The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has recently launched its social landlord portal to enable housing providers to report the progress they are making towards the Scottish Social Housing Charter, built on a bespoke system created by CompanyNet, a specialist Microsoft consultancy in Edinburgh. The SHR’s business intelligence programme arose from the introduction of the Scottish…
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Optevia wins Dynamics CRM deal at A2Dominion
A2Dominion Group has selected Optevia to implement Microsoft Dynamics CRM across its entire property sales and marketing department. The housing provider previously used an old database and spreadsheets to capture and share data. This was both limiting in terms of collaboration and business intelligence. A2Dominion therefore decided to buy a new CRM system to provide…
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Counting down to April 2014
As covered in more detail in the Windows XP article, Microsoft will cease to support Windows XP and Office 2003 from April 2014, arguably making it the most major software expiry event of the decade, so how prepared are you? Without updates, the Windows XP operating system and everything connected to it will rapidly become…
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM at AmicusHorizon
Amicus Horizon is using Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM system to track all interactions with tenants and provide a single view of tenants’ histories and preferences. The housing provider was previously using its housing management system to capture income and property information, but it lacked the sophistication to track tenant calls or retain personal records. Chris Roberts,…
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Bring your own device – Is it right for you?
Housing Technology interviewed experts on the ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) trend from Accellion, Diligent Boardbooks, JMC IT, MET, Microsoft, Oneserve and Sovereign Business Integration Group to find out how BYOD is relevant to housing providers, its advantages and disadvantages, its different delivery models and who is driving its adoption in housing. The BYOD trend…
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Microsoft’s red carpet for Richmond Housing
Richmond Housing Partnership is one of just six companies worldwide that have been chosen by Microsoft for a feature-length documentary. The ‘Dynamic Tomorrow’ film will focus on how all the companies from different market sectors have used Microsoft Dynamics and other technologies to develop their businesses and improve customer service. RHP used Dynamics as the…
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