The social housing market remains profitable for Odyssey Interactive, with sales growth of more than 400 per cent in the sector in the past year. Part of Hasgrove Plc, Odyssey gained ten new housing customers in 2007, including Affinity Sutton, Carr-Gomm, Network Housing and Origin Group. Nigel Danson, managing director, Odyssey, said, “Sales of our…
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Peak service for Cairn
Cairn Housing Association has restructured its network to provide connectivity to all of its 35 remote sites in Scotland, achieving 99.999 per cent uptime while re-using much of its existing hardware. Cairn manages 2800 properties in Scotland, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Coatbridge and Thurso. For the past three or four years, Cairn has had…
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Walsall Housing Group tests loopholes in security
As organisations’ infrastructures attempt to deal with the growing volume and complexity of internal and external security threats, Walsall Housing Group is committed to regular penetration testing of its IT systems to highlight potential weaknesses before they are exploited. Phil Pettifer, network and security manager, WHG, said, “Penetration testing gives us peace of mind. It’s…
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New Charter monitors mobile device threat
New Charter Housing Trust Group has been one of the first organisations in the industry to recognise the potential security threat posed by the ubiquity of portable and removable media devices such as MP3 players, PDAs, USB drives, digital cameras and the latest generation of mobile phones. These devices can aid productivity and support flexible…
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Testing times at Southern Housing Group
The geographic spread of its offices and diversity of its job roles has led Southern Housing Group to use online skills testing as part of its recruitment activities. As one of the largest providers of rented accommodation in south-east England, Southern Housing Group owns and manages 24,000 properties and houses 45,000 tenants in London, Kent,…
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More mobility for Bradford’s builders
Bradford Community Housing Trust has given mobile PDA devices to its building services team in order to improve its customer service and increase productivity. Launched in February 2003, BCHT manages 22,000 homes, supported by 1000 staff in 12 offices in the Bradford area. A key part of BCHT is its 50-strong building services team which…
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