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Put on your virtual cape and use your skills to help others

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, Skills, ScotlandIS News

Read this blog from Sopra Steria’s Head of Public Sector Consulting Scotland, Jackie Smith, as she relives her part in the ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards last week, and the inspiration she found from it. It has been another strange and

Digital Xtra Fund: Schools’ lack of computing teachers is a major error

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, Skills

Scotland’s shortage of classroom coding experts means tech clubs funded by Digital Xtra Fund may be the only way for some pupils to learn the skill. We may finally be at the point where the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic

From Digital Transformation to Clean Transformation

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, Climate Tech

This blog from Informed Solutions UK CEO, Seth Finegan, discusses the drive for clean transformation in the tech industry. Where we once envisioned digital versions of traditional services and businesses, now we are thinking about the clean version of services

How do we address employees’ inadequate home connection

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News

Check out this blog from Converged Communication Solutions, looking at improving home broadband as people continue to work remotely and whether the employer or employee is responsible for this. For many businesses flexible working is here to stay and like

Scottish Futures Trust, with Pioneer Consulting and FarrPoint, releases new Subsea Connectivity report

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News

Pioneer Consulting, the full-service submarine fibre optic telecommunications consulting and project management company, partnered with UK connectivity consultancy FarrPoint to release a new report: “North-Eastern Scotland: Subsea Connectivity Feasibility Study.” Pioneer Consulting and FarrPoint were contracted by infrastructure experts, the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT)

ORCA Hub Funding to Help Develop Safety Robotics Research

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202115th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

The funds will be used to carry out research into expanding robotic safety technologies into new sectors. Heriot-Watt based ORCA Hub will be expanding its robotics technology research after a generous grant from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). Using robotics technology for

Frog Systems Platform Boosting Tenant Wellbeing as Lockdowns End

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202115th October 2021Posted in Member News

The tech, created by start-up Frog Systems, is being used to support the wellbeing of communities as we emerge from the pandemic. Scottish tech start-up Frog Systems has announced that its new wellness platform will be helping communities in Merseyside. Frog System’s

OGTC Becomes Net Zero Technology Centre in Renewable Pivot

By updatesPosted on 28th June 202128th June 2021Posted in Industry News, Climate Tech

With climate change becoming more important, and the role of renewables in Scotland’s economy increasing, the Net Zero Technology Centre will support the country’s green ambitions. The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has repositioned itself as the Net Zero Technology Centre

Sibling Co-founders Secure £500k Funding for Mobile Ticketing Platform

By updatesPosted on 28th June 202115th October 2021Posted in Industry News

Fanbase has more than 40 football clubs signed up, aims to have more than 300 UK football clubs on its platform by 2023. Edinburgh-based startup Fanbase has secured £500,000 seed investment from a number of high-profile business figures and entrepreneurs.

SCOTTISH TECH CONSULTANCY, COOPER SOFTWARE, REPORTS 27% INCREASE IN YEAR END REVENUE

By updatesPosted on 24th June 202124th June 2021Posted in Member News

Scottish-based technology consultancy, Cooper Software, has reported a 27% increase in revenue for the current year end. Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, the increase has been driven by a series of key business wins which has seen the company