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[![Data Management for WANs](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hubfs/Editorial%20-%20Misc/2023_Cadalyst/2023_CAD%20Manager/2023-10_CADMAN-517/AdobeStock_340800337-600.jpeg)](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/data-management-for-wans) [Hardware](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/tag/hardware), [CAD Management](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/tag/cad-management), [Collaboration](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/tag/collaboration), [Data Management](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/tag/data-management), [bim](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/tag/bim) ## [Data Management for WANs](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/data-management-for-wans) ![Picture of Robert Green](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/robert2.png?width=50&name=robert2.png) [Robert Green](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/author/robert-green) Oct 11, 2023, 6:43:00 AM I get a good number of questions about how to best manage CAD and BIM data across wide area... 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[Read more](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/cad-management-is-less-about-cad-these-days) [![Managing Today’s Hybrid CAD Office](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hubfs/Editorial%20-%20Misc/2021_CAD_Editorial/2021_CADManNL_Archives/2021_CADMan%20Art/AdobeStock_60170232-450.jpeg)](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/managing-todays-hybrid-cad-office) [CAD Management](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/tag/cad-management), [Data Management](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/tag/data-management), [Building Information Management](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/tag/building-information-management) ## [Managing Today’s Hybrid CAD Office](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/managing-todays-hybrid-cad-office) ![Picture of Robert Green](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/robert2.png?width=50&name=robert2.png) [Robert Green](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadmanagement/author/robert-green) Sep 22, 2021, 8:33:00 AM I vividly remember sitting in a Parametric Technologies office in 1995 where we were told that... 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