The internet of things (IoT) is probably the hottest topic in technology at the moment, with applications ranging from ‘smart’ fridges to controlling your heating from your phone. When applied to CCTV, it also offers the ability to revolutionise the way social housing is managed, as one housing provider in Kent has discovered. CCTV is…
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051 - May 2016
Sigma joins government digital framework
Digital user-experience (UX) agency Sigma has been appointed to the government’s new ‘digital outcomes and specialists’ framework, which connects public-sector organisations with carefully-selected suppliers of digital services. The framework is part of the government’s digital marketplace, which aims to make commissioning digital and cloud services simpler, clearer, and faster. Being included in the framework will…
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Kirona improves Riverside’s customer services
Riverside has implemented Kirona’s Job Manager and Xmbrace DRS software enabling its customer service centre and responsive repairs teams to deliver better services to tenants. Ian Gregg, director of asset management, Riverside, said, “Tenant feedback highlighted to us that improvements were needed in how repairs were reported, scheduled and managed. By implementing Kirona’s Job Manager…
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Spectrum Housing saves £180k with MIS-AMS
Spectrum Housing Group has estimated it will save £180,000 in the first year, or the equivalent time of five members of staff, by implementing ActiveH Mobile CRM and Mobile Surveyor from MIS Active Management Systems. Rob Webber, group director of operations, Spectrum Housing Group, said, “Since July 2015, we have been developing mobile solutions for…
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Camphill Village Trust signs up RAM for component accounting
Camphill Village Trust is using Real Asset Management’s fixed asset software to improve the financial reporting for its 300 properties and implement component accounting under SORP guidelines. In future, the charity’s asset register will increase from 300 to almost 2,500 records under component accounting for which depreciation calculations and detailed reporting will be needed. Balbinder…
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Manifest Software develops universal IT adapter for housing
Two housing IT consultancies, Manifest IT and Blaze Information Systems, have developed the Manifest Universal Adapter to streamline system integration projects within the housing sector. The two companies created Manifest Software Solutions in early 2016 in order to launch the universal adapter. Working across all existing IT systems, the universal adapter seamlessly transfers, streamlines and…
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