| IT in China |
Wednesday 19th October 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
China is a country of some 1.3 billion people, with a GDP of $8 trillion and an
economic growth rate of 9%. As it continues to develop, so too will its IT industry and
its demand for IT.If you are interested in going to work in China, starting a business in
China, supplying IT services to Chinese companies, outsourcing work to China or simply in
the future shape of the global IT industry, this is the talk for you.Come and find out
from those in the know, how business is conducted in China, what it is like to run a
global Chinese IT business and what the current and future trends are in the Chinese IT
industry.
Our speakers were:
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Internet Use and Abuse - Spam, scams, cams, clicks, blogs
and more
- the weird world of www today |
Wednesday 13th September 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with Internet
Specialist Group
This event, organised jointly with the BCS Internet
Specialist Group, promised to be one of the highlights of the year. How are new uses of
the internet transforming our lives and our society - for better or for worse?
Super-efficient search engines, virtual communities, IP telephony and the popularisation
of blogs, to name just a few, have opened up worlds of possibilities - on the other hand,
spam, scams, viruses and email abuse are poisoning our lives every day. Where should one
stand? Where are we heading to?
Our speakers were:
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| Bookmark IT - British Library Revisited |
Wednesday 20th July 6:15 p.m.
The British Library, St Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London NW1
This event was in association with British Library
This was a chargeable event. SOLD OUT
Following last year’s very popular
‘full house’ event, we are repeating the ‘tour+talk’ at the British
Library. This was your chance to be part of this exciting event and see what goes on
behind the scenes at the British Library, and how IT helps to make it work. This
world-class institution and its amazing archives and collections are opened up for one
special evening of ‘tour+talk’ led by Richard Boulderstone,
British Library eStrategy Director.
Highlights of this special event included:
- Introduction to the fascinating world of the British Library
- Overview of the current IT Programmes and Initiatives such as: the UK Web Archive,
Digitisation and the External Collaborative programmes etc.
- Visit to the BL Basement (4 stories below ground!)
- Talk about the automatic book handling system
- View rare and original documents (e.g. Charles Babbage's circuit diagrams..)
- Visit to the British Library's conference centre and facilities.
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| SOA What? - Is Service Oriented Architecture the panacea
that will guarantee good service for our organisations and customers? |
Wednesday 15th June 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with IDC
This event presented different perspectives on Service Oriented Architecture and what it
means for the organisations that seek to embrace its promises. It also tried to answer the
following questions:
- What is SOA really like in the real world environment?
- Who is using it in their core business and critical applications?
- Is SOA an evolution or revolution?
- How can businesses and their customers realise the benefits of SOA?
- Are there any best practices available from implementations?
Come and join us to hear our presenters’ insights and tips on these topics, and to
share your views.
Our expert presenters are:
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| BPO - Is there anything else to Outsource? |
Wednesday 25th May 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with BPOinform
and Unicom Seminars
This was a chargeable
event.
Are you in one of the many UK organisations already involved in BPO (business
process outsourcing)?
Have you done it? Maybe overdone it? Or are you amongst the
thousands currently considering it?
For example: what are typical key business
drivers and objectives for BPO? What to outsource - and what not? What are typical
benefits when it’s successful? Risks? How to do it - typical delivery models. How to
manage it? Where to do it - India, China, other countries - even UK? How to select service
providers? Legal/contractual aspects? Governance/compliance and regulatory issues? Social,
political and economic considerations?
Don’t miss this fast-moving prestigious event.
Come and join us to get aspects of BPO into perspective, to hear the valuable insights and
experience of our experts, and to share your views.
Our expert presenters were:
- ANDY SMITH Joint Managing Director, BPOinform
- AKASH WALIA Head of Global Life Sciences, Logica CMG
- ALPESH PATEL Chairman & MD, Aranca
Co-author with Hemendra Aran of
'Outsourcing: The Management Imperative'
- ARUN AGGARWAL European CEO, Tata Consulting Services
- RALPH SCHONENBACH CEO, Trestle Group
Advisor to the United Nations
International Council for Caring Communities
Click here for Ralph's Presentation
- RAVI KRISHNAPPA Director, Inatech
Ex-Founder & Director of Oracle's
Offshore Consulting Division
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| IT's Contracting - For Fortune, Fame or Famine? |
Wednesday 18th May 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
The Branch AGM preceded this event.
Are you a happy IT contractor with a great
lifestyle, who thrives on independence and being able to select what you do and when? Or
do you find it tough to cope with a ‘feast and famine’ workload, hampered by
increasing legislation and needs for paperwork and accountability?
Or are you a ‘permanent’ IT professional facing uncertain job prospects in a
world of change, who’s wondering about how to start contracting?
Or are you an employer or job agent working with contractors, or considering doing so?
Come and join us at this event to hear some informative, constructive and candid views
about IT contracting in the UK - ups and downs, twists and turns, benefits and
limitations. And of course come to network and to share your views too.
Our expert presenters were:
- RICHARD ROBSON FBCS Director, Professional Contractors Group
- SIMON JUDEN FBCS Chairman, Professional Contractors Group
- DEREK WREAY Wreay Group & Chairman ATSCO
- BERNIE POTTON SQ Personnel
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| Forensic IT |
Wednesday 13th April 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
The science of Computer Forensics was developed from the demand for addressing
the specific and articulated needs of the law enforcement community. It is different from
other forensic sciences in that examinations are expected to take place at virtually any
physical location including a controlled laboratory setting. Reliable and valid methods
are required to recover data from seized computers to ensure the original data is
unaltered in any way or form so evidence in criminal investigations can be legally
defensible. Specialist forensic tools can be used to examine a computer for covertly
hidden data, illegal files or malicious code. This event will explore the facts and
fictions in this interesting and important area for all computer users.
Topics included:
- Legal issues
- Forensic examination tools and their applications
- Data hiding and discovery
Our expert presenters were:
- ANDREW COOKSON Detective Constable, Computer Crime Unit, New Scotland Yard
- RUSSELL MAY Manager of Partner Projects, Guidance Software, Inc. (EnCase)
- DAVID LILBURN WATSON Watson Business Solutions, Ltd.
Click here for David's Presentation
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| Software Quality - Testing IT and Using IT |
Wednesday 16th March 6:15 p.m.
IISS, Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R
This event was in
association with the Deloitte
What is your definition of Software Quality? What is it for your customers and
suppliers? Why are these definitions often different? What can you do to bridge
this gap?
Software Testing is a fundamental and often neglected part of the software development
lifecycle. Does it really improve Software Quality? Why is it so hard for management to be
serious about Software Quality Assurance and Testing? Is Outsourcing the answer?
Our expert presenters were:
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| IT's Projects, Programmes & Processes |
Wednesday 16th February 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event will present snapshots of key aspects of project management,
programme management and business process management.
Are you making effective use of these disciplines and techniques to optimise your business
performance?
Our expert presenters were:
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CTO Masterclass - Andy Mulholland, Global CTO, CapGemini
'Content
storage & contentious issues' |
Wednesday 12th January 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
“We are producing more content in more forms, we need to share the content we
produce more, and find the right content at the right time to do what we want, plus be
able to prove legally that we did what we said when and how we said for compliance.”
says presenter Andy Mulholland.
Not having kept, or not being able to access, the right information at the right time is
now a serious offence that could put the CEO and/or the CFO in jail for perjury,
regardless of who in the organisation may have been to blame. This is the world we are in
following Enron and other scandals, and the far-reaching implications of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
How is your organisation addressing the insatiable demands for more storage and better
content management, which have escalated since the Web introduced new dimensions of
‘content’? And how is it coping with related needs for corporate governance?
- What are the primary issues to address today?
- What are the indicators and trends for tomorrow?
- What does your organisation need to do?
This was a chargeable event
Andy's presentation is not currently available
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