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Boosting healthcare efficiency and security with LapSafe® Smart Lockers
As the demands on healthcare facilities continue to rise, ensuring that critical equipment and devices are readily available is paramount. LapSafe® is proud to provide its range of Smart Lockers,…
Council implements over 150 changes to AI-powered customer call handling service as platform ‘continues to learn’
A Scottish local authority implemented over 150 changes in a week to a new AI-powered call handling system as a council officer said: ‘It continues to learn.’ Renfrewshire council is…
Scottish fintech selected by global credit reporting agency as ‘strategic AI partner’
A Scottish fintech company has been selected by global credit reference and reporting agency Equifax as its ‘strategic AI partner’. Aveni.AI’s ‘detect’ solution will be used by the US-headquartered firm’s…
Fourth Scottish health board adopts operating theatre efficiency platform
A Scottish health board has become the fourth to adopt a data-driven technology platform designed to optimise the efficiencies of operating theatres. NHS Lanarkshire has joined the growing list of…
T-Pro will be at FutureScot – Health & Social Care Transformation 2025
T-Pro is delighted to announce our participation in Health & Social Care Transformation 2025, taking place on 11th March 2025 in Glasgow. This highly anticipated event brings together healthcare leaders and…
T-Pro will be at FutureScot – Health & Social Care Transformation 2025
T-Pro is delighted to announce our participation in Health & Social Care Transformation 2025, taking place on 11th March 2025 in Glasgow. This highly anticipated event brings together healthcare leaders and…
Government heat pump scheme blighted by ‘bureaucracy’ and low take-up, according to new data
A Scottish Government heat pump scheme is being blighted by ‘bureaucratic’ form-filling and low levels of uptake, according to new figures released today. Ministers have come under pressure following the…
Patient monitor vulnerabilities threaten healthcare security, CISA warns
On January 30, 2025, CISA and the FDA issued a notice about critical vulnerabilities with Contec CMS8000 patient monitors, including an embedded backdoor and potential data exposure of private patient…
Technology drive for oldest remaining building society in the world
The oldest remaining building society in the world – headquartered in Edinburgh – is to undergo a technology-led transformation to modernise its member communications. Scottish Building Society is partnering with…
GovTech
Council implements over 150 changes to AI-powered customer call handling service as platform ‘continues to learn’
A Scottish local authority implemented over 150 changes in a week to a new AI-powered call handling system as a council officer said: ‘It continues to learn.’ Renfrewshire council is…
Government heat pump scheme blighted by ‘bureaucracy’ and low take-up, according to new data
A Scottish Government heat pump scheme is being blighted by ‘bureaucratic’ form-filling and low levels of uptake, according to new figures released today. Ministers have come under pressure following the…
Council implements over 150 changes to AI-powered customer call handling service as platform ‘continues to learn’
A Scottish local authority implemented over 150 changes in a week to a new AI-powered call handling system as a council officer said: ‘It continues to learn.’ Renfrewshire council is…
Government heat pump scheme blighted by ‘bureaucracy’ and low take-up, according to new data
A Scottish Government heat pump scheme is being blighted by ‘bureaucratic’ form-filling and low levels of uptake, according to new figures released today. Ministers have come under pressure following the…
Health & care
Boosting healthcare efficiency and security with LapSafe® Smart Lockers
As the demands on healthcare facilities continue to rise, ensuring that critical equipment and devices are readily available is paramount. LapSafe® is proud to provide its range of Smart Lockers,…
Fourth Scottish health board adopts operating theatre efficiency platform
A Scottish health board has become the fourth to adopt a data-driven technology platform designed to optimise the efficiencies of operating theatres. NHS Lanarkshire has joined the growing list of…
Boosting healthcare efficiency and security with LapSafe® Smart Lockers
As the demands on healthcare facilities continue to rise, ensuring that critical equipment and devices are readily available is paramount. LapSafe® is proud to provide its range of Smart Lockers,…
Fourth Scottish health board adopts operating theatre efficiency platform
A Scottish health board has become the fourth to adopt a data-driven technology platform designed to optimise the efficiencies of operating theatres. NHS Lanarkshire has joined the growing list of…
Cyber
Patient monitor vulnerabilities threaten healthcare security, CISA warns
On January 30, 2025, CISA and the FDA issued a notice about critical vulnerabilities with Contec CMS8000 patient monitors, including an embedded backdoor and potential data exposure of private patient…
Proactive cybersecurity: staying ahead of evolving threats
As businesses find ways to defend against specific attacks, adversaries craft new assault techniques that are harder to detect and stop. This cycle repeats over and over in a constant…
Patient monitor vulnerabilities threaten healthcare security, CISA warns
On January 30, 2025, CISA and the FDA issued a notice about critical vulnerabilities with Contec CMS8000 patient monitors, including an embedded backdoor and potential data exposure of private patient…
Proactive cybersecurity: staying ahead of evolving threats
As businesses find ways to defend against specific attacks, adversaries craft new assault techniques that are harder to detect and stop. This cycle repeats over and over in a constant…
Education & Skills
University of Glasgow unveils ‘virtual Lord Kelvin museum’
A virtual museum dedicated to electricity pioneer Lord Kelvin has been unveiled by the University of Glasgow to mark the bicentenary of his birth. The online experience is the latest…
South Lanarkshire primary school ‘blown away’ by laptops donation from local windfarm operator
A South Lanarkshire school has been ‘blown away’ by the generosity of a local windfarm operator which donated £6,500 towards a pupil laptop fund. Newfield Primary School has received a significant…
University of Glasgow unveils ‘virtual Lord Kelvin museum’
A virtual museum dedicated to electricity pioneer Lord Kelvin has been unveiled by the University of Glasgow to mark the bicentenary of his birth. The online experience is the latest…
South Lanarkshire primary school ‘blown away’ by laptops donation from local windfarm operator
A South Lanarkshire school has been ‘blown away’ by the generosity of a local windfarm operator which donated £6,500 towards a pupil laptop fund. Newfield Primary School has received a significant…
IoT
‘Groundbreaking’ integrated housing and care technology project to benefit South Lanarkshire retirees
A ‘groundbreaking’ integrated housing and care technology project is to benefit residents living in a retirement housing development in South Lanarkshire. The pilot project will see ‘unobtrusive’ sensors placed around…
Business minister visits cutting-edge research facility powering next generation technologies in Glasgow
Scotland’s business minister has visited a cutting-edge research facility powering next generation technologies at the University of Glasgow. Richard Lochhead met with staff at the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre three…
‘Groundbreaking’ integrated housing and care technology project to benefit South Lanarkshire retirees
A ‘groundbreaking’ integrated housing and care technology project is to benefit residents living in a retirement housing development in South Lanarkshire. The pilot project will see ‘unobtrusive’ sensors placed around…
Business minister visits cutting-edge research facility powering next generation technologies in Glasgow
Scotland’s business minister has visited a cutting-edge research facility powering next generation technologies at the University of Glasgow. Richard Lochhead met with staff at the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre three…
Justice & Policing
Enhanced quality video security platform for Edinburgh could bring about more early guilty pleas in court
Edinburgh City Council is deploying a unified hybrid-cloud solution to manage its ‘smart city’ operations centre and boost security. The council has bought in the Genetec security centre and video…
Scottish local authorities still using Chinese government-linked surveillance cameras despite security and human rights concerns
Scottish local authorities and police are still using Chinese government-linked surveillance cameras despite security and human rights concerns raised by MPs four years ago. At least 22 councils have cameras…
Enhanced quality video security platform for Edinburgh could bring about more early guilty pleas in court
Edinburgh City Council is deploying a unified hybrid-cloud solution to manage its ‘smart city’ operations centre and boost security. The council has bought in the Genetec security centre and video…
Scottish local authorities still using Chinese government-linked surveillance cameras despite security and human rights concerns
Scottish local authorities and police are still using Chinese government-linked surveillance cameras despite security and human rights concerns raised by MPs four years ago. At least 22 councils have cameras…
Infrastructure, Connectivity & Built Environment
New building at heart of Glasgow University campus redevelopment to represent ‘future of interdisciplinary science’
A new £300 million building at the heart of Glasgow University’s campus redevelopment will represent the ‘future of interdisciplinary science’, according to its designers. The flagship Keystone Building, which will…
Scientists investigating use of charcoal-like substance as ‘carbon-eating’ building material
Scientists in Edinburgh are investigating the use of a charcoal-like substance as a ‘carbon-eating’ building material. Biochar is produced by heating organic biomass from food, paper, agricultural and forestry waste…
Edinburgh City Council unveils digital on-street bus tracking system – with API open to developers
Edinburgh City Council has unveiled a digital on-street bus tracking system – with its API open to developers to create new apps and services. All of the city’s 322 new…
Data & AI
Three million historic records spanning 5,000 years of Scottish history made available online in new digital platform
Three million records spanning 5,000 years of Scottish history have been made available online in a new national records, collections and archives platform. The ‘Trove.scot’ platform allows people to search…
Edinburgh data consultancy meets international ‘hyper growth’ definition thanks to surge in AI demand
An Edinburgh data consultancy has met the international definition for ‘hyper growth’ thanks to a surge in revenues fuelled by a boom in demand for AI services. Optima Partners has…
Cross domain hybrid application framework
The Problem – Data Aggregation on the Low-Side The UK Government collects vast amounts of data at the OFFICIAL security level. When aggregated, this data may create intelligence value that…
‘No restrictions’ on staff use of DeepSeek, says Scottish Government – despite privacy and data concerns
The Scottish Government has confirmed that its staff are permitted to use the new generative AI platform DeepSeek – despite privacy and data concerns. There are “no restrictions” on employees…
Business & Economy
Fintech
Scottish fintech selected by global credit reporting agency as ‘strategic AI partner’
A Scottish fintech company has been selected by global credit reference and reporting agency Equifax as its ‘strategic AI partner’. Aveni.AI’s ‘detect’ solution will be used by the US-headquartered firm’s…
Edinburgh researchers land £3 million funding boost to operate new ‘financial data service’
Researchers in Edinburgh have been awarded a £3 million funding boost to operate a new financial data service – which aims to provide ‘unprecedented insights into the economic health of…
Scottish fintech selected by global credit reporting agency as ‘strategic AI partner’
A Scottish fintech company has been selected by global credit reference and reporting agency Equifax as its ‘strategic AI partner’. Aveni.AI’s ‘detect’ solution will be used by the US-headquartered firm’s…
Edinburgh researchers land £3 million funding boost to operate new ‘financial data service’
Researchers in Edinburgh have been awarded a £3 million funding boost to operate a new financial data service – which aims to provide ‘unprecedented insights into the economic health of…
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