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David Farquhar is the chief executive of Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), which specialises in technology regarding “vertical farming” – growing crops indoors in layers stacked on top of each other. The Edinburgh-based company was founded in 2013, saying it harnessed
Check out this blog article from Intelligens Consulting, looking at the risks of implementing IoT and how to help prevent these. In the first half of 2021 there were over 1.5 billion IoT related cyber security attacks, more than double
Informed Solutions has been awarded a place on the Digital Specialists and Programmes Framework run by Crown Commercial Service. Through this new framework Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has put in place a pan-Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of digital,
ScotlandIS has today announced the shortlist for its 12th annual Digital Technology Awards 2022, sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard. The Awards showcase excellence within the industry, rewarding the innovation, expertise and ambition of companies across the breadth of Scotland’s digital sector.
CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent Full Fibre platform, and Zen Internet, the UK’s only Which? Recommended Provider for Broadband, have agreed a major expansion to their strategic partnership. The new agreement sees Zen making exclusive long-term volume commitments across CityFibre’s
Cybersecurity researchers from Napier University in Edinburgh have announced a ransomware data set to support ‘cutting-edge’ research into early detection. Ransomware has become a popular and lucrative method of cyberattack. However, the newly created ‘NapierOne’ can help test and evaluate
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) and Royal Bank of Scotland have formalised a partnership whereby the bank will offer access to SBRC-delivered cyber security workshops for its corporate and commercial customers. While cyber security investment in the UK has
Cloud computing and managed services company, iomart, has announced a new partnership with cyber security specialists e2e-assure. The agreement combines iomart’s cloud infrastructure expertise with an independent, state of the art cyber defences team to provide a round-the-clock security operations centre (SOC)
Abertay University has been ranked as one of the world’s top ten universities for postgraduate videogames education by the Princeton Review. The 2022 list of leading universities for games design/development placed the Dundee university in 7th place, for its Masters in videogames design, recognising
Carlyle’s annual Salary Survey, in partnership with digital industry trade body ScotlandIS, has revealed that the Scottish economy was able to attract and support significant investment into scaling technology businesses in Scotland. The survey by UK-wide executive search specialist Carlyle
