Out of the Trenches: A Year in Review & What’s Ahead for CIOs in 2017
Another Year Coming to an End As 2016 draws to a close, I’ve been checking in with some of our colleagues in the industry about how the year has gone and how they see 2017 shaping up. Three distinct areas have emerged as top of mind for many: security, sourcing,...
Out of the Trenches: A Video Conversation with Dipesh Shah, InvenTrust
There is an ongoing conversation within the commercial real estate industry and its ‘Everything as a Service’ (EaaS) model for IT service delivery. This was a topic at several Realcomm 2016 sessions, including the effect of this model on the emerging role of the CIO. Dipesh Shah, SVP & CIO...
Companies Will Migrate to the Cloud
TecFac’s TeamWorkAnyWhere solution provides competitive pricing and turnkey high-touch migrations to Microsoft Office 365, Citrix ShareFile, and a hosted Skype for Business platform with integrated PSTN calling, providing a highly integrated single platform for true Unified Communications. Here is what you need to know about cloud migration. Watch our Cloud...
Out of the Trenches – A Video Conversation with Joe Rich, Tishman Speyer & Tom Taddeo, Kimco Realty
Joe Rich, CIO at Tishman Speyer and Tom Taddeo, CIO at Kimco Realty are this year’s Realcomm Advisory Council Co-Chairs. They join us for our first video Out Of The Trenches in which we discuss current focuses for commercial real estate IT including cloud services and cyber security, the changing...
Out of the Trenches: Tech Talk with Jesse Carrillo, Hines
Jesse Carrillo, SVP & CIO at Hines, has been a colleague and friend since we both served as Realcomm Advisory Council Co-Chairs in 2010. Jesse has a strong reputation for running a tight ship; one that embraces best practices, is efficient and cost effective, and fosters innovation and agility. Our...
Realcomm Advisory: Interactive Technologies and the Maturity of Office 365 and Skype for Business
A key capability for any enterprise to succeed is the ability to gather timely, accurate data, assign meaning to that information, and make decisions based on the information in an agile manner that responds rapidly to changing market and business conditions. In the commercial real estate industry, technology teams generally...
Skype For Business – Perfect For CRE
Skype for Business has emerged as the state of the art for Unified Communication. Voice and video calling, presence and instant messaging, conferencing and desktop collaboration are all one click away in a single platform. Team members know when each other are available through presence and can choose the channel...
The State of the Union and Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity was a focus in President Barrack Obama’s State Of the Union address tonight. The President has focused on cybersecurity in a series of speeches in which he has called for better safeguards against identity theft, improved privacy protection, and enhanced cybersecurity for the government and private companies. The recent attack on Sony Pictures highlights...