IT consultancy ThoughtWorks is using Agile development to create a tailor-made tenant and property management system for Catalyst Housing Group. As part of Catalyst’s Vision 2012 strategic change programme, ThoughtWorks will migrate the housing provider’s existing selection of off-the-shelf and in-house systems to a single core system to double its transactional capacity. System development has…
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Orbit live with ActiveH
Orbit Housing Group, which now manages almost 40,000 properties and has 1,800 staff, has taken just 100 days to deploy its new MIS-AMS systems, from signing contracts in December 2008 to the live deployment of the first phase of the project, consisting of new workflow, CRM, repairs, reporting and rent modules. The second phase included…
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Leathermarket active with MIS-AMS
Leathermarket Joint Management Board is about to start the implementation of new housing and financial management systems from MIS Active Management Systems. The ActiveH housing system and Microsoft Dynamics finance system, for which MIS-AMS is a licensed developer and reseller, are both expected to be fully operational by November 2010 and will be used by…
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Editor’s Notes: Still talking the talk?
We make no apologies for again devoting several pages of Housing Technology to the subject of digital exclusion. Housing providers which profess to having their tenants’ best interests at heart and claim to focus on their well-being need to think about how digital inclusion could transform their tenants’ lives. Digital inclusion is certainly not the…
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Editor’s Notes: Unlock your best assets
Most housing providers have extraordinary volumes of data covering tenants and residents, properties and assets, internal operations and staff, as well as external contractors and agencies. Sadly, departmental silos and standalone ‘point’ applications make it very difficult to have an holistic view of all the data. However, implementing management dashboards for better reporting and performance…
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Thales’ £3.3m outsourcing deal with Hyde
Hyde Group has awarded Thales a three-year, £3.3 million contract to provide the group with a training managed service (TMS) through Thales Training and Consultancy. The contract takes effect from May 2010 and covers all of Hyde’s 1500 staff. The contract will involve Thales providing a full training service, the procurement of all training, the…
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