The big data revolution seems to be sweeping almost invisibly through business, academia, government, housing and everyday life. Defined as the collection, analysis, and visualisation of vast amounts of information, facilitated by clever algorithms, big data is seen by many as the biggest technology innovation since the birth of the internet. A recent survey carried…
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Infrastructure
SMAC your IT up
With the combination of social media, mobile, big data analytics and cloud (SMAC) gaining wider awareness as being possibly the next wave of technology, Housing Technology interviewed SMAC exponents from Caltech IT, Ciber and Clearview Systems about how SMAC could be used by housing providers. What is SMAC? Most housing providers have already adopted at…
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ERP or not ERP?
It was interesting to note during the panel discussion at the Housing Technology 2014 conference in February that the panel was divided on the question of using ‘standard’ ERP systems, such as from SAP or Oracle, instead of standalone applications for repairs, housing, finance, CRM and so on. One perspective was that the difficulties of…
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Places for People goes virtual with Open Reality to save £730,000
Places for People has reported that it has saved £730,000 in capital costs and £100,000 in annual operational costs following its introduction of Citrix thin-client infrastructure from Open Reality and its partner Bright Cloud. Places for People’s move from desktop PCs to thin clients was prompted by a doubling of its workforce to 3,000 staff…
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MET’s security seminar at Jaguar Land Rover factory
MET is running a security seminar with Assa Abloy and The Bloomfield Group at Jaguar Land Rover’s factory in Birmingham on April 2. The seminar will address the complete spectrum of security from new security systems to protect facilities through to cyber security. Ian Vickers, managing director, MET, said, “Security should be the number one…
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More choice, more decisions
From Jacqui Stoggall, Director of Consultancy, Sovereign Business Information Group. Sir – The ICT market in housing shows no sign of slowing as business transformation programmes fuel the procurement of new software, driven not only by service delivery objectives but also by the need to help the business deliver ever-increasing levels of efficiency and effectiveness….
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