As shown by our frequent coverage of cloud computing and, to a lesser extent, virtualisation in recent issues of Housing Technology, they are clearly both hot topics for 2011 and beyond. Mark Johnson, ConvergeOne’s managing director, explains some of the benefits of moving to the cloud. In essence, cloud computing is simply a practical way…
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023 - September 2011
Innovation vs. the status quo
Looking at IT marketing today, you might think that everyone was deploying the latest and greatest technologies as soon as they hit the market. While the suggested benefits of many new technologies such as cloud computing and virtualisation are appealing, the reality for many companies is that the cost and time taken to ‘keep the…
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IT health check for Spitalfields Housing with Sovereign
Sovereign Business Integration has completed a review of Spitalfields Housing Association’s IT infrastructure, with Sovereign’s consultants initially conducting an ‘IT health check’ and assessing current risk factors relating to IT. The second phase of the project involved a review of Spitalfields’ current applications and identifying areas where improvements could be made. The final phase was…
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Smart generation meets cloud computing
What’s been dubbed the ‘bring your own device’ trend is just the latest example of the influence of the emerging ‘smart generation’, people who will happily switch between PC, tablet and smartphone and see no need for a desk phone or, indeed in some cases, a desk. In many companies, these employees are driving real…
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Central & Cecil’s virtual storage with Scale Computing
Central & Cecil has centralised its storage and moved to a virtualised technology infrastructure from Scale Computing to support future growth and rationalise a fragmented IT environment resulting from frequent mergers. The housing provider started work in October 2010 with consultants IP Protocol, with the goals of reducing operating costs and ensuring better management of…
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Support desk in the cloud from House-on-the-Hill
House-on-the-Hill has announced that its suite of service management and support desk products is now available as cloud computing-based services as well as via the traditional onsite model. Software-as-a-service versions of the company’s existing products cover facilities management helpdesk, Freedom of Information management, managed service providers, HR helpdesk and complaints management. Customers can ‘mix and…
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