When I joined itica last year, I spent a fair amount of time immersing myself (as you do) in the company’s management consultancy portfolio. I was immediately drawn to itica’s work in the area of relationship governance and optimisation. I was fascinated by the case studies and stories on this subject and started to reflect…
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068 - March 2019
Taking stock – Asset management software in housing
Housing Technology interviewed asset management software specialists from Esri UK, MIS Active Management Systems, Northgate Public Services, Orchard and PIMSS Data Systems about how housing providers should be choosing and using the latest generation of housing asset management software. Do you really need a dedicated asset management system? With many housing providers, particularly smaller ones,…
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YHN trials Mobotix thermal imaging & fire prevention from OpenView
Your Homes Newcastle is taking an innovative approach to fire safety with a pilot project using thermal imaging cameras. YHN has installed Mobotix thermal-imaging cameras in three of its 45 multi-storey blocks across Newcastle in a trial partnership with OpenView Security Solutions. The project involves the installation of Mobotix thermal cameras in bin-chute rooms to…
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Housing Insight signs Hafod Care
Hafod Care has signed a five-year contract with Housing Insight for its PanConnect supported housing software. The system is scheduled to go live in April 2019 across all of Hafod’s supported housing teams. PanConnect is already being used as a fully-mobile, floating support and care platform by other Welsh housing and care providers including Llamau,…
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Castleton’s £1.3m deal with Connect Housing
Connect Housing has chosen Castleton Technology as its partner in a £1.3 million, five-year contract for the implementation of an organisation-wide suite of ERP-based housing software. The project is already underway and due to be completed by April 2020. Following a tendering and procurement process facilitated by Alysium Consulting, Castleton will deliver its integrated housing…
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Whatever happened to the internet of things?
This article is based on the presentation I recently gave at the Housing Technology 2019 conference; coincidentally, it was exactly five years ago at the same event that I first began talking about the internet of things in social housing. Whenever I have met social housing and IT professionals, they have reflected that placing sensors…
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