Cobalt Housing decided in 2016 to de-merge from Onward Group in order to become an independent housing provider. As a consequence, Cobalt Housing went through a competitive tendering exercise for back-office IT services which South Liverpool Homes then won. Following the signing of a 10-year contract in November 2016, the go-live date for the project…
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Castleton’s expansion in India
Castleton Technology has expanded its operations with new offices in India. Operating from Bangalore in the south and Baroda in the north, Castleton India will support the development and testing of the company’s new housing software, with a team of 16 people across the two offices. Dean Dickinson, CEO, Castleton Technology, said, “This move represents…
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Castleton’s desktop-as-a-service at CVH
Castleton Managed Services is in the middle of a project with Circle Voluntary Housing for a new hosted desktop managed IT infrastructure supported with mobile working software. The implementation’s foundation is a cloud-based ‘desktop-as-a-service’ solution hosted in Castleton’s tier-3 data centres complete with business continuity via Castleton’s backup and disaster recovery service and a managed…
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A day in the life of… Hyperoptic
I wake up in ‘the project,’ which is the pet name for my flat in Notting Hill, currently being subjected to extension and refurbishment. The first priority is a strong black coffee and I am quickly on my regular walking commute to my company headquarters, which are close to Hammersmith station. Hyperoptic is the UK’s…
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Hackney’s low-code platform from OutSystems
The London Borough of Hackney is using OutSystems’ low-code development platform to double the speed of its mobile application developments. Matthew Cain, head of digital and data, London Borough of Hackney, said, “One of my first tasks when I joined the council in 2017 was to understand its digital architecture. While it was reasonably robust…
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Get Housing Technology’s ‘The E-State of the Nation’ report
Housing Technology has just published ‘The E-State of the Nation 2018/19’ report, covering UK social housing providers’ current and future plans for their IT estates and how technology underpins all of their business operations. The report is based on a comprehensive online survey of over 150 senior IT and business executives from UK housing providers…
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