Having just confirmed the date and venue for next year’s Housing Technology conference and executive forum (see page 29), we are working on the event’s high-level themes. While these are not an exhaustive list of what housing providers should be including in their IT strategies, we think they are useful pointers. Business and IT –…
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Editor’s Notes: Aareon buys 1st Touch
It has just been announced that Aareon AG, the parent company of Aareon UK, has bought mobile systems provider 1st Touch for an undisclosed sum. This isn’t entirely unexpected – over the past year or so the two companies have frequently cited the work they have done around easing the integration of their respective housing…
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Editor’s Notes: Getting licensing into perspective
We hope that our Microsoft licensing story (page 30) is an accurate reflection of most housing providers’ response to Microsoft’s licensing changes – costs will go up and alternatives will be considered, combined with a degree of resignation. Housing Technology’s view is that while Microsoft should have given more notice of these changes so that…
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Video: Housing Technology: The New Way of Working – VIP event
Attendance at Reform IT 2013 is exclusive to senior executives from social housing providers and a small number of representatives from the event’s sponsors. Attendance at Reform IT 2013 costs £95 (plus VAT) Here are the details from 2013 where Housing Technology in association with BT hosted a half-day executive briefing at the BT Tower…
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Coactiva performs for First Wessex
Coactiva is due to complete the implementation of its Aspireview performance management system at First Wessex Housing Group in May 2012. First Wessex will use Aspireview as a central location to manage and monitor its performance information, initially covering corporate and departmental performance targets, risks and action plans. Tony Sanderson, corporate planning and performance manager,…
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Managing supplier performance
Demonstrating IT services’ value-for-money is now firmly on everyone’s agenda. I attended an excellent session at this year’s Housing Technology conference where the finance director of a London housing association provided great insight into what is important at an executive level; one of the key points he made was, “How will IT, and the suppliers…
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