OSCRE
OSCRE Update
by Adam Mackay | Wed 25 Nov 2009 17:05:21 |
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Following on from my recent news about the potential merger of PISCES and OSCRE (for more information on the PISCES standard, please see my earlier blogs) I am delighted to confirm that the merger has gone ahead.
Stephen Spooner, OSCRE Chairman said the following:
I am very pleased to announce that we have now completed the merger of PISCES and OSCRE Americas.
Retaining the name Open Standards Consortium For Real Estate (OSCRE), and our not for profit status, our unified global consortium can now fully realise the vision of maximising value in the real estate industry through open interoperability among real estate information systems; an effort founded on common business interests and internationally accepted information technology standards.
Operating as a global consortium mirrors the scope and business objectives of OSCRE members. Merging the operations and more closely integrating global standards development and adoption activities to match the increasingly global needs of the real estate industry was always a goal in PISCES and OSCRE Americas development. Now, having reached this milestone, we are eager to provide a setting where consortium members and strategic partners can gain new levels of efficiency and effectiveness....
More of this statement is available via this link: http://web.pisces.co.uk/OSCREx/eNews/MemberNews20091120.htm
The OSCRE web site is here: http://web.pisces.co.uk/oscrex/default3.aspx
Watch this space. More information on Trace's involvement with OSCRE will follow soon.
PISCES and OSCRE to merge?
by Adam Mackay | Tue 20 Oct 2009 16:00:33 | 0 comments
In the past I have mentioned the PISCES standard on this blog.
PISCES is a data exchange standard for the property and legal markets that will enable data to be passed from one PISCES compliant system to another. This vastly simplifies the old way of importing data which used to be very time consuming. And if your lawyer also uses a PISCES compliant system, they new leases could be exported and passed into your property system as a new property and lease record. Without further manipulation. Quick, easy, accurate.
OSCRE is the American standard and PISCES and OSCRE have been working together for a time. PISCES and OSCRE Americas have fomed a joint taskforce to consider a merger. It is reported that initial talks have been constructive with a merger now expected to take place in early January 2010.
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