Gateway Housing Association has appointed Waterstons as its long term IT partner to work with its in-house IT team to provide first, second and third line support as well as IT governance. The contract began in February 2014 and will run for between three and five years. The delivery of the contract will be coordinated…
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Infrastructure
Timico launches pay-as-you-go DR service
Timico has launched a new disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) offering a pay-as-you-go alternative to traditional disaster recovery plans involving duplicated IT equipment and difficulties in testing the efficacy of the plans. Timico’s new DRaaS solution enables regular testing with no disruption to the production environment and includes a fully-documented annual test as standard….
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Easynet recruits public-sector expert from Vodafone
Easynet Global Services has appointed Simon Holmyard as head of its public sector services, from Vodafone where he was head of public services network strategy. In his new role, Holmyard is expected to leverage the combined product portfolio and expertise of Easynet and MDNX, after MDNX bought Easynet in December 2013. He said, “Our public…
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First Choice Homes signs with ANS and Metronet
Infrastructure and managed service specialist ANS and internet connectivity provider Metronet have been chosen by First Choice Homes Oldham to implement a completely new IT infrastructure. The multi-year contract is reported to be worth over £1 million for ANS and around £200,000 for Metronet. The contract will support FCHO’S strategy of providing online customer self-service…
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Metronet in £45m buyout
The management team of Metronet (UK) has led a £45 million secondary buyout of the business, backed by ISIS Equity Partners. The company now has over 1,200 customers for its wireless, fibre and leased lines solutions, including around 30 housing associations such as Eastlands Homes, Trafford Housing Trust, Wythenshawe Housing, Irwell Valley Housing, City West,…
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Shared services, shared success
Towards the end of 2010, Severnside Housing and Shropshire Housing Group created an initiative to partner on the delivery of IT services to both organisations, now known as unITe Solutions. The original intention of the initiative was to provide IT resource-sharing for skills transfer, procurement savings and value for money by having greater buying power….
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