Steve Cumbers, FIAP is a director of Apollo Consulting and Vice President of the IAP Council to which he is standing for re-election this spring. Prompted in part by Charles Ross’ article last month, he gives us his view of the IT Skills conundrum. OPEN QUESTIONS: IT is an amorphous ‘sector’ with many poorly classified […]

John Ellis is standing for Council this year. Here he talks about his background and hopes for the Institution. I am married with 4 children and have been a member of the IAP since 1992 and been involved in computing since 1977. My career began as a computer operator working on ICL and Honeywell mainframes […]

John Williams, FIAP writes: I was amused at Clinton Jones’ article on the use of spreadsheets where databases would be more appropriate. I too have noticed this trend, but am aware that I am guilty of a similar, related one. Having programmed databases for many years now, but with very little contact with spreadsheets, I […]

The IQPC Conference on IT Application Integration for e-Business runs from 25 and 27 April at Crowne Plaza, St James, London. [Got an activity or event coming up? Email eo@iap.org.uk with the details.]

Notice Board   If you want to look at the latest technology in applications serving, visit Citrix iForum, which takes place on 13 and 14 June at the Wembley Conference Centre. See www.citrix.com/forum2001ne for more information.   Are you looking for funding for a project? EUPraxis is a Web site that provides project promoters and […]

Charles Ross FIAP, has a very long and distinguished career in the IT industry. He is Vice-chairman of the Real Time Club and Chairman of SCALE the 21st Century [Skills, Capabilities and Aptitudes Learning Environment for the C 21st]. This is a Foresight Associate Implementation Programme of Office of Science and Technology of the DTI. […]