From Mark Summers, head of technology sales for JMC IT. Universal credit remains in its relative infancy, moving from a pilot phase to a staged UK-wide rollout in April 2014. Yet it is already clear that welfare reform is changing the country’s social housing landscape for good and, according to some, not necessarily for the…
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The return of the machine for living
From Matt Leach, CEO of HACT. In the early 20th century, architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, wrote about the house as ‘a machine for living’. At the time, influenced by the development of new building materials and in particular reinforced concrete, steel and glass, this expressed itself through bleak visions of grey…
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Learning to fly at Housing Technology 2014
From Tony Smith, an independent housing IT consultant at Acutance Consulting. Blog: tonysmiththathousingitguy.blogspot.co.uk This is a slightly abridged version of a posting written by Tony Smith, an independent housing IT consultant at Acutance Consulting, on his ‘Tony Smith: That Housing IT Guy’ blog (details below) following last month’s Housing Technology 2014 conference. It didn’t have…
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Supporting business outcomes
At Housing Technology’s ‘Reform IT’ event in September 2013, a common theme emerged regarding the impact of universal credit and the experience from regional trials; and it was the impact on resources, rather than on debt. My notes from a number of presentations on the day include quotes such as “the key is to free…
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Cloud computing in Housing
As cloud computing finally starts to become mainstream within the UK social housing sector, Kevin Doran, chief technology officer at Sovereign Business Integration Group, outlines some of the key considerations to contemplate when appraising the options for IT service delivery. It seems everyone has their own idea of what cloud computing means, so for the…
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Housing Technology 2014: Simon Weston OBE and George Clarke – architect & tv presenter to give keynote presentations
Housing Technology is delighted to announce that Simon Weston OBE and George Clarke will be giving the keynote presentations at the Housing Technology 2014 conference and executive forum on 26-27 February 2014. George Clarke, architect & tv presenter George is the presenter of several very successful series for television, including Channel 4’s Restoration Man and…
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