Housing Technology interviewed experts on the ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) trend from Accellion, Diligent Boardbooks, JMC IT, MET, Microsoft, Oneserve and Sovereign Business Integration Group to find out how BYOD is relevant to housing providers, its advantages and disadvantages, its different delivery models and who is driving its adoption in housing. The BYOD trend…
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Microsoft
Microsoft’s red carpet for Richmond Housing
Richmond Housing Partnership is one of just six companies worldwide that have been chosen by Microsoft for a feature-length documentary. The ‘Dynamic Tomorrow’ film will focus on how all the companies from different market sectors have used Microsoft Dynamics and other technologies to develop their businesses and improve customer service. RHP used Dynamics as the…
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Freebridge deploys Microsoft Lync 2010
Freebridge Community Housing has completed the implementation of a Microsoft Lync 2010 unified communications system in conjunction with Eurodata Systems to improve customer contact across the housing provider’s operations. Following a pilot project based on Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2, Lync 2010 was rolled out to Freebridge’s ICT team in April 2011. Freebridge reported…
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Microsoft embedded technology partner accreditation
Already a Microsoft-certified Gold partner, 1st Touch was recently appointed by Microsoft as one of its Windows Embedded Technology partners. The partnership will see Microsoft’s handheld technology used extensively in 1st Touch’s mobile solutions. Robert Dent, chief executive officer, 1st Touch, said, “We are impressed by Microsoft’s continued investment and focus on the handheld category…
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Texting tenants
Supported by Housing Technology, the Southern IT User Group visited Microsoft’s new offices in central London to see the long-awaited and recently-launched Windows Server 2008, the replacement for its 2003 version. Deeplake, one of Microsoft’s partners, demonstrated Communications Manager, a two-way text messaging platform which enables housing associations to keep in touch with tenants using…
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