The pandemic has accelerated housing providers’ appetite for new technologies that can gather information more effectively to enable better decision-making, so here are five technology trends that we believe are likely to have the greatest impact in housing this year. AI and hyper automation Artificial intelligence (AI) has proven itself to be a useful technology…
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NEC Software Solutions
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Forget your preconceptions and meet the new NEC Housing… On 1 July 2021, NEC Software Solutions rebranded from Northgate Public Services to come under our parent company, NEC Corporation. And that’s not the only difference we’ve seen following the acquisition. Over the past three years, we’ve invested an incredible £29 million (and counting!) into the…
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Digital twins in housing
Housing Technology interviewed executives from CGA Simulation, Chimni, Civica, Gray Fox Consulting, NEC Software Solutions, Simul8 and Twinview about the role of digital twins in housing and how they can be used for better business operations, improve tenant safety and support more rigorous governance and regulatory compliance. What is a digital twin? Gray Fox Consulting’s…
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IT risk in housing
Housing Technology interviewed senior executives from CalQRisk, Civica, Decision Time, FLS (Fast Lean Smart), Futr AI, NDL and NEC Software Solutions on the risk management side of IT, how to measure, triage and mitigate it, the ‘human factors’ of IT risk and its impact on housing providers’ wider business activities. What are the IT risks…
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NEC buys Northgate for £475 million
Northgate Public Services has been sold by Cinven Private Equity to NEC Corporation for £475 million. Northgate’s customers include around 200 housing providers and 95 per cent of UK local authorities. NEC’s biometric scanning and facial recognition products will be integrated into some of Northgate’s core software platforms. NEC’s global network will also enable Northgate…
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Aster plans £200,000 NEC infrastructure
Aster Group is spending £200,000 on a new unified communications system from NEC. The Sphericall system will enable Aster Group to standardise its communications infrastructure and reduce support costs across the business. The housing provider also plans to voice-enable all of its key business applications to achieve greater efficiency and improved service levels. NEC will…
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