We live in a 24/7 world, with a culture of immediacy when people expect things yesterday. The days of a successful business operating from nine to five are over. The digital revolution and the rise of social-media platforms have burst into people’s lives, creating this ‘always on’ culture, making it possible to reach customers, and…
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Contributed Articles
Extending Microsoft Dynamics – Going Mobile
In the March issue of Housing Technology, I wrote about how Microsoft Dynamics can be extended to tenant self-service portals; in this article I will discuss how Microsoft Dynamics can be extended to mobile devices. There is an increasing emphasis in the housing sector on flexible working, whether this is because there are more face-to-face…
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Cloud – Better, faster and cheaper?
Cloud technology and adoption is growing rapidly, with many experts predicting that 50 per cent of the UK enterprise software market will be delivered via a cloud-hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) model within two years, double today’s figure. With cloud underpinning deeper business intelligence, improved service outcomes and being more secure and greener than before, now is…
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Great ideas wanted… VerseOne’s innovation fund
The world is rich with original ideas. After all, we are creative beings by nature. So, why is true innovation such a rarely found gem? Perhaps it’s what I call the ‘innovation gap’. If we understand innovation to be the meeting of original creative thought and focused action, without the action, ideas remain just that…
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High hopes for low-code projects
Any public-sector organisations providing a service, especially those for which people have to pay, such as council tax or parking permits, are expected to provide a seamless, digital solution for technology-savvy users. And as with many areas of the public sector, housing providers are under increasing pressure to meet the challenges and opportunities presented by…
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Mobile surveying – More than just data capture
In my other life as the owner of a surveying company, we have completed a lot of stock condition surveys over the past 15 years; probably around 150,000 surveys spread across every conceivable property type, and from remote island communities to dense, city-centre developments. During that time, our methods and processes have developed to keep…
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