Google opens ‘Digital Garage’ in Glasgow
Part of a drive to train 250,000 by year end A digital training centre is opening in Glasgow, where Google will offer the general public expert advice and skills training….
‘Here be Dragons’: the risks of outsourcing data to third parties
Businesses have been stung by not having appropriate supplier checks or contracts, warns Brodies LLPWe live in what would, to our 10-year-old selves, have seemed liked a science fiction future….
Indoor location finding firm wins SE funding
Software tackles poor signal areas such as shopping centres and airportsSensewhere, the indoor positioning company, has been awarded £1.4m by Scottish Enterprise to create jobs and develop its technology. The…
‘We will raise, no matter what’
It is all about patience and persistence; Glasgow startup MindMate’s summer at a New York-based acceleratorTechstars is clearly one of the most challenging, and at the same time most rewarding…
We need stability but Brexit might not all be doom and gloom
Amid the turbulent warnings of what Brexit might mean for Scotland’s economic wellbeing, the tech sector is beginning to wake up to the new reality of being outside the EU….
Technology is key to effective contract management
There is an old adage in business that I often hear and it goes along the following lines: “A good contract is one that you can put in a drawer…
Meet the young tech entrepreneurs planning to shake up the way you buy tickets for gigs, theatre and shows
TickX aims to become a global price aggregator service for events After impressing investors at a technol- ogy talent showcase a ticket finder website which is operated from an office…
More start-ups have the edge on funding
A social shopping platform, a surgical skills simulator and a robot designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists, were among winners of Scottish EDGE funding last month….
Why tech is not always the prime factor
The biggest disruptions of late have come from business models not technologies“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door”– a paraphrase of an observation…
Developing efficiency and response
Industry analysts and business opinion leaders alike agree that cloud computing offers the scalability and business agility necessary to succeed in this modern global economy. Moreover the potential to cut…