Managing the New Information Security Environment is at The Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London on 20 and 21 October. Go to www.conferences.haynet.com for more. On the same days, Softworld Business Integration Expo is at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. Go to www.softworld.co.uk/bi for more. Gartner Symposium ITXPO 2004 is in Cannes between 31 October and […]
As we reported in July, Tony Grimes, a recent graduate at IAP Education Partner Lincoln University, has developed a new software system that will allow insurance brokers to eliminate paper cover notes. Here he begins a series of articles describing the scheme. In August 2003 I was coming into the final year of a part-time […]
Notice of Annual General Meeting The Institution’s 2004 AGM will be on Saturday, 9 October, at Boundary House, Boston Road, Hanwell W7 2QE, starting at 12.00 noon. The AGM is usually a short meeting, its purpose being merely to fulfil a requirement of the Companies Acts, but all members of the Institution are welcome to […]
IAP Council member David Morgan has a cunning plan… I have recently been reading quite a lot in the IT press about Radio Frequency Identification systems (RFIDs) and their potential uses. RFIDs come in a variety of forms but are often described as being very small and potentially very cheap. They have made a big […]
Darren Brook, MIAP is an IT consultant experienced in software development, systems/business analysis, database design and project management. His skills include OOD/OOP, VB, VBA, SQL Server, Access, Crystal Reports, COM, C, Clipper, JavaScript, HTML, SSADM, UML and Prince2. Sectors worked-in include Finance, Accountancy, Venue Management, Telecommunications, Printing, Retail, CRM and Banking. Email him at darren@darrenbrook.fsnet.co.uk. […]
The Gartner IT Security Summit is at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel, Edgeware Road, London on 20 and 21 September. See www.gartner.com/eventscal for more. The IDC European IT Forum is in Paris between 27 and 28 September. Further details are at www.idc.com/events/eventshome.jsp. Intranets, Extranets and Community Portals is at Weston Buildings, Manchester Conference Centre on […]
Council member John Ellis, FIAP continues his series of short articles on making Web sites accessible to those with disabilities. We’d like to emphasise that these are much more about raising members’ awareness of their responsibilities, not least under the Disability Discrimination Act, than they are about code as such. In my previous articles I […]
Tony Grimes, a student at IAP Education Partner Lincoln University, has developed a new software system that will allow insurance brokers to eliminate paper cover notes. Tony is a full-time sales representative for the insurance firm Broker Direct and studies Computing Software Development part-time at the University. “There are software systems that will print cover […]
Chris O’Toole, MIAP is, as you’ll see from what follows, one of our members in Ireland. Since graduating thirteen years ago, he’s worked mostly in the financial sector, currently as an IT systems designer for Acorn Life Limited. He’s working on an MSc thesis, studying for an MBA, goes power boating, hill walking, plays tennis […]
Darren Brook, MIAP is an IT consultant experienced in software development, systems and business analysis, database design and project management. His skills include OOD/OOP, VB, VBA, SQL Server, Access, Crystal Reports, COM, C, Clipper, JavaScript, HTML, SSADM, UML and Prince2. He has worked in a wide range of sectors including Finance, Accountancy, Venue Management, Telecommunications, […]
