Paper-based processes for surveying property conditions have been used for years. Of course, during this period some surveys have moved over to electronic data capture, but with varying degrees of success. One of the key factors that can limit the effectiveness of electronic data capture in the field is the accompanying hardware’s ability to capture…
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Bring your own device
Bring your own device (BYOD) has become one of the most influential trends that has or will touch the IT requirements of almost every organisation. The term has come to define a technology megatrend that requires sweeping changes to the way devices are used in the workplace. What is BYOD? Does it mean employees pay…
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Do your documents pay rent?
With the number of properties owned or managed by housing providers in the UK now exceeding two million, it isn’t hard to visualise the millions of paper documents being produced and stored by these associations on a daily basis. In many cases a document may be read only once, filed away and forgotten about and…
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Service charges – What has the accounts system ever done for us?
Why do housing officers so often photocopy service charge invoices and even build their own spreadsheets? This is madness – it’s wasting their time and the company’s money, and they’re simply not experts at it. So why do they do it, and how can we change this? There are four main reasons: They don’t trust…
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Can you trust your business to the cloud?
Cloud computing has attracted a lot of interest over the past 18 months. Almost any function of IT can now be delivered from the cloud, as a service or on a ‘pay as you go’ basis. However, just because you can move systems to the cloud, does that mean that you should? Business continuity and…
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Going the final mile when transforming desktop IT
As housing providers explore the different ways technology could be used to improve service delivery, many are considering how migrating away from traditional desktops to virtual desktops could provide an ideal solution. Even so, a PC on every desk can be a hard habit to break for some companies but perhaps 2012 will be the…
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