How to Overcome Technological Challenges with Graphisoft | GRAPHISOFT

This guide explores how Graphisoft software products can help architectural firms navigate challenges like cyber-attacks, natural disasters, and global pandemics, fostering resilience and ensuring sustainable growth. This guide offers insights into creating comprehensive Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery plans, essential for firms striving to lead in the competitive architectural industry.

1. Getting Ahead of Data Security With Graphisoft BIMcloud

Although better-known cyber attacks happen to larger firms, data shows that around 43% of cybercriminal attacks target small businesses. Media-covered cyber attacks might create a false sense of security for smaller firms, leading to vulnerable information for ransomware attacks and cyber security breaches.

As architectural firms' most valuable asset is their information, protecting it from cybercriminals should be a priority. Most mid-sized businesses don't survive the six-month mark after a data breach because some aspects of recovering data include:

• Time to reinstate lost files and project data
• Loss of intellectual property or sensitive site data
• Loss of revenue due to operational disruption

Having a cyber attack recovery plan and implementation of a data protection system might be critical to long-term survival. Using Graphisoft BIMcloud keeps data safe, with:

• Multi-level backups
• Pre-emptive monitoring and warning systems
• HTTPS protocol for secure data handling
• Backup and version rollback functionality
• Comprehensive user activity logs

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2. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Emergency response plans and disaster recovery strategies ensure business continuity during emergencies such as natural disasters, fires, floods, and pandemics. Additionally, they encompass protocols for addressing data loss from hardware failure, theft, or accidental mobile device loss.

BIMcloud offers off-site file storage and enables teams to collaborate on the same Archicad project file from any location worldwide, irrespective of internet connection speed or reliability. Additionally, it facilitates real-time team messaging, ensuring seamless communication even during forced office closures.

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3. Accessing technological advances

Tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) present new opportunities for architectural firms. These innovations can foster creative expression, facilitate remote collaboration, improve project accuracy, and enhance operational efficiency. Accessing these advancements allows architectural firms to remain competitive and engage clients. Graphisoft BIMx enables architects to incorporate VR experiences into their projects, using hardware like Google Cardboard or the Apple Vision Pro. These tools can also save time during the concept phase of a project, as text-to-image prompts alongside basic geometry to create photo-realistic high-level concepts are supported by Archicad’s AI Visualizer tool.

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