In the past, when people have discussed technology in the context of housing and certainly in the context of social housing, certain words are usually guaranteed to be used within 60 seconds of the conversation starting. Speed. Cost. Effort. Improvement. Drive. Change. Innovation. Productivity. Solution. Automatic. Connected. What do all of these words have in…
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Appello’s digital telecare at Guinness Partnership
Guinness Partnership is transforming its housing for older people with Appello’s digital telecare suite. As part of its new technology service offering, Guinness is introducing Appello’s Smart Living Solutions to 30 of its developments across England. Residents will benefit from flat-to-flat and resident-to-manager video calls and video door-entry for individual homes and communal areas. Appello’s…
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Curing grounds maintenance headaches
When you scale things up, even the simplest tasks can start to become complex. It’s a truth that is immediately recognised by any successful property manager, and especially apparent in grounds maintenance. With multiple sites to manage, everyday tasks such as keeping lawns cut, hedges trimmed or trees regularly inspected to ensure safety cascade into…
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Overcoming IT challenges and change at Housing Plus
Agreeing & implementing major IT change Getting all levels of an organisation on board with technology change is a challenge, especially when the forecast will result in increased costs. Even when the benefits of change are numerous and evidenced, the increasing of costs through one-off or on-going expenditure can be difficult and time-consuming to justify….
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Ground-breaking solutions with Office 365
Office 365 as a sector-specific solution As the adoption of Microsoft Office 365 powers ahead in the housing sector and most social housing providers have completed their migrations of email to the cloud, many are now embarking on true digital transformation via the ground-breaking Office 365 Power Platform. The Office 365 journey has been an…
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Mobile-first to the cloud
Two of the most-discussed trends in social housing IT over the past few years have been: The migration of systems from on-premise to the cloud; Mobile-first approaches to tenant communications. More housing providers are asking whether it’s possible to scale their migration to the cloud, and to start with front-end services while back-end services remain…
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