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Membership Update: ScotlandIS COVID-19 Plan

By updatesPosted on 13th March 202027th March 2020Posted in COVID19, ScotlandIS News

In response to the ongoing concerns surrounding COVID-19, ScotlandIS have implemented an action plan. The health and wellbeing of all our team, stakeholders, members and communities are of the highest importance to us and we continue to follow guidance and

Global technology leader advises the board of ScotlandIS

By HeatherPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

Vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. One of the fathers of the Internet. ScotlandIS Board Advisor. The co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet, Vint Cerf has today agreed to advise the Board of

Tell us what you think and help shape our Digital Nation

By HeatherPosted on 17th December 201917th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

Reliable information on Scotland’s digital technologies sector, it’s performance, needs and emerging opportunities is hard to get by. Official statistics struggle to keep up with our fast moving industry and more responsive surveys often cover only the UK as a

Zooming in on security

By updatesPosted on 6th April 20206th April 2020Posted in COVID19, Member News, ScotlandISCyber

The business landscape has undergone a sudden, drastic shift to remote access, in order to cope with the current social isolation requirements. Commensurately, the usage of video conferencing applications has skyrocketed. Perhaps the video conference tool that has most benefited

Communication when working remotely

By HeatherPosted on 6th April 20203rd April 2020Posted in COVID19, Member News

Mesomorphic have produced a series of guides on home working, we’re reproduced in full here with permission, but urge you to visit their site for the most up to date information Part of the Remote Working series: Part 1: The Mesomorphic

Data protection, data sharing and data ethics after the crisis

By HeatherPosted on 3rd April 20203rd April 2020Posted in COVID19, ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISData

Data is key in the response to COVID-19. Everyone has become an armchair epidemiologist. It also generates a raft of data questions and issues. There are huge gaps in the COVID-19 datasets: the real number of cases, the number of

Managing workplace mental health during coronavirus

By HeatherPosted on 3rd April 20203rd April 2020Posted in COVID19, Member News

By now you will hopefully be well informed on the extreme measures put in place by the government to protect the public and slow the spread of COVID-19. The latest official guidance goes beyond frequent hand washing and coughing into

£50k 100% funding new call

By HeatherPosted on 3rd April 20203rd April 2020Posted in COVID19, Opportunity

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to respond to new and urgent needs in UK and global communities during and following the Covid-19 pandemic. Competition opens: Friday 3 April 2020 Competition closes: Friday 17 April

The Mesomorphic guide to home working

By HeatherPosted on 3rd April 20203rd April 2020Posted in COVID19, Member News

Mesomorphic have produced a series of guides on home working, we’re reproduced in full here with permission, but urge you to visit their site for the most up to date information Part of the Remote Working series: Part 1: The

LORCA Cohort 5 open call launch

By HeatherPosted on 3rd April 20203rd April 2020Posted in Industry News, ScotlandISCyber

This week, London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA), have launched the call for our fifth cohort of technology and cyber innovators. After speaking to industry experts about their cybersecurity needs and in response to the challenges of COVID-19, We are now recruiting cybersecurity scaleups throughout the UK and abroad with solutions that create

An update for members

By HeatherPosted on 3rd April 20203rd April 2020Posted in COVID19, ScotlandIS News

The last week has been a challenging one for everyone. The realities of homeworking are setting in, we spend most of our days on video calls and juggling this with homeschooling, mitigating social isolation and being video bombed by pets/small children/other

NHS health information available through Alexa

By updatesPosted on 31st March 20209th January 2020Posted in Member News

The UK’s National Health Service is collaborating with Amazon to provide reliable health information from the NHS website through voice-assisted technology. The NHS is collaborating with Amazon to provide reliable health information from the NHS website through voice-assisted technology. The

Melrose Labs launch Conference, a voice conferencing service available free in response to COVID19

By HeatherPosted on 30th March 202030th March 2020Posted in COVID19, Member News

Melrose Labs, the Edinburgh-based cloud communications provider, has launched in the UK their voice conferencing service, Conference, a service that is a key enabler of remote working and collaboration. The service allows teams and other groups to have meetings via