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Transatlantic project management
Working in a foreign country is something many people would like to do. However, before you make the leap you should take some time to look at the way other countries do things.
Business benefits of global ethernet
Ethernet, the networking technology that many analysts and technicians predicted would die out in the early 1990s, is now destined to be an industry worth £15 billion by 2012, according to analysts at Ovum Research.
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Updated best practice portal
The Corporate IT Forum has re-launched its best practice portal with reduced prices for BCS Chartered Members and Fellows.
Course in company direction
The IoD / BCS Diploma in Company Direction covers the core issues faced by every director and those within functional areas for which they may not have had previous responsibility. Delivered by business experts, the programme aims to provide IT directors and aspiring IT professionals - both BCS members and non-members - with the leadership and strategic skills that are essential for effective board performance.
Consultations
Consultations
Consultations in progress are on the BCS website and can be RSS'd.
Elite events
16 June - Web 2.0 - can your company afford to ignore it?
Speakers: Euan Semple, consultant on social computing for the corporate world and past director of knowledge management at the BBC, Ian Aitchison, group communications officer at NYK Group Europe, Richard Dennison intranet and channel strategy manager, BT.
There are strict security measures in place at this exclusive venue. Delegates who book will be posted a special invite which must be brought along to gain access to the venue. Because of these restrictions, it is regretted that bookings can only be accepted from, and for, Elite members.
Elite & CMA Alliance: Communications & Sustainability Focus day
18 June at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has already brought a substantial focus to IT & communications management where the challenges of meeting these requirements increasingly translate into everyday responsibilities for senior professionals. Sustainability and environmental protection has added a further dimension to CSR and has brought into sharp focus issues of IT & communications strategy and governance. This extended agenda requires longer-term planning, a more strategic view, and also brings new disciplines which potentially conflict with existing IT & communications management goals.
There is a small charge for affiliates to attend of £40 (£34.04 + VAT) and booking can be made online.
29 October - Carbon Footprint
BCS London.
Details to follow.
Other events
Government computing 2008
10 - 11 June.
GC 2008expo is the leading public sector IT event in the UK. Incorporating Information Communications and Technology (ICT) it's where public servants come to see the very latest technologies in action and to discover the solutions to the challenges they face within government. IGC includes a free exhibition and conference.
Elite & CMA Alliance: Communications & Sustainability Focus day
18 June at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has already brought a substantial focus to IT & communications management where the challenges of meeting these requirements increasingly translate into everyday responsibilities for senior professionals. Sustainability and environmental protection has added a further dimension to CSR and has brought into sharp focus issues of IT & communications strategy and governance. This extended agenda requires longer-term planning, a more strategic view, and also brings new disciplines which potentially conflict with existing IT & communications management goals.
There is a small charge for affiliates to attend of £40 (£34.04 + VAT) and booking can be made online.
Elite/Midsize Enterprise Summit 2008
For the fifth year, Elite will be supporting the Midsize Enterprise Summit and this year the event will be held at Palau de Congressos De Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, from 17 to 19 June.
For more info: www.elite.bcs.org/cosponsor
The group
The Elite Group (Effective Leadership in Information Technology) is the UK lead forum for IT directors and senior managers to exchange experiences, views and expectations on how information systems should be managed to achieve business objectives.
www.elite.bcs.org
About the sponsor
EMC Infra provides a 100% Web solution for best practice IT Service Management. See Stand E5/E6 at BCS/itSMF Conference, July 2008
Visit www.infra.co.uk for more information and to download your FREE whitepaper on the Service Catalog - ITIL's secret to service-driven success.
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