Incommunities has implemented flexible and secure remote working for its staff using a solution from AppGate Network Security. Incommunities, which manages 22,000 homes around Bradford, West Yorkshire, wanted to let remote workers and staff work when away from the office without compromising its infrastructure or data security. It also needed a single control point to…
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005 - September 2008
On best behaviour at Sandwell Homes
Sandwell Homes expects to improve its management of anti-social behaviour incidents using software from Tagish. The ALMO, which manages around 115,000 properties on behalf of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, had no automated system to track and retain ASB data. A variety of Sandwell Homes staff needed access to the ASB data,…
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Civica wins £1.9m deal with Hackney Homes
Hackney Homes, an ALMO set up by Hackney Council, will overhaul its entire IT operation over the next two years after a £1.9 million shared risk and reward agreement with Civica. The new infrastructure will be based on Civica’s Universal Housing and Servitor products. Hackney Homes’ new systems will include contact centre applications for ‘first-time…
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On the spot – ONI interview
Housing Technology interviewed Nick Boon, social housing team manager for the IT reseller ONI plc, about the changing role of IT in social housing and why ONI became involved in the sector. Tell us about your involvement in social housing We have always had one or two social housing customers since the mid-1990s, but it’s…
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Editor’s Notes: Green computing
There is much talk about ‘green’ computing and the importance of recognising how housing associations’ technology infrastructures affect their energy consumption and carbon footprint, including two articles in this edition. That’s all very well, but local needs should come first. This means that green computing initiatives should only be implemented once tenants receive the services…
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Editor’s Notes: Who’s next?
Fresh from being acquired by a US private equity company, Northgate is itself aiming to buy Anite’s public sector business, while the recent Capita/IBS deal was covered in the last edition of Housing Technology. Consolidation among technology suppliers to the social housing sector is likely to continue, but who’s next? Our view is that the…
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