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- BCS
- (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. It sets standards, conducts exams, advises...
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- Should Linux International Become a User Group?
- Well, it's a bit late to ask that question. The train has left the station. Linux International, founded in 1994 as a vendor group, is instead becoming a user group. Question is, what do Linux users need or want with a user group?The most famous computer user groups in history...
- Tags: BCS, stranger
- Blog posts 2006-05-22
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- diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry
- This series of entries, called diversITy, will cover a number of topics all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. Whether we discuss women in industry, sexual orientation in the workplace, religion or ethnic background; these are all topics which will have an effect on students, if not...
- Tags: Women, Information Technology, Industry, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-21
- 15 non-technical reasons IT projects fail
- A study of IT "abandonment" reported by the British Computer Society BCS reinforces the notion that IT projects fail primarily for non-technical causes. Such quantitative research is important in helping managers understand the business, organizational, political, and cultural dimensions of IT failure. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- BCS Rich Text Editor (zip)
- Rich Text Editor for .NET 2.0 with free inline spellcheck, custom themes and skins, 100% managed code written in C#, simple deployment/installation just two dlls, support for most major rich text functions including bold, underline, italic, subscript, superscript, strikethrough, insert/remove links, ordered and unordered lists, images, horizontal rule, font size,...
- Tags: Text Editor, Font, Bart C. Sunseri, C#, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-04-08
- For 2008 expect more Linux applications
- For 2008 expect more Linux applicationsLinux Desktop is pretty amazing ...It has shown an ability to thrive with a hardly measurable marketshare. It has easily the most highly energized fan base and the most highly motivated detractors of any computing technology in existence bar none. Each year it...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux desktop, Linux, Linux Applications, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Who will mandate electronic health records?
- Who will mandate electronic health records?MD's should hesitate to implement EHRsAs an investment banker covering health IT and a former health IT executive, the MD's have it right and everyone else has it wrong. EHRs have typically been found to add an hour a day to the physician's workload,...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Benefits, hospital, eHR, insurance company, patient, physician, electronic health record, e-health
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- News to know: Microsoft's new UI; Copyright crossroads; Apple megapatch
- Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shows off its future business-app user interfaces. Gallery right. Windows Server 2003 SP2 is out.Microsofts Project Green still alive and kicking.Microsoft to release FoxPro ‘Sedna’ as Shared Source.Viacom vs. YouTubeDavid Berlind: Digital culturus interruptus: Right here, right now, the almighty copyright finally comes home to...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- Application interfaces
- Application interfacesMurphy... You really need to get some educationwhy do you [b]always[/b] forget [u]testing [/u]an application? :'( Have a look here: http://www.bcs.org/ (general site, with links to specific area's)http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.5732 Testing page The way you're developping an application in this article is a best bad practice example.The rest is interesting though......
- Tags: Databases, SQL, DBMS, Use Case, business rule, specification
- Discussion threads 2006-06-08
- The debate on software malpractice
- In Tom Espiner's story about former White House cyber-security adviser Howard Schmidt and liability for software flaws, a security representative of the BCS British Computer Society said that Schmidt had suggested personal accountability for software developers on the software they write. The article was mistakenly titled "Expert: Hold...
- Tags: software, software company
- Blog posts 2005-10-13
- Schmidt: Hold developers liable for flaws
- Schmidt: Hold developers liable for flawsBill Gates Has Lots of MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEYI want a cut of Microsoft's cash for all the hours I have spent just fixing their mess. Sometimes the only way to get windows to work is to reinstall. BS man. Where is my...
- Tags: Financial Planning, What/how, insurance, developer
- Discussion threads 2005-10-12
- IBM Case Study: Body Corporate Services
- Established in 1980 and now the largest subsidiary of Prudential Investment Company of Australia, Body Corporate Services BCS is Australia's largest body corporate/strata management company. BCS wanted to streamline strata management workflow processes for initiating repair and maintenance jobs through to managing insurance claims. The challenge was to "Capture" experience...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2005-06-01
- Satellite radio sees subscriber growth
- Satellite radio sees subscriber growthSirius is much better, siriusly.Sorry, had to do the pun, but I've compared XM and Sirius by listening to friends' systems and IMHO Sirius has much better reception in more remote areas than XM. In the Midwest (namely Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming) where I...
- Tags: Digital music, satellite, satellite radio, radio, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius
- Discussion threads 2004-12-27
- Creteil and Montreuil Multi-Community Hospital Centres Implementation of a High-Performance Hospital Information System
- The Multi-community Hospital Centres MHCs of Montreuil Andre Gregoire and Creteil have taken on a project to implement a high-performance hospital information system IS. The IBM Business Consulting Services BCS solution implemented at Creteil and Montreuil MHCs is based mainly on three solutions: ORACLE eBusiness Suite, Hexagone's Symphonie On-Line and...
- Tags: Information System, Consulting Service, Business Consulting Services, Hospital, High-performance, IBM Corp., Business Services, Leadership, Healthcare, Management
- Case studies
- Certifying the IT Skills of a Whole Nation
- As computers and the Internet are becoming natural parts of virtually all professions and roles in society, IT skills are being taken for granted in a growing number of situations. The British Computer Society BCS chose to launch the European Computer Driving License ECDL for children, adults and elderly wanting...
- Tags: Knowledge, Information Technology, Web Hosting, Strategy, Internet, Management
- Case studies
- IT Career Development Schemes Praised
- Scotland's West Dunbartonshire Council and consulting firm Deloitte have both won British Computer Society BCS Professional Development Awards. The Awards were created with the aim of recognising, encouraging and supporting best practice within employers' career development programmes. The BCS chief executive believes that such initiatives are vital to improving the...
- Tags: Career Development, Information Technology, Training, Professional Development, Workforce Management, Career, Human Resources
- Case studies
- The Essential Elements of Business Critical Solutions and How to Gain Funding for Them
- Put simply, without Business Critical Systems BCS, especially the appropriate server and storage technologies, most modern businesses would find it hard to function properly let alone compete in an ever more challenging business environment. There's a huge choice in BCS right now but it's not that difficult to make the...
- Tags: Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts
- Degussa Accelerates Consolidation and Streamlines Reporting With SAP SEM-BCS
- Degussa AG is a multinational chemical company with a strong focus on decentralized management by its 5 divisions, comprising 21 business units. In keeping with this strategy, the company opted to introduce a new IT solution for business consolidation to deliver consistent external and internal financial information in a timely...
- Tags: Consolidation, SAP AG, Degussa
- Case studies
- HP Business Continuity Services Swing Into Action to Avert Datacentre Disaster
- Data is critical to most companies but it is the vital life-blood of dunnhumby, a specialised provider of database management and analytical services to a range of high-profile clients. To support the need for total reliability, the company has a robust HP infrastructure with 12 HP AlphaServer systems running Tru64...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Business Continuity, Data, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- HP Integrity Servers Help Keep Planes and Passengers in the Air
- Lufthansa Technik Logistik GmbH LTL supplies Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul MRO services to 450 airlines worldwide. Its heterogeneous server environment delivered low performance and high maintenance costs and also had availability and scalability issues. Working together with HP, Lufthansa Systems consolidated the 18 old PA-RISC machines down to two HP...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, Storage, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies
- Magnabosco Keeps Customers Happy and Its Sales Force Selling
- The paper-based sales system at Magnabosco led to frequent data entry errors that slowed customer service response time and complicated access to organizational information. Knowing that sales calls are more effective when a well-trained sales force can immediately access relevant data, Magnabosco sought a wireless, PDA-based solution to automate order...
- Tags: Sales Force, Wireless, Magnabosco, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
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