In his influential book ‘Crossing The Chasm’, Geoffrey Moore defined new labels for innovators and early adopters ‘technology enthusiasts’ and ‘visionaries’. I use the blanket term ‘geek’ and I’m proud to call myself one. In my long career with software product companies, I’ve been involved in many ‘innovative’ new product launches. I often think about…
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Esuasive
Then & now – 100 editions of Housing Technology
To celebrate our 100th edition, Housing Technology invited a few of our longest-standing contributors to share their views on how the technology and business landscape has changed over the past 15-20 years, the milestones along the way, and what they think the future holds. Our sincere thanks to Aidan Dunphy (Esuasive), Steve Dungworth (Golden Marzipan…
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Reshuffling the shadow IT cabinet
Please excuse the pun in the title of this piece, which may well refer to a different shadow cabinet by time of publication… The term ‘shadow IT’ has been around for a couple of decades – it’s an interesting concept, usually seen as a problem by IT teams, but perhaps worthy of closer examination. In…
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D. I. Why?
To fully understand the pros and cons of building in-house versus commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, you need to have been around for a while, so please bear with me while I tell you a story… I started out in 1997 as a software engineer for one of the top housing management system vendors, specialising in…
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Can AI be a force for good?
The term ‘AI’ is, of course, short for artificial intelligence and refers to machines with the ability to perform tasks that have historically required human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, problem-solving and learning. And while AI has the potential to revolutionise many areas of social housing, there are also risks that need to be…
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AI – Overhyped, unstoppable & transformational
The most over-used term in 2023 must have been ‘AI’. It’s magic dust sprinkled over mundane software, imbuing it with superpowers. Closest to topping out the ‘peak of inflated expectations’ in Gartner’s 2023 ‘hype cycle for emerging technologies’ are generative AI and AI-augmented software engineering. As Microsoft tech expert Mat Velloso said in 2018, “If…
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