More and more companies are determining whether or not the cloud is right for them. This CIO blog post by Shane O’Neill, published October 7, 2011, explores some of the pros and cons. A new Forrester report reveals surprisingly high adoption rates for Sharepoint 2010. Is this an indicator of Office 365 cloud migrations to
Getting money from institutional investors can seem futile, even to successful managers. According to a Financial Post article by Barry Critchley, published August 16, 2011, one company seems to have found the key to the cash. Raising funds from institutional investors can be a thankless task even if the manager has a successful track record.
According to a blog article by Wall Street Journal’s A.D Pruitt, published August 18, 2011, descending stock markets may hinder recovery in Commercial real estate. The stock market is tumbling again, but will trouble in the wider economy derail the recovery in commercial real estate? There are reasons to worry. As The Journal wrote this
This PWC report summary on emerging Canadian real estate trends describes a market almost unscathed by the recession, but some interviewees are concerned that the Canadian market may not be home free yet. Visit PwC Global Real Estate website to download the entire Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2011® report. While Canada’s real estate markets
The following Enhanced Online News (EON) article, published August 16, 2011, reports on Yardi’s announcement of a new acquisition which will allow them to provide more integrated solutions for clients: SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--Enhanced Online News (EON)--Yardi announced today that is has acquired Multifamily Insurance Group (MIG), allowing the company to provide ResidentShield renters insurance products
Is your company effectively managing its data? Managing data is a major problem for many in the commercial and residential real estate industry. Increasingly, I have been working with real estate companies to implement various SharePoint solutions to help them with accuracy, control and access of their data. Below are a number of data issues
As SharePoint begins to become more popular, you may ask whether or not SharePoint is right for your company. Many thanks to SharePoint Magazine! They have written several articles to answer some difficult questions in this area. One article in particular, that we at Lynx Systems have found extremely beneficial, is “7 Pregame Questions Executives
Lynx Systems has been focusing on SharePoint for the Real Estate industry especially for users of Yardi and MRI software. We have found an interesting entry on the Microsoft ECM Team Blog by Adam Harmetz which we have posted below. You’ll find some good points on Records Management and SharePoint 2010. To kick off the discussion, here
Whether Yardi, MRI, JD Edwards, Newstar or other property management software you are using, data conversions are sometimes just part of running your business. Unfortunately, the conversion process can be cumbersome and painful. Howard Mednick, our senior programmer, recently gave a “tongue in cheek” slide presentation on this topic. The slide presentation is below: Why
Below is a Dilbert comic strip that was recently forwarded to us from a client. Very funny!! What’s funny is that it is so true. Read contracts carefully – you may be surprised what you can lose.