The squeeze on budgets affecting both the private and public sector has given a new urgency to the age-old business question – how can we get more from fewer financial resources? Construction projects reportedly fell by 30 per cent in the last three months of 2010. Housing initiatives are seeing drastic cuts. And the National…
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Infrastructure
Mitel housing award for Actimax
IP communications provider Actimax has been given ‘housing specialist partner’ status by Mitel Networks. The criteria for the Mitel certification to IT suppliers include the availability of dedicated housing sales and design specialists, the provision of onsite housing demonstration facilities, and housing reference sites and case studies. John Massey, managing director of Actimax said, “Housing…
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How can IT suppliers deliver better value?
I recently attended the Housing Technology 2011 conference in Nottingham, which opened with Professor Morris Pentel from the Customer Experience Foundation talking about the future of technology in housing. He was followed by excellent breakout sessions from both IT suppliers and housing providers where, not surprisingly, a common theme was innovative ways of delivering better…
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Cairn Housing to sell virtual hosting services
Having virtualised its infrastructure back in 2007, Cairn Housing is now extending its IT services by generating income from hosting other housing providers’ data on its VMware servers. In conjunction with Castle Computer Services, Cairn is already hosting data for Abbeyfield Housing Association and expects to add several more housing providers during 2011. Rory Gaffney,…
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Thrive outsources to Sovereign
Sovereign Business Integration is set to deliver fully-outsourced IT services and support to Thrive Homes under a contract running until the end of March 2012. Sovereign will provide IT helpdesk support for Thrive Homes staff, server and network management, systems administration on business applications and project management for the delivery of key IT and business…
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Newport City Homes wins national ICT award
Newport City Homes’ IT team won the ‘Small IT Department Of The Year’ award at the UK IT industry awards in November 2010. NCH’s award was based on its implementation of Microsoft’s Lync unified communications platform and its integration with back-office applications such as Microsoft Dynamics, SharePoint and Exchange 2010. Neil Jones, head of IS,…
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