More than 550 employees at Sovereign Housing Association are now using Connexion2’s Identicom Series 8 devices and SoloProtect service for lone working. Discreetly packaged in the form of an identity badge, the Identicom devices allow workers to activate a ‘red alert’ (with 24/7 audio link to an alarm receiving centre) if they are at risk…
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Sovereign Housing invests in Esri GIS for business transformation
Sovereign Housing Association is implementing new mapping technology from Esri to support its business transformation programme, including a planned increase in the properties under its management from 38,000 at the moment to 50,000 by 2018. The three-phase GIS development programme started in September 2014. Phase one is now live, which included training more than 500…
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Sovereign’s £120,000 virtual infrastructure
Blue Chip has reported that it completed the implementation last year of a VMware-based virtual infrastructure at Sovereign Housing Association, with the project costing around £120,000 and taking five weeks to complete. The new virtual infrastructure replaced Sovereign’s previous system which lacked the scalability, flexibility and resilience to cope with the demands of its 1,000-strong…
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Sovereign Kingfisher slashes repair times by 75% with Mitie
Mitie has developed a bespoke appointment system and redesigned the repairs workflow for Sovereign Kingfisher. Since the adoption of the new system, waiting times for repairs have been cut by 75 per cent and live job orders reduced by over 60 per cent across Sovereign Kingfisher’s 8,000 properties in Hampshire. Four large plasma screens in…
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Better HR and payroll for Sovereign
NorthgateArinso has been appointed by Sovereign Housing Group to deliver a new HR and payroll system over the next five years. The system is expected to be live by September 2009 and will cater for around 600 employees. NorthgateArinso’s ResourceLink will provide Sovereign with a single HR database, consolidating multiple existing systems. The project will…
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