With the luxury of time away from the ‘day job’, I went to this year’s SmartSummit in London to see what I could learn about the internet of things (IoT). There’s much talk of conventional organisations being ‘Uber-ised’ by small disruptor companies, changing the way entire industries operate, and the IoT is potentially part of…
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Supplier engagement – The Advent Calendar Challenge
An idea came to me during a recent commute. With the shopping days to Christmas rapidly counting down and as we start to look forward to the season’s festivities, I thought about my son’s advent calendar and the treats he’ll find behind each door. Then I thought about a way to turn this into a…
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The agent for change
I have always been impressed by the way that new IT developments evolve from some high technology test-bed into crucial business applications. By offering to deliver hitherto unattainable business benefits, these IT developments quickly become an agent for change, as existing systems start to incorporate the next big thing. As we all recall, mobile workforce…
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From Iron Man to social housing – The how, why and reality of IoT
Chris Deery, head of housing IT at Solihull Community Housing, and Stewart Davison, head of business development for Capita’s software services, consider how the internet of things will change social housing over the next few years. The why – Looking at IoT’s benefits and its business case When I think about smart homes, the first…
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How secure are your CCTV systems?
Housing providers rely on CCTV to protect their residents and properties. So many property managers will be worried after reading in the national press last month that MI6 is concerned that some CCTV cameras pose a potential threat to national security. The article highlighted that China is Britain’s largest supplier of CCTV equipment and expressed…
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Futures Housing’s unified & multi-channel communications – It’s all about change
Futures Housing Group continues its drive to create effortless customer experiences and revolutionise its operating model using Microsoft Skype for Business and Enghouse Interactive Contact Centre (EICC). In this third article in a series of four (see Housing Technology, July & September 2016 issues, for the two previous articles), Gavin Hitchcock, head of ICT at…
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