Having worked within the IT side of housing for 20 years and witnessed massive developments in technology, the advances are now at a rate many could never have imagined beyond the realms of science fiction. In housing, the primary focus for IT systems so far has been to improve organisational processes and trying to do…
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A private journey to the cloud
According to Castleton’s managing director, Paul Sexton, on-premise IT infrastructure will be obsolete within five years and every business will be operating in the cloud. If correct, this has clear implications for housing providers not currently considering moving to the Cloud, yet in a recent survey only 50 per cent of respondents said that they…
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Tips for trouble-free HMS implementations
Implementing a new housing management system can be a challenge, even for the best prepared housing provider. Northgate Public Services’ housing director, Roger Birkinshaw, explores some of the common pitfalls and offers his tips for a trouble-free implementation. A new IT system is a major investment for any housing provider, and the ultimate goal is…
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Delivering shared IT services
Cobalt Housing decided in 2016 to de-merge from Onward Group in order to become an independent housing provider. As a consequence, Cobalt Housing went through a competitive tendering exercise for back-office IT services which South Liverpool Homes then won. Following the signing of a 10-year contract in November 2016, the go-live date for the project…
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New or better? How to use what you already have
The housing sector is grappling with a range of new technologies, from chat-bots, digital transformation, cloud and off-premise hosting to the internet of things, machine learning and advanced reality modelling. Against a background of competing business priorities, deciding which of those might be applicable to your organisation is difficult in itself, aside from the related…
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The lottery of exposure to tech – Why are we excluding parents from the conversation?
Techmums’ (#techmums) head of operations, Isabel Chapman, explains the importance of getting parents involved in digital inclusion programmes and how Techmums are helping parents to get online and learn more about the opportunities the internet offers, particularly around their childrens’ futures. When the new school year began in September last year, many parents posted filtered…
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