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New report reveals 77% of SME leaders don’t have skills required to successfully implement new tech into their businesses

By updatesPosted on 3rd June 20213rd June 2021Posted in Member News

The Open University and Be the Business report also found that while business leaders value training and technology, time and money barriers stand in the way of upskilling. Only 50% of business leaders in Scotland say they plan to address

Edinburgh Napier University’s Cyber Security Courses

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20213rd June 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Skills

Edinburgh Napier has developed a series of cyber security short courses which are now open for registration. The School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University is an NCSC Academic Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity Education (ACE-CE) and is releasing the first phase of

Informed Solutions completes challenge to support mental health charity

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20212nd June 2021Posted in Member News

In May of this year, the Informed Solutions UK team successfully travelled the 10,562 miles between their Altrincham and Sydney offices by sustainable means. The month-long effort was established in support of mental health charity, Manchester Mind, and coincided with

ScotlandIS members shortlisted for Made In Scotland Awards 2021

By updatesPosted on 27th May 202127th May 2021Posted in Member News

Inspiring businesses that manufacture, invent and design products in Scotland were unveiled earlier this week in this year’s Insider Made in Scotland Awards. In its fifth year – having missed an event last year because of the pandemic – Scottish Business

Participate in New Cybersecurity Product Development

By updatesPosted on 27th May 202127th May 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Opportunity

Crossword Cybersecurity and the University of Glasgow are inviting businesses to participate in the development of an innovative product in the privacy governance space. The aim is to give businesses the opportunity to shape a new product that would address

Edinburgh Napier spin-out appoints Pete Jaco as CEO to tackle growing ransomware threat

By updatesPosted on 26th May 202126th May 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Tech entrepreneur Pete Jaco has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of a University spin-out geared to tackling the multi-billion pound ransomware market. MemCrypt was spun out of research at Edinburgh Napier’s School of Computing with substantial backing from Scottish Enterprise,

CityFibre teams up with New Gorbals Housing Association to bring Full Fibre to tenants

By updatesPosted on 25th May 202125th May 2021Posted in Member News

More than 4,500 social housing properties in Glasgow are to benefit from access to next-generation full fibre connectivity. CityFibre has partnered with New Gorbals Housing Association to bring full fibre to homes owned and managed by the provider across the southside

eCom Scotland is among the first to publicly support the Customer Excellence Pledge

By updatesPosted on 25th May 202125th May 2021Posted in Member News

Digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland has become one of the first companies in the world to sign up to the Customer Excellence Pledge. Aiming to identify learning system vendors that promise to provide elite customer service and support,

AutoRek nominated for duo of awards at FinTech Awards

By updatesPosted on 25th May 202125th May 2021Posted in Member News

Leading fintech company, AutoRek, a software provider to global financial services firms, has been shortlisted for the ‘Best CASS Solution’ and ‘Best Wealth Management Solution’ categories at the Systems in the City Financial Technology Awards 2021. AutoRek won the award for

Wearable Tech Could Generate Energy While you Walk, Scientists Say

By updatesPosted on 24th May 202126th October 2021Posted in Member News

A team of Scottish and Irish scientists, from institutes including Heriot-Watt University, have begun research into new wearable tech which could generate energy while you walk. The multi-disciplined group of researchers, including scientists from the Heriot-Watt University’s Research Institute for