Having acknowledged a need to adapt to changing technologies in housing management, Your Homes Newcastle, an ALMO set up by Newcastle City Council to manage its council homes, launched its mobile working pilot. YHN’s Geof Ellingham, head of IT, and Karen Hedley, operational support officer, share the benefits and challenges of the pilot so far….
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040 - July 2014
Now we are 40
It has rather crept up on us, but with this 40th issue, Housing Technology has reached middle age, hopefully without any of the trappings of a mid-life crisis. Looking back at the first few issues of Housing Technology, it’s very clear the extent to which IT implementations and technology usage have changed over the years….
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Muir leads the way with Civica Cx
Muir Group is set to become the first housing provider to implement Civica’s new Housing Cx system. The web-based application covering numerous areas of housing management has an app-style interface, accessible any time, any place and from any device, including a smartphone, tablet or netbook. Housing Cx has integrated CRM and communication capabilities, enabling housing…
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Northgate wins hosted HMS deal at Metropolitan Housing
Metropolitan has chosen Northgate Public Services to support the delivery of a new housing management system and other core business applications. Northgate will provide its Enterprise Housing system, incorporating CRM, self service, end-to-end mobile working and housing management applications. Enterprise Housing will be provided as a fully-hosted service over a five-year contract, including Northgate hosting…
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Two new appointments at Northgate
Northgate Public Services has welcomed two new additions to its local government and housing team. Sean Dalby, who joins Northgate from Civica, has been appointed housing product manager and Nick Gordon, previously from Capita, takes over as business development director for local government. Sean Dalby spent eight years at Civica in a number of roles…
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Omniledger’s meal ticket for Watford YMCA
Homelessness charity Watford & District YMCA is using Omniledger’s Pyramid solution to address a number of specialist requirements as well as integration with its existing finance system. As part of the implementation, OmniLedger designed an entire ‘meal ticket management system’. This meal ticket system is fully integrated with the existing resident database and meal tickets…
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