April’s edition of CoreNet’s magazine, The Leader, is out, featuring an article about recent technology trends by Ernst & Young’s Real Estate Advisory practice. In the article, E&Y artfully describes different strategies for technology, data management, and support – especially in light of the continuing trend of outsourcing key CRE services.
Additionally, E&Y predicts the comeback of “Best of Breed” solutions.  Best of breed solutions are generally point (standalone) systems that perform one function very well.
“With data essentially becoming portable, applications can be more closely tailored to the specific processes employed by …

Visual Lease is excited to announce the release of Visual Lease 10.1, which includes an enhanced lease management dashboard. The new dashboard provides high level visibility of key data for real estate decision makers, managers and lease administrators. The major components of the dashboard are:

Critical Date Reminders – Provides an x-ray view into the entire real estate portfolio to identify upcoming expirations, options, rent bumps and more for each lease.
Cost per Measurement Unit – Instant cost information with filters.
Expirations – Annual total of expiring area.
Rentable Area Breakdown – …

Check out Peter Boritz on CPN.com’s Real Tech blog discussing the benefits of real estate technology in today’s economy. Specifically, Peter addresses Software as a Service (SaaS) and how low startup and monthly fees can save money.