Orchard Information Systems’ executive chairman Peter Hunt won the ‘Grand Prix’ award at the Dynamo Dynamites 2014 awards event, which was attended by over 300 representatives from the North East’s IT sector. Dynamo promotes the growth of the IT sector in the North East Region. It is supported by a number of local businesses, public…
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Housing Management
Istay@home with Aareon: Using technology to help the ageing population
According to the EU’s 2012 ‘Ageing’ report, it is estimated that we will see Europe’s population of people over 65 increase from 17 per cent to 30 per cent. Clearly, this will present major challenges in terms of both economic, social and health-related issues for all EU countries. This issue is also on the agenda…
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WM Housing updates its HMS with MIS-AMS
WM Housing Group and MIS Active Management Systems have signed a contract for the delivery of a new housing management system, eliminating five different systems spread across the group. The implementation has begun, with the first phase expected to be live by the middle of 2015. Angus Groom, executive director for corporate services, WM Housing…
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Happy families with good case management
Managing and assigning social housing has always been a socially- and politically-charged task. BancTec’s Simon Stackhouse argues that continued money saving by housing providers, combined with new government policies and lengthy waiting times have meant an effective management system is critical to communicate with tenants. Problems with housing complaints procedures have been well noted in…
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Muir leads the way with Civica Cx
Muir Group is set to become the first housing provider to implement Civica’s new Housing Cx system. The web-based application covering numerous areas of housing management has an app-style interface, accessible any time, any place and from any device, including a smartphone, tablet or netbook. Housing Cx has integrated CRM and communication capabilities, enabling housing…
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Northgate wins hosted HMS deal at Metropolitan Housing
Metropolitan has chosen Northgate Public Services to support the delivery of a new housing management system and other core business applications. Northgate will provide its Enterprise Housing system, incorporating CRM, self service, end-to-end mobile working and housing management applications. Enterprise Housing will be provided as a fully-hosted service over a five-year contract, including Northgate hosting…
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