"We are finding ourselves using a lot more hosted solutions for different functionality, so we need a basis for managing those integration [points] in a partially connected scenario, because you can't always guarantee connectivity to those solutions," he said. "Our field offices are widely distributed with varying reliability for connection on a construction site. It is a question of being able to work in a connected and disconnected mode and queueing up [data] to be delivered later as connectivity comes up again."

The software began shipping at the end of January.