Every minute of every day, we generate immense, astonishing amounts of data. We send more than 204 million emails, share in excess of 100,000 Tweets and download over 47,000 applications every sixty seconds. The world’s information is doubling every year. Big data is a huge issue, and it’s shaping social and economic change. There are…
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Shaw Consulting celebrates its second birthday
As one of the housing sector’s youngest IT consultancies, Shaw Consulting has just completed its second year of operations. The company has completed a range of projects for housing providers including business case development to support technology investments, service delivery reviews and ICT infrastructure procurements. To celebrate its second anniversary, Shaw Consulting developed a specialist…
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Driving business innovation through IT
Do you manage your own IT? Are you consistently satisfied with its current performance and cost, or do you struggle to meet your expectations? The chances are that you feel there is some level of improvement possible but for many people this is becoming difficult to achieve as we are inundated with a growing amount…
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HomeSwapper hits one million registrations
The UK mutual exchange HomeSwapper has just reached over one million registrations from tenants who want to advertise their properties online and swap with other tenants. The company reported that 29,000 households successfully exchanged their homes last year. In addition, more than 850 housing providers are registered on the service to give over three million…
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Free registration at Housing Centre UK
Housing Centre UK, a mutual exchange service for social and affordable housing and part-ownership schemes, is now offering free registration for housing providers across the UK. The site is being developed in the run up to the government’s welfare reforms and the introduction of universal credit. By registering, housing providers will be able to showcase…
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Newlon Housing supporting digital inclusion with Student@Home
Student@Home, a social business employing IT students to provide technology support and training to computer users and small businesses, has recently partnered with Newlon Fusion, the community regeneration partner of Newlon Housing Trust. Student@Home is contracted to deliver up to 80 one-to-one support sessions to residents in their own homes. IT student workers will provide…
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