The audience was pleased to welcome Dr Sam De Silva for his second visit to speak for us. He gave many interesting insights into how to negotiate a good IT outsourcing contract which is commercially a successful arrangement for both customer and outsourcing supplier. He spoke about the due diligence needed on both sides, identifying… Read more »
Category: Events
Past events at BCS Oxfordshire. For a list of coming events visit our Programme page.
Bristol Branch – Restoring the world’s oldest working digital computer
Start: 15/04/2013 – 19:30 End: 15/04/2013 – 21:00 Speaker: Kevin Murrell Venue: City of Bristol College Please register for this event here. 7:00pm Refreshments, 7:30pm Main Talk The recently restored Harwell Dekatron Computer is a typical project conducted by the Computer Conservation Society. Starting with the author’s vague memories of the machine being a museum… Read more »
Visit to MINI Plant Oxford
April 25 and May 1, 2013 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm BMW Mini Plant, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 6NL First Tour Full, Second Tour arranged for May 1. Please visit second tour page for details. 100 Years of Car Production in Oxford We have a special guided tour of the Mini production plant as… Read more »
A Contractual Approach to Manage Security Risks When Outsourcing
Dr Sam De Silva, Partner, Manches LLP Thursday 7th March 2013 – 7:30pm Oxford e-Research Centre, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG Many businesses consider outsourcing because of cost savings, improved quality of the outsourced services and the opportunity to focus on its core competencies. One challenge in outsourcing which needs to be considered is… Read more »
Oxford Brookes-Oxford University “Bridging the Digital Research Divide”
21 March at St John’s College, Oxford The event is intended to improve the dialogue between practitioners, researchers and policy-makers in the broad area of ‘digital economy’ developments. If you’d like to attend, click here to complete the registration form. Number are limited, so please do this soon.
