Housing Technology began at the end of 2007, with our first edition published in January 2008, and here we are now, 99 editions later with our 100th edition (in case you missed our subtle front cover). So much has changed since George Grant (prev. head of alliances at the National Housing Federation & IT business…
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Risk Management
The next generation of housing IT
Housing Technology’s editorial team is in the middle of researching the next generation of IT providers for our sector, the results of which will be published in our special Proptechs & Housing IT Start-ups 2024/25 report in July. If you’re using or investigating innovative software options from smaller technology start-ups and/or proptechs, we’d love to…
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Bring on the orchestra…
With more and more housing providers adopting technologies and processes such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA) and business process management (BPM), just waiting in the wings is process orchestration (a.k.a. event orchestration). At present, most housing providers’ automations are limited to a task level (tactical), whereas orchestration is the automation of linked…
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Editor’s Notes
Variety, imagination, rigour & determination We’ve just completed the first round of judging the inaugural Housing Technology Awards 2024 before the entries are reviewed by our external panel of judges. Without going into the details of individual entries, the awards’ entries are a true showcase of both the breadth and depth of technology-based innovation and…
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IT risk in housing
Housing Technology interviewed senior executives from CalQRisk, Civica, Decision Time, FLS (Fast Lean Smart), Futr AI, NDL and NEC Software Solutions on the risk management side of IT, how to measure, triage and mitigate it, the ‘human factors’ of IT risk and its impact on housing providers’ wider business activities. What are the IT risks…
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Ready for data-risk management?
Poor data management can lead to poor decision-making. While audit and risk committees across the UK receive reports every year on the effectiveness of their internal control systems, little thought generally goes into the data issues that decision-makers face every day. Data is often out of date and frequently there are multiple sets of similar…
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