Leadership

"Scotland is in danger of having no digital future, because it has no digital leadership. There are amazing new technologies just around the corner, and what worries me is that if we had them today most of us could not use them, because we do not have a technology infrastructure capable of doing the job.

"Technology should be viewed in Scotland as the fifth infrastructure - right up there with road, rail, sea and airlines - as I believe that any money invested in IT would realise a far greater return. We need to think carefully about this, and consider whether the country needs a joined-up digital strategy and the appointment of a national chief information officer."

Raymond O'Hare, regional director of Microsoft Scotland, 12/12/07