NatWest Group’s innovation team launches new Fintech Growth Programme
NatWest Group is set to launch its first Fintech Growth Programme, an exciting opportunity for fintech startups to use the resources, expertise and networks of an established high-street bank to...
After Vegas debut, Alexa unlocks telecare solution in Scotland
A digital innovation first trialled in 2016 at a luxury Las Vegas hotel is not the obvious forerunner for modern home-based telecare services for elderly and vulnerable people in Scotland....
NHS Forth Valley wins inaugural Scottish Public Sector AI Challenge at Digital Scotland
An NHS health board has won the first-ever Public Sector AI Challenge, run by Futurescot in partnership with Storm ID. NHS Forth Valley scooped a prize of £20,000 in consultancy...
Building a strong digital culture
“Describe the difference between public and private sector organisations.” Type that into a generative AI app and in less time than it takes to read this sentence, you’ve been presented with a list...
How tech can prompt medical insights
Digital voice recording and transcription technologies are advancing at a rapid rate. Services that can accurately record voice conversations – whether in person, phone or internet-enabled – have improved from...
Are Scotland’s criminals ready for AI?
In recent months, Police Scotland has signalled its willingness to start exploring the use of controversial live facial recognition (LFR) technology. Software powered by artificial intelligence (AI), coupled with cameras deployed...
Connections count as network grows
Alan Lees has been on his travels, meeting and listening to customers across Scotland. Having signed the contract for the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN) last year, it’s an increasingly...
Navigate a clear path to the cloud
Microsoft licensing is a complicated business, so it’s only right that we reach for a metaphor to explain it. Nick Riley, head of cloud solutions at Dundee-headquartered Brightsolid, glances at his...
Digital journey of world’s oldest public land register to be showcased at Digital Scotland next week
At Registers of Scotland (RoS), we’ve been recording information about Scotland’s land and property since 1617. We provide a vital public service that underpins the Scottish economy. Our registers support Scotland’s...
How to help the med-tech fledglings fly
An industry roundtable event hosted in Edinburgh tested the boundaries of tech start-up thinking in the healthcare sector. Senior NHS leaders gathered with corporate leaders, founders and investors to grapple...
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