Central Networks has completed a full IT infrastructure refresh at Broadacres Housing Association, based on Fujitsu servers and SSD drives, Veeam replication and Cisco switches. Faced with a disparate ICT infrastructure and ageing components, combined with deteriorations in the performance of its core business applications, Broadacres appointed Central Networks to lead a full infrastructure refresh….
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Housing Support Pro at Catalyst Choices
Warrington Borough Council’s Catalyst Choices care provider is now using Housing Support Pro’s software to streamline its support services. Although it is a newly-formed community interest company (CIC), Catalyst Choices inherited from the council a traditional business structure in need of modernisation and with fixed resource patterns. David Osborne, CEO, Catalyst Choices, said, “I knew…
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Sovereign wins five-year contract at Eastend Homes
Eastend Homes has awarded a new IT support contract to Sovereign Business Integration Group for the next five years. The contract is based on Sovereign’s managed IT services, and includes ‘as a service’ options for back-up, disaster recovery and firewall security. John Henderson, managing director, Eastend Homes, said, “We are well aware of the cyber-attacks…
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Housing providers’ struggle with data, payments & mobility
According to research from Phoenix Software and VMware, UK housing providers are struggling with how they handle data, tenant payments and remote working. The software providers’ research found that 75 per cent of housing providers don’t think their organisation is effectively using the information it stores, with almost 50 per cent expecting to need to…
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Castle DR at Melville Housing
Melville Housing Association is using Castle Computer Services for its disaster recovery and business continuity operations following a recent office move. Andrew Noble, chief executive, Melville Housing Association, said, “Our infrastructure was at an age where it needed to be upgraded in advance of our move to new offices and Castle worked with us to…
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ForViva’s 60% infrastructure cost cuts with Quadris
ForViva’s investment in a Dell XC hyper-converged Nutanix platform supplied and supported by Quadris has been a key enabler of their significant recent growth and transformed application performance. Customer profile Established in June 2015, ForViva has brought together City West Housing Trust, Villages Housing Association and construction company ForWorks under a group structure. The group…
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