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Cloud Communications Provider Melrose Labs Launches with Ambition to be Europe’s No. 1

By updatesPosted on 20th January 202020th January 2020Posted in Member News

Melrose Labs, the newly launched cloud communications provider, have commenced rolling out the first wave of their communication services for voice and messaging. The company expects to be a significant challenger in the market through its broad range of crucial

AKA exhibiting AI robot Musio at V&A Dundee

By updatesPosted on 20th January 202020th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

AKA is showcasing its English conversational artificial intelligence (AI) robot ‘Musio’ at the V&A Dundee’s current exhibition, ‘Hello, Robot. Design Between Human and Machine’. The exhibition explores our relationships with robotics, also looking at the history of robots and the roles bots play

Market visit to the Netherlands

By updatesPosted on 16th January 202016th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, Opportunity

Explore opportunities to grow your business on our three-day multi-sector market visit to Amsterdam and The Hague on 23-25 March 2020. Why the Netherlands? The Netherlands offers great opportunities for Scottish companies looking to break into Europe. Being close to

Scots lab hailed

By updatesPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

A videogames and cybersecurity space at Abertay University has been hailed “an important investment in Scotland’s future”. Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, Derek Mackay was in Dundee to officially open the School of Design and Informatics at

Police Scotland confirms roll-out of cyber kiosk technology

By updatesPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Police Scotland has confirmed that the phased roll-out of cyber kiosk technology will begin on 20 January 2020. Cyber kiosks are desktop computers, which will be located in police stations across local policing divisions. The technology allows specially trained officers

Highlands and Islands Enterprise to research how new tech could boost seafood sector

By updatesPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in Member News

Highlands and Islands Enterprise has launched a new research project on how new technologies such as blockchain can be used by seafood businesses across Europe’s most remote regions. The 18 month research programme, called ‘DisruptAqua’, will examine how cutting-edge technology

‘Virtual tenement’ app being developed to help ensure repairs to crumbling Edinburgh homes

By updatesPosted on 15th January 2020Posted in Member News

A tech company is developing a new app to set up a “virtual tenement” in order to help shared building repairs be carried out across the Capital – amid council bosses helping £5m of essential work to be completed since

ICO’s ExplAIn draft guidance and consultation

By updatesPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

Katy Guthrie, Head of ScotlandIS Data The ICO, in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, have published draft guidance on Explainable AI and they are looking for feedback on this. This guidance is intended to enable organisations to explain to

Research and policy update – Jan 2020

By updatesPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News

Usually, I am starting every year by launching the Scottish Technology Industry Survey, our key measure for the health and performance of our sector. However, we decided to give ourselves a head-start for the 2020 edition and launch already mid-December.

KAL and Česká spořitelna achieve world first with Kalignite Hypervisor ATM in production

By updatesPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in Member News

In a world first, KAL ATM Software and Česká spořitelna have rolled out the first ATM running Windows 10 on a Linux Hypervisor. KAL’s new Kalignite Hypervisor solution, in partnership with Red Hat, is a game-changing solution that allows banks