Blue Chip has reported that it completed the implementation last year of a VMware-based virtual infrastructure at Sovereign Housing Association, with the project costing around £120,000 and taking five weeks to complete. The new virtual infrastructure replaced Sovereign’s previous system which lacked the scalability, flexibility and resilience to cope with the demands of its 1,000-strong…
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Delivering shared services in practice
At the recent Housing Technology conference in Birmingham, Sovereign Business Integration Group hosted an interactive seminar to discuss the shared services experiences of a number of companies. This article highlights some of the key points raised in the panel discussion which was hosted by James Threapleton, Sovereign’s director of housing. While many organisations have explored…
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Guardian 24 lone worker system now on Android
Guardian24 has recently launched an Android version of its lone and mobile worker safety application, following the success of its original Blackberry-based version which is now used by over 33,500 lone and mobile workers. The Guardian24 application lets users log their whereabouts and daily tasks, send GPS locations, raise alerts, and summon emergency help via…
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City Response triples repairs & maintenance with InterNETalia
City Response, a housing repairs and maintenance contractor owned by Guinness Northern Counties, has tripled the number of responsive repairs completed each year using AccuServ software from InterNETalia, with 60,000 repairs now carried out per year as well as refurbishing 2,500 voids in the last 12 months. City Response’s previous paper-based job control sheets for…
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Tablets in business – Sugaring the pill
A few years ago, computing on the move meant laptops. Today, mobile computing is being transformed by the popularity of new mobile devices, tablets and the iPad especially. Indeed global tablet sales are forecast to be 90 million units this year and 130 million units in 2013, surpassing desktop PC sales for the first time…
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Enterprise Mobile Network highlights lack of mobile policies
A new report from the Enterprise Mobility Network highlights that 80 per cent of businesses don’t have even a basic policy on how staff can use mobile devices while at work. The ‘On the move but locked down’ report looks at the interaction of mobile technologies and information security risk and suggests that first and…
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