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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Infrastructure
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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23Technology transforms Incommunities and Southdown Housing
23Technology, a cloud and virtualisation consultancy, has completed desktop transformation projects at Incommunities and Southdown Housing Association that have increased productivity, optimised user experience and securely extended connectivity across multiple sites. For Incommunities, 23Technology carried out a 1,500 desktop virtualisation project to deliver remote working, mobile device support and improved IT flexibility. After a one-month…
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Security vs. convenience – Making the right choices with the cloud
The emergence of cloud platforms and the number of software applications now being delivered ‘as a service’ has presented a plethora of choice, but how can you keep things simple as well as ensure users’ safety and security online? Lucie Glenday, digital insight and innovation specialist at IT Lab, discusses solutions that have been designed…
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Bringing the internet of things to social housing
The internet of things (IoT) is probably the hottest topic in technology at the moment, with applications ranging from ‘smart’ fridges to controlling your heating from your phone. When applied to CCTV, it also offers the ability to revolutionise the way social housing is managed, as one housing provider in Kent has discovered. CCTV is…
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Manifest Software develops universal IT adapter for housing
Two housing IT consultancies, Manifest IT and Blaze Information Systems, have developed the Manifest Universal Adapter to streamline system integration projects within the housing sector. The two companies created Manifest Software Solutions in early 2016 in order to launch the universal adapter. Working across all existing IT systems, the universal adapter seamlessly transfers, streamlines and…
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