Covalent Software has just signed contracts with One Vision Housing to provide the Bootle-based housing association with performance management software. This follows earlier customer wins during 2008 with Glasgow Housing Association, Chester & District Housing Trust, Sutton Housing Partnership, Havebury Housing Partnership and Halton Housing Trust. Covalent’s software monitors all aspects of corporate performance, including…
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Counting the cost of server consolidation
While finance directors in the housing sector may not have a deep understanding of what an IT server actually does, they are more than likely to know how much it costs to buy, run and maintain a server, and by how much it will depreciate. What they probably don’t know is that nearly all servers…
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One-touch security for Incommunities
Incommunities has implemented flexible and secure remote working for its staff using a solution from AppGate Network Security. Incommunities, which manages 22,000 homes around Bradford, West Yorkshire, wanted to let remote workers and staff work when away from the office without compromising its infrastructure or data security. It also needed a single control point to…
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On best behaviour at Sandwell Homes
Sandwell Homes expects to improve its management of anti-social behaviour incidents using software from Tagish. The ALMO, which manages around 115,000 properties on behalf of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, had no automated system to track and retain ASB data. A variety of Sandwell Homes staff needed access to the ASB data,…
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Civica wins £1.9m deal with Hackney Homes
Hackney Homes, an ALMO set up by Hackney Council, will overhaul its entire IT operation over the next two years after a £1.9 million shared risk and reward agreement with Civica. The new infrastructure will be based on Civica’s Universal Housing and Servitor products. Hackney Homes’ new systems will include contact centre applications for ‘first-time…
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Northgate to acquire Anite’s public sector business
Consolidation among technology suppliers to the social housing sector looks set to continue with the planned acquisition of Anite Public Sector Holdings by Northgate Information Solutions, which includes Anite’s local government and secure information systems businesses, for around £54 million. The planned deal comes four months after the acquisition of Northgate by US private equity…
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