Your Homes Newcastle is taking an innovative approach to fire safety with a pilot project using thermal imaging cameras. YHN has installed Mobotix thermal-imaging cameras in three of its 45YHN trials Mobotix thermal imaging & fire prevention from OpenView [Read More]
Whatever happened to the internet of things?
This article is based on the presentation I recently gave at the Housing Technology 2019 conference; coincidentally, it was exactly five years ago at the same event that I firstWhatever happened to the internet of things? [Read More]
Testing – A route to stress or success?
Why is it some people find testing software so difficult and stressful? In this article, I will look at not only some areas of best practice but also the pitfalls.Testing – A route to stress or success? [Read More]
Curo Housing’s Sunrise ITSM
Curo Housing is using Sunrise’s IT service management software to support its 550 staff. Curo’s service desk team looks after over 1,000 devices, including phones, PCs and Chromebooks. Since SunriseCuro Housing’s Sunrise ITSM [Read More]
Mitigating business disruption events
The social housing sector is at significant and growing risk of disruptive incidents that can affect housing providers and their tenants. The fallout from the Grenfell Tower fire has rightlyMitigating business disruption events [Read More]
How low can you go?
My experience working with social housing providers regularly highlights what a huge challenge it is to be a ‘good’ landlord. Against a backdrop of regulatory change, budget cuts, skills shortagesHow low can you go? [Read More]
Capita opens cyber-security centre in Belfast
Capita IT Services has expanded the scope of its managed services with the launch of a new security operations centre (SOC) in Belfast, adding to the company’s existing provision ofCapita opens cyber-security centre in Belfast [Read More]
Devon Council opts for low-code OutSystems
Following a lengthy tender process, Devon County Council has awarded a three-year contract to OutSystems for a low-code application development platform. The council said, “We want to take advantage ofDevon Council opts for low-code OutSystems [Read More]
All together now
What uniquely connects Sir Clive Woodward OBE, Simon Weston OBE, George Clarke, Baron Bird, Rev. Giles Fraser, Dr Sue Black OBE and Maggie Philbin OBE? They have all been justAll together now [Read More]
Wellingborough Homes takes on ANS cloud transformation
Wellingborough Homes has partnered with cloud and managed service provider ANS Group to transform its internal operations and lay the foundations for agile working and improved digital communications. As partWellingborough Homes takes on ANS cloud transformation [Read More]