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New plans to boost cyber resilience of UK’s critical supply chains

By updatesPosted on 17th May 202127th May 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

IT management firms could be required to follow updated new security standards Managed Service Providers and firms procuring digital services asked to feedback on plans Only one in twenty firms address vulnerabilities in wider supply chain New proposals to help

Earth Observation Tool Providing 20 Petabytes of Orbital Images to Students

By updatesPosted on 13th May 202126th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

A trial version of an Earth observation tool is now available for institutions to allow students to work with satellite data from their homes. Earth Blox for Education is led by the University of Edinburgh in partnership with Earth Blox, and

DataVita acquires Fortis data centre with £45 million backing

By updatesPosted on 13th May 202113th May 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

DataVita, Scotland’s largest data centre and multi-cloud services provider, has acquired the Fortis data centre in Lanarkshire with £45m of support from parent company HFD Group. The company will now take full ownership of Scotland’s only purpose-built facility from a

University of Edinburgh programme to address national data skills shortage

By updatesPosted on 13th May 202113th May 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Skills

A range of new courses funded by the Scottish Funding Council, which provide non-traditional routes for individuals to access courses in data skills, have been created across a range of subject areas, supported by the Bayes Centre, the University of

Data that’s out of this world

By updatesPosted on 13th May 202113th May 2021Posted in ScotlandISData

Read the latest monthly blog from our Head of the Data Cluster, David, as he reflects on the capabilities of data within space tech. Watching NASA’s newest Mars Rover Perseverance carry out its planned tasks within the current mission has

BT unveils plans for vast new Dundee office to house 1,000 workers

By updatesPosted on 13th May 202113th May 2021Posted in Member News

Telecoms and broadband giant BT has unveiled plans to develop a multi-million-pound contact centre in Dundee which will become the new home to some 1,000 staff. When the building is complete in late 2023, it will be one of about

ScotlandIS team member appointed to digital charity board

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202112th May 2021Posted in Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Congratulations to ScotlandIS Head of Cyber, Ciara Mitchell, who is now a board trustee for ACE IT Scotland. ACE IT is an Edinburgh charity which helps older people learn and stay up to date on digital skills. Ciara has stated

MAKING THE MOST OF NEW MICROSOFT 365 FEATURES

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202112th May 2021Posted in Member News

Technology expert Appetite for Business will deliver, on Wednesday 2nd June, a free webinar aimed at helping businesses and users improve productivity through new features available in Microsoft 365. Recognised as a gold accredited learning provider for 9 consecutive years

Praise for eNetLearn from Learning Analysts, Learning Light

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202112th May 2021Posted in Member News

Learning Light, the UK-based eLearning and learning technologies specialist, providing advice and consultancy to organisations looking to improve their business performance, has published an in-depth review of eNetLearn, the learning management system developed by digital learning and assessment specialists, eCom

MIT Solve Global Challenge: Digital Inclusion

By updatesPosted on 11th May 202111th May 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Opportunity

How can everyone have access to the digital economy? The pandemic has exacerbated the need to be connected in order to access jobs, training, and markets. However, the digital economy excludes over half of the world’s population who remain disconnected from the web,