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 […]
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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 […]
Invest wisely before getting the bit between your teeth
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE Dude, where’s my bitcoin? The call is a legitimate one as there are growing fears the cryptocurrency phenomenon is threatening to disappear down a digital rabbit hole. It follows an alarming rise in crypto asset-related investment scams and ransoms reflected in a Financial Conduct Authority website dedicated to the growing menace. […]
Security must be in your firm’s DNA from the get-go
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE “I love technology,” an industry veteran whispered to me during an online e-commerce conference keynote and, of course, I get his point. Smart IT in this digital economy is exciting. The trouble is far too many tech-related moving parts are set to hit mainstream in the coming months. That’s if the […]
Next steps on the road to a tech revolution
TECH TALK BILL MAGEE has been asking what has happened since the Logan Report on the tech ecosystem was published in the summer The Logan Report, on which hangs Scotland’s hopes and aspirations of establishing a fully-aligned digital ecosystem capable of matching London, Cambridge and even Silicon Valley, was well-received when it was published in […]