Housing Technology interviewed senior housing experts from Clearview Systems, Itica, Northgate Public Services, Torus Group and Vantage Business Solutions on the role and impact of technology on housing providers’ mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Existing technologies as M&A drivers Although technology is now widely recognised as being fundamental to housing providers’ operations, for any two or…
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Clearview Systems
The noise of big data
Sir – All of the hype and references to big data are great as it gives us something new to talk about, but is it all that it’s cracked up to be? Sure, there is more data. Social media platforms create loads of data but so what? I’ve looked at Twitter and tried to make…
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Enterprise search & BI from Clearview for Villages Housing
Villages Housing is implementing Clearview’s enterprise search engine-based business intelligence and reporting suite in order to make sense of all the data it holds across disparate systems. Villages recognised that the volume of data it held had increased significantly since the Capita IBS applications were installed in 2008. This growth of data has been generated…
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SMAC your IT up
With the combination of social media, mobile, big data analytics and cloud (SMAC) gaining wider awareness as being possibly the next wave of technology, Housing Technology interviewed SMAC exponents from Caltech IT, Ciber and Clearview Systems about how SMAC could be used by housing providers. What is SMAC? Most housing providers have already adopted at…
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Appetite for risk
From Bill Gill, BG Audit & Consultancy & Mark Hobart, Managing Director, Clearview Systems. The BG Audit and Clearview Systems report is available from www.clearviewbusiness.com Sir – Housing regulation is now clearly focused on risk, assurance and governance. The crucial juggling act is for organisations to remain financially viable while taking on more risk. Rigorous…
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Better performance for Cairn with Clearview
Cairn Housing Association is using performance management software from Clearview Systems to improve its strategic and operational planning processes. The housing provider implemented Clearview’s strategy and performance suite at the start of 2013, followed by the intelligence and reporting module, with the customer engagement suite scheduled to be added this month. Fin Smith, head of…
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