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THE SOURCE: ISSUE 2 – SEPTEMBER 2025

We’re back! In this issue of The Source we’ll be talking about what’s been going on over the last few months and what’s coming up soon. Do you have specialist knowledge or news to share? Why not ask about presenting one of our webinars or contributing to our blog page. We’re keen to engage with […]

WINDOWS 95 – 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Windows 95 turns 30 in August 2025. This operating system that revolutionised the PC industry sold seven million copies in the first five weeks. There was huge excitement around the release of Windows 95. It set the standard for the future of the Windows operating system and the PC industry standards as a whole. It […]

THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE

The Alan Turing Institute (ATI) is the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. The Goals of the ATI As stated on their site, the goals of the Alan Turing Institute are: – To advance world-class research and apply it to national and global challenges: innovate and develop world-class research in data science and […]

A CAREER IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

The rise in demand for digital solutions. The custom software development market is expected to grow by around 22% between 2025 to 2023. Becoming a software engineer is a solid and aspirational career choice for many. What Software Developers Do Responsibilities of a software developer span the entire software development life cycle, from understanding user […]

HAVE YOU BOOKED?

The next Dev Café Rendezvous is this Thursday, 7th August at 11:00am. Will you be joining us? The IAP run a monthly virtual coffee morning, via Teams and all IAP members are welcome. There is no agenda or fixed topics to discuss so it’s totally up to you what you bring to the meeting. Just […]

INFORMATION SECURITY WEBINAR

Information Security – the issues and challenges. Chris Myers gives a thought-provoking presentation about Artificial Intelligence and ethical developments. He begins by asking: “How do we know that the information provided by AI is true, accurate, and non-biased?”. Chris looks into the warning from the ‘Godfather of AI’ Yoshua Bengio, who sounds the alarm about […]

NATIONAL POWER GRID UPGRADE TO POWER AI

Future Energy Demands to Drive AI Discussion will be taking place addressing how to correctly forecast the energy needed to deliver a twenty-fold increase in compute capacity over the next 5 years. The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Peter Kyle said: “Giving our researchers and innovators access to the processing power they […]

THE SOURCE: ISSUE ONE – JUNE 2025

Hello! This is the first edition of our e-newsletter, The Source. Find out about upcoming events, the latest news and how to stay connected with, and supported by, the IAP. Upcoming Events: Webinars We have a great series of webinars coming up. Book by clicking on the link we’ll provide on an email, sent out […]