building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Suzanne McQuade, Business Relationships Manager, The Open University Recently, I jointly delivered a live webinar on the digital skills gap with my colleague Jane Dickinson – Digital Skills Lead for The Open University – in collaboration with the Centre for Engineering Education and
Redundancy and furlough data from Scotland’s IT and digital businesses has signalled the sector is ready to help kickstart economic recovery. An in-depth survey commissioned by recruitment specialists Be-IT examined the impact of coronavirus on companies’ income, their workforces and
Today, ScotlandIS Research and Policy Manager, Marc Strathie, chaired a roundtable to focus on the state of Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity across Scotland. We heard from Ricky Nicol, CEO, Commsworld, and Iqbal Beddi, Director, Intelligens Consulting. Ricky provided an overview
Developers behind proposals for a “tech city” next to Edinburgh Airport which could bring 6,600 jobs to the Capital have vowed the project will go ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. Plans for the major housing and commercial development on the
Paul Coffey arrived as the new CEO of The Scotland 5G Centre in May, but his experience in the telecoms industry goes back 25 years. Among the first intake of graduates at Orange back in 1995, he spent nearly 20
CEO of Fyne Labs and ScotlandIS board member, Andrew Williams, has been shortlisted in the first edition of the Open UK Awards. OpenUK advocates for Open Technology being open source software, open source hardware and open data, “Open” in and
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals for innovative technologies that allow law enforcement officers to safely prevent the escalation of conflict in serious or violent circumstances from a distance. The primary focus will be on solutions
The purpose of this survey is to understand the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on organisations in the digital, culture, media, sport, gambling, telecoms and tourism sectors and their engagement with the available government interventions. This survey has been commissioned
Yesterday, ScotlandIS Head of Data, Katy Guthrie, hosted a roundtable to focus on the impact of the end of the Brexit transition agreement on international data flows. We heard from Martin Sloan, Data & Tech Partner at Brodies LLP, on
Branch sprawl can hoover up a lot of extra cost, space and resource. Learn how SD-WAN can help you avoid that. If you connect multiple sites or locations through a secure network infrastructure, you’ve probably already felt the effects of
