Computerland, which is now part of Capita IT Services, has been awarded both the ICT and multi-functional device (MFD) framework contracts by Procurement for Housing (PfH). ComputerLand can now offer services to more than 670 PfH-member housing organisations for the provision of hardware, including computers, desktop printers and photocopying/multi-functional devices, having teamed up with Xerox…
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L&Q boosts performance with CorVu
London & Quadrant Housing Trust went live in January 2009 with CorVu’s performance management system for its key performance indicators (KPIs). L&Q, which manages 60,000 homes in London and South East England, had previously been using Excel spreadsheets for its various reporting requirements using data from its self-built Arena housing management system. Grant Killick, assistant…
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£500 mobile ordering system from 1st Touch & Grafton
Grafton Merchanting, the parent organisation for Buildbase, Plumbase and Jackson Building Centres, has launched an ‘out of the box’ mobile parts ordering system for housing organisations, following a partnership with mobile workforce technology company 1st Touch. The two-year renewable package comprises a high-quality, touch-screen PDA preloaded with 1st Touch’s materials ordering software, and includes data…
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SMS and asset management with Capita
Capita Housing is collaborating with Deeplake and Keystone Asset Management Solutions (KAM) to extend its existing systems in the areas of SMS communication and asset management respectively. Deeplake’s SMS software is being launched as the Capita Housing-branded Communication Manager (CMGR), providing cutting-edge and cost-saving methods of communicating with tenants. CMGR enables the tenant and housing…
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HCA thin clients live with Centralis
The newly-formed Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is providing staff with access to core business applications via a new Citrix thin-client environment developed in partnership with IT consultancy Centralis. Bringing together the functions of English Partnerships, the Housing Corporation and some of the work of Communities and Local Government and the Academy for Sustainable Communities,…
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Major desktop refresh at Home Group
Home Group has just completed a major desktop refresh programme across its 250 sites with the help of European Electronique. Beginning in October 2008 and ending in February 2009, the aim of Home Group’s programme was to provide a consistent operating system and IT environment across the organisation to reduce maintenance and support. In common…
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