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NHS sites in Highlands to benefit as construction ramps up on vital digital connectivity

By updatesPosted on 19th May 202018th May 2020Posted in Member News

Work has restarted on building critical digital infrastructure in Inverness, including NHS sites such as Raigmore Hospital being treated as a priority due to the Coronavirus. Construction activity initially began in autumn last year but was put on hold at

How to finally make the cloud work for public sector firms

By updatesPosted on 18th May 202018th May 2020Posted in Member News

“Consider cloud solutions before alternatives.” That isn’t our slightly underwhelming sales pitch – it’s the pointed advice from the government’s own web page on its ‘Cloud-First’ policy, launched back in 2013. Since then the public sector has spent billions of

Brightsolid Launches Cloud Foundations to Make Cloud Deployment Fast and Secure

By updatesPosted on 14th May 202014th May 2020Posted in Member News

Brightsolid, the managed hybrid cloud services company, has today launched Cloud Foundations, a new product that will allow organisations to quickly launch secure and compliant AWS clouds, removing the complexities often associated with AWS cloud deployments. The product – which Brightsolid

COVID-19: Managing Data Protection Issues As We Move Into The Next Phase

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202013th May 2020Posted in COVID19, Member News

As the UK moves into the next phase of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations will face a new set of challenges when it comes to thinking about data protection compliance. In this update we look at three areas:

Tech Company PDMS boosted by support from Department for Education and Nesta

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202012th May 2020Posted in Member News

Glasgow based PDMS has won a place as a finalist on the £5.75 million CareerTech Challenge programme, which aims to encourage bold solutions to improve people’s working living and unlock employment opportunities for the future. Nesta is delivering the CareerTech

Remote working – what’s next?

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202012th May 2020Posted in COVID19, Member News

Businesses across the UK have moved their teams to remote working in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The transition of IT systems and devices out of the office and into the homes of employees has generally been relatively smooth. But

Sharpening the ‘V’

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202012th May 2020Posted in Member News

Accelerating Economic Recovery in the Covid Era Through Connectivity Actions Zoom! An unremarked irony of the coronavirus pandemic is that Zoom has become its defining term at the very moment that the world has stopped. Yet this highlights how critical

Ryuk Ransomware

By updatesPosted on 7th May 20207th May 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

A recent client incident response engagement relating to a ransomware attack has led us here at 7 Elements to explore trends in attack vectors and malware strains. As part of the response, we took a deep dive into the Emotet

Calling all programmers, developers, engineers and tech community members

By updatesPosted on 6th May 20206th May 2020Posted in Member News

We’re very much still all go at Cathcart Associates, operating at near full capacity, and as part of that we’ve launched a tech survey to better understand you and how we can support you! We’ll be collating the data and

Flexibility in action – developing digital skills in Scotland

By updatesPosted on 6th May 20206th May 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

Jacob Mercer is a great example of someone who is taking full advantage of innovative online work-based learning. He lives in Aberdeen, his employer is based in Shetland in the Northern Isles of Scotland, but he works largely from home,