Housing providers have a wide range of options available to them when considering their existing housing management system. I’ve worked for housing providers in ICT leadership roles for over 20 years and have recently joined TSG, a Microsoft partner specialising in building advanced digital solutions for housing customers. Build Going alone is rarely an attractive…
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Good data is usable data
Usable data is the string that connects our modern world. Housing providers have information on available houses and local authorities have never-ending lists of those in need of housing. Unfortunately, the current systems make it almost impossible to efficiently connect these two groups. For many housing providers, the process of creating and managing clean and…
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Data integration and straight-through processing
Housing Technology interviewed data integration experts from Aareon UK, Civica, FireAngel Safety Technology, IntoZetta and Northgate Public Services about how and why housing providers should be focusing on data integration and straight-through processing to improve their internal operations and tenant services. What is ultimate aim of data integration? Aareon UK’s ERP solution manager, Paul O’Reilly,…
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Thirteen’s virtual world for employee interaction
One of the issues facing many housing providers during the pandemic has been about how their employees can engage with one other while working from home. Webinars are useful and phone calls have their place, but nothing quite matches up to face-to-face meetings. In an effort to fill this gap, Thirteen Group has turned to…
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Loreburn Housing opts for Designer Software
Loreburn Housing Group has signed a five-year contract with Designer Software for its HomeMaster web-based housing and finance software. In order to deliver improvements in data analytics and agile working, Loreburn Housing needed to move from its previous on-premise legacy housing and finance system to a web-based system, with the pandemic forcing the housing provider…
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Ready for STP?
In a recent survey, we asked, “Has coronavirus and the consequent lockdowns accelerated your digital plans?”, and over two-thirds of respondents said yes. This acceleration in digital is being driven by being able to offer more services online and in better-defined ways. The rise of the ‘digital tenancy’ is huge for the housing sector and…
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