms of the time were not prepared to enter the digital age. A+ Computer Software produced a software package called the Administrator. The goal of this package was, as it’s name implies, to administer all of the non-design functions in an Architectural office. This meant dealing with change orders, shop drawings, drawing logs, payroll, billing, etc. The Administrator was used in several forward thinking Architectural practices during the late 80’s and into the 90’s.
New Technology
Fast forward 17 years. The technology arena developed software that would take advantage of the collaborative nature of the Internet, which by this point was in full swing Recognizing the emergence of new technologies A+ Computer Software became Office 2 Office. And so, our staff began the job of migrating the vision that we had of producing software that would assist in stemming the tide of information.
Expanded Vision
However, our vision has now expanded to include sharing information between offices that are part of the project team for a construction project. The internet, and its prevalence in the workplace, has proven to be invaluable to the vision of Office 2 Office. The internet has allowed us to create an online communication and documentation tool that ties all of the project team members together in ways that were previously not possible. Office 2 Office has also benefited from the emergence of the concept of Web 2.0. This idea, seen in services such as Facebook and MySpace, has eased the transition from antiquated paper systems to a more digital environment allowing for a concentrated flow of information between offices as necessary.
With Office 2 Office, the entire project team