SCOTT McGLINCHEY says failure to digitise increases the risk of losing customers As business leaders across a range of industries explore ways to weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it is vital that they “expedite and expand” IT transformation initiatives to underpin growth and economic revival. Digital Initiatives will drive growth Despite the […]
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Cyber threats lurking in the humble email
TECH TALK: Bill Magee says that if we fail to securely lockdown the basics of digitisation then everything else fails Cyber Scotland Week 2021 closed at the weekend after hosting upwards of 150 virtual events. A mighty collective effort showcasing globally all we do best digitally. It included the latest developments on the role of […]
Zoom weary? Get ready to welcome Clubhouse and Discord
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE on the emergence of the audio social app Facetime is, apparently, so yesterday. It appears the lingering pandemic has led to many of us getting thoroughly fed up seeing each other via a video screen. A new generation of social apps, rather surprisingly based solely on audio, is heading in our […]
How wet and windy Scotland could harness the power of sunshine
Solar energy is struggling to get attention from a government focused on wind power, argues THOMAS McMILLAN Some might wonder why I have decided to take on the role of chairman of Solar Energy Scotland, a country better known for wind and rain than sunshine. It’s quite simple: in Scotland solar is regularly overlooked but […]
Unearthing the complexities of cloud migration
TECH TALK: ALASDAIR HENDRY The benefits of Cloud are clear to all. Never more so than during this lingering pandemic when adopting new technologies and ways of working can ensure a continuation of an organisation’s operations, if not its very survival. Migrating your systems and data to the cloud not only reduces hardware provisioning costs […]