Rick Thompson, a leading GIS officer working with considerable experience in the social housing sector, has moved from his role at Trafford Housing Trust to join Oxford Data Consultancy as its account manager and GIS consultant, charged with the responsibility of helping housing providers improve their operations through the use of GIS. In his three…
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SDS teams up with Aareon in the UK and Netherlands
SDS has signed bilateral reseller agreements with Aareon UK and Aareon Netherlands. Aareon UK will now include the SDS software as part of its tender submissions and provide ongoing support for existing clients in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. For its part, SDS will generate leads for Aareon among its 315 clients across…
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One Manchester goes live with Aareon QL
Aareon has completed one of the first implementations of the latest version of its Aareon QL housing management software at One Manchester. One Manchester was formed in 2015 from the merger of Eastland Homes and City South Manchester Housing Trust. A key part of the merger was to consolidate the core systems, with a single…
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Sovereign’s managed services at Thrive Homes
Thrive Homes has reported on its ongoing relationship with Sovereign Business Integration Group for managed IT services since 2010. Sovereign originally helped Thrive Homes with an interim IT service, then became the housing provider’s in-house IT team, “blurring the lines between customer and managed services provider”, as Thrive Homes put it. In 2010, two years…
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Derby Homes migrates to OpenHousing
Derby Homes is migrating to Capita’s OpenHousing platform, having used an earlier version of the software provider’s housing management system since 1996, as well as its OpenContractor software for contractor services, repairs and maintenance. The migration to OpenHousing will include the implementation of new functionality including enterprise-wide mobile working, contractor and customer self-service portals, and…
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Adactus Housing’s 1st Touch tenant portal
With over 1,500 tenants registered in the first three months, Adactus Housing Group has hailed its new tenant portal as a success. Based on the 360° Tenant Portal software from 1st Touch, Adactus’s tenants can now use their own devices at any time to review rent accounts, repairs history and tenancy agreements, request repairs, set…
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