Heather, Author at ScotlandIS

SICSA celebrates positive outcomes from SFC independent review

By HeatherPosted on 1st October 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills

The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) is welcoming the publication of a positive report on the last decade of their research, policymaking and industrial partnerships. The full report can be found at the Scottish Funding Council. Along with an

Intelligent Growth Solutions attracts further US agri-tech investment to Scotland

By HeatherPosted on 30th September 20194th December 2019Posted in Member News

Intelligent Growth Solutions Ltd (IGS), the Scottish-based indoor agri-tech and commercial lighting business, says it further raised £1.6 million in the second and final close of its Series A funding. The £1.5 million received from globally established agri-investor Ospraie Ag

Hardie first female to chair Pinsent Masons in Scotland

By HeatherPosted on 30th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Property lawyer Katherine Hardie has been appointed head of law firm Pinsent Masons’ Scottish and Northern Irish operations, succeeding Richard Masters who is leaving the legal sector. Katharine Hardie becomes the first female chairman of Scotland and Northern Ireland 29

Edge targets 100 Scottish graduates for testing careers

By HeatherPosted on 30th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills

One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, is encouraging Scottish students to consider software testing as a career with a target of a further 100 graduates over

Successful companies have one thing in common: they love data

By HeatherPosted on 25th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

If the business world seems to move much faster these days, that’s because it does. For a long time, change happened slowly. Take economic cycles: In the 1900s, it took about 19 years to go from the bottom of a

Stirling fast becoming a world leading Gigabit City thanks to Cityfibre and Vodafone

By HeatherPosted on 24th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Stirling is on track to become a world leading Gigabit City providing a full fibre network to nearly every home and business by summer 2020. CityFibre has completed more than half of its build programme to install full fibre directly

6th CENSIS Tech Summit & Conference

By HeatherPosted on 24th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber

CENSIS is Scotland’s centre of excellence for sensing, imaging and Internet of Things technologies. Last year over 500 people attended the 5th Summit and the event has established itself as a fixture on the Scottish tech scene and is a growing

Nationwide Digital Schools Awards scheme extended to include pre-school

By HeatherPosted on 19th September 20194th December 2019Posted in Industry News

A nationwide Digital Schools Awards scheme has been extended to include nurseries in an attempt to inculcate digital skills at ever younger ages. Six pre-schools across Scotland have been awarded ‘Digital School’ status in an initiative supported by tech giants

Experts reveal best ways to use AI to solve business problems

By HeatherPosted on 19th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

What is artificial intelligence (AI) – and how can businesses use it to increase their profits and enhance their services – were among the big questions at The Herald’s inaugural AI Business Breakfast in Glasgow yesterday. The event attempted to

CodeClan welcomes first industry partners to join new Highlands campus

By HeatherPosted on 19th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills

Scottish digital skills academy CodeClan has announced the first industry partners to join its new Highlands campus in Inverness. Companies that have joined the campus’ partner programme get early access to students on CodeClan’s full-stack web development course as part