With universal credit high on everyone’s agenda and as a continuation of the article in the September issue, Housing Technology interviewed representatives from MET, Montal Computer Services, Netcall, Online Centres Foundation, Paragon Community Housing Group and Sovereign Business Integration Group to find out their views on how welfare reform will affect housing providers. Preparing for…
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The IT strategy misconception
From: Tim Cowland, Senior consultant, Sovereign Business Integration Group Sir – For any organisation looking at their IT strategy, hoping for a supplier to wave a magic wand and deliver a ready-made solution without time and effort being spent by the organisation themselves may be a nice fantasy, but unfortunately that’s not reality. To develop…
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Sovereign wins infrastructure contract with Gateway Housing
Gateway Housing Association has awarded a 12-month managed services contract to Sovereign Business Integration Group to refresh its IT infrastructure. The £150,000 contract began in October 2012. Sovereign will conduct an IT infrastructure review, refresh Gateway’s IT infrastructure, and manage improvements to its overall IT environment. The contract is also intended to open the possibility…
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Benchmarking IT services
Based on contributions from BPHA, F-fectis, Montal, Northgate Public Services and Sovereign Business Integration Group, this feature article looks at how housing providers can benchmark their IT services, what to benchmark, the merits of internal staff and external consultants, how often to benchmark and how to integrate benchmarking into other IT and business projects. Why…
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A new era of governance
The social housing sector is once again facing an upheaval in both regulatory climate and strategic direction, from the Homes and Community Agency’s self-regulatory model and emphasis on financial performance, value for money and national consistency, to the government’s clear drive towards creating a self-financing social housing sector. From the way services are provided to…
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Town & Country Housing reviews infrastructure with Sovereign
Town and Country Housing Group has chosen Sovereign Business Integration Group to review its IT infrastructure and recommend improvements. The independent review was prompted by the need to upgrade TCHG’s disparate IT systems running across its operations in 16 local authority areas in the South East of England. Sovereign has undertaken an IT health check…
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