Aareon UK has launched a range of managed service options to helps its customers boost value for money and reduce the time taken for services to become fully operational. The new services remove the need for housing providers to tie up vital internal systems management and staff resources. Well-established in the housing sector with its…
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Infrastructure
Vivid’s new CDW hosted infrastructure
CDW has completed the implementation of a completely new IT infrastructure, storage and DR platform for newly-created Vivid Housing. The formation of Vivid involved bringing together two Hampshire-based housing providers, First Wessex Housing and Sentinel Housing, each with similar aims but different systems and processes. First Wessex and Sentinel both had IT infrastructures that were…
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CNT’s ‘zero touch’ Fujitsu storage at Ongo
Ongo has deployed a Fujitsu all-flash storage solution from Central Networks and Technologies to support 70 applications, 450 users and 15,000 tenants, leading to a 20-fold increase in performance. Ongo Homes was previously using a combination of three storage platforms to support its business operations and Citrix desktops. However, the lack of capacity across these…
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Taking your organisation to the Azure cloud
The new financial year is very nearly here (depending on when you’re reading this) and budget planning is well underway. If you’re contemplating IT efficiencies for your organisation, it’s a good time to consider migrating to the cloud. Working with organisations across a number of sectors, Sovereign has seen many of its customers successfully exploit…
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Rackspace interview – IT infrastructure in housing
Housing Technology interviewed Rackspace’s chief technology officer, Lee James, during the recent Housing Technology 2018 conference. How are you finding Housing Technology 2018? It’s been brilliant. It’s our first year at the event, so thank you for having us. Lots of our customers had recommended it and there is a great buzz here! Apparently there…
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New Year resolutions for service teams
January can be difficult. It shouldn’t be a surprise that stories abound about ‘Blue Monday’, the so-called most depressing day of the year. However, the beginning of the year can be a great opportunity to re-evaluate how we approach big issues and challenges. The custom of New Year’s resolutions has been with us for more…
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