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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
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 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
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
· 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%
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
“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, 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
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:
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
