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Fife and Clackmannan franchise for HP engineer
robertson technologies has awarded its first franchise, extending the computer support business out of its Central Belt homelands which will take its services to SMEs in Fife and Clackmanan
UK offshores to Tata: Tata buys from Europe
India's top software consultancy has enjoyed a coup as the successful bidder for the UK National Employment Savings Trust administration for which Logica was also tendering.
ITL through social networks
Innovation, Technology and Leadership (ITL) are the themes for The Institute of Directors Scotland chairman and speaker Raymond O’Hare, at this Thursday IoD Aberdeen lunch.
Skype may be smart: Nokia UK users battle
Gaberlunzie's ears picked up at a Reuter piece on Skype (having tied up a deal with Verizon) now unveiling software from Nokia Oyj, which could run on more than 200m smartphones around the world.
What price peer-review in games?
Gaming companies could be wasting their time (and a lot of money) pouring their efforts into the wrong channels. A new study indicates that the core gaming audience has a limited tolerance for messages directly from the publishers of games. What it fails to point out is that already games companies or publishers are already routing their time and money into getting coveted 'peer reviews' on social websites.
North east flood warning live
A new £1 million SEPA scheme to protect vulnerable communities from the threat of flooding in high-risk areas of the North East of Scotland which includes several urban centres such as Aberdeen, Inverurie and Huntly, rural settlements, large areas of agricultural land and significant transport links has been launched by Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead.
Edinburgh DigiMIS joins Manchester K3
Manchester Salford Quays software provider K3 Business Technology Group has agreed to pay up to £2.13m for the Edinburgh-based cloud computing services firm.
NHS Spine rollout under fire
The Summary Care Record scheme which will make outlines of medical records available to the thousands of NHS staff in England has come under fire as "fraught with privacy pitfalls while offering questionable clinical benefits, according to Professor Ross Anderson of Cambridge University."
Software critical to monitoring hardware
Powerful software is one of the factors that sets Avtech apart from competition according to Michael Sigourney, senior product specialist of a company whose main offerings are TemPageR (temperature monitor) and Room Alert (critical environment monitors) products, which let IT admins monitor environmental conditions such as temperature, power failures, flooding, smoke, and fire.
Survey backs optimism in Scotland's IT
The annual Scottish Technology Industry Survey results, show 72% of respondents are optimistic or very optimistic about the outlook for the year ahead, compared with 44% last year. A large majority (78%) expect sales to grow this year and less than 10% of firms expect sales to decline.
NVT wins three year Government IT contract
Central Government’s drive to reduce the costs of its IT operations whilst improving levels of service has led to the appointment of NVT Group, Scotland’s largest independently owned ICT solutions company to provide desktop hardware support services for PCs, laptops, printers and scanners to Central Government Co Procurement Expertise’s (CGcoPE) partner organisations.
Sheep get electronic ID funding
NFU Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s financial support for farmers making the switch over to electronic identification (EID) in sheep where it will help to fund the cost of the new tags and the purchase of reading equipment and management software for farmers using the technology.
Scottish Enteprise champions digital media
Scotland's digital media industry has a new champion in the shape of a support service and network hoping to help companies develop new products and secure new business.
Silver lining in IT oil business expertise
While the advent of the Cloud may be building business in Aberdeen, energy industry experience is another silver lining growth sector there as Aventa Systems Ltd, IT consultancy to the oil and gas industry, targets a 150% rise in staff over the next 12 months, following its move to larger offices.
Glasgow leads stem cell trials for strokes
UK scientists in Glasgow are to test the world’s first human stem cell treatment for stroke patients following approval to trial pioneering ReNOO1 therapy.
Growth for Opera Mini: SIM to threatens handsets
Opera Mini, the world’s most popular mobile browser, has crossed the 50m unique monthly users mark in January 2010, as users seek out the Opera Mini experience over other options by downloading it on their mobile devices. In the UK a survey of 250 mobile phone users reveals that just 48% of consumers recognise the term ‘SIM only contract’ - suggesting mobile phone users are missing out when it comes to finding the best value mobile phone tariff
Renegotiating EU US bank SWIFTdata transfers
The European Parliament has blocked an agreement reached by the 27 EU national governments and the US last month to allow European citizens' personal financial data to be analysed by American authorities investigating the financing of terrorism. The vote was criticised by supporters of the agreement, who claim that Parliament's veto impedes intelligence services tracking terrorist activities.
Eye rehabilitation from Sight Science
Partial sight loss, a debilitating side effect of stroke and brain injury affects 55,000 people across Europe each year. Now the University of Aberdeen has launched a new spin out company Sight Science Ltd to offer Neuro-Eye Therapy (NeET) - likened to physiotherapy for the eyes - to patients across Europe.
Stornoway gets funds for SciTech festival
The first Science Festival in the Outer Hebrides, to take place in March has received £5,000 funding from the Scottish Government's Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser. The grant was awarded through Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to ESTEEM (Engineering, Science, Technology, Employability, Enterprise, Mathematics), a local organisation based in Stornoway who are organising the festival.
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