Scottish college ‘first in UK’ to partner with Microsoft to equip students with digital skills
A Scottish college has become the ‘first in the UK’ to team up with Microsoft to give free digital skills training to students, businesses and local communities to help them…
Greening the Cloud for Public Service
Cloud technology has been transformative. For many public sector organisations, it has provided the flexibility and scalability to help tackle uncertainty and unplanned demand, as well as providing new opportunities…
The power of the Cloud
When facing a rapidly growing challenge like COVID-19, every day matters. On 23rd March – just as the UK was going into lockdown – digital health company Babylon was already…
The Power of the Cloud
When facing a rapidly growing challenge like COVID-19, every day matters. On 23rd March – just as the UK was going into lockdown – digital health company Babylon was already…
Dundee City Council ‘saves £1m’ after moving 95% of its data to public cloud
A Scottish local authority has saved an expected £1m after migrating 95% of its data to the public cloud – rather than continuing to maintain ageing on-premises ICT infrastructure. Dundee City…
The Digital Directorate has said that public cloud should be the default platform for user services
The Digital Directorate has said that public cloud should be the default platform for user services, with partner organisations considering cloud before other options. The new Cloud First policy statement…
Cloud provider enters public sector market in Scotland
UK-based managed service provider, Six Degrees, has announced that public sector organisations in Scotland will be able to benefit from a comprehensive range of cloud services offered via the Scottish…
New Scottish Government cloud services framework has a forecast value of £30m
A new Scottish Government framework for cloud services has been published with 14 suppliers able to bid for contracts worth a forecast £30m. The multi-supplier agreement, which is open to…
Microsoft’s results beat analysts estimates, based on strong cloud growth
Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for revenue and profit in its first quarter today, as more businesses signed up for its Azure cloud computing services and Office 365 software. The…
Scotland’s Improvement Service migrates services to Brightsolid’s next gen cloud
Brightsolid has been awarded the contract to migrate services operated and managed by the Improvement Service, the support organisation for local government in Scotland, onto the next generation of the…