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VSJ – April 2006 – Sounding Board

Robin Jones writes (eventually) a short memo to the IT industry in three S’s. There is an old story about a telegram interchange between a foreign correspondent, variously quoted as Evelyn Waugh or Ernest Hemingway, and his editor, who had received no copy, which went: Editor: WHY UNNEWS FC: UNNEWS GOODNEWS Editor: UNNEWS UNJOB FC: […]

VSJ – April 2006 – Employment Exchange

Darren Brook, MIAP is an experienced software developer. He has experience in systems analysis, database design and software development. Latest technical skills include .Net, VB, SQL Server, Crystal Reports, ADO, HTML, XML and COM. He is currently available for work and can e-mailed at darrenbrook@btconnect.com [Want your entry printed here? Email eo@iap.org.uk with the details.]

VSJ – April 2006 – Notice Board

Gartner Wireless and Mobile Summit is at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London on 3-4 April. More at www.europe.gartner.com Infosecurity Europe, the Information Security & Network Exhibition is at Olympia, London from 25 to 27 April. For more information see www.infosec.co.uk. [Got an activity or event coming up? Email eo@iap.org.uk with the details.]

VSJ – May 2006

Notice Board The 3rd annual Government UK IT Summit brings together senior public sector decision-makers to discuss IT and communication procurement issues related to e-government. It’s at Victoria Park Plaza, London SW1 on 8 and 9 May. Contact Tim Graham on 0207 903 6027 or email tim@euro-techforum.com for details. Internet World is at Earls […]

VSJ – March 2006 – Work in Progress

Ian JA Walker, FIAP picks up from his first article in December’s Work in Progress to look at a few of the issues involved in responding to e-Crime. For as much as we could produce hardware and software systems that are impenetrable, to do so may well produce systems that are impractical to use. Consequently, […]

VSJ – March 2006 – Members’ News

Paul Lynham and John Weller are standing for re-election to the Council this year. They talk about themselves and their aims below. The Institution of Analysts and Programmers is an organisation that I am proud to be associated with. Our profession is continually changing and the services and products we provide have become deeply embedded […]

VSJ – March 2006 – Sounding Board

Robin Jones discovers KPL Serendipity is a word that might have been invented for the Internet. Searching, the other day, for some material on an elderly AI language called KRL (Knowledge Representation Language) I accidentally typed ‘KPL’ and was introduced to the Kid’s Programming Language. As you might expect, this is a sawn-off version of […]

VSJ – March 2006 – Notice Board

Symposium 2006 There are still a few places available for the IAP Annual Symposium to be held at Trinity House on Thursday, 16 March. For details, see last month’s IAP News. For tickets, telephone the office on 020 8 567 2118 or email admin@iap.org.uk. Software Practice Advancement is at The Robinson Centre, St Neots, Bedfordshire […]

VSJ – Feb 2006

Notice Board The IAP Annual Symposium is at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London on Thursday, 16 March. Tickets are £70 per delegate (members) and £100 (non-members). Contact the Office on 020 8 5672118 for reservations. See Work in Progress for detailed information about the presentations. LegalIT 2006 is at the Business Design Centre, Upper Street, […]

VSJ – Feb 2005

Notice Board The IAP Annual Symposium is at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London on Thursday, 10 March. Tickets are £70 per delegate (members) and £100 (non-members). Contact the Office on 020 8 5672118 for reservations. See Work in Progress for detailed information about the presentations. Softworld HR & Payroll runs between 2-3 March 2005 at […]