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BCS, in partnership with the Carbon Trust, is offering 20 organisations early access and input to a specialist data centre project aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

The deadline is 1 September for submissions that describe how grid computing technologies can be applied to solve an environmental problem.

IT Can Help (ITCH), which assists disabled people with computer technology problems, is looking for volunteers to join them in the Midlands region.

BCS has praised the Cabinet Office's decision to make its IT function carbon neutral.

Britain's broadband speeds are threatening business efficiency, warns the Communications Management Association (CMA), part of the BCS Group.

Technologies such as virtualisation could help firms cut costs according to participants of a new BCS IT Training podcast.

BCS is partnering with the Carbon Trust to develop simulation software to help companies understand energy use within data centres.

The vast majority of undergraduates think that although the IT sector has a bright future, the work is boring.

The hunt is on again for the best MP website and the BCS is inviting the public to tell them and their MPs what they think.

BCS Life fellow Martin Halliday FBCS CITP has died aged 81. Martin was a consultant neurologist and neurophysiologist and some of his earliest work was on a way to detect the effects of sleep deprivation in pilots flying as part of the 1948 Berlin airlift.

On 23 May the ITIL Qualification Board gave the final decision on the naming of the new V3 qualifications, which are the ITIL Intermediate Certificates, ITIL Expert for the higher level and ITIL Master for the advanced level.

Dr Barry Blundell is looking for input from BCS members on his new book entitled 'Digital Shadows'.

BCS President, Rachel Burnett, was amongst a select few VIP guests to be introduced to Her Majesty The Queen at a recent unveiling of a bronze statue of the monarch for the Scout Association.

The BCS require experienced practitioners to review the detailed skill resource topics and task components contained in the SFIAplus standard.

The Science Council is a new organisation and, of course, very much the creation of Sir Gareth Roberts. Having accepted the appointment of president, the challenge is how do I follow what Gareth has done?

Do you want to contribute to the development of BCS and its goal to make IT the profession of the 21st century? If so, the elections to Council via the Professional Membership could be the answer for you.

BCS has opened the nominations process for this year's Industry Awards. In addition to the usual categories it has added some new ones, such as a green award to reflect the importance of carbon emissions.

The concept of flight simulators is a common one. The idea is that users can learn how a system works in a realistic, yet risk free, environment. With this in mind Metapraxis has launched what it calls its Business Flight Simulator with the support of the BCS.

Aimed at the world's senior-level decision makers searching for the latest products and technologies to build out next-generation networks, the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) SOFNET 08 will assist industry professionals in taking their companies to the next level.