Improving Software for Society

The IAP is a specialist professional body in the software development field. We believe well-designed software has a positive impact on industry, our communities and future.

We are the voice of our members and aim to uphold and improve industry standards by liaising with government, academia and employers. We have members in over 30 countries and, as a registered charity, are committed to providing a solid foundation to students and a hub of expertise to experienced practitioners.

To find out about becoming a member visit the JOIN THE IAP page, email admin@iap.org.uk or call 020 8004 9085.

HMRC Professional Subscriptions

We recently had a query as to where the list of HMRC Professional Subscriptions could be found. While the web address may move from time to time, currently http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/list3/ and choose (A-E) for Analysts and Programmers, you can always search Google for HMRC list of professional subscriptions and follow the appropriate link from there. You may of […]

Faster Cloud Applications

Today Alcatel-Lucent and BT tested a new Broadband system with speeds of 1.4 TeraBits; this was achieved between the BT Tower and a location in Ipswich, and while it may be some time before this technology filters down to the home and office market it is highly probable that it will end up in the main […]

NOVUS Graduate Programme

I’ve been talking to Richard Tate recently. Richard is a consultant at Capita, working on a very interesting project called NOVUS. I happened upon him because he wrote to Computing (a piece they printed as their ‘Star Letter’ on 13 January) bemoaning a particular facet of the training scene in the UK. One sentence stood […]

IAP Symposium – 2014

The IAP Symposium at Kew on the 8th of April is coming. We’ve assembled a group of speakers with a huge range of experience and expertise for next year’s symposium on “The Internet of Things”. Here’s a preview: Dom Guinard, CTO at Evrythng is working on Evrythng’s suite of managed applications to make products smart. […]

Alan Turing Pardoned

The Queen has posthumously pardoned Alan Turing nearly 60 years after his death in 1954. He was instrumental to the breaking of codes used by Germany in the 2nd World War (including Enigma) and his ideas went on to be used in many fields of cryptography and computing and are in use even today. While […]

XMAS Opening

The IAP office will closed from the 24th to the 27th of December and the 31st December and 1st of January, however our messaging service will be available to take your calls on the 24th, 27th and 31st of December. We wish you a Merry XMAS and a Prosperous New Year.