Berkshire Branch : Past, Present and Future of the IBM Mainframe

The Past, Present and Future of the IBM Mainframe – 15th June, Starting at 7:30pm Room 1.06, Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Shinfield Road, RG6 6UR On April 7th 1964 IBM announced the first of its System 360 mainframe computers, now some 46 years later systems based around the same concepts, the z10… Read more »

BCS Berkshire : The Great Space Debate 2010

Thursday, March 18 2010  6-9.30pm, Reading University Great Hall, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AQ Speakers: Chaired and moderated by Chris Parker Dr Chris Welch, Astronautics & Space System Lecturer, Kingston University Dr David Clements, Astrophysics Lecturer, Kingston University  Derek Wall, Green Party Principal Speaker Dr Stuart Eves, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), Guildford  Each year… Read more »

BCS Berkshire : Professionalism in the IT Industry – President of the BCS

16th February, 2010, Starting at 7:30pm – Room 1.03, Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading University IT practitioners are the secret to the smooth running of today’s information society and advances in the IT industry demand a profession able to call on a pool of qualified professionals working to approved standards. Elizabeth Sparrow, the current BCS… Read more »

BCS Berkshire Branch: IT Efficiency Service Management in Theory and Practice (ITIL® Course)

When: 17th Nov 2009, 09:00 – 17th Nov 2009, 16:30 Where: Blue Mountain Golf Centre, Wood Lane, Binfield, Berkshire, RG42 4EX Town/City: Binfield Organiser: Berkshire Branch Further Information John Perks (Partners in IT)Service Management has much to offer competitive businesses in improving their IT capability to meet business requirements, and to maximise the value realised… Read more »

BCS Berkshire Branch – IT Efficiency Service Management in Theory and Practice (ITIL Course)

8th September 2009, 09:00-16:30 Blue Mountain Golf Centre, Wood Lane, Binfield, Berkshire, RG42 4EX Event Description John Perks Service Management has much to offer competitive businesses in improving their IT capability to meet business requirements, and to maximise the value realised from IT budgets. Service Management is often seen as a bureaucratic overhead, a perception… Read more »