Housing Technology interviewed low-code experts from Civica, Meritec, Mohara, Northgate Public Services and Rapid Information Systems on why and how housing providers should consider low code (or even ‘no code’) as a useful addition to their software development plans. What is ‘low code’ software? Benji Fisher, Mohara’s engagement lead, said, “Low-code tools are pieces of…
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Infrastructure
Proptechs and IT start-ups in housing
Following our last overview of the start-up IT companies in our sector (see Housing Technology magazine, January 2020), we return again for 2021 with a selection of ‘proptech’ companies and IT start-ups that are devoting either all or most of their focus on developing exciting new technologies for social housing, based on the recommendations we…
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Interview: FireAngel & NFCC – The future of fire safety for 2021 and beyond
FireAngel’s connected home director, James King, discusses the role digital technologies will play in the future of fire safety with Dan Daly, the National Fire Chiefs’ Council lead and former assistant commissioner for fire safety for the London Fire Brigade. James King: The National Fire Chiefs’ Council is working with every fire and rescue service…
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Thrive Homes and CCHA go ‘digital first’ with Conosco
London-based IT service provider Conosco has been appointed by Croydon Churches Housing Association (CCHA) and Thrive Homes to introduce a ‘digital first’ approach as part of their respective digital transformation strategies. Conosco has revamped CCHA’s IT infrastructure and migrated its environment away from hosted servers to scalable cloud-based virtual machines, saving considerable IT maintenance and…
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Using Microsoft Teams for unified communications
Prior to coronavirus, many housing providers were already rethinking their communications and telephony services to increase efficiency, promote ‘cloud first’, offer flexible working arrangements, save costs, and reduce complexity. The question that I constantly heard was, “Why do we need these large office-based telephony systems that cost a fortune to manage and maintain?” Unified communications…
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Low-code – Reaching that extra 20 per cent
A recent survey from Gartner suggests that by 2024 low-code software development will be responsible for over 65 per cent of application activity across all sectors. Low-code is a visual approach to developing software, which aims to automate every step of the application lifecycle, enabling the rapid delivery of a variety of solutions. Our developers…
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