Public-sector IT managers are under twice as much pressure to reduce operational costs as their private-sector counterparts, according to research by Centralis. One in two IT departments said that they had been asked by senior management to help to reduce their organisation’s operating costs, compared with fewer than a quarter in the private sector. Increasing…
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Future of IT in UK social housing
Social housing is always changing and adapting to meet the needs of a growing population, not to mention adhering to standards issued by the government. But no matter how fast social housing changes, technology invariably changes faster. New technology and software is often exciting, groundbreaking and can promise a new era of productivity and efficiency….
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Seamless integration – the death of the RSL super system
One of the key factors in procuring a new computer system is how well it will integrate with existing systems and report across different databases, while also avoiding any duplication of data input and storage. This led to the idea of the RSL ‘Super System’. The Super System can be thought of as being a…
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Review of Capita’s 2009 housing conference
Capita Software Services held its first housing conference in July, with the focus on digital inclusion and how the right technology can improve tenant services and reduce costs for housing providers. The keynote speaker Professor Germaine Greer suggested that to rebuild communities and support productive, cohesive societies, the placement and structure of homes should be…
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Pitney Bowes makes 1st-class delivery at Reading Council
Reading Borough Council is using hardware and systems from Pitney Bowes to process its increasing volume of postal mailings to its 230,000 citizens, such as electoral registration forms, housing benefit communications, planning applications, and promotional materials for arts and leisure centres, and its need to track and allocate postage costs to the correct department. Roy…
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Everybody online at Testway
In an example of looking at IT beyond housing organisations’ internal processes, Testway Housing has helped more than 200 of its residents improve their IT skills. For the past year, Testway has been running free EverybodyOnline drop-in sessions at one of its estates, helping residents of all ages to either learn to use computers and…
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