From: Karen Conneely, Group commercial manager, Real Asset Management Sir – With the passing of the SORP deadline earlier this year, housing providers up and down the country faced the daunting task of implementing a component accounting model that would adhere to the guidelines. With most providers’ asset registers increasing tenfold, it is surprising to…
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Letters
Worry about the data, not the device
From: John Paul, Consultant IT director and executive coach, Consulteast Sir – Has the iPad changed the world of mobile working or has it just helped us change our minds? As an IT manager who for many years saw Apple products as annoying things beloved by graphic designers, it took me a little while to…
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Cut out the hype
From: Martin Carpenter, Director of IT, Peabody Sir – Over the past year, we have started to be told how important ‘big data’ is, prior to that it was BYOD, and before that it was cloud computing. Clearly, the ability of vendors to think up new terms for existing problems follows Moore’s Law, with the…
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Seen it all before?
From: Aidan Dunphy, Product manager, Orchard Information Systems Sir – Those who have been in housing IT for long enough are probably experiencing a sense of déjà vu as we hear some commentators calling time on integrated housing systems. The 1990s was characterised by RSLs choosing packaged solutions to replace bespoke systems that had become…
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The true measure of success (or failure)
From: Selina Olah, Finance director, Orbit Group Sir – So you’ve hit upon the perfect systems-based solution to your latest major problem, or perhaps more likely, you were sold it by that very pushy salesperson at the last conference. You have convinced your finance director, secured the budget, written the business case and won over…
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What have you done for me lately?
From: Neil Jones, Head of IS, Newport City Homes Sir – One of the biggest problems I face in the workplace is a lack of understanding on what technology can achieve. This happens on a number of levels, with some people actively enjoying repetitive tasks (I know, it makes no sense to me either) and…
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