Industry veteran Ronnie Maclean has joined mobile solutions provider 1st Touch in a new sales role as part of the company’s programme of expansion and investment. Maclean has spent the past two years working for Documotive and the previous 12 years with IBS OpenSystems (before its acquisition by Capita in 2008). Robert Dent CEO, 1st…
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Mobile Working
Cottsway surveyors go mobile with MIS
Cottsway Housing Association is one of the first customers to adopt MWS Surveyor from MIS Active Management Systems, the supplier of Cottsway’s existing housing management system. Cottsway’s previous survey processes were paper-based which not only needed internal administrative staff to transcribe the data but also often resulted in backlogs of surveys waiting to be transcribed…
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VerseOne streamlines CHP’s contractors
CHP has transformed its contractor management with a new online tool from VerseOne that gives the housing provider better visibility of the status of assigned maintenance and repair jobs. The new Incident Process Manager system went live in May 2011 after a three-month development process, with around half of CHP’s contractors now already using the…
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South Yorkshire mobile with 1st Touch
South Yorkshire Housing Association has just begun using mobile workforce software from 1st Touch for its responsive repairs staff, with the intention of extending the use of the new tool to other field-based workers over time. SYHA has been keen to introduce PDA-based mobile working for some time but it needed to fine-tune its Aareon…
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Windows & Android contest handheld market
The battle-lines between Windows and Android are evolving. Robert Dent, CEO of 1st Touch, is positioned in the middle of the fray and throws down a gauntlet to Android device manufacturers. First, to declare an interest – the 1st Touch mobile platform which is used to create, configure and provide integration capabilities for mobile applications…
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In4systems launches work scheduling tool
In4systems has launched Intelligent Scheduler for dynamic appointment setting for repairs and maintenance staff and other mobile operatives. The web-based tool integrates with housing management, repairs and asset management systems and is part of In4Systems’ Promaster suite of asset management applications. The system is also available as a stand-alone product. John Buckland, director, In4Systems, said,…
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