It’s easy to find companies and people to wax lyrical about the benefits of cloud computing, but it’s not often that anyone highlights the disadvantages. It’s true that cloud has become an industry and ecosystem in its own right and has demonstrated its value time and again in user situations, so much so that industry…
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Cracking down on rogue landlords
In recent editions, Housing Technology has highlighted how the Housing and Planning Bill has major repercussions for how the social housing sector deals with its rogue landlords. What concerns me is the numbers; 16 per cent of privately rented homes are unsafe*. That’s around 740,000 people in the UK living in properties which may have…
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The housing provider of the future
The Hyde Group’s ICT director,Tim Linsdell, and Northgate Public Services’ director for housing solutions, Trevor Hampton, discuss the future of IT in the housing sector. How will the current pressures on social housing impact housing providers over the next ten years? Trevor Hampton, director for housing solutions, Northgate Public Services, said, “There’s a clear trend…
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Noise nuisance app from Pinnacle PSG
Pinnacle PSG’s quality and performance manager, Tarequl Islam, explains how they have introduced their ‘noise app’ from RH Environmental to their housing management contracts in London. Pinnacle PSG’s London contracts serve over 15,000 social housing properties and a further 4,000 leasehold properties. One of the key aspects of our service is dealing with anti-social behaviour…
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Ensure your CCTV doesn’t breach data protection legislation
Complying with data protection legislation is a fundamental requirement for all housing providers, who hold large amounts of personal and often sensitive information relating to their tenants. If you breach this legislation, you face fines, bad publicity and even criminal sanctions. What many housing providers may not realise is that data protection legislation also covers…
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Security vs. convenience – Making the right choices with the cloud
The emergence of cloud platforms and the number of software applications now being delivered ‘as a service’ has presented a plethora of choice, but how can you keep things simple as well as ensure users’ safety and security online? Lucie Glenday, digital insight and innovation specialist at IT Lab, discusses solutions that have been designed…
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