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Tabletop Computing
Has it really already been two years since Microsoft debuted their innovative Surface tabletop computer? That’s a trick question – it’s actually been five years, a veritable eternity in the lifetime of any consumer computing product. Surface was supposed to be the first shot of a revolution in business and game computing, the vanguard of […]
05 / 17 / 12
MHN, CPE Now Digital-Only
Two publications that deliver news and insight about the multifamily and commercial sectors of the real estate industry, Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive, are moving to an online-only content distribution model. “We determined that the resources associated with printing and delivering are better allocated to giving our readers the absolute best content in the […]
05 / 16 / 12
Pam Morrison
Pam Morrison is a longtime employee and leader at RentGrow, a Yardi subsidiary in Waltham, Mass., who has great passion for her work as RentGrow’s manager of business analytics. She’s an expert on creating custom reports for clients and is excited about further integration of Yardi’s new business intelligence offerings, especially Yardi Orion for Sharepoint […]
05 / 16 / 12
Art at the Office
Yardi Systems’ Raleigh, N.C. team let their artistic sides loose last Friday to create temporary murals in one of their office conference rooms. The interim installation of cool employee-painted art, which will stay up during an office expansion, resulted in a variety of cool colorful murals. Here’s one of the most artistic from the Commercial […]
05 / 15 / 12
Bike to Work Day
Yardi employees in Goleta, Calif. are encouraged to join their coworkers in cycling to work on Tuesday, May 15 in celebration of Bike to Work Day. Tuesday is just one of many events organized in May in celebration of cycling. Those who ride to work can enjoy a free Goleta-wide breakfast sponsored by Yardi in […]
05 / 13 / 12
Let’s Move Together
Back in March we introduced you to Marilyn Hansen, programmer, runner, and charity volunteer extraordinaire. This month, Marilyn has organized a team of Yardi employees to participate in the Santa Barbara Arthritis Walk, a yearly event put on by the Arthritis Foundation and one of their major fundraising events. Arthritis is the most common cause […]
05 / 11 / 12
3D Printing
3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing and stereo lithography) utilizes an extruder to construct objects a single layer at a time, in varying micron thicknesses, according to the specifications of a CAD program. These printers can use a wide range of materials, from various plastics and PVC, to aluminum and titanium. Watch as a […]
05 / 11 / 12
Share Our Strength
This week, Yardi Systems’ Santa Barbara office held a bake sale with a fabulous variety of treats – from red velvet cupcakes to toffee-crunch chocolate cookies to parfaits to peanut butter buckeyes – all to benefit Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale, which raises money to prevent child hunger. With 1 in 5 kids […]
05 / 09 / 12
ALFA Honor
Yardi and Pathway Senior Living, a Yardi client, have received the 2012 Best of the Best Award in the technology adoption category by the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), it was announced Monday, May 7. The award recognizes contributions from Pathway Senior Living, a Top 80 assisted living provider, to Yardi’s development of the […]
05 / 07 / 12
Cost of Conservation
Energy conservation, resource preservation, personal health and the environment have taken priority in recent revisions of building codes. Few would claim that such issues are negligible. Problems arise, however, when architects, builders and owners are faced with a myriad of costly code standards that may not be able to yield desirable returns. Adapting the 2009 […]
05 / 07 / 12
Food Bank CENC
Yardi Systems’ philanthropic efforts take on many forms, from monetary donations to employee-powered efforts to benefit and serve their communities. Sometimes the contributions are a combination of both. One of the most impressive food drives conducted at Yardi’s offices is the collection made on behalf of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. […]
Joanne Massey
Joanne Massey is the controller for Sundance Square, the renowned Fort Worth property management firm owned by the Bass family that controls 35 city blocks of the city’s downtown core, including numerous historic buildings, and is considered one of America’s most successful urban revitalization efforts. But her interest in cool stuff from the past doesn’t […]
05 / 03 / 12
Julie Bradley
Julie Bradley is known for her efforts to deliver great customer service to her Yardi Voyager clients, who rave about her custom reports and willingness to go the extra mile. But there are a lot of things they might not know about Julie – like her status as a member of MENSA, that she’s a […]
05 / 01 / 12
Bed Bugs Bite
Bed bugs have re-emerged in the multifamily housing industry after a nearly 50 year sabbatical. Not since World War II has the US experienced such an infestation. According to reports released by the National Apartment Association, bed bug-related reports have increase by more than 60 percent since 2004. In the past, property owners turned to […]
04 / 30 / 12
5 Takeaways from AIM
This year’s Apartment Internet Marketing (AIM) conference, which concluded today in Phoenix, definitely put the “social” in social media by the sharing of information between hundreds of multifamily executives. Conference panelists included people across the gamut of the industry, including speakers from Yelp, apartmentratings.com, Google and many others. And we can’t leave out the stuffed […]
04 / 27 / 12
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