We were proud to sponsor the first Commonwealth Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit which took place last week on 19-20 May. It’s the first global event to focus on women in emerging tech sectors and is convened by the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network. The two-day conference brought together policymakers, accelerators, incubators, co-working spaces, educational institutions, funding groups and…
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20,000 Flagship properties in Switchee IoT deal
Following a two-year pilot project in 500 homes, Flagship Group is installing Switchee smart thermostats in 20,000 of its properties from April 2021 onwards, with the aim of moving closer to a proactive and predictive maintenance strategy. As well as cutting tenants’ fuel bills, data is sent from the Switchee devices via the mobile phone…
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Sophos whitepaper on cyber-security in housing
Sophos has just published a whitepaper, ‘Housing-sector cybersecurity: How to build strong security foundations & respond to cyber incidents in 2021’. The whitepaper profiles three housing providers, Action Housing & Support, Futures Housing and Williamsburgh Housing, and looks at how they have developed their own solutions to the problems of cybersecurity risk, limited budgets and…
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Stockport Homes’ £1.2m deal with Civica
Stockport Homes has signed a five-year contract with Civica worth £1.2 million. Civica will supply its cloud-based Cx Housing, Asset Management, Contractor Workforce and Abritas software to streamline tenant services, increase automation and improve mobile services. Civica’s software will support Stockport Homes’ plan to consolidate all online processes and move to a more tenant-centric model….
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Vericon’s connected boiler trial in Cambridge
South Cambridgeshire District Council has installed Vericon Systems’ BCM devices in tenants’ homes as part of a ‘connected boiler’ pilot project to remotely monitor the condition of boilers and predict when failures are likely. The devices are monitored and managed via Vericon’s online portal, with performance data that can be recorded and analysed to predict…
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ForHousing’s conversational AI with Amillan & Converse360
After seeing an increase in the number of tenants’ calls and interactions over the past few years, ForHousing wanted to find a way to make its existing call-centre staff more productive while offering its tenants a wider choice of channels at the same time as reducing its costs. ForHousing engaged with Amillan who implemented Converse360’s…
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