Posts by: Yardi Blog Staff

Traveling Light

Apps for the road

The holiday season is official upon us. Whether you’re traveling near or far to visit friends and family this year, there are dozens of smartphone apps you can download to help you get where you’re going – and help you navigate a new city once you get there. Here are a few recommended apps to […]

Technology

Smart Phone Virtualization

Solving BYOD security concerns

“Virtualization” is one of the hottest buzzwords in the IT world today. Virtualizing servers has become a common practice in most large IT shops. We have recently seen the introduction of virtualization with graphics processing cards (GPUs) And of special interest to executives and IT professionals exploring Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for their business, […]

News

Yardi Supports NAAEI

Major gift for Capital Campaign

The National Apartment Association’s Education Institute Capital Campaign announced a $500,000 contribution from Yardi Systems this week. “Yardi has a strong commitment to the industry and our future work force,” said NAAEI President Bill Wollinger, CAPS, SHCM, President, WinnResidential, Boston. “We thank the entire Yardi team for the confidence they have placed in NAAEI in […]

Technology

Inbox Overload?

Sanebox offers a solution

SaneBox has itself a catchy name. More importantly it has an effective solution to the burgeoning problem of inbox overload: automatic management, effortless prioritizing, and a robust schedule of tools to improve convenience and functionality. If you have a high-volume inbox or multiple email accounts and not enough hours in the day to tend to […]

News

A Trendy Infographic

From RentCafe

If you keep an eye on the latest news from the multifamily industry, then you probably already know that apartment renting is the current hot housing option of choice for Americans from all walks of life. The recent recession helped fuel renters’ desires to downsize, cut down on commute times and steer clear of massive […]

Technology

Fact or Fiction

Newsworthy Facebook Updates?

The saying that if it bleeds it leads has been around for ages, but with TV stations and various news channels competing with the internet for attention it now seems that there’s less emphasis on fact and more emphasis on first to run. Rushed stories are reported as news without taking the necessary time to […]

News

Welcome New Readers

From the Editors

This week we are pleased to welcome all of our new readers to the Yardi Systems corporate blog, The Balance Sheet. This is a place where you will find interesting profiles about our clients and employees, technology news, insight into real estate industry trends, and more. As an industry leading technology companies, Yardi wants to […]

People

Fay Chester

Yardi

Fay Chester hasn’t always been a competitive athlete. Heck, she hasn’t always been an athlete. A member of Yardi’s Professional Services Group in London, Fay told us she “was very much the person to avoid sports at school…but this situation changed and I realized taking up a sport and an interest outside of work was […]

Technology

Let’s talk smartphones

Apple Conference 2012

Ever since Apple’s rebirth as a tech leader, the company’s release conference is one of the most talked about industry events of the year. The tight-lipped culture of Apple usually means that Mac rumors were largely speculative – no one on the outside really knew what to expect until the day finally arrived. While there […]

Technology

Google Fiber

TV + Internet, not cereal

While it is true that Google Fiber contains no vitamin D or riboflavin and in no way contributes to a healthy diet, it does promise some fun prizes in the bottom of the box: 1000mB/second = 100x faster that average Internet speeds Hundreds of channels, plus NetFlix, Hulu, YouTube all in one place Optimized HD […]

News

Inman Connect

Syndication a hot topic

The Inman Connect event with over 1000 attendees was held in San Francisco this past week, and Yardi’s Saul Klein, Senior Vice President of Point2, sat on a Syndication panel with other industry leaders, and moderated by Bradley Inman, founder and publisher of Inman News. Also participating on the panel were Spencer Rascoff, CEO of […]

Technology

Google Handwrite

Search, no typing required

If you have a touchscreen mobile device, Google is adding a third search feature to the usual typing-voice command combo. If you have an iOS5+ device, Android 2.3+ phone, or Android 4.0+ tablet, starting right about now you have the option to hand write search requests directly onto the screen. Here’s a peek at the […]

Technology

Surface Tablet

Competition for the iPad

Earlier this month, Microsoft pulled an Apple move and debuted its new Surface tablet to a hushed crowd of tech media bigwigs. It had all the hallmarks of a classic Steve Jobs production: a rented out art studio space, regal staging, and fanfare designed to shock & ahhh. This aggressive cribbing from the productions that […]

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Digie Award for Orion

For real estate technology innovation

Yardi Orion™ for SharePoint®has earned a prestigious industry honor from Realcomm for Real Estate Technology Innovation. The Digital Innovation Award (Digie) recognizes Orion’s significant contribution to automation of real estate business intelligence, document management and portals. Released earlier this year, Orion is currently being implemented by numerous Yardi clients, who are thrilled with its ease […]

People

Jo Marie Ziegler

DTN Management Company

You never know where life’s journey will take you. Jo Marie Ziegler didn’t start life as a Michigan resident or envision a career in the property management industry, but that’s where she ended up. In 1990, Jo Marie and her husband, Amos, moved to the Great Lake State so he could study at Michigan State […]

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