Paper-based processes for surveying property conditions have been used for years. Of course, during this period some surveys have moved over to electronic data capture, but with varying degrees of success. One of the key factors that can limit the effectiveness of electronic data capture in the field is the accompanying hardware’s ability to capture…
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Consilium keeps Midland Heart in good repair
Midland Heart is spending just under £490,000 on a new scheduling system for maintenance and repairs as part of a five-year contract with Consilium. Midland Heart’s newly-created in-house maintenance team will use the TotalRepairs, TotalView and E-Traders systems from Consilium integrated with additional software from Xmbrace for dynamic scheduling and Matrix Telematics for vehicle tracking….
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Octavia care & support at Derby Homes & Midland Heart
Octavia Software Solutions has announced the implementation its OSKA care and support software at Derby Homes and Midland Heart, with the latter including the provision of digital pen technology. At Derby Homes, Octavia has developed an offline version of OSKA in order to allow Derby Homes’ staff to still access client records in areas of…
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Chester & District ‘insources’ gas servicing with Civica
Chester and District Housing Trust has brought its gas servicing and inspection services back in-house with help from Civica. CDHT had previously outsourced its gas servicing to property services company PH Jones but the 2011 rise in VAT to 20 per cent made the costs unmanageable. Paul Finch, assistant director for property investment, Chester &…
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Fabrick covers more with 1st Touch
Fabrick Housing Group is in the middle of switching its mobile systems supplier to 1st Touch following an expansion in the use of PDA-based technology throughout the company. Fabrick, which includes Erimus Housing and Tees Valley Housing as partner companies, will use 1st Touch software for both its responsive repairs and gas servicing operations. Initial…
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Bring your own device
Bring your own device (BYOD) has become one of the most influential trends that has or will touch the IT requirements of almost every organisation. The term has come to define a technology megatrend that requires sweeping changes to the way devices are used in the workplace. What is BYOD? Does it mean employees pay…
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