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		<title>Conference Recap: MRIS CIO &#8220;Powers Up&#8221; At Executive Leadership Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the 2012 Washington DC CIO Executive Leadership Summit.  This conference featured Chief Information Officers and business leaders from around the Mid-Atlantic region including many larger well-known firms such as Marriott, IBM, Comcast, etc.  It was uplifting to see most companies were emerging from the worst economic [...]


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		<title>Is Your Firm Ready to Manage Mobile Devices Containing Corporate and Personal Data?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday Sept. 30, 2011 that Research in Motion, the manufacturer of BlackBerry, has been struggling with how to market their new tablet device. RIM only shipped 200K PlayBooks for the three months ending in August, Apple shipped 9.3M iPads. Winner: Apple. To increase sales, RIM was trying to decide: [...]


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		<title>Have You Had Your Annual IT Checkup?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#160;weren&#8217;t able to&#160;attend last month&#8217;s MRIS&#160;Real Estate Technology Conference, in Silver Spring, MD, I&#8217;m sure you&#160;heard that you missed a great show. We saw the latest technology products,&#160;heard&#160;thoughtful ideas from great speakers and&#160;learned about&#160;upcoming MRIS product enhancements. An&#160;important&#160;question to ask yourself&#160;after this conference is:&#160; When is the last time you had an&#160;information technology (IT) [...]


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		<title>Top Technology Trends to Watch in 2011, part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Collaboration. Are you looking for ways to get more value from each dollar you spend? Why not let technology help you get the value you need? Enhanced collaboration tools and global services are creating new capabilities for brokers and agents.  Collaboration tools such as video conferencing, telepresence and shared electronic workspaces are growing in [...]


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		<title>Top Technology Trends to Watch in 2011, part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MRIS_CIO_Michael_Belak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology Trend #2:  Mobile Devices Stage Fast Growth. The age of desktop computers is going the way of the dinosaurs.  Just like in earth&#8217;s evolution millions of years ago, a similar Cambrian explosion has occurred with mobile technology.    Most individuals think of smart phones when they hear mobile devices.  The mobile device market is much larger [...]


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<li><a href='http://mrisblog.com/blog/top-technology-trends-to-watch-in-2011-part-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Top Technology Trends to Watch in 2011, part 3'>Top Technology Trends to Watch in 2011, part 3</a> <small>Global Collaboration. Are you looking for ways to get more value from each dollar you spend? Why not let technology help you get the value...</small></li>
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		<title>Top Technology Trends to Watch in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 13:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology products continue to emerge at an ever increasing rate.    The key question(s) I&#8217;m often asked is:  Which of these new technologies will be the most helpful to my business?  How do I know which products will actually increase revenues?  Will this new product really help me be more efficient and lower my costs?   While reviewing specific vendors and products can be [...]


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<li><a href='http://mrisblog.com/blog/top-technology-trends-to-watch-in-2011-part-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Top Technology Trends to Watch in 2011, part 2'>Top Technology Trends to Watch in 2011, part 2</a> <small>Technology Trend #2:  Mobile Devices Stage Fast Growth. The age of desktop computers is going the way of the dinosaurs.  Just like in earth&#8217;s evolution millions...</small></li>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Real Estate Standards Association (RESO) held their Spring 2011 Conference earlier this month.   This group manages the Real Estate Transaction Standard (RETS) that MLS, brokers, vendors, etc. use in our industry to exchange information electronically.   The event was well attended by real estate industry vendors, MLS and NAR staff.   I’d still like to see [...]


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<li><a href='http://mrisblog.com/blog/mris-response-to-inmans-mlss-dont-have-to-supply-rets-feeds/' rel='bookmark' title='MRIS response to Inman&#8217;s &#8220;MLSs don&#8217;t have to supply RETS feeds&#8221;'>MRIS response to Inman&#8217;s &#8220;MLSs don&#8217;t have to supply RETS feeds&#8221;</a> <small>Matt Carter with Inman News recently published the article &#8220;MLSs don&#8217;t have to supply RETS feeds&#8221;, below is MRIS&#8217; CIO Mike Belak&#8217;s response Summary MRIS...</small></li>
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