Sovereign Business Integration has won a five-year contract with Thrive Homes and completed the implementation of a new IT infrastructure at Red Kite Community Housing. Thrive Homes has extended its current one-year IT contract with Sovereign for a further five years, with Sovereign delivering and managing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for greater IT security,…
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AB Internet delivers 100Mb wireless network across North Wales
AB Internet has completed the construction of a 100Mb symmetrical wireless network linking Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd Housing’s main offices in North Wales. Having beaten a leading global telecommunications company on both price and business value during the bid process, AB Internet began the project in September 2011 and the network was ‘lit up’ in January…
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Tablet computers vs. paper processing
Paper-based processes for surveying property conditions have been used for years. Of course, during this period some surveys have moved over to electronic data capture, but with varying degrees of success. One of the key factors that can limit the effectiveness of electronic data capture in the field is the accompanying hardware’s ability to capture…
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Consilium keeps Midland Heart in good repair
Midland Heart is spending just under £490,000 on a new scheduling system for maintenance and repairs as part of a five-year contract with Consilium. Midland Heart’s newly-created in-house maintenance team will use the TotalRepairs, TotalView and E-Traders systems from Consilium integrated with additional software from Xmbrace for dynamic scheduling and Matrix Telematics for vehicle tracking….
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Octavia care & support at Derby Homes & Midland Heart
Octavia Software Solutions has announced the implementation its OSKA care and support software at Derby Homes and Midland Heart, with the latter including the provision of digital pen technology. At Derby Homes, Octavia has developed an offline version of OSKA in order to allow Derby Homes’ staff to still access client records in areas of…
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Chester & District ‘insources’ gas servicing with Civica
Chester and District Housing Trust has brought its gas servicing and inspection services back in-house with help from Civica. CDHT had previously outsourced its gas servicing to property services company PH Jones but the 2011 rise in VAT to 20 per cent made the costs unmanageable. Paul Finch, assistant director for property investment, Chester &…
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