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CityFibre receives internationally-recognised gold award for high health and safety standards

By updatesPosted on 7th April 20227th April 2022Posted in Member News

CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent Full Fibre platform, has received a Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Health and Safety Award for working hard to ensure its staff and build partners operate in a safe environment. RoSPA

The Big Interview: David Farquhar, CEO of Intelligent Growth Solutions

By updatesPosted on 6th April 20226th April 2022Posted in Member News, Climate Tech

David Farquhar is the chief executive of Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), which specialises in technology regarding “vertical farming” – growing crops indoors in layers stacked on top of each other. The Edinburgh-based company was founded in 2013, saying it harnessed

Security Considerations when Implementing IoT

By updatesPosted on 6th April 20226th April 2022Posted in Member News

Check out this blog article from Intelligens Consulting, looking at the risks of implementing IoT and how to help prevent these. In the first half of 2021 there were over 1.5 billion IoT related cyber security attacks, more than double

Global Business Innovation Programme: Artificial Intelligence with Germany or Canada

By updatesPosted on 6th April 202211th April 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for innovative UK businesses to collaborate with Germany or Canada on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. Germany and Canada are known for being driving forces in AI initiatives. These funded programmes are a chance to showcase

Competition to find the UK’s Most Innovative Cyber Security SME 2022

By updatesPosted on 6th April 20226th April 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, Opportunity

Does your cyber security business bring something truly innovative to the UK market? As part of Infosecurity Europe 2022, DCMS is running a competition to look for the most creative and original cyber security companies in the country, one of

Informed Solutions Appointed to the Crown Commercial Service’s £4bn Digital Specialists and Programmes Framework

By updatesPosted on 6th April 20226th April 2022Posted in Member News

Informed Solutions has been awarded a place on the Digital Specialists and Programmes Framework run by Crown Commercial Service. Through this new framework Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has put in place a pan-Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of digital,

Shortlist announced for the 2022 ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards

By updatesPosted on 1st April 202227th April 2022Posted in Member News, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS has today announced the shortlist for its 12th annual Digital Technology Awards 2022, sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard. The Awards showcase excellence within the industry, rewarding the innovation, expertise and ambition of companies across the breadth of Scotland’s digital sector.

Zen extends partnership to offer Full Fibre broadband services across CityFibre’s nationwide rollout

By updatesPosted on 29th March 202229th March 2022Posted in Member News

CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent Full Fibre platform, and Zen Internet, the UK’s only Which? Recommended Provider for Broadband, have agreed a major expansion to their strategic partnership. The new agreement sees Zen making exclusive long-term volume commitments across CityFibre’s

Napier Researchers Launch New Ransomware Detection Resource

By updatesPosted on 29th March 202229th March 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Cybersecurity researchers from Napier University in Edinburgh have announced a ransomware data set to support ‘cutting-edge’ research into early detection. Ransomware has become a popular and lucrative method of cyberattack. However, the newly created ‘NapierOne’ can help test and evaluate

Royal Bank of Scotland and SBRC partner to extend cyber training reach

By updatesPosted on 29th March 202229th March 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) and Royal Bank of Scotland have formalised a partnership whereby the bank will offer access to SBRC-delivered cyber security workshops for its corporate and commercial customers. While cyber security investment in the UK has