Council Member John Weller, FIAP peers under the bonnet of a set of Haynes manuals. In the days of my impecunious youth I couldn’t afford a new car so had to buy used vehicles that were usually not in the first flush of youth. I certainly couldn’t afford garage-servicing charges so had to be my […]

WORKTECH06 is at the British Library on 7 November. See www.unwired.eu.com for full details. The 15th itSMF (IT Service Management Forum) Annual Conference and Exhibition runs between 13 and 15 November at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. See www.itsmf.com for details. The Data Show will take place at Earls Court 2, London, from 21 to 22 […]

Simon Wezel, FIAP set up the Kingfisher Trust more than a decade ago to provide a wide range of technical facilities and support in the Gambia. Most recently, it has set up an Internet café for the blind and visually impaired – the first in Africa. Below, he discusses his work in conversation with Robin […]

Ian JA Walker, FIAP is an IAP Council member and a person with a disability. He has been a wheelchair user since a car crash in 1991. Following Darren Brook’s  article last month, Ian looks at the broad issues of Disability Discrimination in the UK. Darren’s thought-provoking article isn’t an isolated tale of someone with […]

Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit Strategies is at the London Hilton Metropole Hotel from 2-3 October. See www.gartner.com for details. Business Performance Project Management Solutions (BPPM), is at the NEC, Birmingham on 18 and 19 October. See www.bppm.com for more. [Got an activity or event coming up? Email eo@iap.org.uk with the details.]

Notice of Annual General Meeting The Institution’s 2006 AGM will be on Saturday, 7 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 […]

Darren Brook, MIAP is a freelance IT professional of 15 years’ standing, specialising in software development, database design, report writing, Web development and systems analysis. He suffers from a progressive disorder called Peroneal Muscular Atrophy, which mainly affects the muscles and can be very debilitating. Here he describes some of his experience as a disabled […]

Kanthy Konnanath, MIAP is an ANALYST/PROGRAMMER experienced in CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE. Areas of expertise include VISUAL BASIC 6.0, Crystal Report 4.6 and RDBMS like INFORMIX (4JS), SQL SERVER 7 and ORACLE 7. She has an extensive 7 years’ experience in Database Designing, Development, Analysis and Programming. Sectors worked in include a software company and Banking. Currently […]

The IDC IT Security Conference is at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, Portman Square, London on 21 September. See www.idc.com/events for details. The Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit runs between 27and 28 September at the Hilton Metropole, London. See www.garner.com/events for more. [Got an activity or event coming up? Email eo@iap.org.uk with the details.]

Readers will have noticed, from last month’s VSJ, that we have signed an agreement with the Institute of Continuing Professional Development that allows our members to apply for ICPD membership. Here, Helen Nother of the CPD Foundation explains how the Institute of Continuing Professional Development aims to raise professional standards through individual recognition. It is […]