building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Connectivity infrastructure in Scotland is to set for a major boost after ministers unveiled plans to invest over £100m in digital as part of a recovery and renewal budget. The Scottish Government will plough £98.2m into high quality broadband and
New high capacity, low latency and agile network will enable edge computing capabilities for businesses across the UK. Leading IT infrastructure services provider Pulsant has today announced a significant investment in a new national network enabling edge computing. The network will be
CyberFirst is a Government funded UK wide programme designed to inspire and nurture talented young people from all backgrounds into further study and a career in cyber security. Set up and led by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC –
The boss of Scottish cloud computing and data centre specialist brightsolid has hailed a major culture shift as key to its financial stability amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Elaine Maddison, the firm’s chief executive, said her focus on moving the business beyond its
BT has chosen Glasgow tech start-up iOpt to develop new joint products and services aimed at helping its public sector customers reach their net zero emissions targets. The telecommunications giant will offer the products to local councils across the UK which
Abertay University’s head of cyber security has revealed more about plans for a cyberQuarter that could bring hundreds of Dundee jobs. The project won £11.7m of UK and Scottish Government funding through the Tay Cities Region Deal, combined with a further
Scotland is one of the UK’s strongest tech hubs, with the highest number of verified startups (2,442) outside of London and the South East Tech companies in Scotland raised a collective £345 million in venture capital funding in 2020 There
This week, we welcomed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland, Iain Stewart MP to speak to our Policy Steering group on 3rd February. The Minister discussed with our steering group a number of different policy areas, ranging from data
Scottish Enterprise is a partner in a new project that will provide funding for transnational, collaborative R&D projects on the digitalisation of energy systems. The overall aim of the Joint Call 2020 – Digital Transformation for Green Energy Transition – is
New subject data from UCAS shows a big shift towards technology-based degrees, including a 400% jump in acceptances to artificial intelligence (AI) courses. The final release of university and college level application and acceptance figures for the 2020 cycle reveals
