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		<title>Water Treatment Works Guided Tour &#8211; 16th March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our event for this month will be a visit to the highly automated “state of the art” Douglas Water Treatment Works on the 16th of March commencing 6.15pm. We will be hosted by the Chief Executive of the Isle of Man Water Authority, John Smith, and his staff. The visit should last until approximately 8pm.
For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2010/03/water-treatment-works-guided-tour-16th-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>High-end CRM &#8211; 24th February 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems come in many shapes and sizes. Many businesses have attempted to deploy complex, high-end CRM systems and failed to realise benefits from them. As a consequence the CRM systems providers have generally moved down-market, offering simpler systems with fewer potential benefits but having lower implementation costs and risks; however a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2010/02/high-end-crm-24th-february-2010/</link>
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		<title>Communication Commission Submission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have been following our emails about the Communication Commission&#8217;s request for comments and our request to our members for comments. We have recently submitted the comments gathered from our members together and are attaching it here so all members are aware. Here&#8217;s an extract from the cover letter explaining how the comments where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2010/02/communication-commission-submission/</link>
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		<title>Office Sharepoint Server 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gabriel Karawani will make a presentation on  SharePoint 2007 as a Document Management platform and as he has just returned from the  SharePoint 2009 Conference at Las Vegas will also give some insights on  what is planed in this area with the 2010  release.
Gabriel Karawani has an extensive career in IT and software [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2009/11/office-sharpoint-server-2007/</link>
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		<title>BCS Pub Quiz 2009</title>
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This year’s BCS Christmas Pub Quiz will be on Tuesday 8th December.  With prizes for “General Knowledge” and for the “Geeky IT Questions”, this event has proven a great opportunity to practice “teambuilding”, test your knowledge, network with other BCS members and guests, and enjoy a few drinks.  Complimentary light refreshments will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2009/11/bcs-pub-quiz-2009/</link>
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		<title>Focus on your soft skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For our next event we are pleased to welcome back to the Isle of Man, Charles Chang FBCS CITP.  We are also trying a different format for this event, instead of the usual presentation/talk, the BCS IoM Committee is pleased to offer 2 sessions covering different subjects.
The first session will start at 5.30pm and is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2009/10/focus-on-your-soft-skills/</link>
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		<title>The History of Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next event chonicles the advent of Linux, from the factors that made it&#8217;s inception possible to the present day where it&#8217;s low TCO and meagre performance requirements have made it a serious contender in a number of global markets. Here&#8217;s a short synopsis of what the talk will cover
Looking back from the pre-history of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2009/08/this-history-of-linux/</link>
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		<title>Exploring Virtual Worlds from IRC to Second Life</title>
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Image by VRider goes Web3D via Flickr



Our next event centres around the evolution of Virtual Worlds with particular emphasis on Second Life, an immersive experience that has been making the headlines as more people and organisations become part of this global virtual experience. Here&#8217;s a synopsis of the event:
Second Life is a 3D multi-user role-playing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2009/07/exploring-virtual-worlds-from-irc-to-second-life/</link>
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		<title>Not all injections are painful!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next event is about a programming technique called Dependency Injection. Here&#8217;s a brief outline:
As software applications grow in complexity de-coupling your code becomes more important. Dependency injection is one of these de-coupling techniques. Explore dependency injection and inversion of control design principles and how they lead to loosely coupled code (a good thing), very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2009/06/not-all-injections-are-painful/</link>
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		<title>Invitation for the Manx Executive Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Isle of Man branch of the Chartered Management Institute has extended an invitation to BCS members in the Isle of Man to participate in the 2010 edition of the Manx Executive Challenge. Here&#8217;s an outline of the event:
The Manx Executive Challenge, held every two years, is now widely accepted as the premier development opportunity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bcs.org.im/2009/06/invitation-for-the-manx-executive-challenge/</link>
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