From: Tobie Fysh, Systems developer, Freebridge Community Housing Sir – In reply to the letter from Harneck Chilemba (finance director, Tower Hamlets Community Housing) in the January issue, a quick search at microsoft.com/lifecycle shows that Windows 8 Enterprise will reach ‘extended support’ on 10 January 2023 (just under a decade away at the time of…
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Freebridge Community Housing
Freebridge deploys Microsoft Lync 2010
Freebridge Community Housing has completed the implementation of a Microsoft Lync 2010 unified communications system in conjunction with Eurodata Systems to improve customer contact across the housing provider’s operations. Following a pilot project based on Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2, Lync 2010 was rolled out to Freebridge’s ICT team in April 2011. Freebridge reported…
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Freebridge streamlines invoicing & procurement with Documotive
Norfolk-based Freebridge Community Housing is about to deploy an integrated document and process management system from Documotive. The organisation-wide implementation is expected to be live by December 2010. Freebridge is starting the project in its finance department and is deploying Documotive’s e.Procurement and Invoice approval system to streamline the process of purchasing goods and approving…
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How social are you?
Do you know your LinkedIn from your Facebook, or how often to ‘tweet’ on Twitter? Having become well established among individual consumers, social networks are now being used by all types of commercial organisations to communicate with customers, prospects and staff. Housing Technology asked a number of housing associations how they use social media and…
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The importance of good performance
Performance management software (PMS) has been rising up the agenda for most housing organisations for the past few years, particularly as regulators are now taking a closer interest in how housing organisations measure, monitor and report their corporate performance across an ever-wider set of criteria. So, why do housing organisations need PMS, what are the…
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TPTracker covers 500,000 homes
Developed by Arena Partnership, the TPTracker service is now being used by housing organisations responsible for over 500,000 homes in the UK. The TPTracker online service helps to maintain records of tenant profiles, contacts and the activities in which they participate, quantify levels of tenant involvement, monitor tenant feedback and generate KPIs for reporting purposes. Tony Hall,…
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