Consolidation among technology suppliers to the social housing sector looks set to continue with the planned acquisition of Anite Public Sector Holdings by Northgate Information Solutions, which includes Anite’s local government and secure information systems businesses, for around £54 million. The planned deal comes four months after the acquisition of Northgate by US private equity…
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Healthy housing – IT budgets rise and innovation grows
Despite the wider economic outlook, IT budgets in social housing are on the rise, with an industry-wide commitment to making the best use of innovative technologies – these are the key findings from the Housing Technology 2009 survey. While the full Housing Technology 2009 report will be published later this month, the survey has closed…
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Wireless flatlands for North Lincs
The flat landscape of Lincolnshire has provided an unexpected solution to North Lincolnshire Homes’ need to replace its wide-area network. As the owner of the three tallest building in the area, NLH realised that it was well placed to implement a wireless solution to replace its land cable system. Mike Eckersley, head of ICT, North…
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Solihull Community Housing plugs in wireless service
Solihull Community Housing has implemented a combined wireless and internet-over-powerline service for residents in a group of multi-storey blocks. SCH, which manages Solihull Metropolitan Council’s 11,000 homes, plans to deliver free or subsidised broadband internet access, using a combination of ‘leased lines in the sky’ wireless technology and internet connectivity via the residents’ existing electrical…
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Cadarn sprints to London
SPriNT application from Cardiff to Clara.Net’s Global Switch in the Docklands area of London. Designed for support and case workers, SPriNT monitors and records all types of information associated with supporting people. Originally developed by Cadarn in association with Cymorth Cymru, SPriNT is now used as a lower cost of ownership alternative to more expensive…
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Independent GIS forum for housing
A web site and forum dedicated to the use of geographic information and GIS within social housing has been set up. GI4Housing (www.gi4housing.com) aims to be a central, independent online information source and forum for the use of GIS in housing. GI4Housing was set up by Justin Chamberlin, from Saxon Weald Housing Association, and Richard…
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