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BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Exploiting the Financial Power of Data

Marketing and Global Programs
Altus Analytics

conomist Intelligence Unit research found a clear link allows you to centralize data and unify information from multiple
between data focused organizations and financial property management systems, and all departments—leases,
E performance. Organizations who rated their use of data accounting, investments, loans, etc.—giving you the complete
as substantially ahead of their peers were three times more picture of your portfolio. With all your data in one place, you can
likely to also rate their financial make insightful, trustworthy busi-
performance as being substan- ness decisions and easily give your
tially ahead. clients the data they need.
However, a significant
portion of the commercial real Universal Accessibility
estate sector still maintains “Cloud is about how
antiquated techniques in data you do computing,
management and analytics,
preventing them from pro- not where you do
ducing best in class reporting computing.”
and accessing cutting-edge —Paul Maritz
analytics that can allow them
to make the best informed The cloud provides one integrated
investment decisions. In an data source for all users across the
increasingly competitive globe, and changes are made in re-
marketplace, these outdated techniques waste valuable time, al-time. Departments can share and access the same information,
perpetuate easily avoided errors, and leave you at an informa- thus avoiding redundant data/versions and increasing opera-
tion disadvantage. tional efficiency. Clients can be given access to their data when
To date, many large real estate investors have been forced they need it. With mobile access, you can walk into a meeting
to spend large sums of money to develop and implement and access portfolio statistics, geographic analysis, and provide
proprietary solutions that enable them to collate, standardize, financial models ‘on the fly’. Access to all the tools you need to
and report on data from multiple sources. Others have imple- create value is at your fingertips—anywhere, anytime.
mented property management software, despite the mismatch
between the capabilities of these systems and the needs of Automated Data Governance
investors. Still more use unreliable spreadsheets to do this “If data is the new oil,
essential work. Cloud-based business intelligence software now it needs to be refined for best use.”
allows all real estate organizations to access the latest in data
and reporting technology. With cutting-edge analytics and in- With automated data verification, you can rest assured your
sight, you can put your business at the forefront of the industry. investment decisions and client reporting are based on trust-
worthy data and focus on delivering value for your clients.
See the Big Picture Powerful business rules eliminate time-consuming manual
“The greatest value of a picture is when it work and propensity for errors. At the same time, data standards
forces us to notice what we never provide consistent, comparable data across all regions and asset
classes. You can therefore measure performance and benchmark
expected to see.” —John Tukey across your whole portfolio. With the latest in data governance
A data warehouse incorporating leading data standards can technology, businesses can effortlessly optimize data quality
help you effortlessly aggregate data from multiple sources. This better than ever before.

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