In order to replace an ageing server estate at Grampian Housing Association, Castle Computer Services has completed the implementation of 16 VMware virtual servers and its own Castle DataGuard backup and recovery service. Grampian Housing’s business growth and consequent demand for more complex IT services had resulted in a sprawling estate of around 10 servers,…
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Infrastructure
The noise of big data
Sir – All of the hype and references to big data are great as it gives us something new to talk about, but is it all that it’s cracked up to be? Sure, there is more data. Social media platforms create loads of data but so what? I’ve looked at Twitter and tried to make…
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Big data, big issue
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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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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