Housing Technology is delighted to announce that Simon Weston OBE and George Clarke will be giving the keynote presentations at the Housing Technology 2014 conference and executive forum on 26-27 February 2014. George Clarke, architect & tv presenter George is the presenter of several very successful series for television, including Channel 4’s Restoration Man and…
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Infrastructure
Counting down to April 2014
As covered in more detail in the Windows XP article, Microsoft will cease to support Windows XP and Office 2003 from April 2014, arguably making it the most major software expiry event of the decade, so how prepared are you? Without updates, the Windows XP operating system and everything connected to it will rapidly become…
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Christmas lists
The ‘C’ word has crept into the November issue of Housing Technology but with good reason. As we approach the beginning of 2014, which ‘must-have’ technologies will be on your Christmas list and what New Year resolutions will you make and try to keep? While most housing providers have adopted mobile working to greater or…
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Peabody appoints Parabola as SharePoint consultant
Peabody has appointed Parabola Software as its SharePoint adviser after completion of a tender process for the 18-month contract, starting in October 2013. Parabola will be tackling a number of projects as Peabody’s SharePoint consultant, including advice and guidance in the development of a strategic plan for taking advantage of SharePoint 2013, replacement of Peabody’s…
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Big security for big data
Sir – In his call to arms, Matt Leach from HACT (Housing Technology, July 2013) calls for a sector-wide approach to harness the benefits of big data by pooling resources, but he fails to address the issue of security and compliance. Tenant data is highly sensitive in nature and the sector has a responsibility to…
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Making room for the agile business
As growing numbers of organisations begin to make positive plans for the future, is the office really the best place for the data centre, asks Joanna Sedley-Burke, managing director of Sovereign Data Connect. Organisations cannot afford any constraints on expansion (e.g. mergers) and one of the key areas of agility must be within IT. Why…
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