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Industry has got more teams than ever through to the final of the BCS annual programming competition after regional heats involving almost 30 teams, writes John Kavanagh.
The competition, in its 17th year, is run by the society's Young Professionals Group for teams of up to five people aged 18 to 30, who solve problems against the clock using C or C++.
The final on 8 Apri1, hosted and sponsored by IT services group EDS, will feature 13 finalists, including three teams from IBM, two from Hewlett-Packard's Agilent Technologies subsidiary, plus Vavo.com, an Internet. community service.
Vavo.com won the Liverpool heat but the other winners were university teams.
The full final line up is:
* Abertay University
* Newcastle University