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ROCC Attend Direct Works Forum Written by Chris Potter |
20/12/2011 |
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ROCC attended the quarterly seminar of the Direct Works Forum
held at Ansty Hall Hotel near Coventry. There were
representatives from circa forty housing associations and
local authorities present ... |
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ROCC Attend Waste Management Forum Written by Chris Potter |
19/12/2011 |
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ROCC were delighted to present to the South West
Waste Recycling forum’s Christmas meeting which was held at
SITA UK’s Materials Recycling Facility in Bodmin, Cornwall ... |
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Cup Final Statistics Written by Luke Aldrich |
16/11/2011 |
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Update from The CUPFINAL Project
team at Albion in the Community. What an amazing achievement
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Good News from the Cup Final Project 2011 Written by Cup Final Project Team |
16/11/2011 |
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Lots of good news from 2011. Find
out all the details of how the Cup Final Project has helped
local young people over the last year ... |
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Adobe
Confirm HTML5 as the Future Written by Peter Luck |
12/11/2011 |
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I was overjoyed when Adobe
confirmed recently that they would bid farewell to their Flash
for mobile platform. We've been early adopters of HTML5 at
ROCC and have ensured our new developments both for mobile and
the desktop are making full use of HTML5's capabilities. Adobe
have stated that HTML5 is ... |
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ROCC Cooking at Connecting Communities Tournament Written by Luke Aldrich |
02/11/2011 |
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ROCC in the guise of Facilities
Manager, Alan Gould were recently supporting Albion In The
Community (AITC). The u19 11 aside tournament was the
culmination of the Connecting Communities project, which aimed
to create cultural understanding between cultures and estates
in Brighton ... |
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Invited to Join the NSPCC Business Board Written by Luke Aldrich |
10/10/2011 |
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I am really excited to have
been invited to join the NSPCC Brighton Business Board. We are
tasked with raising the profile (and money) for the NSPCC in
the area. I see how it dovetails with our work with The Albion
in The Community’s CUPFINAL Project as providing a safety net
for vulnerable children ... |
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Supporting St Catherine's Written by Luke Aldrich |
23/09/2011 |
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On Sunday September 1st, ROCC’s
Head of Service Peter Luck took to the hills for the annual St
Catherine’s Hospice fundraising walk. A group of 290
participants walked a 13 mile circuit around the Sussex
countryside ... |
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A Modern Mobile Solution Written by Peter Luck |
02/09/2011 |
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I'm pleased to announce the
upcoming release on September 9th of the latest version of the
Uniclass Mobile solution for social housing. The new release
further strengthens our mobile worker solution providing
enhanced levels of functionality and performance ... |
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Kickz Cricket
Match 6th June 2011 Written by Luke Aldrich |
08/07/2011 |
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Held on the 6th June. ROCC
participated in the showcase event for the Albion in The
Community Kickz project. The softball game played on a
slightly soggy County Ground outfield was played between young
people involved and benefitting from the projects ... |
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iCloud Written by Peter Luck |
13/06/2011 |
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At the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs put
another nail in the coffin of the traditional PC by announcing
the launch of the iCloud in the Autumn with iOS 5. The purpose
of the iCloud is to set your Apple devices free from being
tethered to ... |
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ROCC at Ardingly Residential with Albion in the
Community Written by Luke Aldrich |
23/05/2011 |
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On the 13th and 14th April ROCC assisted with the Albion in
The Community Ardingly College Residential course for young
people in the Sussex and Surrey area ... |
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Marathon Efforts
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23/05/2011 |
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ROCC project manager Benny Coxhill has over the years raised a significant amount of money for various charities. 2011 saw Benny take part in his 7th and 8th marathons. Read Benny's full account here. |
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Unrest in the Private Contractors Market Written by Chris Potter |
20/05/2011 |
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There is considerable change happening in the Social Housing
market, particularly amongst the private contractors. These
changes are mainly due to two major events; the comprehensive
spending review and the collapse of Connaught’s and ROK ... |
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ROCC Sponsor Achieve Lifestyle Community Day Written by Luke Aldrich |
13/05/2011 |
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ROCC are helping sponsor a Community Charity Day for our new
customers at Achieve Lifestyle in Runnymede. The day held in
Egham, Surrey on the 22nd May I’m sure will be a great success
and herald the start of the new Trust that has been recently ... |
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Newport City Homes Written by Chris Potter |
05/05/2011 |
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Following my recent visit to Newport City home it is just over
a year since the repairs and maintenance system went live. The
system has bedded in well and is continuing to deliver the
benefits originally identified, but things never stand still ... |
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Feedback Please ... and Thank You Written by Peter Luck |
04/05/2011 |
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Always hungry for feedback from our customers we have recently
issued an online feedback form to allow customers attending
any of our Uniclass training sessions to provide confidential
feedback direct to myself. This is being used for the ... |
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Internet Explorer 9 Released Written by Peter Luck |
08/04/2011 |
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Many Windows 7 and Vista users will have noticed that
Microsoft have released version 9 of their Internet Explorer
web browser in March. This is a big release for the browser in
that it directly responds to many of the criticisms that have
been levelled at it ... |
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Demystifying the Cloud Written by Peter Luck |
30/03/2011 |
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The buzz about "The Cloud" has
been going on for quite a while now and the people I talk to
either don't understand exactly what the cloud is or they just
shout in exasperation "It's just hosting!". In my opinion,
whatever you want to call it, "The Cloud" is the future ... |
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Newport City Council - Extra Mile Awards Written by Luke Aldrich |
14/03/2011 |
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ROCC were delighted to sponsor and attend Newport City
Council’s ‘Extra Mile Awards’ 2011. Held at the City’s Hilton
Hotel nominations came from the public as to people and
organisations in the Newport area that had gone the ‘extra
mile’ ... |
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Microsoft ISV Certification Written by Peter Luck |
09/02/2011 |
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We've been busy over the last
couple of month's renewing our Microsoft partnership and as
always Microsoft have made it very interesting with a complete
change in how partnerships are obtained. We've focused on the
two main areas of our Microsoft ... |
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Cup Final Marketing Group 12th January 2011 -
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03/02/2011 |
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Met at Raven HA. A really positive day. Representatives
from Raven, Orbit, Southern Housing, Worthing Homes and Mole
Valley DC were all attending as were Brighton and Hove
Albion to discuss ways of promoting the project. Among the
ideas we thought
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ROCC Helpdesk Customer Portal Written by Peter Luck |
02/02/2011 |
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As promised
to our user group in November, I'm pleased to announce our new
helpdesk system has gone live today. The new system will give
us better control of all our customer's outstanding issues and
enable us to easily carry out trend analysis and spot patterns ... |
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An Important Step to a Transparent Service Written by Peter Luck |
20/12/2010 |
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As promised
to our user group in November, I'm pleased to announce our new
helpdesk system has gone live today. The new system will give
us better control of all our customer's outstanding issues and
enable us to easily carry out trend analysis and spot patterns ... |
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Cup Final Marketing Group 12th January 2011
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09/12/2010 |
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We are looking for interested parties and existing
Housing Association partners to join with us in attending a
Marketing Group to promote the excellent Albion CUPFINAL
project. Currently scheduled at Raven Housing Trust for
10.30 on 12th January
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An ISV's
View of the Future Written by Peter Luck |
08/12/2010 |
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Predicting
the future is often an extremely difficult thing to do (as
Thomas Watson of IBM famously said "I think there is a world
market for maybe 5 computers"), however we need to look to the
future and see where our market is going and ensure we as an
ISV keep ... |
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ROCC Customer's Furry Fundraiser Written by Luke Aldrich |
06/12/2010 |
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ROCC customer Pete Smith, Head of Procurement for Nottingham
City Homes raised over £3,500 for charity by growing a monster
moustache as part of the national Movember campaign. Well done
Pete. The impressive example can be seen ... |
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Using IT to Save Money in Social Housing Written by Chris Potter |
29/11/2010 |
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I think the
comprehensive spending review will have wide ranging effects
in the way IT spend is justified in Social Housing
departments. I predict the growth of large public sector
landlords, the importance of shared service, increased
pressure on void turnaround ... |
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ROCC Service - A Changing World Written by Peter Luck |
25/11/2010 |
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November
23rd saw the new format ROCC Uniclass User Networking Event
(bit of a mouthful that one ... perhaps we should call it
R.U.U.N.E ... or maybe not) held in Birmingham at The
Studio. The day was a great way for us to let our customers
know ... |
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Cup Final Tournament in the park Written by Cup Final Project Team |
28/08/2010 |
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The previous days torrential weather might have put a few teams off but generally the turnout was really impressive as teams that ranged from well practised and well oiled playing machines to teams being dreamt up hastily in the car park over a can of
Fanta ... |
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ROCC v Albion In The Community Kickz Cricket 11 Written by Luke Aldrich |
02/08/2010 |
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As we put ourselves through our strenuous warm up routine of standing and walking we noticed the rather more youthful opposition moving assertively towards us. The team assembled from both Whitehawk and Afghanistan kickz
project had recently taken ... |
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ROCC Sponsor Preston Park Charity Football Tournament Written by Cup Final Project Team |
23/07/2010 |
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August 26th 2010 is the date for the Preston Park football Tournament. This one of the flagship days for the Cup Final project. Last year up to 200 kids were playing in the park in a tournament that is organised free of charge by Albion in the Community... Read more of "ROCC Sponsor Preston Park Charity Football Tournament" |
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