Irwell Valley Housing Association has selected Metronet and its partner Central Network & Technologies (CNT) for the implementation of a new wide area network. The £100,000 contract began in February 2013 and will run for three years. Metronet and CNT have rolled out a complete network refresh for Irwell Valley across 25 sites around Greater…
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Infrastructure
Metronet wins £500,000 deal with City West
City West Housing Trust has awarded Metronet a four-year contract for internet connectivity and wide-area networking. The contract began in May 2013 and is worth more than £500,000. City West’s offices around Manchester will now be connected at speeds of between 100Mbps and 1Gbps using a combination of fibre and high-capacity wireless technology. Martin Barber,…
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A design for assisted living
Specialised housing with telehealth support will play a key role in building integrated and sustainable communities for the future with technology at the core. There’s no place like home, especially when it comes to helping older people and those with care needs to maintain their well-being and independence within their communities. This is why there’s…
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CACI wins five-year OfficeBase deal with Housing 21
Housing 21, the UK’s largest non-profit care provider, has given CACI a five-year contract to implement its OfficeBase software as a single, integrated care and services management system. This is one of the largest implementations of OfficeBase, covering the delivery of 100,000 care hours per week across 240 local authority and private contracts, as well…
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Powerline internet access trial for tenants at Glasgow Housing Association
Glasgow Housing Association is trialling the delivery of internet access to some of its tenants using powerline technology from Power Ethernet. GHA is using Powerline Sockets to share and deliver a single internet connection to six flats. The sockets use the existing mains electrical cabling within a home to deliver a fast and reliable data…
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WCHT signs seven-year managed services contract with Sovereign
Watford Community Housing has just signed a seven-year contract with Sovereign Business Integration Group for a completely outsourced ICT infrastructure. WCHT previously had a hybrid service delivery model made up of some in-house staff and some outsourced infrastructure support. The contract began at the beginning of April 2013 following a six-month transition. Sovereign is contracted…
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