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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Making room for the agile business
As growing numbers of organisations begin to make positive plans for the future, is the office really the best place for the data centre, asks Joanna Sedley-Burke, managing director of Sovereign Data Connect. Organisations cannot afford any constraints on expansion (e.g. mergers) and one of the key areas of agility must be within IT. Why…
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The Windows XP time bomb
Early in 2010 Microsoft confirmed that it would cease support for Windows XP in April 2014. With other challenges such as the impact of the universal credit taking up precious time, resource and capex, how many housing providers have left themselves exposed to the risks of continuing to use of this soon-to-be unsupported operating system?…
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