Housing Technology interviewed a group of women involved in housing IT from Adra, Civica, Community Housing, Northgate Public Services, PIMSS Data Systems, Prodo Digital and Rochdale Boroughwide Housing about their various roles in IT, any challenges they’ve faced as women in a traditionally fairly male-dominated sector and how more women can be encouraged to consider…
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General News
Digital transformation at a fraction of the normal cost?
Most housing providers are underway with digital transformation projects in one shape or another and right across society our reliance on technology keeps increasing. So how do organisations keep up? Board directors might think that digital change is expensive to implement, but what they should really worry about is the cost of getting it wrong….
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Kirona rebrands as Advanced
Kirona has rebranded itself as Advanced following its acquisition in April 2019. Nathan Ollier, general manager for field services, Advanced, said, “We have made great progress in moving the Kirona business into Advanced over the past few months. We can now mark the conclusion of the integration activity with Kirona adopting the Advanced brand.” Amanda…
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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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Proptech start-up?… The status quo says no
Over the past 20 years, I’ve designed many digital products across a range of businesses. In each instance, we entered the sector with fresh eyes, which is actually helpful as it provides the ability to examine the sector and its problems without any preconceptions. Of course, there are challenges, and it’s a slow process, on…
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It’s time to think small – Grassroots innovation in housing
Harry is a consultant working in London, and on most Thursday evenings, up until a few weeks ago, he’d go to bed hungry. Thursdays are when his company’s senior directors are in the office and he, along with his colleagues, is careful to ensure he shuffles home at least five minutes after the last director…
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