Having recently attended the Computing ‘Cloud & Infrastructure Summit’ in London, I could not help but be drawn t o its uses in Medicine. Having a rare medical condition; does focus the mind, but this article shows that data is now the biggest asset the world has and it is sharing that data that may unlock […]
ARM founded in 1990 and based in Cambridge designs microchips used in most smartphones, including Apple’s and Samsung’s. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36822806 for more details.
Some scrum masters are doing more harm than good to their teams. The phrase “First, do no harm” paraphrases a portion of the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians: “I will, according to my ability and judgment, prescribe a regimen for the health of the sick; but I will utterly reject harm and mischief.” Similarly, Agile […]
The Trustworthy Software Foundation was formed on the 6th of April and. The Institution of Analysts and Programmers and the UK Testing Board are two of the founding members of this organisation. Ian Howles (a director with the UK Testing Board) and Alastair Revell (Director General of the IAP) are the directors with Ian Bryant […]
The IAP wishes you all the seasons greetings. The IAP offices will be open until 12:00 pm on XMAS Eve and will reopen on Tuesday 29th of December. We will also be closed from 12:00 pm New Years Eve and will reopen on Monday 4th January. You can still email us or leave us a […]
The Institution’s 2015 AGM will be on Saturday, 17th October, at Boundary House, Boston Road, Hanwell W7 2QE, starting at 1.00 pm. The AGM is usually a short meeting, its purpose being merely to fulfill a requirement of the Companies Acts, but all members of the Institution are welcome to attend. Those wishing to do […]
The IAP were invited to attend the Food & Drink IT Summit at the National Motor Cycle Museum last Tuesday as an Associate of the event. We were very happy to be associated with this industry leading meeting. The event had many speakers discussing various aspects of IT in the industry, mainly discussing supply chain processing, energy […]
My Bank asked me to set up an 8-character password. So I chose Snow White and the 7 Dwarves. I can’t remember whose line that is. Tim Vine, maybe. Anyway, IAP President, David Morgan, recently raised the password issue in a LinkedIn post. That’s prompted me to describe the system I’ve been using for several […]
After 5 great years, the Software Alliance Wales project comes to an end on 30th June. To go out with a bang, we are supporting the second run of the RUCK (Really Useful Computer Knowledge) tutorials and workshops being held at Aberystwyth University on the 24th & 25th June. RUCK tutorials are two days […]
