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Leidos donates laptops to charities and schoolchildren

By updatesPosted on 5th June 20205th June 2020Posted in Member News

The Leidos team in Aberdeen, Scotland has donated 35 laptops to help two local charities and Aberdeen City Council’s education services team overcome challenges posed by Covid-19. The science, technology and engineering company is donating 10 machines to support staff

Alumnus Iqbal’s rise to strategic advisor

By updatesPosted on 5th June 20205th June 2020Posted in Member News

Few people not directly involved in politics can say they have offered professional advice to the UK’s Prime Minister and Scotland’s First Minister but Strathclyde alumnus Iqbal Singh Bedi, founder of Intelligens Consulting, is part of that elite group. Iqbal,

Ensure workplace safety with a COVID-19 risk assessment

By updatesPosted on 4th June 20204th June 2020Posted in Member News

Carrying out a COVID-19 risk assessment will be a requirement for companies who want to have their employees return to work. This will work within health and safety regulation and where possible should be published on a company website that

CodingSkills by The Open University

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

Are you interested in learning how to program but not sure how to get started? If you live in Scotland and are 18 years of age or above, then CodingSkills by The Open University could be for you. The programme

BT to help scale-ups drive green technology

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, MaaS Scotland

BT has forged a partnership with Silicon Valley innovation platform Plug and Play to work with scale-up companies behind the latest green technologies. The Green Tech Innovation Platform is one of two initiatives launched by BT to help drive the

Fintech start-up Blockchain Technology Partners appoints chair after funding round

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber

Edinburgh start-up Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP) has appointed Paul Forrest as chairman after completing a funding round led by Standard Life Aberdeen veterans Martin Gilbert and Andrew Laing. Forrest is a strategy consultant who has worked with firms such as

University AI technology delivers in troubled times

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, COVID19

An Edinburgh Napier lecturer has created a simple app to help local businesses and charities organise home deliveries during the Covid-19 lockdown. Dr Neil Urquhart, from the School of Computing, based Foodel on a simple program originally designed to teach

Innovate UK helps Cyborn in setting up data security business

By updatesPosted on 1st June 20201st June 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Innovate UK said that it has helped Cyborn, an Edinburgh-based company, launch a data security business which it says can seriously disrupt how digital information is safely kept and yet accessible in the cloud. As per the Scottish firm, more

SD-WAN Insider, episode 1: Five SD-WAN myths busted

By updatesPosted on 1st June 202018th May 2020Posted in Member News

Watch our resident SD-WAN experts debunk some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding this technology. With over 70 SD-WAN vendors on the market, all saying and offering something slightly different, how can you possibly know which supplier is right for

Workers In Scotland Struggle With A Lack Of Social Interaction As Wellbeing Drops During Lockdown

By updatesPosted on 26th May 202026th May 2020Posted in Member News, COVID19

· 66% of workers in Scotland rated their wellbeing positive before lockdown restrictions, dropping to 34% since lockdown has been in place · 23% of professionals report that a lack of social interaction has had the greatest impact on their wellbeing · 42%