Further to the introductory feature on The Barnet Group in the July issue of Housing Technology, Broadvision has announced that the housing provider is using its Clearvale enterprise social networking software to boost operational efficiencies and improve internal communications. The cloud-based software enables employees to work socially on everyday business tasks, frequently eliminating duplication of…
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Curo Group goes mobile with GIS
Curo Group is now using ESRI’s Arcpad software and mobile devices to capture and update its grounds mapping information. A team of nine surveyors capture the information on site and send the information back to Curo’s head office. The information is then aggregated to update the respective layers such as amenity grass, hedges and car…
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Housing Technology 2014 – Bigger, better & longer!
Housing Technology 2014, our fifth annual conference and executive forum, returns to the Q Hotels’ Oxford Belfry on 26-27 February 2014. Building on the growing popularity of our four previous events, we have extended Housing Technology 2014 to two days (with the option of attending either or both days) to allow more presentations, greater scope…
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South Lakes live with new Intrinsic network & telephony
Earlier this year, Intrinsic Technology completed the installation of a completely new network infrastructure and telephony platform at South Lakes Housing. The new network is based on Cisco network and security technologies and Avaya for IP telephony. South Lakes recently added 3,000 homes to its portfolio following a stock transfer from South Lakeland District Council,…
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Sovereign extends IT contract with Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets Community Housing has signed a new seven-year contract with Sovereign Business Integration Group for an augmented IT service with additional flexibility and scope, extending its previous six-year contract with Sovereign. The new contract includes enhanced IT asset management, an upgrade to Tower Hamlets’ highly-resilient network, a dedicated service delivery manager from Sovereign to…
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JetNexus replaces Windows for load-balancing at Newport City Homes
In April 2013, Newport City Homes replaced its poorly-performing Windows Server NLB with an advanced load-balancing appliance from JetNexus. The original system had resulted in the housing provider’s home page taking up to 20 seconds to load. Having previously used an external hosting company, NCH decided to bring its web services in-house due to an…
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