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Current News Smaller firms 'face discrimination' in battle to secure technology contracts TECHNOLOGY leaders have told ministers behind closed doors that the Government is failing to bring ... Scotland's potential to be shining light in technological advances SCOTLAND has the capacity to be a shining example to the world in developing high quality technology ... Scottish Water chooses Graham Technology and Atos Origin to help improve its Customer Connections Service Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, in partnership ... Grand Theft Auto expected to break sales records Highly anticipated video game Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV has gone on sale worldwide with analysts ... Members meet the Minister At an industry consultation earlier this week, ScotlandIS Members met with the Enterprise Minister, ... Brit start-ups invade the Valley British entrepreneurial talent is on tour in Silicon Valley as part of a UK government-backed ... Open Source Scotland launches new information Portal Open Source Scotland is pleased to announce the availability of a new information portal for ... Dundee games firm wins £25m of support A COMPUTER games firm headed by the man behind hits such as Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto has won ... AXIOS strengthens global management team with new head of sales Axios Systems today announces a new addition to its management team, designed to accelerate ... 16th World Congress on Infomation Technology The 16th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2008) takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ... Cygnet Solutions complete major upgrade of the UK Radio Teleswitching System (RTS). Member company Cygnet Solutions has completed a key project on behalf of the Energy Networks ... Graham Technology funds computing science scholarship Graham Technology, the provider of award-winning CRM platform, ciboodle, today revealed it is to ... Cyber Security KTN Newsletter #19 Special Funding EditionThe Cyber Security KTN have had a very busy month and there are lots of ... Green Web Hosting launched by NSDesign Glasgow based Business Internet Solutions company NSDesign Ltd, have partnered with Tree Appeal to ... IT and Telecoms Insights 2008 - in-depth reports now available e-skills UK releases further insight into the IT and Telecoms skills landscapee-skills UK today ... £50,000 prize for individual achievement in innovation - call for entries Scotland's highest accolade for individual achievement in innovation for 2008 is launched today. The ... Graham Technology joins SWORD Group Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... Call for clarity on code patents The government is appealing against a High Court decision that granted Symbian a patent on a ... Scottish economy weathering the storm A new report from Lloyds TSB Scotland has revealed the Scottish economy appears to be weathering the ... Ofcom has announced the appointment of three new members to its Advisory Committee for Scotland. The Advisory Committee was established under the terms of the Communications Act 2003 to provide ... beCogent on the acquisition trail after ringing up leap in profits CALL centre firm beCogent is on the acquisition trail after booking a threefold increase in annual ... Call for Participation for Web 2.0 Expo New York Is Now Open O'Reilly Media and TechWeb invite you to share your success stories, case studies, and lessons ... Skills development and education vital to ICT sector "It is not just the specialist ICT companies which are reliant on good IT skills", commented ... Glasgow School installs Bloxx Web Filtering to combat anonymous proxies The High School of Glasgow Selects Bloxx to Protect Staff and Students Online Bloxx, the ... IT skills shortage: career changers are the solution With e-skills UK, the sector skills council for the IT industry, citing the need for 140,000 new ... Cyber Security KTN Newsletter Highlights this Month include : Economics of Security Seminar - 9th April 2008, Information Security ... Google bets on Android future Android is the creation of Andy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms. Unveiled at the end of ... Cisco Establishes the Academy of Digital Signage Cisco® today announced the development of a new qualification program for media professionals ... Apple to open up iPhone Apple confirmed on Wednesday its iPhone sales goal for 2008 and said it will give details next week ... EuroSTAR 2008: "The Future of Software Testing" Where do you see testing in the future:· Will we still be using the test methods we use today?· Are ... Call for Nominations Do you know a young innovator who is going to change the future of technology? Each year ... ciboodle launched in Australia with Crazy John's deployment Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... The Cost Of Bad IT Economics Companies get it wrong when valuing their IT. So says benchmarking guru Howard Rubin. In times of ... Bold new image for First People Solutions Group First People Solutions Group, the recruitment and HR consultancy, has revealed that it is to evolve ... They've done it again.... 9-20 recruitment have been short listed as finalists in not one but two categories at this year's ... Further changes to grant programme The Scottish Government has announced further changes to the system of grant support, to help to ... Oh Chancellor, where art thou? Over the last 20 years or so, the UK Government has built up an enviable reputation for the ... Incubation for Innovative companies at an all time high! The Hillington Park Innovation Centre has seen a rapid rise in the number of new companies knocking ... Scotland to bid for slice of $200bn "wellness" industry Work is underway to identify ways in which Scottish businesses can win a slice of the $200bn global ... ITI Techmedia invests £4.3M in R&D Programme to reduce errors in the software design process ITI Techmedia today announced plans to create software design and development technologies which ... Central Government Centre of Procurement Expertise (CGCoPE) Within the public procurement sector in Scotland a number of Centres of Expertise (COEs) have been ... Graham Technology powers HIP automation website Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... Making the most of technology could boost UK economy by £35 billion New research highlights critical importance of IT & Telecoms to UK and urgent need to invest in ... Scots small businesses 'set to survive global meltdown' Scotland's small businesses will be the last to be affected by the fallout from the global economic ... Icann's plea for freedom The overseer of the net’s addressing system has asked the US government to be freed from ... ScotlandIS takes industry's temperature Added your input to the 2008 Technology Industry Survey yet ? Just launched, this authoritative ... The invisible computer revolution The rapid rise of the mobile phone as the de facto "computer in your pocket" across many parts of ... Proposed changes to National Occupational Standards for IT users - have your say! Following a series of events and focus groups during the autumn, e-skills UK has published for wider ... Union counters claims for "shared services" Scotland’s largest public service union has warned MSPs that relying on "shared services" to ... Web 'dating agency' for Olympic 2012 contracts British contractors will be invited to compete for Olympic contracts using a web-based "dating ... UNESCO and partners help teachers bring technology to the classroom As part of its mandate to build capacity in education worldwide and enable all students to benefit ... Oracle buying BEA Systems in $8.5B deal Oracle Corporation has agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for around $8.5 billion, the companies ... In uncertain times, people need gadgets Reporting back from CES, George Kerevan of The Scotsman contends Tech firms know that in a downturn ... Computer brings science up a gear One of the largest and most powerful computers in the country has been unveiled in ... Funding boost for technology firms A NEW investment fund has been launched to give a kick-start to pioneering technology companies in ... Dell powering up Global IT company Dell is to move its Edinburgh office to The Walk as it looks to expand its ... "There's absolutely no bubble in technology" One for the weekend, courtesy of David Mitchell, Senior Vice President at Ovum.For those of you who ... BLOXX tracks ACS international schools students online Bloxx, the enterprise web filtering specialist, today announced that ACS International Schools has ... Microsoft's man in Scotland to chair IOD Raymond O’Hare, Scotland Director for Microsoft and ScotlandIS board member has been appointed ... Scotland's Digital Future In the Sunday Herald's Digital Debate ScotlandIS Executive Director, Polly Purvis, makes the case ... Council IT spend to hit £3bn Local authorities' technology spending is predicted to rise by nine per cent to £3bn in 2007/2008, ... Top technology trends for 2008 Green IT, cloud computing, mobile VoIP, business process modelling - technologies to watch for 2008 ... Global Planet : Nii Quaynor Internet evangelist The BBC World Service programme recently featured an interview with Nii Quaynor, after his return to ... Petrofac cashes in on Global Oil & Gas Activity Petrofac, the oil services firm that employs 4000 people in Aberdeen, underlined its enthusiasm for ... Future of IT: Turbulent Times Ahead Security requires eternal vigilance, regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley demand attention and pop-tech ... Software Students win cash prizes for Product Marketing skills Eight undergraduate software engineers have won cash prizes totalling £600 for their ... European Seal of e-Excellence Subscribe to the European Seal of e-Excellence before 21 December 2007 For the sixth year in a row, ... IFB scores at Hampden Park for SFA IFB, the Aberdeen-based supplier of internet and related services, is hoping to expand the breadth ... Europe can 'lead web technology' Europe remains a vibrant centre for web technology development, a conference in Paris is hearing. ... RDF revenues soar 38% IT services company RDF Group, which has an office in Livingston, said it had seen a 38 per cent ... 2007 Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 Renowned Scottish recruitment and executive search consultancy Head Resourcing has emerged as the ... Help for small firms aiming to win Commonwealth Games contracts A new business panel is to be created to help small companies in Scotland gain contracts for the ... Sad News Many Members will know Tom McEwan, usability and multi-media champion at Napier University. Sadly, ... Financial turmoil won't crimp IT budgets in 2008 The findings, from the latest Register Technology Panel Barometer study, suggest the financial ... Winners Announced at the Scottish Software Awards The International Software Business Award went to Gael Ltd in recognition of their success in ... IBM, Universities Collaborate On Technologies for the Aging Workforce The University of Dundee has formed a collaboration with IBM and the University of Miami to develop ... Dell's boy in Scotland plans growth DELL, the US computer giant, plans to tap more into Scotland's burgeoning financial services sector ... FT analyses IT Industry skills gap What do you want to be when you grow up? Ask that question of today's schoolchildren and it is ... Vodafone Netherlands goes live with ciboodle Graham Technology aims for a customer service revolution Amsterdam, NL & Glasgow, U.K. - ... Minister visits Edinburgh school to see how CC4G is transforming girls' perception of IT On 14th November, Maureen Watt, Minister for Schools and Skills, visited Queensferry High School to ... Profits milestone for Thus Thus, the Scottish telecommunications provider, yesterday unveiled a maiden profit of £400,000 as ... Security high on agenda at Internet Governance Forum Policy makers, activists and officials are gathering in Rio de Janeiro for the second Internet ... Minister for innovation needed to give Scots 'a competitive edge' THE Scottish Cabinet will be urged this week to appoint a minister for innovation to help give the ... Glasgow employers help set new standards for IT skills On 1 November, a group of employers joined e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for IT and ... Kerry County seeks counsel in Bloxx Bloxx, the European enterprise web filtering specialist, today announced that Kerry Local Authority ... Search finds web prize SEARCH Consultancy, the recruitment solutions group, saw its website scoop top prize at a leading ... Fill 'Er Up, Wash the Windshield, and Google It No. 1 search engine Google wants to meet you at the petrol station. Under a deal with Gilbarco ... Google pushes into mobile phones Google has unveiled software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phones and boost the web ... Graham Technology '$50m company within a year' GRAHAM Technology, the business software firm, said it was poised to reach turnover of $50 million ... iPhone launch helps to ring up 300 jobs MORE than 300 jobs are being brought to Scotland to cope with demand for the much sought-after ... First People Solutions Turnover up by 289% First People Solutions has reported a £34million turnover for 2006, increasing their 2005 turnover ... Google opens up social networking Google has launched a system that will allow developers to create applications for a variety of ... "It's the double for 9-20!" 9-20 recruitment scooped 2 awards at this years Glasgow's Chamber of Commerce Business awards, ... TTOM Additional call for proposals TTOM Awards fund small technology transfer projects for companies operating in the high tech sector. ... University data contract for Thus THUS, the Scottish telecoms group, has secured a contract to deliver data services to the University ... BLOXX powers its way into Deloitte Fast 50 Web Filtering Company Recognised As One Of UK’s Top 50 Fastest Growing Technology ... BBC 'must offer iPlayer for all' The BBC must deliver an online TV catch-up service that lets users of all computers download ... Energetic Expansion for First People Solutions First People Solutions, one of the UK's fastest growing recruitment and HR consultancies, has ... First People Solutions Herald Award Success First People Solutions were delighted to add another award to their trophy cabinet last thursday ... Financial services use Facebook to reach younger generation As social nets gain popularity as business tools within the enterprise, companies reach beyond the ... "Race to the Top" - a review of UK science and innovation "The UK is well placed to take advantage of the new markets opened up by globalisation. We have an ... Autumn Reading List for I.T. Managers This Autumn’s reading list courtesy of CIO Insight :The Strategic Project Leader Effective ... Students secure a clutch of prizes ! Final year students from Edinburgh, St Andrews, Glasgow and Napier Universities won this ... ciboodle to celebrate successful first year at Call Centre Expo Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, will next week ... Members update: Skills campaign ScotlandIS is campaigning for greater attention to be paid to the critical skills gap facing the ... The '10 Big Things' in IT comes to Scotland Scottish information technology and communications industry executives have an exceptional ... Hi-tech leap for island's pupils A small corner of Scotland has big ideas about the future of education. Pupils on the island of ... BT expands Wireless Cities BT has expanded its Wireless Cities programme, which provides Wi-Fi connectivity in town centres ... PacifiCorp upgrades contact centre with Graham Technology Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... Johnston Carmichael and Search lift prizes at ScotlandIS Golf Match Drenched in sunshine (no really !), the ScotlandIS 2007 Golf tournament took place last week amongst ... Sopra Newell & Budge post profits rise Aggressive expansion in English markets helped Sopra Newell & Budge (Sopra Group) to post a 26% ... Logica wins Scottish Parliament contract The IT contract for the Scottish Parliament has been snatched from Indian technology firm Wipro by ... Vint Cerf, father of the internet, predicts the end of TV as we know it Thirty years ago he helped create a technology that has revolutionised millions of lives around the ... UK among European leaders in IT professional skills training The UK provides considerably more training for IT professionals than most other European countries, ... Friends Provident selects ciboodle to deliver "6 star customer service" Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... Microsoft launches PC-rebuilding scheme Microsoft Ireland has launched a scheme aimed at keeping PCs out of landfills and re-building them ... Tiny wind engines cool computers Minuscule wind engines could help to take computing power to the next level, scientists believe.US ... Graham Technology "doing a great job" in the customer service market Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... Gordon of the Gobi Just back from Mongolia, Gordon Adam, Director of member company Head Resourcing, beat off stiff ... Future of the Internet Economy The OECD is inviting public comments on the themes of the Ministerial meeting on the "Future of the ... LPI Approved Training Partner Net Resources Academy is now a Linux Professional Institute Approved Training Partner (LATP).Having ... Now ! is the time to start your own technology business Not since the dotcom boom has there been a better time to start a technology business. The economy ... Dell launches SME service Dell launched a major offensive in the small-business sector this week with the launch of Vostro, ... Accountancy firms profit up 12% JOHNSTON Carmichael, the independent Scottish accountancy firm, has unveiled what it calls record ... Waste computer edict finally hits UK The long-awaited Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive finally comes into force ... EQSN wins Best Service from Host Provider in DADI awards EQSN, one of Scotland’s fastest growing technology companies, has won a leading industry ... Electrum product transforms website testing Electrum's latest innovation SortSite is a standards-based testing tool that makes it quick and easy ... EQSN powers ahead with new information security award With new breaches in internet and communications security in the news every week, it has never been ... Communications heavyweights roll into town .... Smart Communications Technologies for TomorrowIEEE International Conference on Communications ... Valley Technology launches the POD Father, the new pay-as-you-go proof-of-delivery system Edinburgh-based Valley Technology Ltd is due to launch "The POD Father", the pay-as-you-go ... Scottish small businesses confident FEARS that political uncertainty in the wake of the SNP's Holyrood victory would damage business ... Bloxx sets new standard in web filtering Bloxx, the UK-based enterprise web filtering specialist is set to revolutionise its market, with ... First People Solutions Boast Multi-Award Successes First People Solutions is setting the benchmark for other recruitment businesses in the UK, and ... What's the future of the UK IT industry? Developing the Future is an annual report from Microsoft and various industry partners, which looks ... Dell eyes up service companies Following the acqusition of Scottish reseller ACS at the end of last year, Michael Dell discussed ... Mobiqa takes the 2007 Global Mobile Messaging Awards for the third year running For a third year in row, the mobile industry has recognised Mobiqa, the world leaders in mobile ... inmedia Public Relations isn't just an Ottawa agency any more Ottawa's latest successful technology export isn't a semiconductor, an optical device, a ... R&D Programme Extensions ITI Techmedia is pleased to advise that it has been successful in securing funding from The European ... TTOM Awards - next closing date 30th June 2007 TTOM Awards are grants of up to £5,000 that will fund feasibility studies carried out at a ... Oberon Media Acquires I-play to Form Multi-Platform Casual-Gaming Powerhouse In a strategic move to become the world's first company to deliver integrated casual-games solutions ... Record profits drive software firm's expansion in Benelux region Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... Company demonstrates product at Dimension Data event Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today launched ... Graham Technology cited as a leader in process-centric CSM by independent analyst firm Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... The Big Match ! From our dynamic football commentators Krisps Linneker, and Mebbe's Dalglish Whilst lesser mortals ... Salesforce Links VCs and Startups Altruism or a good investment? Maybe a little bit of both. Salesforce.com on Monday unveiled its new ... Easyspace to open 30,000 sq.ft City of London Data Centre Easyspace, one of Europe's largest hosting and managed service companies, has today announced the ... Electrum develop HR tool Member company Electrum recently completed the development of a flexible 360 degree survey system ... UK tech inventors defeated by cash drought British technology is being crippled by a lack of venture funding, according to a leading UK ... Innovation is the new black Innovative software is leading the high tech industry's recovery, according to Sand Hill Group, the ... Dell to use Ubuntu on Linux PCs Computer maker Dell has chosen Ubuntu as the operating system for its range of Linux computers for ... BT launches 'software supermarket' with Microsoft BT has launched an online software supermarket for UK companies that will enable independent ... WiFi Cloud blankets City of London Yesterday the Cloud launched Europe's highest-capacity Wi-Fi metronet in the City of London, the ... Technology Industry invests more in R&D The biggest technology companies have been pouring resources into product development. A lot of the ... Wikipedia offers access offline Nearly 2,000 Wikipedia articles will be sold on compact disc to give people without a net connection ... Futurologist argues for embedded security Leading futurologist Peter Cochrane argues that security should be embedded in all devices that can ... Microsoft aims to double PC base Microsoft software will sell for just $3 (£1.50) in some parts of the world in an attempt to double ... Intellect seeks debate on the future of the technology industry Intellect, the English trade association for the IT, telecoms and electronics industries, today ... Cable & Wireless transfer cabling to Computacenter Computacenter PLC has acquired Allnet Ltd, the in-premises cabling division of Cable and Wireless. ... New record for company profits British company profits outside the financial sector have reached record levels. The net rate of ... Petrofac on a confidence high Aberdeen-based oil and gas services firm and ScotlandIS member, Petrofac expects to create 200 ... HEAD begins its Second Life Head Resourcing has opened a virtual reality office in Second Life, the rapidly expanding virtual ... Falkirk Council to boost CRM with ciboodle Graham Technology, specialists in customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... The Seven Roles of Highly Effective CIOs The Society for Information Management's Advanced Practices Council has identified seven key roles ... Brace yourselves for a technology overload TECHNOLOGY experts have warned business and consumers that they are in danger of becoming ... ISOC seeks input on vision for the future The attached draft document "An Internet 2020 Initiative" sets out ISOC's vision for the Internet of ... Assessors Required In conjunction with the DTI's Technology Programme for Collaborative Research & Development ... Competitions for Funding - Spring 2007 Competition £100 million for UK business to research and develop new technologies from environmentally friendly ... EC tells industry to regulate RFID The European Commission effectively handed regulation of RFID to the RFID industry today when it ... Gannochy Trust Innovation Award Scotland's top award for individual achievement in innovation, The Gannochy Trust Innovation Award ... 2007 Digital Outlook Report Avenue A Razorfish recently published the 2007 Digital Outlook Report (6230.6K). This report ... Computacenter pleased with results Computacenter's preliminary results to the year ended 31 December 2006 boast a "strong performance" ... Scotland lagging in start-up survival New businesses are struggling to survive in the Scottish market place, according to data revealed by ... Scottish public sector must continue to improve The author of the Scottish public sector procurement review has urged the country's procurement ... National Business Awards for Scotland Every day in businesses across the country new things are being introduced - new ideas for ... e-skills UK achieves Best Companies Accreditation e-skills UK has received recognition in the Best Companies 2007 Accreditation scheme designed to ... Smaller firms 'to benefit if SNP wins power' Smaller firms would enjoy a bigger share of government contracts under an SNP-led Scottish ... Graham Technology and ESPC combine to meet the new challenges in the UK property market Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... Head Resourcing fly high with Kite HR purchase Serial Recruitment Entrepreneurs Paul Atkinson and Gordon Adam have acquired Kite, the recruitment ... Pinsent Masons named Hi-Growth Firm of the Year ScotlandIS member Pinsent Masons were named High Growth Firm of the Year at The 5th Cuthbert ... Axios Systems open Dubai office Axios Systems, the leading international IT Service Management (ITSM) software company, have ... Software as a service needs clear sla's Software houses must create a whole new kind of service level agreement (SLA) if they start selling ... Dell wins £15.5m Glasgow schools contract Primary schools in Glasgow are to receive new computer equipment and support services under an ICT ... PC-Fix takes hassle out of computer repairs A high-speed on-site computer repair service for home users and businesses is expanding into ... Supreme Court Debates Patentability of Software A seemingly simple case regarding whether Microsoft had the right to replicate speech recognition ... Breakthrough fixes encryption vulnerability British scientists have found a way to fix a vulnerability in quantum cryptographic systems. If ... Glasgow City sign up Thus and Cisco Glasgow City Council has awarded Thus and Cisco a contract to improve the delivery of services ... Graham Technology expands Indonesian operations Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... VISTA goes Gaelic Microsoft has announced a joint venture with Ḅrd na Gàidhlig, the Gaelic development agency in ... Lumison Wins 'VoIP' Award Lumison has been named as the winner of the Best Internet Telephony Service at the 2007 ISPA awards. ... LogicaCMG sells Telecoms Products and buys back shares LogicaCMG has announced the conclusion of the sale of its Telecoms Products division to an ... The fear that's eating the mobile world Post 3GSM, ZDNet's Editor gets his teeth into what the mobile industry needs to do. "In the movie ... Boarding passes direct to your mobile Leading Scottish solutions developers, Real Time Engineering and Mobiqa have launched RT-MobiTicket, ... More than talk at Barca ! The mobile world's movers and shakers are gathering at 3GSM in Barcelona and the key talking point ... Becta Research Grants - closing date 22/2/2007 Becta Research Grants are intended for small self-contained research projects in the area of ... Report of the 2007 ISOC Nominations Committee - 7 February, 2007 The call for Nominations for candidates for the 2007 election of the Board of Trustees of the ... UK broadband uptake 'growing strongly' Broadband uptake in the UK grew by 15 per cent between March and September last year, according to ... Scottish firms at the cutting edge of mobile technology Scotland's reputation as a centre of mobile technology has been given a major boost with seven ... 2007: the year of open source David Plain, Practice Manager for Novell in Scotland, believes that 2007 will be the year open ... Back to Work with Cisco in Edinburgh Unemployed people in Edinburgh will get the chance to improve their job prospects and secure ... THUS Partners MINX THUS plc today announced a major new strategic alliance with MINX Ltd. The partnership alliance will ... Standard Bank selects Graham Technology for contact management solution Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced ... Microsoft bring European Government Leaders Forum to Scotland Microsoft will host its high level Government Leaders Forum at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, ... Independent ISVs alive and kicking ! Almost a third of businesses in the UK use small internet service providers (ISPs), according to ... Future of science debate begins The UK public is being invited to have its say on the future of science and technology. ... Scottish economy poised to shatter long-term growth rate Scotland's economy looks likely to have shattered its long-term average growth rate in 2006, with ... Green is the new black Everyone - even IT vendors - likes to say they want to preserve the environment. According to John ... France and Germany join iTunes compatability campaign France and Germany are joining the Scandinavian campaign to make content from iTunes work with ... Salesforce polishes developer shop window Salesforce.com wants application developers. But instead of recruiting them in the traditional way ... LogicaCMG looks to improved growth LogicaCMG issued a bullish full year trading statement this week. Capping off the year to ... Edina Software - Gets the Gold by becoming Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Edina Software, a leading developer of high quality bespoke software for complex multi-user ... I-play up for Best made for Mobile award at 3GSM Mobile entertainment experts, I-play have announced that 'The Fast and the Furious?: Tokyo', the ... Forget London - Glasgow has a new datacentre! Soaring power demand and costs combined with lack of datacentre capacity in London forces Scottish ... Next Generation Broadband pays dividends The huge value of broadband to Scotland has been confirmed by a report released today. The Next ... Codeplay heads to Japan with EU Trade Mission Edinburgh-based Codeplay Software Limited has been selected as one of only four UK companies to take ... Open Source gets European boost The European Commission has added its voice to the debate about the use of open source software. A ... Debian Project comes to Edinburgh The annual developers' conference of the Debian Project is to be held on 17-23 June in Edinburgh. ... Father of internet warns against Net Neutrality Robert Kahn, the most senior figure in the development of the internet, has delivered a strong ... Switched on to new ways of working Douglas Friedli of The Scotsman interviews Gordon Thomson Director, Scotland and Ireland for Cisco, ... Open Phones with Open Moko ? OpenMoko is an open Linux-based mobile application development platform that's designed to help ... Deloitte Predictions 2007 The popular annual Deloitte Predictions reports explore a number of emerging Technology Media and ... Pupils to get home internet access The government is to set up a taskforce to ensure all children have access to the internet outside ... RBS charts private sector growth SCOTLAND'S private sector growth is at its strongest in six-and-a-half years, with employment rising ... 5 Software Development Mistakes to Avoid There are few disasters more embarrassing to a CIO than an expensive and time-consuming software ... Hot Gadgets from CES 2007 The Consumer Electronics Show may encompass almost every piece of technology on the planet - but ... Innovators lift SMART Awards From telecomms testing equipment to haptic modelling applications; mobile games data apps to remote ... Science and Innovation Strategy for Scotland ScotlandIS with National Microelectronics Institute and Scottish Optoelectronics Association have ... Scottish angels see investment top £10m for first time LINC, which represents almost a third of Scotland's business angel syndicates, today revealed ... Green sat-nav - how it works Swedish academics are working to build a greener sat-nav system that works out the most ... After e-government - what next for local authorities Outsourcing, shared services and open source software are some of the ways local authorities plan to ... Chasing the holy grail: the algorithmic arms race Investment banks and major brokerage firms may or may not be leading the innovation in algorithms ... Cisco buys IronPort to push into anti-spam market Networking giant Cisco Systems has agreed to buy email filtering and web security firm IronPort ... SMEs to benefit from new RSA-style grant scheme The Scottish Executive will next month introduce a new tier of regional selective assistance (RSA) ... Get your New Staff in 2007 Scottish based www.JobTonic.com, the UK's most innovative job website, allows companies to offer a ... IBM builds Second Life store for Circuit City IBM has cut a deal with US electronic gizmo retailer Circuit City Stores to build a virtual store ... Patent applications to be peer reviewed? The UK Patent Office is considering how it might implement some of the recommendations of the Gowers ... You - yes You ! - named Time's Person of the Year Time.com have awarded this year's Person of the Year award to the man in the street; you ... Study tour to Hungary As a follow up to the Focus Hungary Mini-Seminar (ICT) in the Alba Centre on 23rd November, we ... Changes to RSA lead to rush for grants The current Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant scheme closed on 30 November, with a ... EQSN Third Fastest Growing Technology Firm in Scotland EQSN, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, was named 33rd (3rd in Scotland) in the 2006 ... University-Technology.Com Showcases Scottish Renewable Energy Projects World wide technology and licensing opportunities from Scottish ... Head Resourcing is the Fastest Growing Company in Scotland Edinburgh-based recruitment agency Head Resourcing tops this year's list of companies based in ... Vibrant SME sector with talent to match The last few weeks have seen a number of successful, growing Scottish technology businesses - Real ... Tech sector braced for a fresh wave of takeovers and mergers? SCOTLAND'S technology sector is braced for a fresh wave of takeovers and mergers as indigenous firms ... Round Up from ITU Plenipot 2006 From Matthew Sheard of ISOC at ITU Plenipot "As you know I am participating in the last week ... ScottishPower backs Spanish bid Scottish Power has backed a £11.6bn (17.1bn euro) takeover offer from Spain's second largest ... Council targets government's Customer First strategy West Dunbartonshire Council is working with Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented ... Sword snaps up Real Time Leading GLASGOW-based IT services company, Real Time Engineering, has been acquired by Sword Group, ... Software market set to grow The market for large enterprise software is set to grow at up to nine per cent a year until 2010, ... Computacenter launch Shared Service Factory Computacenter has launched a new "library" service which it hopes will help reduce costs for its ... Dell acquires ACS Leading PC maker, Dell, acquired Scottish IT specialist ACS yesterday in a deal estimated at ... Thus roll out Broadband to Borders, Dumfries & Galloway Network operator Thus are to provide broadband to schools, libraries and council offices in the ... Scottish economy on course for best performance in nine years SCOTLAND'S economy is on course to deliver its best performance for at least nine years in 2006, ... Hi-tech firms told to limit ambitions One of Scotland's most successful entrepreneurs turned conventional business wisdom on its head with ... Microsoft looks to Scotland for a view on Vista Microsoft has given Scottish business the first opportunity to preview the next generation of its ... Changes to Technology Strategy Board announced Changes to create a 'relentlessly business focussed' independent organisation supporting technology ... Call for improved IP justice system Scotland's attempt to metamorphose into a high-value knowledge-based economy is likely to fail, ... Memex report record growth Memex, the leading security and intelligence software firm, yesterday announced record growth levels ... ISOC urges Internet Governance Forum to spur spread of the Internet Spurring the deployment of the Internet should be at the heart of the discussion at the ... Patent error stunts high-tech start-ups Small or start-up technology companies in Scotland are spending too much time, energy and resources ... What Type of Investor are You ? ScotlandIS member, PeopleMaps, the online psychometric profiling company, is taking a novel approach ... Real Time flies Scottish flag on government ICT programme ScotlandIS Gold member, Real Time Engineering, has been named as the only Scottish company to have ... Funding myths that blight small firms Doug Richard, Chairman of Library House, Vice-Chairman of the Cambridge Angels, and previously ... Web 2.0 - The 'consumerisation' of the enterprise Technologies used to power popular consumer-oriented applications will eventually saturate the ... Airport security "breakthrough" A Scottish technology company has claimed a breakthough which could revolutionise airport security ... Nominet conference warned of "broken up" internet The internet could one day be broken up into separate networks around the world, a leading light in ... Government not getting enough bang for its £150bn purchasing buck The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on the government to overhaul its procurement ... Smart students lift Software Awards In front of an audience of 450 people at the annual ScotSoft Dinner last Thursday night, students ... OECD report predicts heady times ahead Heady days of 20 and 30 per cent growth in the 1990s remains unlikely, but the worldwide ICT sector ... Engine on chip to drive laptops ? Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a novel approach to ... Net Resources - National Training Awards Finalist 2006 Edinburgh based training and web design company Net Resources learned recently that it has reached ... Graham Technology's new 'baby' Contact centre experts, Graham Technology, one of Scotland's leading software companies, launches a ... Eologic raise expansion finance Livingston-based software firm Eologic has raised more than £400,000 of ... Making it happen Euan Robertson, chairman of ScotlandIS : The industry suffers from a very fragmented approach, and ... Commercialising innovation - the missing link David Farquhar, chief executive of 2in10, a specialist in technology product marketing Why is ... Working together - the missed opportunity Ann Budge, CEO, Sopra Newell & Budge UK To grow more companies from a small base into larger ... Standing at the Cross Roads Bob McDowell, Microsoft's Vice-President for business critical solutions and a member of the ... Five areas of potential ! Jeff Wacker, Chief Futurist, EDS There are five areas worth highlighting with real potential for ... Developing an Incubator Mindset Andy Mulholland, Global Chief Technology Officer, Capgemini While Scotland has lots of small ... Technology at the Crossroads THE IT industry is widely seen as the best hope of creating Scotland's next world-class companies. ... HBOS aiming at £300m in annual cost savings HBOS last night revealed it is aiming to deliver annual cost savings of some £300m by 2010 as it ... Government's new vision for sustainable energy technology The government yesterday set out its vision for a £1bn Energy Technologies Institute, a proposed ... Management buys out Hudson unit THE Scottish industrial division of Nasdaq-listed Hudson Global Resources was acquired in a ... Transforming Scotland's public services While discussing the launch of the revised policy documents on information age and transformation, ... Google opens up 200 years of news Web giant Google is further expanding its online empire with the launch of the Google News Archive ... Wi-Fi guidance becomes law in California California legislators have passed a law which will force makers of wireless internet equipment to ... Scotland's emergency care summary springs to life Scotland has gone live with its Emergency Care Summary (ECS) for every patient. All 14 NHS boards ... Agilent emphasises commitment to Scotland Yvonne Mackie, the recently appointed managing director of Agilent Technologies' UK and Ireland ... Why shared services will benefit everyone Maintaining first-class public services at a time when budgets are being frozen or cut is a ... Scotland's jobs market maintains its strength The Scottish jobs market continued to show its strength last month, but faster growth was stymied by ... Google release package for the office Search engine specialist Google are to offer Google Apps for Your Domain, a free package of programs ... Dell Chief to visit Scotland Kevin Rollins, president and chief executive of US computer firm Dell, will visit the company's ... Real Time Engineering help track ScotRail trains Real Time Engineering (RTE) has landed a £250,000 contract from Transport Scotland to help provide ... Joke software helps non-speakers Children who can only speak through computerised aids are being helped to tell jokes through a new ... Turnover soars at Pinsent Masons Pinsent Masons' Scottish practice saw its turnover last year leap 44% from £5.2m to £7.5m, with its ... Argyll & Bute Sign Up to FORT Argyll and Bute Advice Network is yet another Scottish Network to use Alienation FORT. The online ... US aims to fix patent system? Two US Senators introduced a bill on August 3 designed to change some fundamental features of the US ... Cisco turns up profits Cisco brought a little sunshine to the markets with its fourth quarter results. Revenues ... User Vision clinches 3 major deals ScotlandIS Member and usability & accessibility expert User Vision, which recently launched its ... eSquiggles mobile working solution ScotlandIS Member Pulsion Technology has recently launched its mobile working solution - and has ... UK online sales top Germany The UK is Europe's biggest market for online retail - beating Germany into second place for the ... Thus hails Demon performance ScotlandIS Platinum member THUS, the Scottish based UK telecoms group, announced that its Demon ... New appointments boost Hillington Park team ScotlandIS Gold Member Hillington Park Innovation Centre (HPIC), the world class incubator for ... Cherry picks up on roaming fears Wireless Innovation Centre client, Stream Communication has launched a new UK-based mobile virtual ... Consultation advises need for new Internet governance The United States government has been advised to end its oversight role of the internet during ... Geopolitical tensions create 'perfect storm' for markets Escalating violence in the Middle East, the stand-off with Iran over its nuclear programme, and news ... France to provide net access for all The French government has announced its intention to provide 1.2m of the country's poorest citizens ... Real Time & THUS develop new telecomms call management solution ScotlandIS member companies THUS plc and Real Time Engineering have got together to provide a ... Computacenter reports a "period of steady progress" In a trading update today, the company said UK Technology Solutions experienced strong growth, while ... Patent litigation treaty renews software patents battle A new battle over software patents in Europe is set to begin this week as the European Commission ... e-skills UK releases the latest Telecoms Bulletin: a summary of telecoms labour market trends e-skills UK has published the latest Telecoms Bulletin (Issue 3), an independent summary of the ... Technology resurgence ushers in 'new era' Corporate Scotland has bounced back from the technology downturn with orders reaching their highest ... Scottish Executive awards £25m IT services contract The Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) has awarded a £25m IT ... Gael Ltd announce the official release of the 5th generation of Q-Pulse Gael Ltd, one of Scotland's longest standing and most successful niche technology companies, has ... Opportunity to Evaluation Health Scotland eLearning Course Health Scotland wishes to commission an evaluation of its physical activity and health pilot ... Oracle profits surge Software giant Oracle has enjoyed a profits surge of 27 per cent boosted by new software licensing ... IT's so hard, say SMEs Lloyds TSB and the OU report small businesses are finding it hard keep pace with changes in ... Steep decline in science student numbers The number of students in Scotland taking most science subjects has fallen markedly, it has emerged. ... Bank predicted to hang fire on interest rates until next year Most economists predict the Bank of England will refrain from raising UK interest rates this year - ... Scottish Executive signs data sharing contract The Scottish Executive has signed its first national contract to improve information sharing across ... Thus results cheer City Telecoms group Thus reported a 5 per cent lift in full-year underlying earnings yesterday - while ... DLA Piper Scotland advises NI Governement in £50M BT Deal DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Scotland LLP advised the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) in its ... User Vision opens first eye-tracking studio in Scotland User Vision opens first eye-tracking studio in Scotland - Brings leading-edge usability technology ... TTOM Awards for 6 Lothian Companies SIX Lothian companies have secured feasibility funding to help them explore commercial development ... Kite launches new HR products Kite HR has introduced two new products, specifically designed for early stage and growing ... Orders better than hand-outs, angel tells public sector One of Scotland's leading business angels said the public sector could best help to give young firms ... Business Woman of the Year - Sarah Neale, DBS! ScotlandIS member company Database Business Systems have plenty to celebrate this week, with the ... Valuing creativity in schools One of Scotland's leading technology players believes Scotland will lag behind in economic terms ... ScotlandIS 5-a-Side Tournament - The Results Forget the Juventus match-fixing scandal or the Cup Final, the real football action last week ... Connected City : Edinburgh goes wireless A move to make Scotland's capital a test-bed for new wireless communications was announced ... The new £3.5million development, Alba Innovation Centre, is close to completion Innovation and incubation for AlbaThe new £3.5million development, Alba Innovation Centre, is close ... Official Launch for Alienation Fort in Fife Friday May 12th saw the official launch of Alienation FORT in Fife after a successful eight month ... I-play builds bridges to new future for games I-play, formerly known as Digital Bridges, have recently appointed a new chief executive ... Wireless buses are future of business WHETHER it's the slow evening crawl through Corstorphine, delays on the by-pass or queuing for the ... Commission gets connected withThus Telecoms group Thus has won a £5 million contract to provide the Audit Commission with a new ... 2006 Internet Society (ISOC) Election Results The Internet Society has announced four new Trustees These are :Baoping Yan, ISOC China,Bill ... Alchemy Aquires Albanet Assets A Highland firm has stepped in to acquire certain assets and occupied the premises of Dingwall ... Axios launches next generation of enterprise solution Leading Help Desk and IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions vendor, Axios Systems (), will this ... Sopra Newell & Budge expands Scottish workforce SOPRA Newell & Budge, formed last year by the merger of the French technology giant and ... Graham Technology create Celtic Connection for Irish Telco Straightforward, easy and minimal paperwork are not words usually associated with signing up for a ... Growth in demand for staff in Scotland rises to three-year high Demand for permanent staff in Scotland is at its highest level in over three years of data ... CNET Networks UK Technology Awards The 2006 CNET Awards are now open for nominations. Tell them how you excel and you could be taking ... Negroponte defends the $100 laptop but criticises software industry Nicholas Negroponte has defended his proposed $100 laptop for kids in the developing world and ... Giving birth to a new breed of SLA There has been much discussion over the last few years in IT concerning service management and ... Openness Test to help Council Buyers Openness Test to help Council Buyers A new programme for gauging the 'openness' of IT solutions has ... First phase of public service transformation underway The Cabinet Office has published its Transformational Government implementation plan, outlining a ... UK makes it into global ICT top ten The UK has stormed into the top ten of the world's IT nations, according to a report by the World ... IT regulation burden on small businesses increases "Managers of small businesses might be forgiven for failing to notice the cuts in red tape promised ... Double Award Delight for C2Software The growth and ambition of leading internet software developer Dundee based C(2) Software, was ... Reforming Public Procurement ScotlandIS Executive Director, Polly Purvis, chaired the Innovation workshop at yesterday's ... Bloxx Winners at Business Excellence Awards Bloxx is celebrating after winning the 'Innovation and Technology' award at the Edinburgh Evening ... Helping clients find key staff "Business is ultimately about people." This view (quoted in this wording from the Beermat ... KeyPoint Technologies completes first part of £5 million funding KeyPoint Technologies has embarked upon a recruitment drive and a £5 million fundraising to ... McClelland Recommendations on Public Sector Procurement A report on Scottish public sector procurement aimed at ensuring the best deal for the taxpayer has ... OUT-LAW gains superbrand status March 17th 2006 A global authority on branding has announced that OUT-LAW has joined an elite group ... Digital media group seeks to make video easy at AAM LIGHTERSHADE, the Leith-based digital media agency, part of the group company Edinburgh ... EDS backing takes computing awards higher The competition to find the UK's top female computing students has been given another major boost ... Computacenter launch HCI portal Computacenter and Fujitsu-Seimens computers are launching a new portal for small and medium sized ... Axios spells success for Pindar Set and Yell Group Axios Systems is delighted to announce that Pindar Set, who process all the adverts and pages ... THUS completes acquisition U.K. telco THUS, who own Demon internet, have moved to complete two strategic investments this week. ... Massachusetts CIO warns EU of risks with software policy During a visit to Brussels this week, the former chief information officer of Massachusetts, Peter ... OGC Broadens Supplier Base The Office of Government Commerce (OGC), has broadened the supplier roster for framework contracts ... Boffins wrestle with future in Roman Bath ! Technology firms are backing a University of Bath investigation into city-wide 'pervasive computing ... Oracle eyes up open source Oracle is in talks to buy three open source companies in a strategy that would potentially reinforce ... iPod chip maker plans Wi-Fi, Bluetooth support The availability of wireless iPods came a step closer today after PortalPlayer, the chip maker ... Patent 'fundamentals' questioned The UK Patent Office has called for worldwide consultation on the fundamental principles of ... Public Sector Procurement : New contracts will help small firms Moves to give small firms a better chance of winning public sector contracts have been announced by ... Microsoft chief tells Scots: focus on games BOB McDowell, vice-president of software giant Microsoft, yesterday warned one of the Scottish ... Jobs boost for financial district 27th January 2006 Investment bank JP Morgan is today expected to announce the creation of ... Microsoft to reveal code Microsoft yesterday said it will license its secret Windows source code to comply with last year's ... CIOs face even more pressure in 2006 Improved performance through more competitive use of IT is what 2006 holds for chief information ... World's leading Internet standards body celebrates 20th Anniversary The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Society (ISOC) celebrate the 20th ... New HQ for ScotlandIS ScotlandIS team arrives at new Livingston HQ... The New Year introduces Geddes House ... 2006 set to be the year for local loop unbundling As the UK leapfrogs France as Europe's number-one broadband nation, analysts predict that the next ... Red Herring's Top Ten Location based trends for 2006 Location-based technologies have given birth to new games, learning systems, and public services. ... New real time, interactive link monitoring tool from Scotland SiliconGlen.com Ltd has launched an innovative new broken link prevention software for Webmasters. ... Smartcard software firm to list on AIM ADVANCED Smartcard Technologies, a software developer, is today poised to become the latest Scottish ... Scottish Executive announces new reforms to help smaller firms The Scottish Executive has announced reforms to make it easier for smaller private firms to compete ... Thus to make a move on Your Comm? Glasgow-based telecoms company Thus is expected to make a £100 million offer for Your ... ITI techmedia plans bio-sensor platform ITI Techmedia has unveiled plans to create a multi-million-pound technology platform to reduce the ... Oracle plans for growth Eddie Chance, the head of US technology giant Oracle's Scottish operation, yesterday said he aims to ... Budge named top entrepreneur as software leaders recognised Ann Budge has won the Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2005 for her achievements at ... IT Sector Fills Skills Gap with Overseas Specialists Britain is becoming reliant on low-cost overseas labour to meet skills shortage in the Information ... Scots Job Market Outperforming UK Research from the Bank of Scotland has found the Scottish Labour Market is continuing to outperform ... Axios Systems ranked in Europe's 500 Global IT Service Management software firm Axios Systems has been recognised in "Europe's 500" which ... Ovum share technology foresights with Scottish technology businesses Technology expert, David Mitchell, of specialist analysts Ovum is coming to Edinburgh to share ... nSYS advocate expenses tracking system Aberdeen-based ScotlandIS member company, nSYS, is challenging the Scottish Parliament to ... Open Source taking over Europe Nearly half of European local government bodies are using open source software while nearly a third ... Learning IT launches Scottish Citrix User Group A new group offering leading edge technical resources, information and the sharing of best practice ... e-Skills UK publishes results of IT Skills survey The e-Skills ICT Inquiry looked at the existing technical/soft skills held by ICT staff and compared ... Axios leverages expert Knowledge to push boundaries in IT Service Management Axios Systems (www.axiossystems.com), a leading provider of Best Practice-based consolidated IT ... ISOC WSIS Ambassador Program ISOC's public policy activities support our mission by upholding and defending our core values in ... ScotlandIS supports EU Patents Decision ScotlandIS wholeheartedly supports today's European Parliament decision to comprehensively ... Newell & Budge Plans Merger With Sopra Group Newell & Budge and Sopra have announced plans to merge their UK businesses. The new company will ... Tech leaders lobby Prime Minister over sustainable IT Sun and Cisco are part of a coalition of companies discussing green approaches to technology with ... Archived News |
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