TECH TALK: Youngsters are still not prioritising a career in the digital sector, says BILL MAGEE Scottish policymakers would be perfectly within their rights, I guess, to skip a new digital report sharply criticising the UK’s performance in developing tech skills. But they shouldn’t. WorldSkills UK compares Britain to several other “major global economies” which, […]
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Ignore the customer experience at your peril
TECH TALK: Put your customer at the heart of your digital transformation strategy, says KERI McCOOL Digital transformation requires more than simply integrating new digital technologies. True digital transformation translates to overhauling processes, re-architecting operations and reimagining products and services. But are companies truly considering the customer in their digital strategies? Customer experience (CX) has […]
Clipping the wings of soaring crypto
TECH TALK: Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, but regulation is creeping up the agenda, says BILL MAGEE Facebook may have grabbed the recent online headlines, following its worldwide outages, but another incident in the virtual world has gone almost unnoticed despite sending cryptocurrency devotees into a cyberspin. All because of a dodgy text. Ever since […]
Coding for kids raises the STEM game
Sandy Enoch with Marty: ‘coding can be creative and fun’ (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Sandy Enoch, inventor, robotics company owner It was a football tournament with a difference that helped kickstart an idea that Sandy Enoch had been harbouring for some time. His department at Edinburgh University had acquired a number of robots for research […]
Don’t let WFH put your business at risk
TECH TALK: The benefits of a greater work/life balance for employees should not come at the cost of exposing your company to data breaches, says MARK GIBSON Eighteen months after the onset of the pandemic, organisations are increasingly exposed to unnecessary security risks compounded in some cases by a new behavioural ‘complacency’ around data security. […]