Staff Picks

Check out some of our staff’s favourite IT news and updates this week. This week’s stories include mobile technology, simplifying IT, disruptive technologies, the Science Foundation Ireland Industry Fellowship Programme and the next generation of PCs.

ICS IT Professionalism Course Continues to Expand on a National Level

The Irish Computer Society is continuing to encourage the spread of Information Technology in Ireland with the IT Professionalism Course for young IT professionals. Over the past year ICS have travelled the country, making presenting in Universities, Colleges and Institutes of technology around Ireland to promote key IT Professionalism issues such as; ethics, competencies, and protecting stakeholders.

Health Hack Dublin - Coding Challenge Seeks Out Innovative and Inspiring Health Solutions

Following on from the success of eHealth Week 2013, a Health Hack is taking place in Dublin on the 22nd and 23rd June. The event is aimed at producing high quality software with the potential to transform healthcare. Health Hack Dublin will shine a spotlight on how technology can enhance service delivery and to improve patient outcomes.

Bardahl Racing win ‘Young IT Person of the Year’ at ICT Excellence Awards last night

Four top-class students from St. David’s Secondary School Greystones, Co. Wicklow were named the ‘Young IT Person of the Year’ at the ICT Excellence Awards last night, Ireland’s most prestigious awards programme for the ICT sector.  The award was presented by Stuart Dommett from Intel, in recognition of their outstanding achievement in the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge 2013, powered in Ireland by the Irish Computer Society.

ICS Skills welcome the global launch of New ECDL

ICS Skills the national licensee of ECDL in Ireland have welcomed the official launch of New ECDL at the ECDL Foundation Forum 2013 in London this morning to over 55 representative countries from around the world.  The official launch of New ECDL will see the revised version of ECDL which introduces greater choice and flexibility being rolled out globally over the coming months.