Transport Infrastructure

Continued long term investment in our transport infrastructure is crucial to the sustainable success of Scotland and our capital city is no exception. In Edinburgh our economy continues to thrive with continued long term investments in transport connectivity playing its part.

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Cloud or Colocation: which way to go?

A more resilient, reliable and secure network and best value from your budget – these are just some of the reasons why buying managed IT services and getting your infrastructure right makes strong business sense for the new financial year.

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Staying Safe as Houses in the Cloud

Just 2% of UK businesses reported a security breach in their cloud services, yet security remains the top inhibitor to cloud adoption, according to the latest Cloud Industry Forum research.

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Talking boldness at breakfast connections

I was delighted to be one of the keynote speakers at Edinburgh Chamber’s latest Breakfast Connections event towards the end of last week. Sharing the platform with Gordon Dewar, Chief Executive of Edinburgh Airport and Mally Graveson, Managing Director of HeeHaw we shared our experiences of when and why we’ve been bold in business to help deliver results.

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Cloud Security Threats: The Onyx Infamous Five

The Sun and The Sunday Times hack by the Syrian Electronic Army; the British Gas twitter account hack and the Mumsnet data breach were some of the high profile cyber security incidents in the UK last year.

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One City – Working Together

I am looking forward to the end of the week, when I will be taking part in a very special dinner which I hope will reap real and tangible rewards for our wonderful City in the years to come.

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#ICanHazPDF : Peer Support or Stranger Danger?

An interesting article from BBC today caught my attention from a security and risk perspective. Academics have been utilising a little-known Twitter hashtag, #ICanHazPDF, to request and share Journal articles.

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Business Rates

New powers to set business rates in Edinburgh will provide the Council with additional flexibility in terms of how it can fine tune support for the business community.

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One City

Edinburgh is a wonderful city; a marvellous, vibrant, successful, cosmopolitan European Capital that embraces its history and world-renowned heritage without being remotely backward looking.

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Edinburgh’s Heritage Status Must Be Retained

Over the years our heritage has been protected by many to ensure that what makes Edinburgh unique is not lost. Edinburgh’s people, its businesses and cultural institutions all benefit from it, as do visitors to this wonderful city.The visit of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) has sparked a vigorous debate about that heritage.

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