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    <title>07-Feb 2012: Executive Briefing - Addressing Email and Mobile Device Management Challenges</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Addressing_Email_and_Mobile_Device_Management_Challenges</link>
    <location>Maclay Murray and Spens LLP</location>
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Minecast invites you to explore real-life experiences of email and mobile device management challenges.


	How cloud based services can be effectively deployed to increase resilience and take the risk out of email migration.
	Unique functionality that can reduce the cost, complexity and risk associated with email during M&amp;A
	How a true enterprise mobility solution can provide data driven mobile device management coupled with real time wireless cost control.


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    <title>08-Feb 2012: Maximising the Multi-Core Advantage - Multicore Design Tools</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Maximising_the_Multi-Core_Advantage_Multicore_Design_Tools</link>
    <location>Webinar</location>
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In the session we will look at some of the programming tools and parallel programming models that you can use to make your code parallel. We present an overview of Intel Parallel Studio XE, along with a discussion on what methodology to use when adding parallel code to existing programs.

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    <title>08-Feb 2012: Location-Based Technologies in Health &amp; Care Services</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Location-Based_Technologies_in_Health_Care_Services</link>
    <location>Reading</location>
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The breadth of current location-based technologies and applications includes locating and monitoring of vulnerable individuals, lone-worker security tracking, locating valuable assets and personnel, and hand-washing compliance systems. There is considerable potential for innovation in this field to fulfil unmet need in the health and care sector.

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    <title>08-Feb 2012: Maximising Multicore Advantage Webinar Series</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Maximising_Multicore_Advantage_Webinar_Series</link>
    <location>Webinar</location>
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Listen to Stephen Blair-Chappell of Intel about how to write portable, scalable, parallel applications that take advantage of the mushrooming number of cores. 


In the session you will look at some of the programming tools and parallel programming models that you can use to make your code parallel. They present an overview of Intel Parallel Studio XE, along with a discussion on what methodology to use when adding parallel code to existing programs. 

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    <title>09-Feb 2012: Making Globally Competitive Products</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Making_Globally_Competitive_Products</link>
    <location>Scottish Enterprise, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, ML4 3AD</location>
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The international strategy forum, entitled &ldquo;Making Globally Competitive Products&rdquo;.&nbsp; This event, facilitated by Strategem Ltd, is funded by the Smart Exporter initiative.


Smart Exporter is an ambitious new international trade skills programme, designed to increase exporting skills and knowledge amongst Scottish businesses.&nbsp; This initiative is a collaboration between Scottish Development International (SDI) and the European Social Fund.


This event is FREE TO ATTEND and targeted at all businesses in the manufacturing industry aiming to increase&nbsp; business profitability by attracting international customers.


The excellent guest speakers will discuss how they have implemented international strategies, which have enabled their businesses to grow.

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    <title>10-Feb 2012: Cyber Security and Data Protection</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Cyber_Security_and_Data_Protection</link>
    <location>Edinburgh</location>
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In the light of the UK Government&rsquo;s Cyber Security Strategy this event will discuss:


	How the strategy will be implemented across Scottish public services? 
	Will Scotland need it's own correlating strategy?
	What obligations do civil servants now have in their handling and use of government held data? 
	Does consumerisation bring additional threats via mobile working? 

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    <title>15-Feb 2012: How to profit from having an international perspective</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/How_to_profit_from_having_an_international_perspective</link>
    <location>Scottish Enterprise, Apex House, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD</location>
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The international strategy forum, entitled How to profit from having an international perspective.&nbsp; This event, facilitated by Strategem Ltd, is funded by the Smart Exporter initiative. &nbsp;


Smart Exporter is an ambitious new international trade skills programme, designed to increase exporting skills and knowledge amongst Scottish Businesses.&nbsp; This initiative is collaboration between Scottish Development International (SDI) and the European Social Fund.


This event is FREE TO ATTEND and is targeted to all Scottish services businesses who desire to increase their business profitability and growth through international markets. &nbsp;


The excellent guest speakers will discuss how they have implemented an effective international strategy and as a result increased their international sales.

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    <title>16-Feb 2012: Grow your business internationally - Dundee</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Grow_your_business_internationally_Dundee</link>
    <location>Hilton Hotel, Dundee</location>
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Business Insider, in association with Smart Exporter will be hosting 4 complimentary half day conferences targeting firms who wish to enhance their international trade and export capabilities. 

Hosted by Alasdair Northrop, Editor, Business Insider, each conference will be a masterclass in the rationale for and the benefits of international trading. 

Some of Scotland and the UK's top industry leaders will give their experience of international trading and alongside Smart Exporter will offer a range of support services for ambitious Scottish based companies looking to increase exporting performance. 

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    <title>21-Feb 2012: Getting started with predicitive analytics</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Getting_started_with_predicitive_analytics</link>
    <location>Grosvenor Street, Haymarket, Edinburgh, EH12 5EF</location>
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Over the course of the morning you'll learn what predictive analytics is, how it works and how it plays a key role in helping you achieve and exceed business goals. Hear our customer experiences and how they have achieved real return on investment. You'll also have the chance to speak to an SPSS expert. 


Here are a few gains that organisations have achieved with predictive analytics: 


	Increased marketing offer acceptance rate by 300 percent
	Identified fraudulent claims 30 days faster than before
	Anticipated equipment maintenance problems before they go critical
	Focused resources and lowered crime rates by 27 percent
	Identified 50 percent of fraud cases within an hour
	Increased net promoter scores by 53 percent
	Improved policing effectiveness, reducing homicide rates by 40 percent

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    <title>29-Feb 2012: Software Configuration Mangement Seminars - Aberdeen</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Software_Configuration_Mangement_Seminars_Aberdeen</link>
    <location>The Caledonian Hotel, Aberdeen</location>
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IBM Rational Software Group will be combining forces with Premier Business Partner, CM-Logic to host two complimentary events suitable for both senior and middle management to discover how:


	Removing waste can improve operational efficiency enabling shorter cycles thus improving competitiveness and responsiveness in the market place.
	IBM has created a test automation strategy that encourages reuse, building a flexible solution that uses Rational Quality Manager as a hub to coordinate other products with various automated test capabilities.
	Rational Jazz Technology will help to implement a collaborative framework to manage work with external providers of services.

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    <title>01-Mar 2012: Selling to the Public Sector</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/procurementtraining</link>
    <location>Surgeons Hall, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW</location>
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Following increasing interest from our members, ScotlandIS will host a series of training workshops in the New Year providing practical and effective advice and guidance on public sector procurement.&nbsp; Developed with our smaller member companies in mind,&nbsp; to help address the hurdles you face in selling to the public sector,&nbsp; these industry specific workshops will be run with the active support of the Supplier Development Programme and the Procurement Directorate within Scottish Government.

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    <title>01-Mar 2012: Software Configuration Mangement Seminars - Edinburgh</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Software_Configuration_Mangement_Seminars_Edinburgh</link>
    <location>IBM Edinburgh</location>
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IBM Rational Software Group will be combining forces with Premier Business Partner, CM-Logic to host two complimentary events suitable for both senior and middle management to discover how:


Removing waste can improve operational efficiency enabling shorter cycles thus improving competitiveness and responsiveness in the market place.
IBM has created a test automation strategy that encourages reuse, building a flexible solution that uses Rational Quality Manager as a hub to coordinate other products with various automated test capabilities.
Rational Jazz Technology will help to implement a collaborative framework to manage work with external providers of services.

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    <title>01-Mar 2012: Delivering Value from SharePoint</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Delivering_Value_from_SharePoint</link>
    <location>Microsoft Scotland, 4th Floor, Waverley Gate, 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EG</location>
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Delivering Value from SharePoint - A strategy for driving the best return from your implementation


You are invited to participate in this Forum where Avanade and Microsoft
will present the Avanade Connected Collaboration approach for your 
business in the Microsoft offices in Edinburgh.


Collaboration and information provisioning strategies will not 
deliver business goals with technology alone.&nbsp; For the greatest success,
implementation should be aligned with an organisation&rsquo;s vision, culture
and capacity to change. &nbsp;


Avanade have deployed SharePoint and Microsoft collaboration services 
with thousands of customers around the globe.&nbsp; This experience has 
allowed us to develop our unique strategy for successful solutions. &nbsp;


	Understand what SharePoint can do for you
	Define a Roadmap for greatest value.
	Align Investment with Results.&nbsp; 

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    <title>06-Mar 2012: IBM Cognos Breakfast Briefing</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/IBM_Cognos_Breakfast_Briefing</link>
    <location>IBM Ediburgh, 21 St Andrews Square, Edinburgh, EH2 1AY</location>
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Complimentary half day thought leadership seminar attended by interested parties, clients and prospective customers&nbsp; to discuss current trends and future legislation related to internal and external financial reporting and highlight new ways to automate the process, including a product demonstration.&nbsp; &nbsp;


The finance function is under increasing pressure for accurate and timely production of management and external reports.&nbsp; New financial reporting automation systems are being adopted to help eliminate the complex, manual, and time-consuming processes that organisations currently use to provide leaders and regulators critical performance data and analysis. 


Aimed at Finance Professionals this session will also explore how IBM Business Analytics solutions can enable Finance to achieve the ability to analyse and consolidate financial results, report both internally and externally and shape what will happen is critical to the organisation. As the custodian of shareholder value, Finance needs dynamic tools to balance compliance and performance, statutory and management structures, short term and long term, top-down vision and bottom-up reality.

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    <title>07-Mar 2012: Towards an EU Policy for Dynamic Spectrum Access</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Towards_an_EU_Policy_for_Dynamic</link>
    <location>The Hotel, Central Brussels</location>
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This high-level one day policy forum will take place in Central Brussels on 7th March, and will bring together representatives from all the key stakeholders for a full and frank discussion on the development of an EU policy for Dynamic Spectrum Access.


Taking into account both policy and technological considerations, the event will take stock of where we are now, as well as examining the challenges and opportunities ahead. It will look forward to the possible shape of a future shared spectrum market in Europe, and to the optimal methods of combining technical and business approaches for the benefit of all users.

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    <title>23-Mar 2012: Go Karting Tournament 2012</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Go_Karting_2012</link>
    <location>Xtreme Karting Falkirk</location>
	<description><![CDATA[Book your places now for the 2012 Go-Karting Tournament - fast, fun and furious !

 

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    <title>28-Mar 2012: Effective Requirements Management for IT and Systems Engineering - Aberdeen</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Aberdeen_Effective_Requirements</link>
    <location>Double tree by Hilton Hotel, Beach Boulevard, Aberden, AB24 5EF</location>
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Find out how DOORS now enjoys greater third party integration with OSLC, enhanced security and information exchange between supply chain partners with RIF. DOORS Next is the next generation of DOORS on the Jazz platform for seamless integration with other Jazz solutions. 


SPIRIT case study is an example of how SyntheSys can customise DOORS and integrate other Rational products to meet a business need. In this case provide robust compliance and conformance framework for military platform implementations to complex standards. 

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    <title>29-Mar 2012: Effective Requirements Management for IT and Systems Engineering Seminar Edinburgh</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Effective_Requirements_Edinburgh</link>
    <location>IBM Edinburgh, 21 St Andrew Square, EH2 1AY</location>
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Find out how DOORS now enjoys greater third party integration with OSLC, enhanced security and information exchange between supply chain partners with RIF. DOORS Next is the next generation of DOORS on the Jazz platform for seamless integration with other Jazz solutions.

Spirit case study is an example of how SyntheSys can customise DOORS and integrate other Rational products to meet a business need. In this case provide robust compliance and conformance framework for military platform implementations to complex standards. 

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    <title>09-Apr 2012-12-Apr 2012: USA - Chicago and New York International Trade Mission</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/USA_Chicago_and_New_York_International_Trade_Mission</link>
    <location>USA</location>
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The USA is recognised as having the world&rsquo;s largest and most influential economy. America has an internationally renowned reputation as the leading industrial power with a highly diversified and technologically advanced economy. 


&nbsp;The UK and USA have always had a close trading relationship. The US is the UK&rsquo;s fifth largest trading partner and the UK is the largest foreign investor in America.&nbsp; Furthermore, the US is the UK&rsquo;s top export destination for goods reaching $112 billion in 2008 and $110 billion for trading services. 


President Barak Obama has focused on increasing international trade as a means to achieve stability and economic growth for America. With a likeminded goal of increasing their exports within the next five years the USA is a great market for Scottish companies looking to internationalise their business.

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    <title>12-Jun 2012: Scottish Technology Showcase 2012</title> 
    <link>http://www.scotlandis.com//events/event-details/Scottish_Tech_Showcase_2012</link>
    <location>SECC, Glasgow</location>
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On 12th June 2012, the fourth Scottish Technology Showcase opens at the SECC Glasgow- a real opportunity to interact with Industry leaders and newcomers and listen to technology leading speakers. The Showcase, STS as focuses on the use of technology as an enabler for accelerating business success across all industry sectors.


Building on its past success, the Scottish Technology Showcase brings together:-


	Over 1,500 delegates
	Up to 150 Exhibitors
	And over 20 leading industry speakers in the keynote arena and industry leading edge workshops
	Our Matchmaking zone, where you can pre-arrange, face-to-face meetings on the day
	Access Funding and Support Advice.

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