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BT trial: Broadband goes further than ever
News The telco said the Broadband Enabling Technology (BET), currently being trialled in Scotland, can take a 1Mbps connection up to 12km both up and downstream, compared to the standard 5km for ADSL. BT is testing a system... [16 Sep 2009]
Online banking: Which bank is the most secure?
News It found the security at First Direct, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland was "good" while that at Alliance and Leicester and HSBC was deemed "poor". Not all online banks' security was created... [28 Aug 2009]
CIOs, consultants, IT pros: How much are you worth?
News And does the pay of a tech consultant in Scotland compare favourably with the earning clout of one in Wales? By contrast, CIOs in Scotland get the most modest average salary: with an annual wage of £52,000. [31 Jul 2009]
Photos: From Big Bang physics to F1 racing - how analytics is shaping the world's decisions
Photo Fixture compiler Glenn Thompson, a technical architect at IT services company Atos Origin, sets the dates for games for teams in about 10 different football leagues across England and Scotland, including the English... [27 Jul 2009]
Photos: How touchscreen tech helps a hospital keep tabs on patients
Photo A number of NHS hospitals have already deployed RFID for tracking purposes, with the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley in Scotland using the tags to keep tabs on equipment and Mayday Healthcare Trust in Croydon having... [09 Jul 2009]
Is BT's super-fast broadband coming to your neighbourhood?
News Edinburgh Corstorphine Scotland Edinburgh Craiglockhard Scotland Glasgow Bridgeton Scotland Glasgow Giffnock Scotland The more expensive option, FTTP, could... [09 Jul 2009]
3Com Global Services Bolsters Network Infrastructure at Scottish Schools
White Paper Dumfries and Galloway (D&G: http://www.dumgal.gov.uk) is a rural Education Authority in southwest Scotland. To rectify the situation, D&G sought a robust, reliable, fully integrated network capable of delivering Gigabit... [12 Jun 2009]
3Com Global Services Delivers Turnkey Network Solution to Grow Award-Winning Scottish Law Firm, EMEA
White Paper With two offices in Glasgow, Scotland, and one in Manchester, England, Golds Solicitors (Golds) is a highly successful UK law firm. Golds sought a converged network solution to deliver maximum performance at minimum cost... [12 Jun 2009]
Keith Young
CIO Profile Young graduated in geography but has been involved in IT for his entire professional career, working at Distillers Company and Bank of Scotland before moving to Standard Life 22 years ago. As group IT director at... [10 Jun 2009]
Kay Brown
CIO Profile As head of IT for South Lanarkshire Council, Kay Brown looks after the technology for one of the largest unitary authorities in Scotland. Recently the council has taken advantage of space freed up by consolidating the... [03 Jun 2009]
David Lister
CIO Profile Before joining National Grid Lister was chief architect for Royal Bank of Scotland, where he was responsible for the delivery of centralised back office services, including IT for the banking group's many brands such as... [01 Jun 2009]
Construction Company Uses Accessible Information to Improve Asset Management
White Paper As part of a Software Asset Management (SAM) implementation, Bowmer & Kirkland purchased Software Organiser from Business Continuity Services, a Microsoft Certified Partner based in Scotland. The Bowmer & Kirkland Group,... [30 May 2009]
David Lister on smart grids and why he left RBS
Comment It was on a change ticket that he joined Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as chief architect in April 2008, where he was brought in to provide the technology to support the bank's ambitions to become a global player and... [29 May 2009]
HP to axe 5,700 Europe jobs
News The countries especially affected will be Scotland and Germany, where HP has its EMEA Enterprise, Storage and Servers production facilities. The factory closure in Scotland will affect 710 workers at the... [29 May 2009]
And the most flexible town in the UK is...
News Meanwhile Wales was found to be the most flexible region with almost a third (29 per cent) of workers saying they work remotely, beating off competition from the South of England (25 per cent) and Scotland (22 per cent). [27 May 2009]
