From: Martyn Rees, Housing product director, Civica Sir – New research from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has found that six out of 10 companies now allow the use of employee-owned mobile devices for work. This changing attitude demonstrates quite a significant sea change among IT professionals as the BYOD debate surges forward. By…
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033 - May 2013
Interview with Sir Clive Woodward
Housing Technology had an exclusive interview with Sir Clive Woodward OBE, World Cup Winner and Team GB’s Director of Sport for the London Olympics, after his keynote presentation at our 2013 annual conference. Housing Technology: You know better than anyone how to get the best out of a team. What’s the single most important factor…
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Affinity Sutton partners with Stone Group for affordable PCs for tenants
Affordable recycled PCs made available to housing association’s tenants in drive to get residents online Stone Group is providing Affinity Sutton with cut-price recycled PCs as part of the housing provider’s ‘Get Connected’ programme, set up to help get tenants online ahead of the introduction of new government initiatives such as universal credit. The recycled…
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What can housing learn about IT from football?
This article is an abridged version of Martin Gardner’s (CEO, Trafford Housing Trust) regular blog, in this instance written just before he was due on stage to speak at the Housing Technology 2013 conference in February. Blog readers will know that I work in social housing and many of you know I follow a certain…
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Digital Deal makes £400,000 available for digital inclusion projects
The government has set up a £400,000 fund to help housing providers’ tenants improve their online skills and increase digital inclusion. Housing providers are expected to bid for ‘match-funding’, taking the total to £800,000. The deadline for match-funded bids is 3 June 2013. Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, said, “We are launching the Digital…
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Gallions Housing protects lone workers with Skyguard
Gallions Housing Association is using Europe’s smallest personal alarm to protect its lone workers. The MySoS devices allow users to discreetly raise an alarm, linked to Skyguard’s UK incident management centre. Skyguard reported that the total value of its contracts with Gallions Housing was now over of £31,000. Gallions Housing’s decision to buy the MySoS…
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