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Five UK-based cutting-edge tech firms join HS2 Innovation Accelerator initiative

By updatesPosted on 16th November 202016th November 2020Posted in Member News

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

Is 5G the silver bullet for rural areas?

By updatesPosted on 16th November 202016th November 2020Posted in Member News

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

Scottish Dataflow Pioneers invited to join World Economic Forum

By updatesPosted on 11th November 202011th November 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

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

Groundbreaking peatland satellite project could see Scotland offset four years of carbon emissions

By updatesPosted on 10th November 202010th November 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

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.

Celerity Presents Security Panel – The Role Of Security In Digital Transformation

By updatesPosted on 10th November 202010th November 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Digital Transformation is on the agenda for almost every organisation. It’s seen as important for businesses to grow and beat their competition but does the pace of transformation affect your security? We discuss this and more with Non-Executive Director at

SICCAR secures £1.3m investment led by Par Equity

By updatesPosted on 10th November 202010th November 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

Scottish firm SICCAR, previously Wallet Services, has received an investment of £1.3 million led by venture capital firm Par Equity. The investment will strengthen its product development and customer teams as the company builds on its success in two industry sectors. The

Rackspace security vulnerability leaves customers open to cyberattack: SMTP Multipass

By HeatherPosted on 5th November 20205th November 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

The UK-based (Edinburgh) cyber security specialist, 7 Elements, has discovered a security vulnerability at the global cloud computing provider Rackspace. As part of incident response activities carried out on behalf of a client, 7 Elements is aware of this vulnerability

Aberdeenshire based tech experts create new Alexa skill to help improve wellbeing

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

Aberdeenshire based TL Tech Smart Home Solutions have announced their new Alexa skill is now available in the Amazon Alexa Skill store. The new skill is called Kindspace and is a unique voice-first experience that allows you to track and

Intelligent Plant Announced An Honoree at 2020 Elastic Search Awards

By updatesPosted on 3rd November 20203rd November 2020Posted in Member News

Intelligent Plant, an award-winning UK based software engineering company, announced it was named an honoree winner of a 2020 Elastic Search Awards. The company, which helps accelerate the deployment and adoption of key operational data analytics across all industries worldwide,

Autism Advisory Service

By updatesPosted on 2nd November 20202nd November 2020Posted in Member News

Many organisations are now familiar with the advantages they can gain from diversity in their workforce and most consider diversity in social backgrounds, gender, culture, and other individual qualities of their employees. Benefits from neurodiversity are similar but more direct.