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January update from Katy on the goings on in ScotlandIS Data

By HeatherPosted on 15th January 202010th February 2020Posted in ScotlandISData

Happy New Year! Keeping it short this time as a large chunk of last month was taken up with Christmas holidays. The run up to Christmas was a busy time with the launch of our capability directories and new website

Leading International Investors Back Scots Tech Firm Good-Loop

By updatesPosted on 14th January 202015th January 2020Posted in Member News

Good-Loop has secured $1.6m seed funding from major investors including global brandtech group You & Mr Jones. Edinburgh-based ethical video platform, Good-Loop, has closed a $1.6 million seed funding round. Investors in the round include You and Mr Jones, New York-based

Time to get engaged? — how industry can help develop the cyber skills of the future

By updatesPosted on 14th January 202014th January 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

The latest report looking at Scotland’s Digital Technologies 2019 states that the number of people needed to support Scotland’s tech industry has significantly increased, with more than 13,000 jobs available each year in Scotland. The demand for cyber security skills also continues

Fife tech company rolls out video system in Australian state parliament

By updatesPosted on 14th January 202015th January 2020Posted in Member News

Technology from a Scottish video systems specialist has been rolled out to support communications in an Australian state parliament. Fife firm Exterity specialises in internet protocol television (IPTV) – a way of distributing television around an organisation via its network

Dundee Rolls Out New High-Tech Buses Over the Weekend

By updatesPosted on 14th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, MaaS Scotland, Industry News

The Xplore double deckers feature more leg room, free WiFi, USB charging and cameras instead of wing mirrors. Nine new high-tech low-emission buses that have cameras instead of wing mirrors have hit the roads of Dundee this past weekend. The

A big cake is needed for a big birthday!

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

Yes, on Monday 13th January 2020, technology recruiters, Bright Purple Resourcing will be 25 years old, to some of us that’s a quarter of century of trading in old money! In case you wondered what was happening in the world

Scotland’s success depends on its digital skills

By updatesPosted on 13th January 202013th January 2020Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

Jane Morrison-Ross, CEO The digital tech landscape is changing – businesses in almost every sector are enabled and empowered by digital technologies. An increasing number of companies are recognising the benefits that AI, data and digital technology can bring to

Quorum Cyber welcomes new Marketing Manager to the team

By updatesPosted on 13th January 202013th January 2020Posted in Member News

Quorum Cyber are delighted to welcome new team member Audrey Barnes, in the role of Marketing Manager. The company’s rapid growth, both achieved and forecasted, has called for Quorum Cyber’s first full-time hire into a Marketing role. Commenting on the

A brand new decade

By HeatherPosted on 13th January 202010th February 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber

And so 2020 begins, the start of a new decade. The previous decade delivered huge advances in technology and cyber security went from being something the IT department (or one security guy in most cases!) worried about to becoming a

What is AWS CloudFormation?

By updatesPosted on 12th January 202015th January 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

Managing applications and stacks in the cloud The sinews and muscles that make cloud computing function are just as important as the web and mobile applications that run on top of it. While many companies are focused on the features available in