TECH TALK Mark Logan’s tech eco-system report reminds BILL MAGEE of an earlier technology revolution It’s an odd feeling. Let’s just say my tech antenna began twitching. As if we’ve been here before. I had just come off the phone from discussing two well-established and respected Scottish tech initiatives, each remodelling its annual flagship event […]
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Festive ‘normality’ will see a sackful of automation technology
Tech Talk: companies have seized on the lockdown to build more automation into their operations, says BILL MAGEE Is it me or is BoJo’s Covid-19 declaration about life becoming “virtually normal by Christmas” a bit fanciful and one straight out of the political playbook? For weeks, nae months, UK jobs agencies have been in similar […]
Securing the digital worker in the new Covid world
Tech Talk: Ensuring your staff have proper security will help protect your network, writes ANDREW HART With multiple members of your team working from home or on furlough, can you be certain that none of them has a malicious threat on their device, ready and waiting to be unleashed on your corporate network? As lockdown […]
Jargon can disambiguate ideations in the new normal
Tech Talk: Bill Magee The perfect Covid-19 pandemic lockdown antidote. Swapping a dull breezy day in Edinburgh for a brighter yet equally brisk spell in Chicago. Then to be offered up the ultimate in tech conference guru sessions entitled “How to Eliminate Jargon.” This just had to be checked out.. It happened a wee while ago fitting […]
Don’t overlook online security in the rush to go digital
Tech Talk: Bill Magee The Digital Dash, as I’ve labelled the Scottish Government’s call during Covid-19, urging everyone to “think radically” about embracing new technologies, is to be applauded, but still has me a bit worried. Anything that acts as a technological booster to Scotland’s place on the global stage is welcome. As long as […]