Six months ago, Housing Technology interviewed Sanctuary Group’s director of technology, Kevin Heslop, about the organisation’s implementation of the SAP-based OneSanctuary system (see Housing Technology, January 2017). We can now find out how the business is managing the new system and what the future holds for one of the housing sector’s largest SAP implementations. Six…
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Infrastructure
Notting Hill Housing awards £10m contract to Novosco
Cloud-services provider Novosco has secured a five-year deal worth over £10 million with Notting Hill Housing to provide a range of IT services, including service support and delivery, application management, ICT commodity services and strategic planning. Other Novosco customers in the social housing sector include Swan Housing, Northwards Housing and Radius Group. Andrew Muir, group…
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Digital care and the internet of things
Continuing our series of features on the internet of things (IoT), Housing Technology interviewed Appello’s chief technology officer, Carl Atkey, on the digital-care provider’s view on the subject. Why is the internet of things important? From smart toothbrushes that can monitor your dental health to connected cars that know before you do that a part…
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Sovereign’s managed services at Thrive Homes
Thrive Homes has reported on its ongoing relationship with Sovereign Business Integration Group for managed IT services since 2010. Sovereign originally helped Thrive Homes with an interim IT service, then became the housing provider’s in-house IT team, “blurring the lines between customer and managed services provider”, as Thrive Homes put it. In 2010, two years…
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Housing IT executives meet to develop next-generation SharePoint solutions
Greensquare’s group head of ICT, Rob Fletcher, reports on how a group of housing IT professionals met in London at the beginning of April with TSG at their London offices to discuss the integration of Microsoft Office 365 SharePoint Online with housing management systems. The session was attended by representatives from GreenSquare Housing, Sentinel Housing,…
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Switchee raises £480,000 seed funding
Clean-tech start-up Switchee has raised a further £480,000 in seed funding to drive forward its roll-out of the first smart thermostat for large social housing providers. The latest investment brings the company’s funding to more than £1 million following the £600,000 secured in April last year. The capital will be used to expand the reach…
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