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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The importance of a collaboration strategy
Communication and collaboration are more critical than ever in today’s enterprise, and as collaborative applications continue to advance, new themes are evolving that challenge the way companies traditionally operate. These themes include: Borderless enterprises – in the past, companies viewed themselves as siloed entities, with a unique enterprise perimeter meant to isolate external and internal…
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Choosing a cloud services provider – Know what you’re buying
I was reassured to read in the last issue of Housing Technology’s ‘Editor’s Notes’ that housing providers are now very willing to embrace the benefits of cloud computing. The editorial suggested that “the sector’s adoption and use of IT is now catching up with and eclipsing other public and private sectors”. It highlights a trend…
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