Two Yardi commercial real estate clients were recognized this month with prestigious Digie Award honors from the technology-focused conference and networking event Realcomm. Deutsche Bank Wealth & Asset Management was recognized for “Best Use of Automation in Real Estate Investment Management” and Stuart Appley of Shorenstein received a “Digital Impact Award” for his contributions as an industry visionary. According to Realcomm’s website, the Digie Awards (the name stands for “Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation Awards’”) were created to single out “companies, real estate projects, technologies and people that have gone above and beyond to positively impact our industry through the use of technology, automation and innovation.” Yardi is a recipient of numerous past Digie Awards for the innovation contained within its technology products, and this year the company’s energy efficiency monitoring platform, LOBOS, was a nominee. You can hear Yardi Senior Vice President of Global Solutions, Rob Teel, talk about the product’s role in the commercial technology platform in this video. Stuart Appley – Shorenstein Appley has been with Shorenstein since 2007 and serves as the company’s CIO. A self-described “cloud evangelist,” with a technology focused Twitter account, he has been responsible for pushing Shorenstein’s technology platforms into the realm of today’s best practices. The company chose Yardi to be its technology provider several years ago. “It was time to automate a lot of different parts of the business, and Yardi’s system was the only one that has the breadth to allow us to do that,” Appley noted. Realcomm recognized Appley as “an industry visionary and early adopter of an ‘all in’ cloud strategy for the business of commercial real estate,” who “elevated IT from a tactical to strategic role pursuing a business transformation through technology.” “Real estate, traditionally, never spent any money on...
Digie Awards
Honor for Voyager 7S
Realcomm recently announced the winners of the 2014 Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation Awards (AKA the “Digies”), including an award for Best Real Estate Technology Innovation, which was won by Yardi Voyager 7S. The latest and most advanced version of Voyager, Yardi’s flagship property management and accounting software, is used by thousands of clients to manage millions of apartments, commercial rentals and other property around the world, was lauded for: Comprehensive ERP incorporating both front and back office Extensive cloud-based architecture Incorporates comprehensive suite of mobile applications Yardi Voyager 7S works with all Internet browsers and is tablet compatible. In the following video, Rob Teel, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions, talks about integrating the front and back office with the power of Voyager 7S. Teel, who accepted the award for Yardi at Realcomm’s recent conference, commented: “We are thrilled to be recognized by Realcomm for our innovation with Voyager 7S. We live in a mobile world, and it was really important to our clients that our flagship Voyager product line be available on the go through tablets and multiple Web browsers. We would also like to congratulate the 1,000+ clients that have already upgraded to Voyager 7S.” In addition to Yardi’s Digie Award, a number of clients were also recognized at Realcomm and IBCon for exemplary accomplishments involving use of technology, automation and innovation. They included: Best Use of Automation – Commercial Services CBRE – Los Angeles Office Development of leading-edge open space design concept Digitization of all documents to enable mobile environment Collaborated with Google to create Liquid Galaxy experience Best Use of Automation – Property Management Arcadia Management Group Highly automated tenant maintenance, mobile inspections and procure to pay Consistent willingness to take risks with new technologies Commitment to educate and share knowledge and experience with the industry Most Intelligent Building Projects – Office Portfolio Detroit Portfolio – Bedrock Developed a comprehensive portfolio-wide smart building strategy Integrated an extraordinary number of disparate systems Willingness to share successes and failures with the industry Best Use of Automation – Real Estate Investment Management Deutsche Bank Wealth & Asset Management Created a comprehensive integrated platform for investment management Demonstrates strong project management and execution of large-scale technology implementations Continual improvement and automation of complex business processes Best Use of Automation – Retail KIMCO Realty Development of advanced leasing, budgeting/forecasting and business intelligence applications Continual willingness to interact with peers and take leadership role Implemented advanced web-enabled lighting solution Most Intelligent Building Projects – Office Building Pennzoil Place – Transwestern Developed complete and comprehensive vision for a smart building Design concept blended a balanced integration of both IT and BAS Created a revenue stream by selling broadband back to tenants Most Intelligent Building Projects – Retail Taubman Implementation of broadband network throughout retail mall portfolio Continually striving to find new and innovative ways to enhance the customer experience Created new revenue stream by providing broadband services to tenants Realcomm has been awarding Digie honors since 1999. Yardi has earned many of the awards, including one in 2013 – also for Digital Technology Innovation – for Yardi Leasing Pad, the mobile leasing application. For a full list of the 2014 award winners, see: http://realcomm.com/advisory/advisory.asp?AdvisoryID=643 Congratulations to all of the...
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 of use, accessibility for various types of users, and individual customizations to fit a business’ specific needs. “Orion was conceived to solve an industry-wide problem. Companies were struggling to implement SharePoint in a way that it could be used effectively with a property management system,” said Rob Teel, senior vice president of commercial and investment management for Yardi. “The Orion framework solves the problem of security and integration between SharePoint and Voyager.” This is Yardi’s fourth Digie award. The company also earned recognition for its products in 2005, 2008 and 2009. For more on the award and Yardi Orion for SharePoint, read the full press release on...
