building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Edinburgh-based NeateBox is the Scotland winner of the Super Connect for Good competition, which recognises the best emerging start-ups that aim to bring positive social change and enhance people’s lives through technology. NeateBox has developed an app called WelcoMe which improves interactions between customer-facing staff
West Lothian College is launching a pilot of two SQA accredited “Get into Digital Science” courses at SCQF Level 4, designed to help people have an awareness and basic knowledge of Digital Science. “Data Skills for Learning, Life and Work”
Scottish fintech company, AutoRek, a leading software provider to global financial services firms announces its partnership with iSoftware4Banks, a US-based provider of services to support effective financial reporting and compliance. AutoRek and iSoftware4Banks are joining forces to meet their common goals of
Do you have project work that a skilled masters students could support? Edinburgh Napier University are on the hunt for short-term opportunities in tech starting January 2021. All masters students have an existing technology related undergrad degree plus many have previous
A £1 million grant has been awarded to The Open University in Scotland to support small to medium-sized businesses with skills training to boost productivity and growth in response to Covid-19. The new funding announced today (13 November 2020) by
Brightsolid, the managed services company, today announces Dundee City Council is using its Dundee data centre to host 95% of the Council’s information and communications technology (ICT). The migration took place in summer 2020, offsetting an expected investment of £1m
The company delivering Britain’s new high speed rail network has today (Monday 9 November 2020) announced the names of the five new cutting-edge tech firms that will join HS2 Ltd’s Innovation Accelerator programme. Focussing on HS2’s innovation challenges of driving innovation in construction and enhancing passengers’ station experience, the five – chosen from 118 applicants to the programme
Since its inception, 5G has been touted as a technology that favoured dense urban deployments. However, in light of recent evidence this article looks at how suitable 5G is to bridge the digital divide in rural areas. A few years
Obashi Technology Ltd. (Obashi), has become the first Scottish company, and only the sixth UK company, to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community and its Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community
Scotland could offset more than four years of carbon emissions after an ambitious project overseen by an Edinburgh tech company netted government funding. Capital firm Space Intelligence is using groundbreaking science to measure peatland in detail for the first time.
