Cybersecurity steps up to the next level
Scotland’s technology ecosystem contributed £4.9bn gross value added (GVA) to the country’s economy in 2019, accounting for 3.5 per cent of total GVA, according to Scottish government data. And it is…
Joined-up approach transforms public service
In 2005 a small team of public service professionals, led by Strathclyde Police, got together in Glasgow to form what would eventually become the ground-breaking national Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU). …
Case study: Covid-19 Remote Health Pathway, Scotland
The challenge A review by Scotland’s Technology Enabled Care (TEC) programme in 2020 showed that while most people with Covid-19 recovered, certain groups were at high risk of quickly deteriorating. Identifying ‘silent…
BT underpins Scotland’s digital revolution
Doing the same thing differently will not be good enough in the future. “Organisations will need to do different things,” says Hayden Edwards, senior manager for business development and major…
Islands trials show the power of rural solutions
Imagine fast, secure, and reliable internet – no matter where you live. For many rural communities in Scotland struggling to connect to the internet, this is a stretch. With the…
Prepare your organisation against cyber attacks
Jude McCorry, CEO of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre Earlier this year the UK government invested nearly £40m to help local authorities boost their cyber resilience as part of the…
Sure-fire way to ignite collaboration
We hear constantly that we are in the midst of a data explosion. What does that mean and what exactly is data? To me data covers facts, details, features, specifics:…
Cloud journey
Registers of Scotland (RoS) is responsible for keeping public registers of land, property and other legal documents in Scotland. Our work secures people’s rights in land and property. In 2019,…
Why content sprawl has CIOs running scared
For the modern CIO, the greatest risk is loss of control over their information. Also known as “digital creep” this was one of the key concerns for many of the…
Advice on tap
The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is steeped in a tradition of localism, compassion and support for those who need it, often in times of crisis. The network of 59…
