The UK Computer Measurement Group (UKCMG) is a not for profit, UK-based user group of information and communication technology (ICT) professionals. The organisation allows members to exchange information about the measurement, management and performance of ICT systems.
It is connected to the Computer Measurement Group or CMG based in the United States of America. The organisation celebrated its 21st birthday at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Warwick in 2006. The organisation is also a member of itSMF and regularly exhibits at the itSMF UK annual conference. The organisation is a respected commentator on UK and worldwide IT issues and is regularly interviewed by the computer industry press. Headlines resulting from this interest include;
- Network Managers find catharsis at their UKCMG meeting in Brighton
- UKCMG Chairman to speak out on stiffing (unfair software licensing practices)
- Technical staff take an interest
- Storage vendors go head to head in standards fight
Each year UKCMG run an annual conference, some of the venues are listed here;
- 2008 Whittlebury Hall Whittlebury, Northamptonshire
- 2007 Whittlebury Hall Whittlebury, Northamptonshire
- 2006 The Chesford Grange Hotel Warwick
- 2005 The Chesford Grange Hotel Warwick
- 2004 The Oxford Belfry Hotel, Thame, Oxford
- 2003 The Oxford Belfry Hotel, Thame, Oxford
- 2002 The Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Reading, Berkshire
- 2001 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
- 2000 York Race Course, York
- 1999 York Race Course, York
- 1998 Riviera Centre, Torquay, Devon
- 1997 Riviera Centre, Torquay, Devon
- 1996 Cumberland Hotel, London
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993 Birmingham
- 1992 Brighton
- 1991 Birmingham
- 1990 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
- 1989 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
Recent chair-persons/chief executives include:
- Adam Grummit (current)
- Graham Prentice 2005-07
- Cathy Brown 2003-05
- Steve Hurley 2001-03
- Neil McMenemy 2000-01
- Harry Sheldrake 1999-2000
- Alan Knight 1997-98
- Brian Grindley 1995-96
Famous quotes containing the words computer, measurement and/or group:
“The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computer is the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“That’s the great danger of sectarian opinions, they always accept the formulas of past events as useful for the measurement of future events and they never are, if you have high standards of accuracy.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“Now, honestly: if a large group of ... demonstrators blocked the entrances to St. Patrick’s Cathedral every Sunday for years, making it impossible for worshipers to get inside the church without someone escorting them through screaming crowds, wouldn’t some judge rule that those protesters could keep protesting, but behind police lines and out of the doorways?”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)