Atrium Homes has just completed the deployment of a suite of new products from Kypera following a three-month implementation period. The housing provider is now using Kypera Housing, Kypera Financials and Kypera Mobile within an integrated infrastructure. Stephen Black, chief executive, Atrium Homes, said, “As part of the procurement exercise, we ran an initial presentation…
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Housing Management
Capita wins Denbighshire housing services contract
Capita’s software services business signed a contract in January 2014 with Denbighshire County Council to provide a comprehensive housing management system. Capita’s OpenHousing software will help modernise the delivery of the council’s housing services by supporting the day-to-day management of its properties and tenant communications, all within a single system. The software will also make…
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Denbighshire live with Capita’s care and support software
Denbighshire County Council has gone live with Capita’s care and support software to help its work with vulnerable adults in North Wales. The council has five hubs across the region, with a team of 33 people delivering 26 different services. The implementation of the Capita software replaces the council’s previous paper-based processes. Provided via a…
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SMAC your IT up
With the combination of social media, mobile, big data analytics and cloud (SMAC) gaining wider awareness as being possibly the next wave of technology, Housing Technology interviewed SMAC exponents from Caltech IT, Ciber and Clearview Systems about how SMAC could be used by housing providers. What is SMAC? Most housing providers have already adopted at…
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ERP or not ERP?
It was interesting to note during the panel discussion at the Housing Technology 2014 conference in February that the panel was divided on the question of using ‘standard’ ERP systems, such as from SAP or Oracle, instead of standalone applications for repairs, housing, finance, CRM and so on. One perspective was that the difficulties of…
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Questioning the value of value for money
From Alistair MacLeod, Director, Waterstons. Sir – While value for money has always been important for social landlords, recent noises from the regulator suggest the effectiveness of consistently achieving it is under scrutiny, as doubts have been raised over the actual value received from procurement contracts. In my experience, a common problem for any organisation,…
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