Aico, a leader in fire and CO detection systems, has bought Homelync, an award-winning ‘smart home’ integration and analytics company, with the two companies heralding the acquisition as an important milestone for housing providers looking for IoT-based connected solutions. Neal Hooper, managing director, Aico, said, “Aico and Homelync is a perfect partnership, with Aico being…
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Infrastructure
Social value and hyperfast broadband
What does social value mean? Social value is widely embedded into project calculations, not just within housing providers but also in local authorities, central government and devolved governments across the UK. Many procurement exercises now include social value weightings in their tender documents, and boards increasingly want to demonstrate how their organisation contributes to creating…
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Accelerating cloud-based transformation at Housing Plus
One of the many impacts of the pandemic is certain to be an acceleration in changes that we have already witnessed in consumer behaviour and customer expectations over the past decade. After a long period with very little choice other than to use self-serve, online and digital as default, it is not unreasonable to expect…
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Remote alarm monitoring combats ‘no access’
A proactive approach to Fire and CO risk management The Regulator of Social Housing’s third temporary monthly survey found that gaining physical access to properties remained a concern for housing providers across the UK due to the risks posed by the pandemic. Nick Rutter, FireAngel’s chief product officer, explores how connected and cost-effective fire safety…
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Horton Housing appoints CNT for strategic IT
Horton Housing has begun the complete upgrade of its IT systems with Central Networks and Technologies. The housing provider’s upgrade includes a full migration to Microsoft Office 365, backup and disaster recovery, and service-desk support. As part of its strategy, Horton Housing wanted to adopt better ways of working remotely; CNT recommended that the housing…
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A fresh perspective on IoT in housing
Why isn’t the internet of things mainstream yet? For years, it has felt as if the internet of things would revolutionise social housing. So many articles, case studies and great new use-cases have been published, yet years go by with the promise of mainstream adoption being ‘just around the corner’. Housing providers have been running…
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