Tamil Community Housing is now using a hosted version of OmniLedger’s Pyramid housing management system. The OmniLedger system replaces two separate applications for managing rents and repairs, removing the need for TCH’s staff to constantly refer to both systems or enter tenant and property data multiple times. The hosted version of Pyramid is fully managed…
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Tips for trouble-free HMS implementations
Implementing a new housing management system can be a challenge, even for the best prepared housing provider. Northgate Public Services’ housing director, Roger Birkinshaw, explores some of the common pitfalls and offers his tips for a trouble-free implementation. A new IT system is a major investment for any housing provider, and the ultimate goal is…
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Delivering shared IT services
Cobalt Housing decided in 2016 to de-merge from Onward Group in order to become an independent housing provider. As a consequence, Cobalt Housing went through a competitive tendering exercise for back-office IT services which South Liverpool Homes then won. Following the signing of a 10-year contract in November 2016, the go-live date for the project…
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New or better? How to use what you already have
The housing sector is grappling with a range of new technologies, from chat-bots, digital transformation, cloud and off-premise hosting to the internet of things, machine learning and advanced reality modelling. Against a background of competing business priorities, deciding which of those might be applicable to your organisation is difficult in itself, aside from the related…
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The lottery of exposure to tech – Why are we excluding parents from the conversation?
Techmums’ (#techmums) head of operations, Isabel Chapman, explains the importance of getting parents involved in digital inclusion programmes and how Techmums are helping parents to get online and learn more about the opportunities the internet offers, particularly around their childrens’ futures. When the new school year began in September last year, many parents posted filtered…
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Castleton’s expansion in India
Castleton Technology has expanded its operations with new offices in India. Operating from Bangalore in the south and Baroda in the north, Castleton India will support the development and testing of the company’s new housing software, with a team of 16 people across the two offices. Dean Dickinson, CEO, Castleton Technology, said, “This move represents…
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