{"id":9245,"date":"2013-12-27T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=9245"},"modified":"2021-02-03T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T23:54:10","slug":"yardi-year-in-review-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/yardi-year-in-review-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Yardi Year in Review: Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back. Over the course of 2013, we featured many exciting milestones for <a title=\"Yardi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi<\/a> here on The Balance Sheet. It was a year of strong growth for m<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/12\/shutterstock_80099416-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_80099416\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>any of our clients, and Yardi\u2019s products evolved to help support their goals and plans in the world of real estate.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the stories we featured that you might not want to miss.<\/p>\n<p>Find the highlights from January to June, published yesterday, <a title=\"Yardi year in review Part I\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/insight\/yardi-year-in-review-part-one\/9242.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>July<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Realcomm announced the winners of the 2013 Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation Awards (AKA the \u201cDigies\u201d), including an award for Best Real Estate Technology Innovation, which was won by <a title=\"Yardi Commercial Leasing Pad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/technology\/digie-awards\/7283.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi\u2019s Commercial Leasing Pad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yardi acquired <a title=\"Pierce-Eislen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/data-driven\/9186.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pierce-Eislen<\/a>, a real estate research and reporting firm focusing on the multi-family industry.<\/p>\n<p>Teams from <a title=\"Yardi Pune\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/learn-earn-and-return\/7337.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi\u2019s Pune, India office<\/a>, selected a local non-profit organization to benefit from their \u00a0collaborative volunteer efforts.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dennis Shelly\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/dennis-shelly\/7386.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dennis Shelly<\/a> retired from Yardi after serving as a shipping assistant in the Santa Barbara office for eight years. In his free time he mentored at-risk kids.<\/p>\n<p>REALTORS\u00ae and Multiple Listing Services expressed concern about the practice of \u201cscraping\u201d exercised by some listing aggregators. <a title=\"Point2 listing scraping concern\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/taking-back-data-control\/7544.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Point2 took a stand.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>August<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Additional options for credit screening, including a new solution being offered by <a title=\"Yardi Resident Screening\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/product\/YardiResidentScreening.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi Resident Screening<\/a>, help address the issue of potential renters who lack credit scores.<\/p>\n<p><b>September<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yardi Atlanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/yardi-atls-new-green-home\/8226.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8227\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/09\/mansell-collage-300x106.jpg\" alt=\"mansell collage\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" \/>Yardi Atlanta<\/a> moved to a new, \u201cgreener\u201d home. Mansell Overlook, the new location, received LEED Gold for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>When <a title=\"Saul Klein\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/saul-klein\/8127.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saul Klein<\/a> realized the incredible potential that the Internet held to change the business of real estate, he was way out ahead of a forthcoming revolution. Today, he\u2019s a widely renowned industry expert and part of the Yardi team.<\/p>\n<p>Top-rated teachers from our bi-annual YASC conference offered their advice about which classes to take at the event. Their timeless insight is valuable for any <a title=\"YASC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/tips-from-the-teachers\/8067.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">future YASC attendee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>October <\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8452\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/10\/MG_2430-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The room was packed for CEO Anant Yardi's opening session remarks at #YASCLA.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The room was packed for CEO Anant Yardi&#8217;s opening session remarks at #YASCLA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We released a new version of our flagship product that is browser and device agnostic, generating great excitement from clients and prospects industry-wide. <a title=\"Yardi Voyager 7S\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi Voyager 7S<\/a> is here.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off <a title=\"Fall YASC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/fall-yasc-news\/8443.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall YASC 2013<\/a>, Yardi Systems founder and CEO Anant Yardi addressed to 1,450 Yardi clients about the future of technology and the habits of the multifamily industry\u2019s newest renters.<\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade, Yardi has provided the software platform that powers the <a title=\"NY State MTA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/new-york-state-mta\/8567.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York State\u2019s Metropolitan Transit Authority<\/a> Real Estate Department\u2019s \u00a0financial record-keeping and reporting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/walk-in-payments\/8667.html?doing_wp_cron=1387394416.4989190101623535156250\">services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Walk-in Payment Processing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/walk-in-payments\/8667.html?doing_wp_cron=1387394416.4989190101623535156250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walk-in Payment System<\/a> (WIPS\u2122), available as part of Yardi Payment Processing\u2122, was introduced as a solution alternative to accepting cash and money orders.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yardi and WhiteFence integration\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/technology\/renting-and-moving-whitefence-yardi\/8209.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi and WhiteFence<\/a> integrated their platforms so that renters have an easier renting and moving experience than ever before.<\/p>\n<p><b>November<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that Yardi\u2019s flagship system, Yardi Voyager<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, is also the software of choice for a <a title=\"Dubai shopping center managed by Yardi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/yardi-around-the-world\/8776.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ground-breaking shopping center<\/a> in Abu Dhabi, Dubai?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8869 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/11\/geoff_green_nancy_alexander_gordon_morrell-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Morrell, right, served as the auctioneer for The Fund for Santa Barbara's Bread and Roses fundraiser on Oct. 12 at QAD in Summerland. With him are Geoff Green, executive director of The Fund for Santa Barbara, and Fund founder Nancy Alexander. Credit: Rochelle Rose, Noozhawk\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yardi <a title=\"Gordon Morrell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/gordon-morrell\/8868.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COO Gordon Morrell<\/a> was featured on a UC Santa Barbara blog for his exemplary accomplishments as an alumni of the university.<\/p>\n<p>Using Yardi\u2019s RentCafe end-to-end marketing and leasing solution, Tarragon has been able to offer online leasing, responsive marketing websites, marketer and children\u2019s book illustrator <a title=\"Jane Griffith\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/jane-griffith\/8599.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jane Griffith<\/a> told us.<\/p>\n<p>Yardi Voyager is used by companies and agencies around the world. But a training session for Yardi\u2019s flagship product had probably never been delivered in <a title=\"American Sign Language, Yardi training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/signing-voyager\/8886.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Sign Language<\/a> (ASL) until 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Natural disasters both abroad and at home were devastating for the Philippines \u2013 where Typhoon Haiyan killed nearly 6,000 people \u2013 and in Illinois, where tornadoes destroyed more than 400 homes. Yardi has a long track record of <a title=\"Yardi helps disaster victims\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/relief-and-recovery\/9192.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">providing financial assistance<\/a> to disaster victims, and that tradition continued.<\/p>\n<p><b>December<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Each year, <a title=\"Yardi CSD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/people\/celebrating-csd-week\/9101.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi\u2019s customer support team<\/a> \u2013 better known as CSD \u2013 celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of its many associates with help from clients. We recognized them, too.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/12\/voyager7S_screen_shot_hr-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"voyager7S_screen_shot_hr\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yardi eLearning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/easy-yardi-training\/9127.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi eLearning<\/a>\u2122 is the gateway to hundreds of company-sponsored online training classes for two clients that are already using the new product to streamline their training efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past five months, more than 500 Yardi Voyager<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> clients\u2014with the number growing daily\u2014have adopted the browser-agnostic, mobile-enabled <a title=\"Yardi Voyager 7S\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/500-strong\/9229.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yardi Voyager<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> 7S<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><i>Wow, what a year! We can\u2019t wait to see what 2014 will bring. Wishing you a safe and happy new year, and the best of everything in the year to come.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back. Over the course of 2013, we featured many exciting milestones for Yardi here on The Balance Sheet. It was a year of strong growth for many of our clients, and Yardi\u2019s products evolved to help support their goals and plans in the world of real estate. 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