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Embracing package management in time for the holidays

Brace yourselves. Packages are coming. The holiday season is upon us, and if packages haven’t already flooded the leasing office at your multifamily property, then just give it time. With the influx of packages, it can be an exciting time for multifa…

IBM to acquire Red Hat, another win for openness

This week, IBM announced its intent to acquire Red Hat (read the press release here), making a huge leap into open source and hybrid cloud, and doing so in a way that a more traditional IBM may have never considered — by embracing openness and …

Congratulations to all MRI Innovation Award winners!

We’d like to applaud all who were honored at the inaugural MRI Innovation Awards! Presented at the 2018 International Users Conference in Atlanta, these awards were given to clients who have embraced the power of the open and connected ecosystem and …

Hats off to the partners that made IUC 2018 possible!

This year’s International Users Conference in Atlanta was an overwhelming success, and so we’d like to thank our wonderful partners whose continued support is essential to the MRI Ecosystem. We want to give special shout outs to our Diamond Sponsor…

How REIT technology can help overcome challenges

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) aren’t just challenged by the need to comply with various requirements; they also deal with a higher level of risk than some of their private equity counterparts. The ultimate goal of REIT technology is to minimi…

How technology can improve pension fund management

People are living longer now than ever before, and while that should be celebrated, the real estate side of pensions funds recognizes that this creates a unique challenge for their pension fund management. These pension funds need to determine the op…