Recycling electronics; the best and the worst hardware manufacturers
Lightning-fast innovations have come at a price. What was spectacular last year is now obsolete. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to recycle these devices, writes Stewart McGrenary. Automated disassembly for recycling…
Leidos awarded £26.9m contract to support Scottish Government P2P shared service
Leidos, a Fortune 500 science and technology company, has been awarded a £26.9m, five-year contract to support the Scottish Government’s national Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) Shared Service. The digital service connects public…
Scottish and English councils unite to drive ‘transformational’ digital agenda in cross-border initiative
An ambitious cross-border drive to improve digital connectivity and skills will form a ‘significant’ part of a multi-million pound bid to boost the rural economies of southern Scotland and northern England….
Scottish Government commits £2m to testing mobility as a service
The Scottish Government has committed £2m to testing mobility as a service (MaaS), as part of its 2018-19 programme. “This concept has the potential to transform the way we use…
Space sector to benefit from multi-million pound work on UK alternative to Galileo
The UK Government has said it will start work on an alternative satellite system to the European Union’s Galileo project, to ensure its national security if it is barred from…
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…
Government security analysts ‘at risk of being overwhelmed by attacks’
Institutions across the UK are “still relying on a near-skeleton crew of security analysts”, according to the results of freedom of information (FoI) requests by a cyber security software firm….
Digital and innovation ministers announced by First Minister
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has nominated nine new ministers for appointment to the Scottish Government. “In a wide-ranging refresh of her ministerial team, the First Minister is bringing frontline experience…
Scottish Government CivTech 3.0 sets public sector challenges
The third round of a ground-breaking digital accelerator programme which seeks ingenious tech solutions to public sector problems and offers entrepreneurs and start-ups access to potentially life changing opportunities is…
Capita proposes IoT enablement of SWAN to ‘transform Scottish public services’
Capita, in conjunction with the SWAN Innovation Forum, is proposing to roll out Internet of Things (IoT) capability across the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN). Designed to fulfil the Smart…
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