Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership has appointed Castleton Technologies to support an extensive digital programme. The project involves migrating DGHP’s daily operations onto a private cloud, moving away from its current on-premise solutions, and a refresh of its desktop software. This contract is part of a wider transformation agenda which includes the procurement of a…
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Housing & Care 21 partners with Appello for digital transformation
By 2025, analogue telephony services will be switched off completely in the UK, presenting a challenge to providers and users of telecare services, such as personal alarms and pull cords. As a telecare user, Housing & Care 21 realised that it would be uneconomical to continue to service, maintain or replace failing analogue telecare systems,…
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WHG goes live with MIS ActiveH
WHG has just completed the installation of the latest version of MIS AMS’s ActiveH housing management software as part of its overhaul of its technology infrastructure. James Elliott, IT solutions delivery manager, WHG, said, “When I joined WHG, I soon realised that the existing systems needed modernising. However, before taking any steps towards a more…
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Q-Bot robots win eco-award
Q-Bot has won the 2018 Ashden Award for UK sustainable buildings following its innovative use of robots to insulate suspended floors. When insulating a house, treating cavity walls and lofts are relatively easy. For properties with suspended floors, a quarter of the heat loss can be through the floor. Traditional methods of insulating suspended floors…
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Solid foundations for procurement decisions
Having spent over 22 years with EY (formerly Ernst & Young), advising on acquisitions, flotations, privatisations, business and share valuations and business investments in general, I have come across numerous reasons for investment, some of which were objective financial or strategic targets and some which were merely idiosyncratic whims of powerful proponents. My team’s role…
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Digital transformation – Sticking plaster or in-depth surgery?
With digital transformation projects of all sizes, complexity and ambition being considered or undertaken by housing providers at the moment (see elsewhere in this issue), Housing Technology interviewed senior executives from Appello, Community Fibre, Comparex and Northgate Public Services around the theme of ‘digital transformation – sticking plaster or in-depth surgery?’. Does digital transformation require…
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