[Event Summary] Search and Social Media

Simon Wallace-Jones of Oxford Digital Marketing presented an insightful look into the ways Search Engine Optimization work with Social Media. As these two worlds converge we are finding the opportunities for companies to combine SEO and Social Media (particularly when this is driven by a keyword strategy) are providing excellent returns on investment of time… Read more »

Annual General Meeting of the Oxfordshire Branch of BCS

A Message from the Chair: The Annual General Meeting of the Oxfordshire Branch of BCS, which will be held on 14th October 2010 at the Oxford eResearch Centre, Keeble Road. The meeting will start at 19:30, with refreshments available from 19:00. This will be followed by “Web 2 Woe: Cybercrime on Social Networks” given by… Read more »

Upcoming Event: Testing Software Quality

Non Functional Testing The quality of software has a massive impact on its success or failure. Yet, paradoxically, few people fully test all of the quality aspects of their software. In this talk Julian Harty of Google explores testing those all important non-functional aspects, ranging from accessibility to performance, security and usability. Venue   Sophos… Read more »

[Event Summary] : Is IT a Profession?

David Devine from BCS Headquarters was our main speaker and this was followd by a panel discussion on IT Professionalism chaired by Tim Lambertstock, with Tony Cox and Dr Brian Day. There were also many questions and contributions from the audience resulting in a stimulating debate. Analogies were made with the health service where a… Read more »

BCS Oxfordshire Christmas Lecture

Thursday 3rd December 2009 @ 7:00pm for 7:30pm Start If you have not already done so please mark your calendars and put a note in your diaries to attend the BCS Oxfordshire 2009 Christmas Lecture. The Oxfordshire Branch of the BCS is very pleased announce that our Christmas speaker will be Professor Fred Piper of… Read more »