Since January 2015, neighbourhood officers at Network Housing Group started using tablets to record tenant information, safety and building checks, and estate inspections. This follows the housing provider’s decision to implement an integrated mobile solution from Cloud Dialogs to replace its inefficient paper-based processes and forms. The entire implementation process and mobilisation of Network Housing’s…
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Shaw Consulting celebrates its second birthday
As one of the housing sector’s youngest IT consultancies, Shaw Consulting has just completed its second year of operations. The company has completed a range of projects for housing providers including business case development to support technology investments, service delivery reviews and ICT infrastructure procurements. To celebrate its second anniversary, Shaw Consulting developed a specialist…
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Free registration at Housing Centre UK
Housing Centre UK, a mutual exchange service for social and affordable housing and part-ownership schemes, is now offering free registration for housing providers across the UK. The site is being developed in the run up to the government’s welfare reforms and the introduction of universal credit. By registering, housing providers will be able to showcase…
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Network Housing Group interview
Housing Technology interviewed Mark Woosey, group IS director for Network Housing Group, on large-scale IT change programmes, cloud computing and virtualisation, and the difficulty of finding the right staff. What are your IT goals for the next twelve months, and what are your longer-term goals? Network Housing Group is working on the largest portfolio of…
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Atlanta supports Network Housing
Network Housing Group is using Atlanta Technology to support its virtualised server and storage requirements, including VMware and Microsoft Exchange Server. Patrick Dawson, head of IS operations, Network Housing Group, said, “While we have third-line support capability within our in-house team of 10, we need to have a clear route to escalate and quickly resolve…
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Network Housing on the move with Northgate
Network Housing Group has completed a nine-month project to deliver dynamic scheduling and mobile working at Riversmead Housing Association, one of its group members. Implemented by Network Housing’s in-house IT team, the initiative is based on Northgate’s Contractor module and Kirona’s Mobile Contractors system. The old process relied on tickets for work orders being emailed…
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