Squared, formerly Luton Community Housing, has signed a five-year contract with Castleton Technology for a complete migration of its existing systems to a fully hosted, integrated set of solutions based around Castleton Community. Launched last year, Castleton said that Community is designed for smaller housing providers who often struggle to find software that caters to…
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Housing Management
Remote go-live for Fife Housing
Despite Covid-19, Fife Housing has gone live remotely with the first phase of its implementation of Aareon QL Housing Management and Aareon 1st Touch Mobile. Nicki Donaldson, chief executive, Fife Housing, said, “We are delighted to have been able to deliver the first phase of our digital transformation in spite of the challenges of the…
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Holistic risk management
With sector-wide shifts in the way housing providers manage risk, integrated and innovative technology will be vital in helping them to adapt to new demands, keep track of data and prevent duplication or errors. For large-scale projects, organisations can struggle to manage large quantities of data. A surprising number of organisations are still reliant on…
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Interview – adam in housing
What does adam’s housing solution do? Through adam’s digital commissioning solution, we streamline and automate commissioning activities so we can source the most appropriate dwellings for tenants. Local authorities use our solution because they know that they can source accommodation for people in an effective and compliant manner while keeping their costs under control. We…
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Capita’s £5.9m cloud deal with Bolton at Home
Capita has won a £5.9m four-year contract with Bolton at Home. The contract includes migrating the housing provider’s current system to a hybrid cloud model using a combination of Microsoft Azure and Capita’s virtual private cloud. Microsoft Office 365 will also implemented for 1,100 users across four sites. The new system will feature a personalised…
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Learning from coronavirus – Sector-wide IT collaboration?
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb As we all grapple with the impact of coronavirus, it’s obvious that we are ‘stronger together’. The crisis has illustrated that the housing sector and its various ecosystems are mutually interdependent and must collaborate. The absolute need…
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