Fit for the future. That’s been the phrase on everybody’s lips at Longhurst Group over the last year. We’re confident that we’re fit-for-purpose but the challenge we’ve faced as an ICT team is how to also ensure that we’re ready for what is yet to come. So how can you prepare for the unknown? In…
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Infrastructure
TunTum Housing signs with Riverlite for IT infrastructure
TunTum Housing has signed a three-year contract with IT service provider Riverlite to fully manage its technology infrastructure from September 2016. Riverlite will replace TunTum’s servers and provide centralised storage, deployed as virtual servers for flexibility and high availability. Riverlite’s Sentry system will be used to provide security to protect TunTum’s infrastructure. Rafik Ghumra, director…
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EkkoSense wins renewables software deal at Nottingham City Homes
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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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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