Walsall Housing Group and Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust have both been award the National Computing Centre’s IT Department Accreditation (ITDA). The ITDA is a business improvement programme which examines an IT department’s performance against over 100 common controls, enabling the department to compare and understand its own strengths and weaknesses and make improvements if…
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General News
Martha Lane Fox launches Housing Technology’s ‘Digital by Default’ report
Housing Technology held a reception at the Houses of Parliament at the beginning of December 2011 to mark the official launch its ‘Digital by Default 2012’ report, with Martha Lane Fox, the government’s digital champion, giving the keynote presentation. Kindly hosted by Jake Berry, MP for Rossendale and Darwin, the afternoon reception also included presentations…
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Five-year Taff Housing contract for MidlandHR
Following its signing of a five-year contract with MidlandHR, Cardiff-based Taff Housing Association has gone live with a new HR and ‘talent management’ solution. The implementation of the iTrent system, which is hosted in MidlandHR’s secure private cloud facility, currently comprises modules for employee and manager self-service, absences and HR. Jane Evans, HR manager, Taff…
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Network Housing Group interview
Housing Technology interviewed Mark Woosey, group IS director for Network Housing Group, on large-scale IT change programmes, cloud computing and virtualisation, and the difficulty of finding the right staff. What are your IT goals for the next twelve months, and what are your longer-term goals? Network Housing Group is working on the largest portfolio of…
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Capita joins local government procurement framework
Capita has been chosen as a supplier for the Local Government Software Application Solutions Framework. The new framework is intended to speed up the procurement process for local government by using a shortlist of pre-approved suppliers of software and support services. Housing providers will also benefit from pricing advantages when buying a range of software…
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IT decisions – Putting the cart before the horse
The task of selecting the most appropriate software for the business is now decades old. Yet, as a supplier, we still see a very wide range of approaches to this very important investment decision. I am keen to see potential customers doing a really good job of selecting software – especially if we are in…
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