The Sheppard Trust, which provides housing support for elderly ladies, is using SimplyUnite software to encourage digital inclusion among residents in its sheltered housing schemes. SimplyUnite Gem is an easy to use software program that has been specially designed to enable people, regardless of their age or technical ability, to stay connected with friends and…
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034 - July 2013
Orchard reaps the benefit of its apprentices
Three young people who joined Orchard’s apprenticeship scheme at the end of 2011 have each been offered permanent roles with the software provider. Housing Technology covered the start of Orchard’s apprenticeship scheme in the January 2012 issue (page 4). During their apprenticeships, Daniel Gilliland, Danielle Christer and Richard Aydon have gained valuable work experience as…
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JMC IT supports merger of Harvest and Arena Housing
JMC IT has completed a large infrastructure implementation and application integration project for Your Housing Group, following its creation in 2012 from the merger of Harvest Housing Group with Arena Housing. In 2010, JMC IT was commissioned by Harvest Housing to develop a new IT platform designed around its DemandIT system, replacing an outdated IT…
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Trent & Dove goes virtual with Synapse360
Synapse360 has completed the roll out of a new virtualised infrastructure for Trent and Dove Housing, based on EMC’s VSPEX reference architecture. The project began in November 2012, with the first phase completed in January 2013, with the infrastructure itself costing just under £100,000. The EMC-based infrastructure replaces Trent and Dove’s ageing server estate which…
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Exponential-e in with the G-Cloud
Exponential-e has just announced that it can now supply the UK public sector via the government’s G-Cloud (iii) with a range of cloud services, including computing, storage, memory and online backup services. The focus of the G-Cloud programme is to introduce cloud-based services into government departments, local authorities and the wider public sector. Through the…
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Your Housing moves its network to MDNX
MDNX is now running Your Housing Group’s wide area network across 60 sites in the north-west of England. The network will enable Your Housing to be more agile and flexible with its network through a ‘carrier integrator’ model, with the network being one of the first to be procured using the PSN Connectivity Framework Agreement….
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