Home Group is reported to be the first housing provider to invest in an innovative ‘metrocluster’ high-security data storage system. Home Group worked with data centre and IT infrastructure experts ITPS to create an off-site data storage network more commonly seen in international finance corporations and telecoms providers. The metrocluster system sends sensitive data from…
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SCC wins 10-year contract with Oxford City Council
The five-year agreement, with the option to extend it by a further five years, sees SCC awarded a single contract by Oxford City Council to deliver data centre hosting, servers and storage, server technical support, database administration, and network security infrastructure. The contract is expected to save the council £150,000 per year. The contract is…
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Visual surveillance evolves beyond CCTV
The concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest are not limited to the natural world. The same principles can be applied to technology and the way it succeeds or fails. Some technological advances fall by the wayside, some thrive, some adapt, and some are superseded by technology that is better adapted to its…
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Mobysoft appoints new commercial director
Mobysoft has just appointed Paul Evans as its commercial director. He has over 20 years’ experience of strategic sales at global and boutique software companies, including Sage. Derek Steele, CEO, Mobysoft, said, “Paul has a wealth of experience in successfully growing software businesses, both globally and at a start-up level. Mobysoft’s targets are aggressive as…
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Predicting the future can help housing providers
At the moment, housing providers and all other public bodies are on the cusp of a new era for the public and third sectors. This is being shaped by the government’s political agenda of continuing with its cuts to balance the books. For housing providers, the changes in welfare reform are directly affecting their business…
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Castle’s Qlikview reporting at Wales & West Housing
Wales & West Housing is now using Qlikview reporting software from Castle Computer Services following a review of its ICT systems. Richard Troote, head of ICT, Wales and West Housing, said, “Our aim was to create a single trusted data source that could produce powerful up-to-date reports in a consistent, easy-to-use format. “We considered several…
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