An effective business continuity plan is essential in any industry; for housing associations, which are often directly responsible for the welfare of their tenants, this is especially true. This article looks at the preparations needed and the methods of testing business continuity plans because for a plan to be considered effective, it must have been…
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Infrastructure
Telecare upgrade for English Churches
English Churches Housing Group is upgrading its infrastructure to make it compliant with BT’s new 21CN digital network, ensuring that ECHG’s telecare and monitoring systems continue to support its elderly residents. ECHG is installing Tunstall’s telecare system, Communicall Connect, at a number of its sheltered housing schemes across the country. On-site managers and other staff…
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Power monitoring and optimisation
Do you know the total cost of running your IT network, including the unnecessary money spent on idle energy consumption? With environmental issues becoming part of many business decisions, and as electricity costs rise, the ability to monitor the sources of power consumption is becoming increasingly important. By identifying the sources of power consumption, particularly…
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Rays of sunshine for Merlin
Merlin Housing Society in South Gloucestershire has moved from PCs to Sun Ray virtual PCs as part of a complete renewal of its IT infrastructure. South Gloucestershire Council transferred nearly 8000 homes to Merlin in February 2007 and initially provided Merlin with ICT services using traditional PCs, file/print servers and old-fashioned Centrex telephony. Anyone who…
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Sovereign appoints SHG executive
Previously with Southern Housing Group, Peter Knight has joined Sovereign Business Integration as a senior consultant in the company’s housing and public sector team. Knight has almost 20 years’ experience in the social housing sector, including developing workflows for Orchard’s arcHouse Plus system and managing Prince2- and ITIL-based projects. At Sovereign, Knight will be responsible…
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Storage review at Affinity Sutton
With the help of Eurodata Systems, Affinity Sutton has carried out a comprehensive review of its server and storage requirements in order to consolidate its technology infrastructure following its formation in 2006 from the merger of Affinity Homes and William Sutton. Affinity Sutton, which manages 51,000 homes nationwide, engaged Eurodata to carry out a review…
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