Interview with Janice Grant Shaw, Founder of Company Connecting by Jai Aeungu

Janice Grant Shaw, Founder of Company Connecting Janice has 36 years of experience in IT industry and recently launched Company Connecting in late July 2015. Company Connecting helps tech business’ connect AND be found by any company interested in tech skills. Company Connecting contains 95% of the tech companies registered in Scotland. Janice has recently … Read more

Pebbles on the Beach: Why Tech Companies Still Struggle to Stand Out in 2025

A Decade Later: Why This Matters Even More in 2025 This article was written ten years ago, after I had reviewed thousands of company websites. What struck me then, and still strikes me today, is how similar so many companies sound. Despite all the advances in technology, the explosion of cloud, analytics, cybersecurity and now … Read more

Finding the right IT supplier – saves time and money

Trace Learning and Company Connecting have common aims. Trace Learning is all about training and Company Connecting is all about IT tech. We both have the common aim of streamlining the ‘finding’ process for companies and individuals. Trace Learning has just launched a great new site, but getting there wasn’t easy. Here is their experience. How … Read more

Company Connecting Press Release

Company Connecting Launches A Platform For B2B To Source Professional IT Companies The comprehensive ecosystem and directory of IT tech companies with Company Connecting costs nothing to register, manage company details or to carry out searches. PRESS RELEASE: Aberdeen Scotland, 25-AUGUST-2015 – Company Connecting Limited is pleased to announce the official launch of their website. The … Read more

Women in Technology – where did it all begin?

Picture of a Digital Equipment Cororation PDP11 accompanying the article Women in Technology

Starting out In the early 80s I started my career in IT as a trainee programmer working in a software bureau where the proportion of men and women were more or less equal. In fact, my second boss was female. In these early days we did everything. We wrote code, we managed what was then a … Read more

Your Website – Say What You Do

Over the past few months Company Connecting has reviewed over 8,000 companies registered in Scotland with an IT classification. This means that we have looked at several thousand websites. It is pretty amazing the difference in quality. I guess it depends on the purpose companies see their websites fulfilling. The best sites that we have … Read more

Building a Better Way to Find Technology Companie

The Origins of Company Connecting Company Connecting was founded in October 2014 to make it easier for technology companies to discover one another and to shine a light on the breadth of tech capability across Scotland and beyond. From the outset, we began building a uniquely detailed dataset on tech companies. We researched thousands of … Read more