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On Saturday 8th March 2020 fifty attendees from the Newry tech community gathered in the Mardyke Suite at the Canal Court in Newry for a series of talks on cutting-edge technology. The event was organised by Newry Digital - a group of local IT professionals who meetup to share and promote technology in the Newry area. The group have been organising tech meetup events in Newry for several years on topics as diverse as cryptocurrency, drones, web and mobile development. The conference would not have been possible without the support of sponsors eShopWorld, Kainos, LibertyIT and the British Computer Society. The…

Newry Digital are organising a mini conference aimed at developers and those connected to the tech industry. The NewTech conference will take place on Saturday 7th March 2020 in the Mardyke Suite at the Canal Court Hotel. Newry Digital are a group of local IT professionals who meetup to share and promote technology in the Newry area. The group have been organising technical meetups in Newry for several years on topics as diverse as cryptocurrency, drones, web and mobile development.  The topics for the conference in March will include cloud computing, machine learning and cybersecurity, given by local developers including…

We are pleased to announce that the British Computer Society (BCS) will be supporting the NewTech developer conference in March 2020. Local BCS member Paul Kelly was instrumental in organising this and has joined us at several Newry Digital meetups. The BCS are responsible for leading the IT industry through its ethical challenges so everyone benefits from technology. We invest in the people who work in IT, our members - together we're building a brighter digital tomorrow.www.bcs.org BCS have several membership options available.

We are delighted to have the support of Liberty IT and Kainos for the NewTech conference on Saturday 7th march 2020. Liberty IT an official "Great Place to Work,®" but as our name suggests, it's all about the technology. We don't just get things done, we excel at engineering, and we build creative solutions through team collaboration across all levels of experience, allowing us to deliver business value in a big way. Kainos develop IT solutions for businesses and organisations particularly in the public, healthcare and financial services sectors. Kainos are huge contributors to the tech community with initiatives including…

2019 has been a very busy year for Newry Digital and there have been many acheivements to celebrate. We organised tech meetups thoughout the year including: Tech careers (17th Jan, The Hub)Journey of a Start-up (13th Feb, Flexispace)Remote sensing & Geospatial Techniques (5th March, SRC Greenshoots)Coding Katas (28th March & 30th May, 11th July , The Hub)Intro to Docker and Containers (15th May, Flexispace)Terraform & Ansible (25th June, The Hub)Social Night (25th July, The Bridge)Containers & Kubernetes (27th Aug, Flexispace)Women in Tech (15th Oct, The Hub)Digital & Health (15th Oct, SRC Greenshoots)Service Design (13th Nov, McCooeys)Women in Tech Raspberry Pi…