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Developers Vow Tech City Project at Edinburgh Airport to Go Ahead Despite Covid

By updatesPosted on 24th August 202024th August 2020Posted in Industry News

Developers behind proposals for a “tech city” next to Edinburgh Airport which could bring 6,600 jobs to the Capital have vowed the project will go ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. Plans for the major housing and commercial development on the

How connectivity can transform communities

By updatesPosted on 24th August 202024th August 2020Posted in Industry News

Paul Coffey arrived as the new CEO of The Scotland 5G Centre in May, but his experience in the telecoms industry goes back 25 years. Among the first intake of graduates at Orange back in 1995, he spent nearly 20

ScotlandIS Board Member Shortlisted for Award

By updatesPosted on 21st August 202021st August 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

CEO of Fyne Labs and ScotlandIS board member, Andrew Williams, has been shortlisted in the first edition of the Open UK Awards. OpenUK advocates for Open Technology being open source software, open source hardware and open data, “Open” in and

Competition: Advancing Less Lethal Weapons

By updatesPosted on 21st August 202021st August 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals for innovative technologies that allow law enforcement officers to safely prevent the escalation of conflict in serious or violent circumstances from a distance. The primary focus will be on solutions

DCMS Coronavirus Impact Business Survey

By updatesPosted on 21st August 202021st August 2020Posted in Industry News, COVID19

The purpose of this survey is to understand the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on organisations in the digital, culture, media, sport, gambling, telecoms and tourism sectors and their engagement with the available government interventions. This survey has been commissioned

Data Adequacy and Brexit Roundtable

By updatesPosted on 21st August 202021st August 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Brexit, ScotlandIS News

Yesterday, ScotlandIS Head of Data, Katy Guthrie, hosted a roundtable to focus on the impact of the end of the Brexit transition agreement on international data flows. We heard from Martin Sloan, Data & Tech Partner at Brodies LLP, on

SD-WAN Insider episode 3: Combating branch sprawl

By updatesPosted on 21st August 20206th August 2020Posted in Member News

Branch sprawl can hoover up a lot of extra cost, space and resource. Learn how SD-WAN can help you avoid that. If you connect multiple sites or locations through a secure network infrastructure, you’ve probably already felt the effects of

Abertay Ethical Hacking Course Achieves Full NCSC Certification

By updatesPosted on 18th August 202018th August 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

The university was the first in the world to offer courses in both computer games and ethical hacking. Abertay University’s postgraduate course in ethical hacking has been awarded full certification by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The MSc Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity

Understanding the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Labour Market

By updatesPosted on 18th August 202018th August 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

The government is carrying out research to understand and measure the UK AI labour market. This will help inform future policy and strategy. The government is undertaking a survey of UK businesses and charities to help understand the UK AI

4 Reasons Why SMEs Should Target Public Sector Opportunities in Scotland

By updatesPosted on 18th August 202018th August 2020Posted in Member News

The Scottish Government state that ‘almost 80% of public sector contract awards now go to SMEs’. Yet, when speaking with SMEs, I have found that public sector opportunities are often dismissed. They appear to either be overlooked or are an