Housing Technology began at the end of 2007, with our first edition published in January 2008, and here we are now, 99 editions later with our 100th edition (in case you missed our subtle front cover). So much has changed since George Grant (prev. head of alliances at the National Housing Federation & IT business…
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General News
IT leadership, technical debt & value-adding services
With conflicting priorities, no real increases in budgets, a hefty backlog of technical debt and dare I mention AI? It’s understandable why IT leaders might be tempted by the allure of the cool comms-room on a hot summer’s day this July. However, the days of delivering technology in isolation within the back office of the…
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The next generation of housing IT
Housing Technology’s editorial team is in the middle of researching the next generation of IT providers for our sector, the results of which will be published in our special Proptechs & Housing IT Start-ups 2024/25 report in July. If you’re using or investigating innovative software options from smaller technology start-ups and/or proptechs, we’d love to…
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Bring on the orchestra…
With more and more housing providers adopting technologies and processes such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA) and business process management (BPM), just waiting in the wings is process orchestration (a.k.a. event orchestration). At present, most housing providers’ automations are limited to a task level (tactical), whereas orchestration is the automation of linked…
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Are you the one in ten?
Working on large IT projects or software rollouts, we know the feeling when ‘go live’ is imminent, stakeholders are briefed, status reports are showing more green than red, and all bugs have been found… or have they? Nine out of ten organisations report finding severe defects that were not identified before they went live. This…
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Housing Technology Awards 2024
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural Housing Technology Awards (2024) as well as the commended entries. The awards were given out during a packed ceremony at the Housing Technology 2024 conference in Nottingham in early March. The standard of entries was incredibly high; all of the housing providers and local authorities…
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