Posts from Mark Gibson

Rightly or wrongly, the UK police have had a hard time publicity-wise over the past few years. They are seen, in some quarters, as lacking coordination, not liaising with other agencies and not sharing data at an international, national, regional or even at a local level. This has led to some high-profile cases where a murder suspect, for example, has been overlooked because of lack of coordinated data.

No matter what you think about the phrase “Web 2.0”, there is no doubt that the ability to self publish and utilise 3rd party platforms has radically changed the way individuals and organisations communicate.

The new Scottish Centre of Excellence in Security and Cybercrime will play a critical role in supporting the evolution of public and private data sharing. Our decision to support this exciting proposal to establish the Centre in Scotland was not a difficult one.

The vision for creating a world-leading centre focused on security and cybercrime was bold, backed by a plan to promote excellence in research, knowledge transfer, and teaching.

Just managed to read the UK Conservative Party Tech Manifesto, A pre-election manifesto is a pre -election manifest granted, but there are some points that will make tech SMEs take note.

Stating that present government spending is “bloated” and restricted to a few major providers, the Tories seem to want to open opportunities to smaller companies. They claim that under Labor just nine IT companies received 60% of public sector IT spending.