We take a look at the difference between the NI tech companies less than 5 years old and those 5 years and upwards. Recently, Company Connecting conducted research on tech companies in Northern Ireland and found a thriving tech sector with a significant number of younger companies. Building on this information, we further analyzed our … Read more
So just how good is CHAT GPT ? We asked CHAT GPT three questions on the tech landscape in Scotland. The response is good but could be perceived as rather generic – without any real meat. It is certainly a useful starting point, and the responses to the three questions do seem to provide a … Read more
We look back at what we thought about remote working before Covid The article below was written a few months before Covid hit and changed the way we all lived and worked. At that time we were looking at the opportunities Technology presented for remote working and the ‘Gig’ economy. It is dated – and … Read more
Every office needs a person with significant IT Every office needs a person with significant IT understanding to provide IT support to employees and to make sure that the office, email platform, wifi network, and any other system your business uses are in place and working correctly. Finding this IT partner can be challenging, as you … Read more
Information on 648 technology companies in Northern Ireland provided via an infographic. Includes information on sector, size, age, skills and focus areas
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
Infographic of 2,688 active and 862 dissolved Scottish Technology Companies We have added all the Scottish companies registered up to December 2021. We will start to take a look at the 2022 companies shortly . There are 2,688 active Scottish technology companies with a website and a further 862 companies that have been dissolved in … Read more
Infographic containing details of 2,640 Scottish companies, what they do, size, age and other parameters
Company Connecting Startup Series – Part 6 – Watch out for Zombies! My startup articles are not published according to a direct time line. I will cover the full journey, but having recently completed the Pathfinder Accelerator run by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) it seemed timely to write about my experience. There is a … Read more
An introduction to Machine Learning explained in a simple and entertaining way