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Systems generate a lot of machine data from activity such as events and logs. In his latest blog post, Dillon Keith Diep explains how this mass of data can be organised and harnessed using the Splunk data platform. As a developer, Dillon has found Splunk extremely useful in gaining insights into many aspects of a system, including application performance, security, hardware monitoring, sales, user metrics, and reporting and audits.
Has open source in financial services changed in the last year? Let's find out. Take the '2022 State of Open Source in Financial Services' survey now, launched by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: 📋 https://www.research.net/r/QVR83VM To thank you for completing this survey, you will receive a 25% discount code for any The Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. Last year's inaugural survey provided the baseline – you can read about its key findings here https://www.scottlogic.com/news/2021-state-open-source-financial-services-survey-published
On 4 August in Newcastle, join Scott Logic and the National Innovation Centre for Data for ‘Why you can't buy a good data strategy off the shelf’. Together, we will uncover and demystify some of the guiding principles of a successful data strategy, and demonstrate that a good data strategy is not, in fact, a question of technology. You'll enjoy a wide-ranging and varied agenda, with these speakers: • Colin Eberhardt, Chief Technical Officer at Scott Logic • Peter Chamberlin, Principal Consultant at Scott Logic • James Wren, Lead Developer at Scott Logic • Sioned Baker, Lead Developer at Scott Logic • Richie Ramsden, Technical Director at the National Innovation Centre for Data • Matt Richards, Technical Architect at Scott Logic • Paul Lodge, Chief Data Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) There will be ample opportunity to network and discuss the morning’s topics over lunch after the event wraps up. We hope you can join us! 🗓️ Thursday 4 August 🕤 09:30–13:00, including lunch 📍 The Catalyst, NE4
Techie Brekkie Bristol is returning! On 7 September, join Deborah Wilder, Director and Co-Founder of Workwell PCS, for a talk and discussion on 'The Future Workplace: the Why and the What of the office'. There'll be the usual delicious, free breakfast for you to enjoy as we explore how to strike the right balance between office and home-working, what the real value is of working together in person, and how office spaces can be optimised for the new world of work. We hope you can join us – in person! 🗓️ Wed 7 Sept 🕘 9:00–10:00 📍 Scott Logic, Bristol BS1
We’re proud to be the technical delivery partner for The Scottish Government Payments Service. A key milestone was reached last month as the payments service moved into private beta. In this phase, the team will work with a limited number of early adopters to test and iterate the service before making it available to the broader public sector in Scotland. The team’s beta partner is Independent Living Fund Scotland which provides financial support to over 3,000 disabled people in Scotland and Northern Ireland to help them live independently. Given the critical importance of this funding, our consultants were passionate about ensuring the success of this first of many weekly Bacs payments to ILF Scotland recipients. Following this successful beta release, the team will release new service features monthly to deliver ongoing value to the Scottish Government and Scottish citizens. Read the full story here.
The glorious sunshine brought out all the colours of the rainbow at Bristol Pride 🌈 on Saturday, and a big group from our Bristol office went on the march, joined by friends and family. Everyone had a fantastic day, coming together with the wider LGBTQIA community in Bristol to promote self-affirmation, dignity and equality rights, and to celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance. Our Bristol team also raised money for the Bristol Pride charity during Pride Month through a bake sale! The donations from staff added up to £205 which was matched by Scott Logic, resulting in a £410 donation to Bristol Pride. The charity works all year round to challenge homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and to promote equality and diversity for all.
Episode 5 of 'Beyond the Hype' is out! This month, Colin is joined by Principal Consultant Jessica McEvoy and Delivery Manager Alex Segrove to discuss technology innovation—and the perils of hyped technology—within Digital Government. They discuss what’s different about working on digital services in government, describe the fascinating dynamic that exists between the government and technology vendors and partners, and explain how best to use government investment to support innovation and avoid hype. Listen to the episode via the link below. And subscribe to ‘Beyond the Hype’ on: 🎧 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/.../beyond-the-hype/id1612265563 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2BlwBJ7JoxYpxU4GBmuR4x?si=9ff17ff0d4d3444f 🎧 Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5saWJzeW4uY29tLzM5NTE1MC9yc3M
NEW VIDEOS: The two fantastic talks from last week's Open Source Edinburgh meetup are now available for you to watch on YouTube: • Reg Wilkinson, Z DevOps Centre of Excellence Lead at Lloyds Banking Group – 'Do Not Cancel the Mainframe!' 📺 https://youtu.be/ovl_JwAKVDw • Adam Mcmurchie, Lead Data, DevOps & Cloud Engineer, NatWest Group – 'Open Source as a Culture: Part 2' 📺 https://youtu.be/sR-chUw-Zfs We organise the Open Source meetups in partnership with FINOS. Join the group here: https://www.meetup.com/open-source-edinburgh/
It’s Techie Brekkie Edinburgh this Friday, and we’re really looking forward to ‘Code is a Natural Language’! Join us to hear from Alec McEachran (Principal Software Developer at KPV LAB Edinburgh, formerly of YouTube) as he explores the often overlooked communicative aspect of code. Writing code is about formalising algorithms that computers can execute, but it’s also about communicating ideas with each other. Solving problems and writing code that computers can execute can be challenging… but that’s the easy part, compared to writing code your teammates can understand! We’ll be getting underway at 8am and there’ll be the usual tasty breakfast for you to enjoy as Alec shares his thoughts.
We’re hiring Graduate Test Engineers to start at our Leeds office in November! You’ll enjoy a packed induction, support from mentors, and get to work with a wide range of technologies on challenging projects. What’s it like being a Scott Logic Graduate? Watch this video to hear from some of our recent grads: 📺 https://youtu.be/BIzEtgcI2AA >> 1 WEEK LEFT TO APPLY! << Apply by Tuesday 12 July: https://www.scottlogic.com/vacancies/graduate-test-engineer 🚨 And please make sure that you’re free on Wed 13 July for an assessment day on Mon 18 July and Tue 19 July for interviews. 🚨
