Housing Technology interviewed Civica’s managing director for housing and asset management, Jeff Hewitt, and Orchard’s marketing officer, Craig Tither, about recent changes to housing providers’ financial management systems, ERP systems vs. dedicated housing applications, and the move towards web- and app-based systems. How do today’s financial management systems (FMS) differ to those from five years’…
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Feature Articles
GIS & mapping in housing
Housing Technology interviewed experts on geographic information systems (GIS) from Ancoris, Civica, Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Orbit Group and Orchard Information Systems about how housing providers can use GIS to improve business performance, save money and boost tenant services. Understanding GIS and mapping As a brief one-sentence summary of GIS before we cover how it…
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HMS – At the heart of your organisation
Housing Technology interviewed experts from Civica, Horton Housing Association and MIS-AMS on the future of housing management systems (HMS) in the context of new web-based services, the emergence of ERP systems in housing and welfare reform. The latest generation of HMS As everyone knows, technology is changing all the time, and although the housing sector…
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Smart metering, IoT, connected homes and big data in housing
Housing Technology interviewed IT experts from 1st Touch, Clearview, DXW, Mobysoft and Zonr on smart technologies/metering, the internet of things, connected homes, and big data in social housing. Smart metering, the internet of things (IoT), connected homes and big data are at the cutting edge of technology in the social housing sector. While only a…
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Looking after your assets
Housing Technology interviewed IT experts from 1st Touch, Civica Housing, Kykloud and Zonr on the latest asset management software and associated strategies for housing providers. Most housing providers tend to have a separate asset management system to monitor and manage their property and associated asset portfolios, even if in many instances it only consists of…
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Application consolidation – is it right for you?
Housing Technology interviewed IT experts from Clearview, DXW, Horton Housing Association and PIMSS Data Systems about the merits of consolidating existing business applications. The most common reasons for application consolidation tend to be around reducing the complexity of managing a diverse portfolio of business systems and minimising data duplication between them, but there are other…
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