The flat landscape of Lincolnshire has provided an unexpected solution to North Lincolnshire Homes’ need to replace its wide-area network. As the owner of the three tallest building in the area, NLH realised that it was well placed to implement a wireless solution to replace its land cable system. Mike Eckersley, head of ICT, North…
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Infrastructure
Solihull Community Housing plugs in wireless service
Solihull Community Housing has implemented a combined wireless and internet-over-powerline service for residents in a group of multi-storey blocks. SCH, which manages Solihull Metropolitan Council’s 11,000 homes, plans to deliver free or subsidised broadband internet access, using a combination of ‘leased lines in the sky’ wireless technology and internet connectivity via the residents’ existing electrical…
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Cadarn sprints to London
SPriNT application from Cardiff to Clara.Net’s Global Switch in the Docklands area of London. Designed for support and case workers, SPriNT monitors and records all types of information associated with supporting people. Originally developed by Cadarn in association with Cymorth Cymru, SPriNT is now used as a lower cost of ownership alternative to more expensive…
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Dimensions takes VoIP nationwide
Dimensions, which is the UK’s second-largest provider of social housing and other services for people with special needs, has installed a voice-over-IP telephony system covering all of its 250 sites around the country. Dimensions focuses on supporting people with special needs, and this includes making it easy for people to contact Dimensions by phone. Historically,…
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Odyssey reaches 10,000 users
Interact Housing, Odyssey’s intranet solution, is now being used by over 10,000 users within social housing. Some 40 housing associations use Interact, including Affinity Housing Group, Carr-Gomm and West Kent Housing. Network Housing Group is a recent customer. Responsible for over 19,000 homes in London and the Home Counties, NHG needed to consolidate its family…
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Whitefriars goes to Computerland
Whitefriars Housing Group has outsourced IT support for its 500 end-users to Computerland. Whitefriars, with 17,000 homes in the Coventry, was disappointed with the service that it had received from its previous outsourcing supplier so it was looking in the long-term for a more efficient and robust service while in the short-term it needed a…
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