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Alan Bundy FBCS CITP has been made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s New Years honours list. Alan is Professor of Automated Reasoning, at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh and is honoured for his services to computing science.
Following elections earlier this month, ScotlandIS, the trade body for the ICT industry, has now appointed five new members to the Board.
Nick Price isn’t one for adopting false airs or graces. “I’m an original Neet,” says the co-founder of Edinburgh recruitment firm Bright Purple Resourcing, and director of trade body ScotlandIS – referring to the acronym used to describe young people not in education, employment, or training.
By Michelle Rodger
The pace of innovation, invention and implementation of new technology has been growing exponentially for decades.
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore stated
in 1965 that the number of transistors on a chip would double
approximately every two years.
Marketing and web design agency Alienation Digital is projecting annual turnover of more than £1 million after a string of contract wins helped boost half-year figures.
The Glasgow-based firm, which is wholly owned by managing director Neil Barr, said its “diverse” client base was central to
Telecoms heavyweight BT Group posted higher-than-expected profits and sales yesterday, driven by consumers snapping up broadband services and multinational firms agreeing IT deals. The second-quarter results, which enabled the group to reiterate its full-year outlook, sent shares in the group up 3 per cent as it outpe
Shares in IndigoVision rose by more than 8 per cent yesterday after the Edinburgh technology company reported it had moved back into profit in the first quarter of the year.
In a trading update provided at its AGM, the digital CCTV systems maker also said gross margins had recovered strongly and that tight control of
And the Winners are:
1st Place: Artur Jonkisz, Strathclyde University
Project – Summarising Execution Traces
Artur Jonkisz was selected by the judges as Young Software Engineer of the Year.
The stars of the Scottish technology industry were recognised last night at the inaugural Digital Technology Awards, (#digtech2011 on twitter) run by industry body, ScotlandIS at The Arches in Glasgow.
The review of public sector ICT Infrastructure, carried out by John McClelland on behalf of the Scottish Government was welcomed today by industry body ScotlandIS.
Polly Purvis, Executive Director of ScotlandIS said:
“Information and communication technologies (ICT) are already transformin