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 »
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Empowering Business Efficiency – The Martini effect "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere"
Empowering Business Efficiency – The Martini effect "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere" Date: Tuesday 20 April 2010 Venues: Cisco UK Headquarters, 9 New Square Park, Bedfont Lakes, Feltham, TW14 8HA Reading Green Park Office, 250 Longwater Avenue, Reading, RG2 6GB London City Office, Parkhouse, 16-18 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EB Time: 2.45pm – 5.30pm Synopsis: Following months… 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 »
25 years of the mobile phone – Vote for the top 10 iconic designs
BCS Manchester Branch and University of Salford This month marks an important anniversary. It is 25 years since the first mobile phone networks were launched in the UK. It was on 1st January 1985 that Vodafone launched, shortly followed on the 7th January 1985 by Cellnet (now O2). Now, 25 years on, there are more… Read more »
