Housing Plus has been working with Rainmaker Solutions, Littlefish and Incline-IT to transform its delivery of IT services. The delivery of IT change and operational performance to meet business objectives has been a challenge for Housing Plus throughout our post-merger integration and wider business transformation projects. This hasn’t been due to the lack of an…
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Coadjute brings blockchain technology to housing
Bromford, L&Q, Notting Hill Genesis and Origin Housing are working in conjunction with Coadjute, a blockchain-style platform for decentralised workflow and data sharing, to improve safety, quality and accountability in housing projects. The group’s Quality Chain project is currently at a proof-of-concept stage, with the aim of creating a market-ready product by March 2020. Based…
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4net Technologies expands its CCS offerings
4net Technologies has expanded the range of services it can offer to the public sector via Crown Commercial Service (CCS) frameworks, now covering services relating to data access, local connectivity, telephony, video conferencing, contact centres and unified communications. 4net has been providing cloud and managed services to the public sector for the past four years…
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Why you need a digital system of record
The Hackitt report and recent Grenfell Inquiry report have given some clarity and direction to the housing sector regarding fire and life safety. However, the findings of these reports, while perhaps revelatory to non-housing sector readers, will be a reflection of business-as-usual for most people reading this article. It is my strong belief that technology…
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What can IoT do for me?
The internet of things (IoT) is a term that is recognised widely and understood across a variety of industries and sectors. In simple terms, IoT refers to a network of connected, internet-enabled devices that facilitate the collection of data for subsequent analysis and sharing. Within the social housing market, although mass adoption will continue to…
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Bringing the best tech to the workplace
As in other sectors, public service employees are continually being asked to do more with less each day. A need to manage costs, combined with the rapid advancement of technologies that increase citizens’ service expectations, is pushing workers to put in longer hours to produce better outcomes. Yet this hasn’t led to a magical uptick…
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