YASC 2016

Welcome to Anaheim

By Leah Etling on Sep 21, 2016 in News

ANAHEIM, Calif. – In his keynote address opening the 2016 West Coast Yardi Advanced Solutions conference, Anant Yardi focused on how Yardi helps its clients succeed.

“We want to hear about what works for you, but also what does not work for you,” Mr. Yardi told the 1500 event attendees at the Anaheim Hilton. “The purpose of this conference is to continue that dialogue. Our focus is your success.”

In a multimedia presentation that highlighted some of the many ways that Yardi clients are advancing their businesses with Yardi software, there was also a focus on upcoming technology transitions.

Though Mr. Yardi is a fan of Uber and uses it regularly for business travel, he isn’t sure that company’s testing of a driverless vehicle model is the answer.

“We’ve all had interesting conversations with Uber drivers,” Mr. Yardi noted, recounting one he recently had with a young mother in Dallas who hopes to become an IT professional. He left the car and handed her a generous tip to use toward her education. A driverless car wouldn’t have offered that human connection, he noted.

“The purpose of innovation needs to be helping clients succeed and helping people associated with the enterprise,” Mr. Yardi said.

He acknowledged two significant milestones for the company this year – surpassing 5,000 employees globally and being named to the first ever Forbes Cloud 100, a list of the world’s outstanding, privately held cloud companies.

“It’s an amazing acknowledgment and we are very proud and privileged to be part of this select group,” Mr. Yardi said. He also shared that the company has recently updated its cloud infrastructure to make it even more robust and secure – without disrupting service to clients.

“Our job is to protect your data in the cloud,” Mr. Yardi said.

A closing video featuring employees from many of the company’s 35 global offices projected the enthusiastic spirit and goodwill that is a long-standing part of Yardi corporate culture.

YASC continues through Friday in Anaheim. Follow #YASC2016 on social media for news and updates.