Powys County Council is rolling out 1st Touch’s mobile working and portal solution across its operations in mid-Wales. Powys County Council is responsible for a largely upland and rural county covering 2000 square miles, about a quarter of the area of Wales. With only one person in every 10 acres, it is one of the…
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Circle Anglia connected
Circle Anglia has consolidated its communications infrastructure with a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) solution from Claranet which provides high-speed connectivity between all of its offices. The new infrastructure has also simplified Circle Anglia’s network management and considerably reduced the number of suppliers and contracts it needs to manage. John Paul, director of IT, Circle Anglia,…
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NDL-Metascybe streamlines Coast & Country
Coast & Country has automated the authorisation and payment of supplier invoices by implementing NDL-Metascybe’s AWI integration technology. The solution will also now be used to streamline the lettings process as C&C moves to choice-based lettings. C&C previously had a slow and cumbersome paper-based process for approving and paying for materials from external supplier Travis…
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Bluesky thermal maps show domestic heat loss
Bluesky has developed a thermal mapping service which lets housing providers check on heat loss from their properties over the internet or via integration with their geographic information systems. Bluesky thermal maps reveal property ‘hot-spots’ using a colour-coded temperature map. Matched to Ordnance Survey maps and address records, visitors to a website can simply type…
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GeoSolveIT maps success for City South Manchester
City South Manchester, which manages 4500 properties around Manchester, has contracted with GeoSolveIT, a specialist GIS consultancy, for the provision of geographic reporting tools. Dave Power, chief executive, City South Manchester, said, “We were only set up in June 2008, but we recognised that geographic information would be a vital dimension to help us understand…
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‘Pay as you grow’ from InTechnology
InTechnology has launched ‘pay as you grow’ managed IT services for the housing sector. The company has extended its traditional connectivity and managed backup services to include a hosted VoIP solution, Unity IP Voice, and its new Push to Experience (PTX – see below) mobile service to protect workers at risk. With its ‘pay as…
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