Unified communications has the power to change the dynamics of housing associations for the better. This is the message that ONI has been working to demonstrate across the sector by introducing new technologies that help reduce costs, maximise staff efficiency and drive customer service excellence. But what is the next stage of transformation for these…
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Housing Plus signs EDM deal with Documotive
Housing Plus, formerly Central Borders Housing Group, has chosen Documotive to deliver an enterprise document and process management solution. With over 5000 properties under management, Housing Plus wanted to improve the way information from its core business systems, including its MIS ActiveH housing management system and Frontier Chris21 system, was managed and coordinated across all…
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1st Touch partners with Octavia for ‘Supporting People’ application
Octavia Software Solutions and 1st Touch have signed a reciprocal partnership agreement, allowing both companies to sell the other’s products. 1st Touch has integrated its mobile workforce solution with the new .Net based version of Oska, Octavia’s Supporting People application. Many organisations providing Supporting People services are still using paper-based processes. This typically takes up…
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Stevenage Homes gains two-star rating with 1st Touch
Having implemented a mobile working system from 1st Touch, Stevenage Homes has been awarded a two-star rating by the Audit Commission. As an ALMO for Stevenage Borough Council, Stevenage Homes’ repairs and maintenance team deals with around 30,000 jobs each year across 8300 properties. Implementing a mobile solution had been identified as an opportunity for…
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Herefordshire Housing live with 1st Touch
Herefordshire Housing is using mobile workforce software from 1st Touch to support responsive repairs services for residents in its 5000 properties. Integrating with Herefordshire Housing’s Orchard housing management system, the 1st Touch mobile system replaces the previous paper-based job system by sending electronic job tickets directly to 25 maintenance and repair workers’ PDAs. This simultaneously…
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Use your voice
James Kippenberger, UK sales director for BigHand, explains how housing providers can get more done by installing voice productivity software (VPS). Used by thousands of organisations around the world, VPS enables end-users to record, edit and send voice files or verbal tasks via smartphones to office-based resources and access round-the-clock outsourced services. VPS recordings submitted…
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