The concept of digital twins and using data to create a virtual representation of a physical object has been part of FireAngel’s innovations since 2007 when the IoT landscape began to take shape. With housing providers facing growing pressure to improve fire safety for residents and maintain a ‘golden thread’ of asset information, meeting these…
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084 – November 2021
Cybersecurity – What’s the problem?
The problem is that cybersecurity is everybody’s problem and unless every department is involved in discussions on the solution then no solution will be truly effective. The USA’s National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) puts it very well in its Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook: “Directors need to understand and approach cybersecurity as an enterprise-wide risk management…
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Aico launches new environmental sensors
Aico has launched a new range of IoT-based HomeLink environmental sensors, marking the company’s first ‘smart home’ product beyond its well-established smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms since its acquisition of HomeLink in 2020. Available in two models, the Ei1020 measures temperature and humidity while the Ei1025 measures temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide; both IoT-based sensors are…
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Wrekin kickstarts digital transformation with Advanced
Wrekin Housing has embarked on a widescale digital transformation programme, starting with the adoption of Advanced’s Cloud Financials software. As a real-time, cloud-based solution, the housing provider’s new budgeting and forecasting system is based on live information; all changes to data are immediate and reporting processes that previously took days can be completed within hours….
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Mobysoft and Manifest’s integration partnership
Mobysoft and Manifest Software Solutions have formed a partnership to help housing providers reduce arrears at the same time as breaking down the data siloes caused by ‘application spaghetti’. Mobysoft is best known for its RentSense software used to combat rent arrears, while Manifest specialises in integration software and services for housing providers. The partnership…
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M-Files buys Hubshare for next-gen tenant experience
M-Files has bought Hubshare in order to provide an information exchange platform and portal to strengthen housing providers’ digital relationships with their tenants. Hubshare offers a secure digital workplace portal that enhances end-user and tenant engagement through collaborative working, secure file sharing and project management tools. Unlike most file sync-based document portals where information is…
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