IT Consulting - DATAGROUP

A stable digital foundation for your social mission

As a housing authority, you navigate a daily balancing act between ensuring rental affordability and the challenging task of making your housing stock more sustainable and facilitating new construction. After years of increases, IT costs per housing unit have finally stabilized. This allows the focus to shift from expensive cloud migrations and ERP projects to creating value from existing systems. DATAGROUP takes end-to-end responsibility for your entire digital infrastructure. We ensure that your employees can work without worry—whether in the office, at home, or out in the community. With our modular CORBOX portfolio, we make IT simple, transparent, and fully compliant with BIC 4.0 and the new cybersecurity law.

DATAGROUP combines personal commitment, short lines of communication, and a trusted partner in Eindhoven with the scale, financial stability, and superior cloud quality of a European IT leader.

IT’s that simple.

The Digital Reality of Housing Associations

There is a strong ambition to digitize processes and assist tenants more quickly. But in practice, housing associations often run into the same persistent barriers—not due to a lack of technology, but because of the complexity of management.

System silos and a complex application landscape: Managing core systems (such as Tobias 365 or Zig365 | Operations) and the associated Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is complex. Without seamless integration of VERA messaging, information silos and manual work arise. This slows down service delivery to tenants and increases the risk of errors.
Lagging digital skills: Systems and portals are being updated at a rapid pace, but employees’ digital skills are lagging behind. We see this as the biggest bottleneck in digitization right now. Without targeted adoption and guidance, new software leads to frustration on the work floor rather than efficiency.
Sustainability and fragmented real estate data: Sustainability is the single largest investment item for housing associations. This requires that all real estate data (insulation, solar panels, energy labels) be 100% accurate and centrally recorded. Without unambiguous data, it is impossible to create targeted sustainability plans or align with standards such as ILS-woco and RGS.
BIC 4.0, NIS2, and directors’ liability: Although housing cooperatives are not always directly subject to NIS2 legislation, the supply chain (municipalities, contractors) requires demonstrable compliance. Cybercriminals specifically target housing cooperatives with “infostealers” on the dark web. As a result, information security has shifted from a technical requirement (BIC 4.0) to a matter of direct directors’ liability.

At DATAGROUP, we believe that IT should take the pressure off your housing association. You need peace of mind in your day-to-day operations and control over your data. That’s why we bridge the gap between technology and everyday practice with our personalized approach that eliminates risks and guarantees continuity.

Our expertise in the housing association sector

We believe that IT should strengthen your social mission. Our modular solutions align with the stage your housing association is currently in.

ERP ecosystems and data integrations: We untangle the complexity of your application landscape. This includes the management and integration of your primary ERP and CRM systems based on the CORA and VERA standards. As a result, data flows freely between tenant portals, property manager apps, and the back office, without the need for manual work.
Proactive security and BIC/NIS2 compliance: We take the stress out of audits. Our CORBOX management services are configured “compliance-ready” by default, in accordance with the strict requirements of BIC 4.0 and the Cybersecurity Act. With our certified, 24/7 SOC and proactive dark web monitoring, we block cyber threats (such as infostealers) before they can even penetrate your network.
DigiCoaching and Workplace Adoption: We ensure that new technology truly resonates with your employees. Through our targeted adoption programs and active DigiCoaching, we enhance digital skills in the workplace. This allows us to create a seamless Digital Employee Experience (DEX) and ensure positive adoption of new systems.

A partner that connects leadership, management, and employees

A stable organization is created when strategy, management, and technology align seamlessly. Decisions made at the executive level must be actionable on the front lines, while IT operations function reliably. DATAGROUP provides the connection so that every level maintains control over risks, performance, and continuity.

For the board and management: You want IT costs per housing unit to remain predictable and for past IT investments to finally deliver real value to tenants. We translate complex IT issues into clear, socially responsible decisions and ensure control over risks, compliance, and budgets. This allows you to focus on the organization’s social mission with confidence.
For the IT and Digitalization Manager: Your job is to oversee the IT chain and application landscape, but you’re constantly bogged down by ad-hoc outages. We take the operational pressure off, manage the integrations, and ensure smooth operations. This gives you back control and the time to focus on process optimization and data strategy.
For the staff member and the neighborhood manager: You simply want to help your tenants as best as possible, without administrative red tape or slow systems. We ensure that your digital workspace functions flawlessly anytime, anywhere—including on the go in the neighborhood. With practical DigiCoaching, we help you work with Microsoft 365 with confidence and enjoyment.

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Proven in practice by Dutch housing cooperatives

Our approach is not just theory. We apply it every day at housing associations of varying sizes and levels of complexity. This has given us a clear understanding of the processes, legislation, and unique dynamics of the housing association sector.

Why Housing Associations Choose DATAGROUP

We combine a solid foundation with guidance through change. That makes us not just a vendor, but a partner who adapts to your pace and culture.

Management and innovation as a single entity
A single, integrated approach for all your housing association systems
Consulting and management in one cohesive team
Stability in day-to-day service delivery
Room for innovation and process optimization
Not isolated projects, but a structured roadmap for the coming years

In-depth industry knowledge and an outside perspective

Familiar with the dynamics of housing cooperatives
Understanding of the entire process, from your tenant portal to your ERP
Insights from other industries to break through entrenched patterns
Support in making decisions without vendor lock-in
Pragmatic, realistic, and directly focused on results
Large enough to ensure continuity, small enough to provide personalized attention
24/7 reliability, sovereign cloud, and structural security (BIC 4.0)
Familiar faces, short lines of communication, and direct personal contact
The WoCo customer team works with you as direct colleagues
Accessible and easy to reach

The CORBOX: IT as a Product

For many housing associations, IT has become a crucial factor for success, but at the same time, it has also become a complex challenge. Various SaaS providers, changing laws and regulations (such as BIC 4.0 and the Cybersecurity Act), and the pressure to become more sustainable often make IT management costly and difficult to predict.

With CORBOX , DATAGROUP Netherlands makes IT services simple, transparent, and scalable. Instead of traditional custom solutions, the CORBOX portfolio consists of standardized and modular IT services with clear service descriptions and fixed quality levels. You can easily choose the building blocks that align with the goals of your housing association and tenants. All modules are fully integrated, compatible with one another, and flexibly scalable.

Within the CORBOX portfolio, four strategic pillars are standard components of every service: CORSecurity, CORCloud, CORCompliance, and CORIntelligence. This creates a modern IT environment in which security, flexibility, compliance, and intelligent automation are embedded from the ground up.

DATAGROUP - IT’s that simple.

Cloud Services (CORCloud): The right cloud strategy as the foundation for your housing association. We offer Enterprise Private Cloud, Sovereign Cloud, and hyperscaler solutions within a single integrated portfolio to host your Tobias 365 or Zig365 workloads securely, compliantly, and in accordance with European privacy regulations.
Security Services (CORSecurity): Cybersecurity as an integral part of every management layer. From a certified, 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC), we protect your sensitive tenant data and networks against ransomware and cyber threats such as infostealers.
Compliance Services (CORCompliance): CORCompliance helps your organization demonstrate compliance with relevant laws and regulations, such as BIC 4.0 and NIS2. Automated audit trails, identity and access management, and reporting reduce the administrative burden for regulators.
Intelligence Services (CORIntelligence): Artificial intelligence and intelligent automation are deeply integrated into the CORBOX platform. CORIntelligence supports you in automating repetitive processes related to tenant services, accelerating decision-making, and gaining operational insights based on your real estate data.
Application & Data Management: Your core applications form the backbone of your housing association. We manage, optimize, and further develop your ERP, CRM, and ESB systems in accordance with VERA and CORA standards, ensuring that data flows remain stable and available.
Workplace Services: Modern, flexible workspaces that enable employees in the office and neighborhood managers on the go to work productively anytime, anywhere, including reliable Mobile Device Management.
Communication & Collaboration: Secure, modern collaboration within the Microsoft ecosystem. From Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to the controlled governance of Power Platform solutions to seamlessly set up digital collaboration.
Network Services: A reliable digital infrastructure for your organization. We provide secure, redundant network services for on-site locations, remote workstations, and cloud environments through Software-Defined Networking and continuous monitoring.
Business Continuity Services: Business continuity is essential for tenant services. With services for backup, disaster recovery, cyber recovery, and recovery testing, DATAGROUP ensures that your primary systems and tenant data remain available at all times, even during incidents or emergencies.
Service Desk: Our ITIL-certified Service Desk serves as a central Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for users and supply chain partners. Through 24/7 support and in-depth knowledge of housing association systems, we resolve incidents and answer questions quickly and professionally.

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