IT recession 'unofficially over'

[RichardCranium]

Right, that's it, clear the bench. The space is needed for more cubicles. C'mon, off your bums and into those jobs, the recession's all over.

The IT recession of the last couple of years is over, with tech spending set to rise by more than eight per cent this year, to £1 trillion.

That's according to analyst firm Forrester, which says Europe will be the strongest part of the world during the recovery with the UK highlighted as one area where customers of all sizes will start spending on IT again.

The report claims 'smart computing' technologies, including server and storage virtualisation and cloud computing, will help the IT industry to grow twice as fast as the economy in 2010, and keep it on the up for the next six or seven years.

I don't see how "bugger all + 8% of bugger all" = very much improvement.

[Doggy Styles]

Bloody hell. I didn't realise the BCS still existed. Aren't dinosaurs supposed to be extinct?

[cojak]

Bloody hell. I didn't realise the BCS still existed. Aren't dinosaurs supposed to be extinct?

They're Chartered now, don'tyaknow?

[Sysman]

They're Chartered now, don'tyaknow?

That should make it worth joining then, professional status and all that.


theoretically



Do you reckon it's worth joining?

[Sysman]

If it's as much use as the IEE, sorry, I'll rephrase that, IET, then save your money.

I'm struggling to think of what I've got out of 30 years subs apart from attending one lecture on the history of computing.

You can sign someone's passport application.

Can you charge for that? I think doctors can.

[AtW]

apart from attending one lecture on the history of computing.

The kind of hardware you mention make me think that you could write history yourself

[alreadypacked]

The kind of hardware you mention make me think that you could write history yourself

[swamp]

You can sign someone's passport application.

Can you charge for that? I think doctors can.

Any company director can do that.

[Doggy Styles]

That should make it worth joining then, professional status and all that.

theoretically

Do you reckon it's worth joining?

The short answer is no. Not for me, anyway.

I used to be a member. I did some exams through them, which were pretty good except the systems analysis one, and even that got you thinking of ways around the dinosaurs who marked them. I'm wondering if they've moved on from ENIAC yet.