South Cambridgeshire District Council has installed Vericon Systems’ BCM devices in tenants’ homes as part of a ‘connected boiler’ pilot project to remotely monitor the condition of boilers and predict when failures are likely. The devices are monitored and managed via Vericon’s online portal, with performance data that can be recorded and analysed to predict…
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Infrastructure
Are you ready for a breach?
The increased threat of ransomware in housing Cybercriminals no longer simply target multinational companies, the NHS or governments with ransomware; they increasingly have smaller organisations, such as housing providers, in their sights. Before the pandemic, digital transformation was already underway, with housing providers adopting smart home solutions, introducing tenant portals and generally taking a ‘digital…
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Riverside’s ‘digital business’
Riverside Group is a group of complementary businesses driven by a clear social purpose, with a charitable housing provider at its core. It’s critical that our income goes as far as it can; we need to deliver more and better services with the same money, so gaining value for money from our technology spending is…
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Digital approaches to mould and damp
According to recent research, mould and damp are a growing problem in social housing – with all the associated health and legal risks. FireAngel’s director of connected homes, James King, discusses how, with new digital technologies, housing providers can minimise those risks and respond to problems quickly and proactively. Condensation, damp & mould Over the…
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CNT’s IT donation to Women in Social Housing
Women in Social Housing has upgraded its IT infrastructure thanks to its partnership with IT services provider, Central Networks and Technologies. CNT has donated implementation and project time to the not-for-profit organisation to deploy Microsoft Office 365 for WISH’s geographically-dispersed workforce and team of volunteers. WISH is a membership-based network for women across every discipline…
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GCH heads for the cloud with Fordway
Fordway has completed the implementation of a managed cloud service for Gloucester City Homes’ legacy IT applications, resulting in greater flexibility and scalability combined with reduced costs. GCH had become dissatisfied with its previous IT supplier’s services because they were constraining development and growth, impacting everything from efficiency and decision-making to customer service, and were…
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