North Wales Housing Association has recently signed a three-year contract with business continuity specialists Biscon. The IT consultancy will conduct reviews, updates and exercising services every 12 months and will also be available for advice and help regarding business continuity throughout the year. Yvonne Wilkinson, resources director, North Wales Housing Association, said, “After using Biscon’s…
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FAST in partnership with Civica Services
Software asset management and IT compliance specialist FAST has announced a partnership with Civica Services to take advantage of the latter’s expertise in software licensing and ICT planning services. The partnership with Civica Services will allow FAST to offer a wider range of services to its customers, which in turn will help to improve efficiency…
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Easynet links 200 sites for Metropolitan Housing
As part of a three-year contract, Easynet has completed the installation of an MPLS network spanning Metropolitan Housing Partnership’s 200 sites across the UK. MHP’s staff can now work from any location on the network, keeping the same telephone number and accessing the same applications wherever they are. The new network proved itself during the…
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Surrey councils pioneer shared data services with GGP
Tandridge District Council and Runnymede Borough Council are pioneering one of the first shared services applications for essential address data using GGP Systems. The partnership is already delivering savings in software and hardware costs, reducing staff overheads and improving data access and security. Using gazetteer management software developed by GGP Systems, Tandridge is hosting Runnymede’s…
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Feature – Peabody interview
Housing Technology interviewed Michael Barber, IT director at Peabody, to find out how he has found his first year in the housing sector, running the IT services of one of the UK’s largest housing providers. What are your IT goals for the next twelve months? And what are your longer-term goals? Over the next 12…
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Thrive outsources all IT services to Sovereign
Thrive Homes has completely outsourced all of its IT services to Sovereign Business Integration, with a 15-month contract beginning in December 2010 pending the open procurement of a longer-term contract starting in April 2012. Sovereign reported that existing IT team members from Thrive were transferred with full communication and collaboration under TUPE. Philip Day, resources…
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