building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Educational software company Klik2learn has signed a deal to help students at Scotland’s biggest college learn online and gain certifications remotely. The company founded by former schoolteacher Ann Attridge, from Skye, has developed a digital Learning Hub with City of Glasgow College. Glasgow-based
Charities across Scotland are getting a digital boost during lockdown from a motivated team of hi-tech volunteers called the Scottish Tech Army. Since its launch just over eight weeks ago, this 850-strong team of volunteers has helped over 70 organisations, many of them charities like
Independent Scottish based service provider VKY Intelligent Automation has picked up a leading-edge Council contract following a tender procured through the UK Government G Cloud 11 framework. West Dunbartonshire Council has announced it has selected independent service provider VKY Intelligent
Young people from Inverness and London have linked up on a social entrepreneurial push made possible by the coronavirus lockdown. Extending the reach of virtual meetings means a group from the Inverness-based IT specialist the Apprentice Store has connected with young people
An award-winning Scottish technology consultancy has been named as one of the UK’s 30 highest performing learning providers following the release of a prestigious annual report. Appetite for Business has been commended by the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), the UK’s
The popularity of SD-WANs for enterprise networks is taking off, but some users are concerned about exposing their traffic to the public internet. Alan Burkitt-Gray looks at the steps MEF, vendors and carriers are taking. Security has become an essential
It’s the holidays! I’m looking forward to a couple of weeks off at the end of July and just hoping the weather will improve, as I’m not getting further than Scotland this year. The Geospatial “space” has been active lately.
Brightsolid, the hybrid cloud managed services company, has launched a new professional services practice. Conceived before the coronavirus crisis hit, the practice has been designed and launched now to advise organisations on how they can utilise cloud computing to not only
CodeClan’s Digital Diversity Group has teamed up with Lloyds Banking Group’s Women ConnecTech colleague network to help deliver their year-long program of events. Our Digital Diversity Group (DDG) was set up in 2017 by CEO Melinda Mathews-Clarkson, who’s a big
Online consumer reviews platform Trustpilot is to launch a global R&D and Innovation Hub which will create an initial 30 digital jobs in Edinburgh. The venture, which is being backed by a £1.8 million R&D grant from Scottish Enterprise, was described as an “epicentre”
