Council member Dr Peter Ashby, FIAP has lately been thinking about fraud. He looks at ways of preventing it than responding after the event. As analysts, we may be asked to investigate suspected fraud. Sometimes we find evidence of it and on other occasions we can only say that the results are inconclusive. Whatever the […]
Don’t Forget the IAP Spring Conference on 24 April. Full details are in February’s VSJ (and at www.iap.org.uk). There are still a few places available but you’ll need to hurry! Open Source in the Public Sector is at Inmarsat, London on 22 April. See www.kablenet.com for details. Infosecurity Europe is at Earl’s Court, London from […]
Notice Board Green IT 09 is at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London from 6 to 7 May. Visit www.greenituk.com for more information. SCL Information Governance Conference – Managing identity in a digital world is on 12 May at Mayfair Conference Centre, Marble Arch, London. See www.scl.org for further details. Wireless and Mobile […]
For a variety of reasons, several long-standing Council members left us at the last AGM. We’ve been lucky enough to co-opt two energetic and enthusiastic members, Simon Reed and Ian Stockley, pending this year’s elections. Here, Ian introduces himself. After attending an IAP Spring seminar a few years ago I had chance to chat with […]
International publisher of technology books, Wiley, is pleased to offer IAP members 25% discount on all its computing titles. Readers will be familiar with the name of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. They may not realise that the company has a 200-year history as a source of information and understanding. Its core businesses publish scientific, […]
Robin Jones wonders whether the designers of search tools could think more about their users. Leafing through the Rugby telephone directory some years ago (no, you’re right, I don’t get out much) I came across the following entry: British Rail All other enquiries x…..x Engineering x…..x Passenger enquiries x…..x which, at first sight, looked pretty […]
IAP Spring Conference: Docklands There are still a few places left for Friday 24 April! For details, see last month’s IAP News. For tickets, telephone the office on 020 8 567 2118 or email admin@iap.org.uk. Unified Communications Expo ’09 is at National Hall, Olympia, London, on 11 and 12 March. See www.ucexpo.co.uk to register. Greening […]
Last December, we gave you a tantalising glimpse of this year’s Spring Event, to be held at the Museum in Docklands, West India Quay, London on Friday 24 April . Here, Mike Ryan, the Institution’s Director General, introduces the speakers and their presentations in more detail. We’re privileged this year to have a group of […]
Lawrie Holtby, FIAP responds to David Morgan’s article in last October’s VSJ on the problems associated with ad hoc software development. I’ve just read David Morgan’s very interesting article in VSJ, which immediately struck a chord! During my 24+ years in IT Development in a variety of roles, I’ve encountered the same sort of issues […]
Nominations for the Council of the IAP The Institution is a democratic body governed by a Council elected by and from its members. Five members of the 15-strong Council retire in rotation each year. Nominations for the 2009 election, accompanied by the nominee’s manifesto (in electronic form and not exceeding 150 words, please) must be […]
