Why has performance management in the social housing sector failed to deliver? Traditionally, performance management and reporting has focused on boardroom measures and regulatory compliance. In most cases, gathering and distributing this information is a manual process, resulting in a substantial drain on time and resources and making it costly to produce, prone to errors…
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026 - March 2012
Data centres – How greener technology can save you money
Carbon taxes, energy costs and public awareness are driving most companies, including housing providers, to run more sustainable operations and increase energy efficiency. One of the biggest energy guzzlers in any large organisation is its data management operations. In previous editions of Housing Technology, my colleagues have discussed the problems and costs associated with storing…
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Telepresence intrinsic to NPS Group
Having completed the implementation of a ‘telepresence’ video-conferencing system from Tandberg at NPS Group, a national property services company majority owned by Norfolk County Council, Intrinsic Technology has reported that the service had achieved a return on investment within the first nine months of its operation. The adoption of the telepresence system as a viable…
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Timico launches £5m Midlands data centre
Timico opened a new datacentre in January in Newark-on-Trent, with the £5 million hosting centre now offering infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service based on cloud-based delivery. The Newark data centre is built to surpass Tier 3 status standards, guaranteeing 99.982 per cent availability for site infrastructure. With 144 racks for customer equipment and Timico’s own virtual…
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Sovereign success at Thrive Homes and Red Kite
Sovereign Business Integration has won a five-year contract with Thrive Homes and completed the implementation of a new IT infrastructure at Red Kite Community Housing. Thrive Homes has extended its current one-year IT contract with Sovereign for a further five years, with Sovereign delivering and managing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for greater IT security,…
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AB Internet delivers 100Mb wireless network across North Wales
AB Internet has completed the construction of a 100Mb symmetrical wireless network linking Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd Housing’s main offices in North Wales. Having beaten a leading global telecommunications company on both price and business value during the bid process, AB Internet began the project in September 2011 and the network was ‘lit up’ in January…
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