Having worked in the housing sector for over 20 years, it’s safe to say that housing providers are no longer questioning the business case for business transformation but have moved onto the more pertinent question of ‘how do we do it?’. Whatever stage of this transformation journey you are on, your records and their security,…
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Infrastructure
iOpt wins Places for People’s start-up challenge
iOpt was the only Scottish company to win a recent global competition by Places for People to find companies with innovative housing-related technologies. Approximately 160 companies from around the world entered the competition to join the housing provider’s Innovation Lab programme, the aim of which is to transform the performance of Places for People’s property…
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Alertacall launches IoT sensors
Alertacall has developed an IoT-based device to monitor temperature and humidity in individual properties, giving housing providers automated early alerts to signs of fuel poverty and unhealthy living conditions. Running on five-year batteries and operating without the need for a mains connection or wi-fi, Alertacall’s Envosense device records data every hour and uploads it to…
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Grand Union’s £1m Castleton infrastructure deal
Castleton Technology has embarked on four-year managed service project at Grand Union Housing Group. The project is valued at around £1 million, with the initial cloud and unified communications implementation expected to be completed by August 2019. Castleton’s multi-cloud approach for the housing provider includes an ‘edge’ systems refresh, private-cloud hosting in Castleton’s ‘tier four’…
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Cross Keys Homes begins CityFibre IoT trial
Social housing properties across Peterborough have been transformed into a ‘smart city’ pilot project between Cross Keys Homes and CityFibre. The project will explore how a network of sensors deployed throughout Cross Keys Homes’ properties could monitor health, safety and environmental factors as well as deliver cost savings. The trial at three residential locations in…
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iOpt gains £600k investment for housing IoT development
Technology start-up iOpt has received a £600,000 seed-funding boost for its housing-focused IoT plans. Established in 2016 in Glasgow, iOpt uses data analytics, smart sensors and IoT technology to enable housing providers to remotely monitor the internal environment of their property assets. iOpt’s bespoke algorithms and machine-learning techniques predict when and where issues such as…
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