GGP Systems has developed an app to let field-based workers do live searches for council records on smartphones and tablets. Designed to make it quicker and easier for housing providers to access records held in different local authority departments, the application provides access to records via a central address database and can be used on…
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GIS innovation from Cadcorp user group
Cadcorp’s housing user group event in London at the beginning of February highlighted some of the ways in which housing providers are using GIS and mapping as a strategic tool for their business operations. Steve Litchfield and Dean Ballard described how Orbit Group is using GIS as a business intelligence tool for analysing and presenting…
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Rocket Software releases VfM software
Rocket Software, in conjunction with the housing consultancy PHHS, has just released new software specifically designed to help housing providers test, measure, manage and deliver on-going improvements in value for money (VfM) on their own terms. Rocket’s new V3a software is a scorecard and analytical tool based its CorVu system and lets organisations define and…
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MET partnership with Visualmetrics
MET has announced a partnership with Visualmetrics, the business intelligence and data housing software provider. MET reported that its award-winning technology products, services and consultancy, combined with Visualmetrics’ business intelligence and data warehousing expertise, means that the two companies can provide a high-quality selection of services to housing providers. Vickers from MET said, “Both companies…
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MET’s IT award
Birmingham-based housing IT specialist MET has announced that it has been awarded the AccredIT standard from CompTIA, a non-profit trade association that promotes the global interests of IT professionals and companies. After completing the AccredIT UK standard successfully, MET was subject to an additional level of vetting for customer satisfaction and was successful in gaining…
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Orbit boosts performance with Coactiva
Orbit Group is using Coactiva Aspiren’s performance improvement and business intelligence software following a two-month implementation at the end of November 2012. The housing group is now self-sufficient in using the new Aspireview software to manage and monitor its corporate performance from an executive level down to operational levels. Orbit is also using Coactiva’s Aspireview…
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