Housing Technology interviewed Kevin Kivlochan, sales and marketing director of ONI, on how housing providers could use data centre services. Why should housing providers look at data centres? At a time of ever-growing reliance on IT, all housing providers need internal and external systems to be reliable, scalable and, most importantly, secure. Long before universal…
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Infrastructure
Railway Housing heads for the cloud with Civica
Railway Housing Association has reported that it has cut its IT costs by 30 per cent since it moved its infrastructure to a fully-managed cloud service from Civica. Railway Housing’s relationship with Civica dates back to 2001; at that time, it was technologically stuck in the past and required new systems that could help run…
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Making sense of big data
Sir – One of the hottest topics in technology over the past few years has undoubtedly been big data. This is essentially any data-set large and complex enough that it becomes difficult to process using traditional applications. The key question is: how can housing providers benefit from big data, and avoid it becoming a problem?…
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IT infrastructure trends in housing
Housing Technology interviewed experts from Castle Computer Services, JMC IT and Waterstons on their views of how housing providers’ IT infrastructures are likely to change over the next few years and also to predict the ‘next big thing’ for new technologies. Key IT infrastructure trends Enabling seamless mobile working and, as a closely-related area, the…
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Data governance at Notting Hill Housing Group with InforData
Notting Hill Housing Group has completed a major master data management project with InforData Consulting to consolidate myriad data sources from across its operations and impose data standards on data input and usage. The four-month programme was completed in March 2014. Before InforData Consulting was engaged, many of the business areas within NHHG had their…
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Shavlik Moves in with Severnside Housing
A new software patch management system from Shavlik and its partner Satisnet is helping Severnside Housing gain greater control of its IT estate and creating more time for the housing provider’s staff to resolve tenants’ queries. The system is expected to ensure that sensitive data is secure and all software is up-to-date to allow employees…
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