There are many advantages to being small: you have more legroom on a plane; you tend to bump your head less often; and you’re more likely to be able to get a job as a jockey. When ‘small’ is applied to running a business, management are more likely to be involved in every aspect of…
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Housing Management
What is digital transformation?
I recently asked a housing client to tell me how they planned to define ‘digital transformation’ to their team. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the answer was along the lines of, “It’s about using IT to make improvements to services and systems”. After a pause, I went on to draw out so much more than this from their…
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Castleton gains Dumfries & Galloway Housing contract
Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership has appointed Castleton Technologies to support an extensive digital programme. The project involves migrating DGHP’s daily operations onto a private cloud, moving away from its current on-premise solutions, and a refresh of its desktop software. This contract is part of a wider transformation agenda which includes the procurement of a…
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WHG goes live with MIS ActiveH
WHG has just completed the installation of the latest version of MIS AMS’s ActiveH housing management software as part of its overhaul of its technology infrastructure. James Elliott, IT solutions delivery manager, WHG, said, “When I joined WHG, I soon realised that the existing systems needed modernising. However, before taking any steps towards a more…
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Digital transformation – Sticking plaster or in-depth surgery?
With digital transformation projects of all sizes, complexity and ambition being considered or undertaken by housing providers at the moment (see elsewhere in this issue), Housing Technology interviewed senior executives from Appello, Community Fibre, Comparex and Northgate Public Services around the theme of ‘digital transformation – sticking plaster or in-depth surgery?’. Does digital transformation require…
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WHG takes Aareon’s new managed services
WHG is now one of the first housing providers to adopt Aareon’s new managed IT services in order to streamline and extend its use of Aareon’s 1st Touch mobile repairs software and associated add-on modules, with the overall aim of reducing costs and improving value for money. The first phase of WHG’s implementation was the…
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