South View Solutions has completed the first phase of a new mobile working project for M&Y, Regenda Group’s in-house repairs and voids management contractor. Covering M&Y’s gas servicing department, the project cost around £20,000 and took six months to complete. The Android-based system has been integrated with Regenda’s existing Orchard housing management system so that…
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1st Touch continues recruitment drive
Mobile system supplier 1st Touch continues to expand its workforce with the appointment of three more staff. Chris Hall has been appointed as a senior account manager to work with 1st Touch’s customers on their existing installations and identify new areas where mobile technology can deliver effective solutions. Hall previously worked for Rosetta Stone where…
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Xmbrace completes post-acquisition rebranding
Following the sale six months ago of the scheduling software provider Xmbrace to Kirona, Xmbrace has just relaunched itself with a new corporate identity, website and product names. Although the Xmbrace and Opti-Time brands were well-known in the housing and local government sectors, the company is now calling itself Xmbrace DRS (dynamic resource scheduler) as…
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Helena spends £250k on mobile working with Capita
Helena Partnerships is spending around £250,000 implementing Capita’s TotalMobile system across its workforce. The project has just begun and is due to be completed by the end of 2013. The Capita system will allow Helena’s staff to access, capture and edit information saved to a single system at any time and from any location. Capita…
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BYOD and remote working at Halton Housing
Halton Housing Trust has transformed the working lives of its staff and improved productivity following its introduction of a ‘bring your own device’ strategy and remote working technologies. The housing provider is now using a combination of Sunray, Citrix, Appsense, Air Watch and 1st Touch technologies, combined with widespread use of smartphones and tablet devices….
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Shared-services housing portal from Midland Heart and Abritas
Midland Heart has developed a new housing portal based on Abritas software for housing transfers and mutual exchanges. The Homes Direct portal is also available as a shared service for other housing providers. In order to deal with the challenges posed by welfare reform, Midland Heart wanted to control who had access to its homes…
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