What does Avonline do? Avonline is a leading resource partner delivering a complementary range of services to the UK telecoms, media, and technology sector. This includes installation, business services and digital switchover (IRS, broadband over IRS, satellite broadband and solar energy). What is Avonline’s housing experience? As a leading UK digital switchover specialist, we have…
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Swan’s 5-year deal with Network Resource Group
Swan Housing Group has awarded a five-year outsourced IT support contract to Network Resource Group. The decision to fully outsource Swan’s ICT services to NRG, including support, IP telephony and managed WAN provision, follows a competitive tender process that defined affordability, scalability, service levels and environmental responsibility as the main criteria. The five-year contract will…
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Cirrus telecare for Leicester’s housing
Telecare and security systems provider Cirrus has won a five-year installation and maintenance contract with Leicester City Council to provide telecare, warden call systems and access control systems across the council’s 14 sheltered housing schemes. Installation of the Cirrus systems began last month and will cover 450 flats. The council invited tenders through the OJEU…
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Retaining your core IT
While most hardware and software vendors will argue that core, business-critical systems should undergo regular replacement and upgrades, organisations across the housing sector should be considering exactly what outcomes are achieved by such an approach. Does core system renewal improve overall business performance, add extra return on investment or improve business processes? All too often,…
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Aster plans £200,000 NEC infrastructure
Aster Group is spending £200,000 on a new unified communications system from NEC. The Sphericall system will enable Aster Group to standardise its communications infrastructure and reduce support costs across the business. The housing provider also plans to voice-enable all of its key business applications to achieve greater efficiency and improved service levels. NEC will…
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Information overload – making your data work for you
With ever-increasing demands for varying types of data, combined with the ease with which we can collect and store it, many organisations are overwhelmed by the volume of information they hold and the manner in which they hold it. There are many extremely powerful software applications used in the housing sector but the common weakness…
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