EkkoSense, an energy management specialist, has won a contract from Nottingham City Council, on behalf of Nottingham City Homes, to supply monitoring software for over 3,000 solar installations. EkkoSense’s web-based monitoring system will check each solar installation daily, providing all of the information needed to claim any income generated by the solar panels along with…
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Infrastructure
Orwell Housing selects Gigaset for DECT and warden call upgrade
Gigaset and Comms Supply have upgraded Orwell Housing’s telephony systems while seamlessly integrating with the warden-call communication system used to connect tenants with staff. The project was carried out by Comms Supply, a certified Gigaset partner, that also provides its SIP-based cloud telephony platform YourUCP to Orwell Housing’s head office and many extra care housing…
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FileHound reduces paper mountain at Havebury Housing
With an increasing number of filing cabinets taking up valuable office space, Havebury Housing Partnership has reduced the amount of documents being stored, as well as streamlined existing business processes, by deploying a document management system from FileHound. Filehound’s browser-based interface enables users to access stored information and documents via any PC, laptop, tablet or…
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Is your cloud really necessary?
It’s easy to find companies and people to wax lyrical about the benefits of cloud computing, but it’s not often that anyone highlights the disadvantages. It’s true that cloud has become an industry and ecosystem in its own right and has demonstrated its value time and again in user situations, so much so that industry…
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Orbit and CommunityUK.net extend free wi-fi
Orbit Living and CommunityUK.net are extending their free wi-fi service to more of the housing provider’s sheltered housing schemes, marking the transition from a two-year pilot project to a sustainable and core infrastructure service. From February 2014 to March 2016, Orbit partnered with CommunityUK.net to deliver open wi-fi services in shared areas of over 25…
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Ensure your CCTV doesn’t breach data protection legislation
Complying with data protection legislation is a fundamental requirement for all housing providers, who hold large amounts of personal and often sensitive information relating to their tenants. If you breach this legislation, you face fines, bad publicity and even criminal sanctions. What many housing providers may not realise is that data protection legislation also covers…
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