From: Karen Conneely, Group commercial manager, Real Asset Management Sir – With over 1,200 housing providers in the UK and over two-thirds of those managing fewer than 2,000 homes, smaller organisations are facing a problem. They have the same requirements when it comes to SORP and component accounting as a larger organisation, but they don’t…
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A decade of Windows 8
From: Tobie Fysh, Systems developer, Freebridge Community Housing Sir – In reply to the letter from Harneck Chilemba (finance director, Tower Hamlets Community Housing) in the January issue, a quick search at microsoft.com/lifecycle shows that Windows 8 Enterprise will reach ‘extended support’ on 10 January 2023 (just under a decade away at the time of…
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Battle of the boardbooks
From: Charlie Horrell, Managing director for EMEA, Diligent Boardbooks Sir – I am writing in reply to the news item in the November issue regarding Accent Group’s use of iPads in the boardroom. In the spirit of transparency, I should point out that I work for Diligent Boardbooks, provider of an electronic board portal used…
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Britannic wins VMware accreditation
Britannic Technologies has secured Professional Service Provider status with VMware following over 18 months of development work on cloud and virtualisation solutions based on the VMware platform. Britannic has a considerable track record with VMware, having already built a VMware hosting platform that is now being delivered across three datacentres around the UK. Jonathan Sharp,…
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Biscon Planning secures North Devon Homes
North Devon Homes has been working with Biscon Planning, a Gloucestershire-based risk and business continuity consultancy, for the past nine months to develop a business continuity management System to improve its resilience. The programme began with a series of meetings with key areas of NDH to identify the business-critical activities and the resources needed to…
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Cherchefelle outsources IT to Comtec
Comtec is providing Cherchefelle Housing Association with a fully-outsourced IT and telephony infrastructure. The implementation of the Citrix-based system followed the housing provider’s need to replace its outdated telephony system and server infrastructure, cater to a more mobile workforce, and accommodate new services. Cherchefelle was keen to implement resilient IT and communications systems that would…
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