Gentoo has signed a three-year contract with Chelmer Housing on behalf of the Essex Housing Officers Group to provide its Streetwise software to log instances of domestic abuse and provide early interventions for victims and families across Essex. Streetwise is a case management system that helps protect communities and improve lives by using existing data…
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Preview of the Internet of Things in Housing 2017
As many of you will know, Housing Technology is in the middle of producing its pioneering report and event at the BT Tower on the use of the internet of things in the social housing sector. An online survey on attitudes to IoT is at the heart of the report; the online survey was launched…
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SystemsUp helps GreenSquare reduce DR costs with Azure Site Recovery
GreenSquare Group has slashed its annual disaster recovery budget by almost two-thirds after moving to Microsoft Azure Site Recovery (ASR) with the help of Iomart cloud consultancy SystemsUp. The move to a public cloud has enabled GreenSquare to close its secondary data centre and improve its recovery processes. Rob Fletcher, group head of ICT, GreenSquare,…
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Acis signs new five-year agreement with Orchard
As part of a new five-year contract with Orchard, Acis is now using the software provider’s CRM and digital platforms. Orchard is also helping Acis to process and manage antisocial behaviour cases, customer compliments and complaints, and surveys. Orchard’s CRM and digital platforms are supported by electronic document management, single sign on and integration to…
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Investing in new technology?
Rooftop Housing’s investment in a technologically-innovative, customer-focused IT system proved to be the perfect opportunity to review procurement best practice, before negotiations had even begun. Having been instructed to advise them on their contract with their IT supplier, we started the process by considering which key issues needed to be resolved before the contract discussions…
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Monitoring the potential of assisted living
In an article earlier this year, England’s chief nursing officer, Professor Jane Cummings, wrote about the move from self-care to supported self-care. Self-care can mean a variety of things to different people of varying ages and with disparate needs and challenges, whether you are monitoring your fitness and diet or, at the other end of…
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