Aareon has completed one of the first implementations of the latest version of its Aareon QL housing management software at One Manchester. One Manchester was formed in 2015 from the merger of Eastland Homes and City South Manchester Housing Trust. A key part of the merger was to consolidate the core systems, with a single…
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Emerging technologies in social housing: bots and beyond
With the technology now surrounding us resembling gadgets from the pages and images of science fiction, it can sometimes be too easy to dismiss these technologies as fads or ‘gadgets for geeks’. Instead of passing on these technologies, shouldn’t we pause to see what these innovative products and applications could introduce into the social housing…
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Sovereign’s managed services at Thrive Homes
Thrive Homes has reported on its ongoing relationship with Sovereign Business Integration Group for managed IT services since 2010. Sovereign originally helped Thrive Homes with an interim IT service, then became the housing provider’s in-house IT team, “blurring the lines between customer and managed services provider”, as Thrive Homes put it. In 2010, two years…
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Housing IT executives meet to develop next-generation SharePoint solutions
Greensquare’s group head of ICT, Rob Fletcher, reports on how a group of housing IT professionals met in London at the beginning of April with TSG at their London offices to discuss the integration of Microsoft Office 365 SharePoint Online with housing management systems. The session was attended by representatives from GreenSquare Housing, Sentinel Housing,…
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Derby Homes migrates to OpenHousing
Derby Homes is migrating to Capita’s OpenHousing platform, having used an earlier version of the software provider’s housing management system since 1996, as well as its OpenContractor software for contractor services, repairs and maintenance. The migration to OpenHousing will include the implementation of new functionality including enterprise-wide mobile working, contractor and customer self-service portals, and…
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Adactus Housing’s 1st Touch tenant portal
With over 1,500 tenants registered in the first three months, Adactus Housing Group has hailed its new tenant portal as a success. Based on the 360° Tenant Portal software from 1st Touch, Adactus’s tenants can now use their own devices at any time to review rent accounts, repairs history and tenancy agreements, request repairs, set…
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