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Report Calls for Action to Tackle Discrimination Faced by Women in STEM

By updatesPosted on 14th May 202014th May 2020Posted in Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, Industry News

Equate Scotland has published the findings of a new report looking at the experiences of more than 400 women working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) professions. The report suggests that urgent action is required to address the issue of inequality

Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund (PERF) reopens this morning – but will close again soon.

By updatesPosted on 14th May 202014th May 2020Posted in Industry News, COVID19

The Scottish Government’s Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund (PERF), available to SME firms that are vital to Scotland’s economy and have been impacted by COVID-19 reopens this morning – but will likely close by 5pm Monday 18th May. The enterprise agencies

Brightsolid Launches Cloud Foundations to Make Cloud Deployment Fast and Secure

By updatesPosted on 14th May 202014th May 2020Posted in Member News

Brightsolid, the managed hybrid cloud services company, has today launched Cloud Foundations, a new product that will allow organisations to quickly launch secure and compliant AWS clouds, removing the complexities often associated with AWS cloud deployments. The product – which Brightsolid

Tech firm launches wrist buzzer which tells bosses if employees are not social distancing

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202012th May 2020Posted in Industry News, COVID19

An Edinburgh-based technology firm has launched a wrist-worn device that will alert workers and their employers if they stray within two metres of a colleague. The ‘Safedistance’ gadget has been devised by Reactec based on existing technology designed to protect

COVID-19: Managing Data Protection Issues As We Move Into The Next Phase

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202013th May 2020Posted in Member News, COVID19

As the UK moves into the next phase of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations will face a new set of challenges when it comes to thinking about data protection compliance. In this update we look at three areas:

EIT DIGITAL DATA AGAINST COVID-19

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202014th May 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Opportunity

Under the umbrella of “DATA against COVID-19”, EIT Digital is rapidly mobilizing and supporting its community as well as the broader European innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem to overcome the current crisis. For example, the DeepHack that we organized in early May brought

Tech Company PDMS boosted by support from Department for Education and Nesta

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202012th May 2020Posted in Member News

Glasgow based PDMS has won a place as a finalist on the £5.75 million CareerTech Challenge programme, which aims to encourage bold solutions to improve people’s working living and unlock employment opportunities for the future. Nesta is delivering the CareerTech

Remote working – what’s next?

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202012th May 2020Posted in Member News, COVID19

Businesses across the UK have moved their teams to remote working in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The transition of IT systems and devices out of the office and into the homes of employees has generally been relatively smooth. But

Sharpening the ‘V’

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202012th May 2020Posted in Member News

Accelerating Economic Recovery in the Covid Era Through Connectivity Actions Zoom! An unremarked irony of the coronavirus pandemic is that Zoom has become its defining term at the very moment that the world has stopped. Yet this highlights how critical

Competition: Space Systems for Safety and Security (4S) User Studies

By updatesPosted on 12th May 202012th May 2020Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

The European Space Agency (ESA) has initiated a new ARTES Strategic Programme Line dedicated to “Space Systems for Safety and Security (4S). The programme is aimed at supporting the development of safe and secure satellite communication systems to improve digital European