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BCS to offer compliance training
News The British Computer Society (BCS) is to issue a Certificate in Freedom of Information (FoI) in response to concerns that the public sector is poorly prepared for the legislation. The certificate will be the UK's first and only qualification in the...
[December 6, 2004, 13:00]
BCS and CMA merge
News BCS chief executive David Clarke said: "The merger of our two organisations is a natural fit and reinforces the BCS's agenda to represent professional accreditation across the broader information technology and communications profession.
[July 20, 2007, 16:08]
BCS attempts cultural shift in data protection
News The Personal data guardianship code, launched on Monday by BCS in conjunction with the Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF), is an effort to change how organisations handle personal data. Louise Bennett, BCS chair of the security forum...
[June 2, 2009, 13:37]
BCS joins European e-skills push
News The British Computer Society (BCS) announced on Tuesday that it had joined the e-Skills Industry Leadership Board (e-Skills ILB), a body which works with European public authorities and industry to help implement European Commission e-skills...
[May 28, 2008, 15:10]
BCS raps government data-sharing plans
News The British Computer Society (BCS) on Monday attacked government proposals, contained in the Coroners and Justice Bill, that would let a minister authorise the sharing of information between government agencies and the private sector.
[February 18, 2009, 14:18]
BCS tailors certification to IT specialisms
News The BCS announced the move on Monday as part of a major strategy update. Our clear aspiration for Chartered IT Professional status is that it should be of a similar status to other chartered designations, such as accountancy," BCS chief executive...
[September 21, 2009, 17:10]
BCS warns of environmental impact of Vista upgrade
News Although some analysts and commentators claim that businesses are not going to rush to deploy the operating system until at least the first service pack is released, the British Computer Society (BCS) is urging companies to begin planning now for...
[December 7, 2006, 15:34]
BCS: Gov't data breaches have eroded public trust
News On Tuesday the BCS published the results of a survey of members of the public. David Evans, the BCS's government relations manager, told ZDNet.co.uk that BCS members within both the public and private sectors had also been alarmed.
[April 30, 2008, 12:11]
BCS: Embrace tech or lose advantage
News Speaking to promote the organisation's long-running campaign to promote professionalism in the IT industry, the British Computer Society (BCS) warned that companies that fail to recognise outstanding individuals in the field of IT risk losing...
[July 10, 2007, 16:16]
BCS: Funding cuts will harm computing research
News On Monday the British Computing Society (BCS) expressed particular concern over cuts to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding amounting to £29m, which the BCS says could have a negative effect on the ability of the...
[February 27, 2007, 11:50]
Degussa Accelerates Consolidation and Streamlines Reporting With SAP SEM-BCS
White Papers As a solution SAP Strategic Enterprise Management Business Consolidation (SAP SEM-BCS) provides integrated legal and management consolidation with highly flexible reporting. Degussa AG is a multinational chemical company with a strong focus on...
[September 14, 2007, 1:00]
BCS thinktank to help protect 2012 Olympics
News The British Computer Society (BCS) Cybercrime Forensics Specialist Group will focus on new developments in cybercrime forensics — the use of scientifically proven methods to gather, process and interpret digital evidence for criminal investigations.
[December 16, 2008, 17:21]
Xansa founder honoured with BCS award
News The British Computer Society (BCS) IT Professional Awards ceremony took place on Tuesday night in London. THE BCS INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2004: The BCS Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 went to Dame Stephanie Shirley, the founder of IT services...
[October 20, 2004, 18:05]
BCS joins calls for Phorm service to be opt-in
News Echoing calls from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which earlier this month stated that Phorm's nascent service must be opt-in rather than opt-out to conform with privacy regulations, British Computer Society (BCS) government...
[April 30, 2008, 16:25]
BCS: Fibre could last us 'a century'
Blog Comment Surely on demand HD Video is the killer app, you only need to look at the success of services such as iPlayer to see that there is a market there clamouring for better qualilty video. In fact isn't that the most requested feature for iPlayer?
[January 14, 2009, 15:01]
BCS: Fibre could last us 'a century'
Blog Comment The killer app is video games in the cloud or via graphical server farms, allowing limitless graphical capabilities. Multiplayer 3D Rendering/lighting of games takes place in the cloud. HD Video of the rendered scene is relayed back to the player...
[January 14, 2009, 18:57]
Someone needs to get this message out to local BCS groups
Talkback Unfortunately we are attempting to do this in conjunction with industry representatives (a large number of whom are BCS members). We find that the BCS members look on in horror when the concept of bringing creativity and entrepreneurship into the...
[November 21, 2006, 16:28]
BCS: Fibre could last us 'a century'
Blog According to David Evans of the British Computer Society, speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on "Digital Britain", a nationwide fibre access broadband network deployed now could still be in use in the 22nd century.
[January 14, 2009, 13:33]
BCS calls for UK net neutrality debate
News The time has come for the UK to join the growing debate surrounding network neutrality, the president of the British Computer Society has told ZDNet.co.uk. Professor Nigel Shadbolt said on Friday that, because so much of the internet's content is...
[September 17, 2007, 16:39]
BCS: UK tech industry faces skills crisis
News The UK technology industry faces a looming skills crisis, according to the president of the British Computing Society, Professor Nigel Shadbolt. A fall of a third in the intake for full-time undergraduate computer science degrees since 2001...
[November 17, 2006, 15:42]
