Bield Housing, Haringey Council, Platform Housing, Pobl Group, Southend Care and Wiltshire Council will each receive around £70,000 in funding to involve their older residents in shaping new digital services. The funding is part of the TAPPI project (Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation) which aims to improve the way technology is used…
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Platform Housing
Solving network headaches with virtualisation
Mergers are never simple. When Platform Housing became one of the UK’s largest housing providers after the merger of Fortis Living and Waterloo Housing, it inherited a major IT headache. How did Platform Housing go about solving an overly-complicated networking situation that came with a high price tag? Unified but complex Following the successful merger…
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8×8’s real-time video repairs at Platform Housing
Platform Housing has extended its use of 8×8’s ‘experience communications as a service’ (XCaaS) cloud-based software with the addition of two-way video interaction for real-time repair diagnoses and fixes. Platform Housing’s maintenance subsidiary, Platform Property Care, conducted a pilot project to extend 8×8 XCaaS with 8×8 Video Interaction. During a month-long evaluation, the repairs and…
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Housing Technology 2021 Live Broadcast Review
According to many of the guests, speakers and participants at Housing Technology 2021 at the start of March, the first live broadcast of our annual conference and executive forum raised the bar for how digital events should be run. “BEST EVER DIGITAL CONFERENCE!” Hosted by George Grant, Housing Technology’s co-founder and CEO, and Emma Birchley,…
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Innovation and Transformation at Housing Technology 2021
AUTHOR: GEORGE GRANT – CEO, CO-FOUNDER & PUBLISHER AT HOUSING TECHNOLOGY There are just two days to go until Housing Technology 2021, our 12th annual conference. Over 300 housing professionals will be coming together for our first live broadcast on 3-4 March. Our brand-new enterprise-grade broadcast platform and event hub gives attendees access to an…
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What to expect at Housing Technology 2021 – Live digital conference
AUTHOR: GEORGE GRANT – CEO, CO-FOUNDER & PUBLISHER AT HOUSING TECHNOLOGY Next month sees the return of the Housing Technology conference and this year we’re going 100% digital via our brand-new enterprise-grade online event platform. Hosted by myself and Sky News Correspondent Emma Birchley, our 12th annual conference will feature inspiring presentations from leading housing…
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