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FutureScot’s round-up of what’s happening in Scotland’s digital and public technology sectors. Updated daily with news from FutureScot and other …

May 22, 2020/

Public overwhelmingly in favour of IoT use in schools, says survey

85% of Scottish citizens believe Internet of Things (IoT) technologies would enhance classroom learning

April 2, 2020/

Capita’s SWAN programme will see gigabit-capable connectivity installed across The Highland Region throughout 2020 and 2021

CityFibre, the UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform, is connecting 152 public sector sites in the Highlands to gigabit-capable full …

May 22, 2020/

SCOTLANDIS and the Scottish Government call on Scots tech firms to help build ‘digital nation’

ScotlandIS and The Scottish Government are calling on Scottish-based tech firms of all sizes to help increase the pace of …

May 22, 2020/

Scotland joins the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA)

Scotland will now be able to access a range of digital mapping datasets for the whole of Great Britain. The …

May 22, 2020/

BT start talks to sell stake in Openreach

BT has reportedly started talks to sell a multibillion-pound stake in Openreach, which runs the UK’s broadband network. Openreach, a …

May 22, 2020/

UK Manufacturing most attacked industry as cyber criminals innovate and automate attacks

Cyber criminals are evolving their tradecraft with new innovations and increasingly automating their attacks. In the UK and Ireland, Manufacturing …

May 22, 2020/