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The Four IT Guys

How Does YOUR IT Guy Respond to a Security Audit? Just last week I was interacting with four organizations regarding signiﬁcant information security vulnerabilities I had identiﬁed. Each had a dramatically different reaction to the news that they had issues to deal with. It reminded me of the Jewish Passover Seder (ritual feast), during

CCAR’s New RETS Transport Idea

25MayMatt CohenProfessionalstandards

One of the exciting changes in the RETS community has been the formation of the “Research and Development Workgroup” (R&D WG), which solicits and review submitted business cases from the real estate community and identifies how RESO can contribute to the benefit of that business process. The submitted cases are reviewed with representatives from

Re-Missioning the MLS Organization

3OctoberMatt CohenProfessionalmls

Matt Cohen’s Kickoff Speech for CMLS 2008 The long-term relevance of MLS organizations has been questioned at numerous conferences and on Internet sites over the past few years, but I believe these organizations are uniquely qualiﬁed and positioned to deliver technology and support needed by the industry. If we determine strategically what the MLSs

Bill Chee’s Wisdom

25JulyMatt CohenProfessional

Inman News reported today that ex-NAR president Bill Chee, who delivered the “Lions Over the Hill” speech in 1993, now says that his fears of Microsoft and other threats to real estate industry at the time turned out to be unwarranted. In hindsight that may be true – but one should consider that Bill’s

Future of MLS Features (2008)

8JuneMatt CohenProfessionalmls, technology

A Look Ahead – Far Ahead Introduction The purpose of this paper is to generate discussion on possible MLS system future features by providing a big picture view of the changing relationship of real estate professionals with each other and with consumers, the changing relationship of local and regional MLSs with each other, and