Extending existing applications for secure mobile use – how tough can that be? Our speaker was Stef Coetzee, Senior VP International, NetMotion Wireless. Stef described the challenges of running applications from mobile wireless devices, where the signal strength and data rate can vary widely and sometimes drop completely as the user moves between wireless hotspots… Read more »
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Thursday 26 Oct: Climate Change and Digital Preservation
This meeting was held jointly with the BCS Chester and North Wales Branch over a video link between two CCLRC labs: the Rutherford and Appleton lab near Chilton in Oxfordshire and the Daresbury lab in Cheshire. Joint meeting Dr. Brian Day, secretary of BCS Oxfordshire branch, introduced the evening to branch members and guests at… Read more »
Thursday 21 Sept: The disappearance of cash – advances in payment technology
The disappearance of cash – advances in payment technology Our speaker was Tim Lambertstock, Technology Strategy Manager at Voca. Voca runs the BACS payment service handling 5 billion payments totalling €4.5 trillion per annum with some 80 million transactions on a peak day. Voca has recently completed the complete renewal of its technology and was… Read more »
Thursday 25 May: AGM and The Semantic Web: too clever for its own good?
AGM Branch chairman Sheila Lloyd-Lyons opened the AGM by welcoming members to the meeting and thanking the committee for their support during the year. Sheila, who had taken over as branch chairman part way through the year when her predecessor, Robert Ward, found it too much to combine the role of chairman with the demands… Read more »
Thursday 27 April: Computer Games Development: Past, Present and Future
Computer Games Development: Past, Present and Future Simon Prytherch, Head of development for Empire Interactive, gave us the story of games development in the past 20 years. He had used his in depth knowledge of the industry to pick out seminal developments in the games and the hardware platforms to discuss with us. This short… Read more »
