The Northern Ireland Housing Executive has gained the National Computing Standard for IT Departments (ITDA) from the National Computing Centre, alongside the National Housing Federation (see January 2011 issue). With support from its long-term partner BT, NIHE’s IT team has implemented a significant IT and business modernisation programme. This has included the transfer of key…
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Orchard buys Applaud
Orchard Information Systems has bought Applaud Web Solutions, a supplier of performance management, collaboration and content management tools through its Vestri web application platform. Applaud’s employees will be retained by Orchard as part of the acquisition, with a further 12 jobs expected to be created over the next year. Orchard said it is now intending…
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Aster installs ROCC HMS
Aster Property Management completed the installation in March 2011 of ROCC’s Uniclass Social Housing system for job costing and repairs, an upgrade from its original Uniclass Enterprise product. Aster has already reported a 10 per cent saving on job costs and expects a full return on its investment within a year. Aster Property Management looks…
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Methodist Ministers subscribe to HousingPoint web-based HMS
Methodist Ministers Housing Society has moved to cloud-based computing for its housing, document and asset management systems with support for mobile working, following systems migration and integration by IEG4 and the adoption of HousingPoint from HousingIT. With a view to improving productivity and cutting costs, IEG4 migrated the housing provider from an old on-site version…
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Kypera – first .NET housing management system
With the recent release of Kypera Housing 2.5, Kypera said that it is the first comprehensive housing management system to use the latest Microsoft.NET technology throughout, and expects the new system to move the company from a niche to mainstream player in the UK housing sector. New Gorbals Housing Association is already using the new…
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Aareon’s QL Housing for North Herts Homes and Somer Housing
North Hertfordshire Homes has upgraded its 12-year old Aareon housing management system with Aareon’s latest QL Housing product, alongside Somer Housing Group replacing its previous HMS with QL Housing as well as QL Financials. NHH had been using the TSHE (Simdell) housing management software from Aareon together with several other disparate systems. Having reviewed a…
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