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News The CMA, which is part of the British Computer Society (BCS), attacked the government for failing to follow through on its promises regarding NGA. Many European countries have already deployed fibre to the home (FTTH), and a European body that... [07 Jul 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News Mike Rodd, director of industry body the British Computer Society (BCS) Learned Society, which is driving an outreach campaign to schools to improve IT's image, said in a statement: "Greater exposure of young people to the merits of a job in the... [23 Jun 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News The government is gambling with the UK economy by removing funding for graduates who want to retrain in IT, the British Computer Society (BCS) has warned - at a time when the industry is crying out for more skilled recruits. [20 Jun 2008]
Parliament websites go to the polls
News The British Computer Society (BCS) has launched a search to find the best MP website in terms of design, engagement and accessibility. David Clarke, BCS CEO, said the awards are intended to encourage MPs to engage both young and old constituents in... [20 Jun 2008]
What scores in the global tech league?
Comment Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is the co-author of Global Services: Moving to a Level Playing Field (BCS 2007) and a director of the National Outsourcing Association. My six-countries-in-a-week trip in February was quite enough to last me a while but if an... [03 Jun 2008]
BCS signs up to e-Skills body
News The British Computer Society (BCS) announced this week that it had joined the e-Skills Industry Leadership Board (e-Skills ILB), a body which works with European public authorities and industry to help implement European Commission e-skills... [29 May 2008]
Public trust eroded: Data breaches to blame
News On Tuesday the BCS published the results of a survey of members of the public. David Evans, the BCS's government relations manager, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that BCS members within both the public and private sectors had also been... [30 Apr 2008]
Information Security forum to 'change behaviour'
News The Information Security Awareness Forum (Isaf) - launched yesterday at the British Computer Society (BCS) in London - will be an umbrella body for a number of organisations, including BCS, IT industry lobbying group Eurim, and web-safety campaign... [13 Feb 2008]
IBM Case Study: Body Corporate Services
White Paper 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. In partnership with IBM Business Partner IC Consulting... [02 Dec 2007]
Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years
Photo The BCS donated £75,000 to keep and develop Colossus in its original location. Pictured are Nigel Shadbolt, the former president of the British Computer Society (BCS) and Andy Clarke, one of the founders of the Trust for the National Museum of... [16 Nov 2007]
Degussa Accelerates Consolidation and Streamlines Reporting With SAP SEM-BCS
White Paper As a solution SAP Strategic Enterprise Management Business Consolidation (SAP SEM-BCS) provides integrated legal and management consolidation with highly flexible reporting. In keeping with this strategy, the company opted to introduce a new IT... [14 Sep 2007]
Tomorrow's robots - our invisible friends?
News BCS president Professor Nigel Shadbolt predicts that while artificial intelligence will be a large part of the future of computer science, it will not develop in the way most people may think and - instead of the killer robots - it will result in... [11 Sep 2007]
Boardroom CIOs driving UK plc
News Speaking to promote the organisation's long-running campaign to promote professionalism in the IT industry, the BCS warned that companies which fail to recognise outstanding individuals in the field of IT risk losing competitive advantage. [11 Jul 2007]
Telecoms body may disappear
News The Communications Management Association (CMA) will, pending approval by its members, be swallowed by the British Computer Society (BCS), a much larger organisation which represents UK IT professionals. [22 Jun 2007]
'Lame IT pros should be struck off' - Microsoft
News David Clarke, chief executive of the BCS, agreed with Fishenden that in principle there should be a body which could strike off incompetent IT practitioners but said, in practice, it would be difficult to achieve. [24 May 2007]
