Heather, Author at ScotlandIS

Record number of women in tech – how to continue this trend?

By HeatherPosted on 7th March 20194th December 2019Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Official figures have shown an increase in the number of women working in Technology roles in Scotland over the past two years, from 18% to 23.4% . This is an increase of more than 30% from 10,300 in 2010 to 24,000 in 2018.

Minister praises SwarmOnline for developing future talent

By HeatherPosted on 7th March 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

SwarmOnline, the Glasgow based tech company, has been praised for training the next generation of software developers and helping to fill a skills gap in Scotland. Kate Forbes, Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy visited SwarmOnline’s Edinburgh office as

Craneware gathering momentum in growing market

By HeatherPosted on 5th March 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Health care billing software company Craneware is confident of a strong second half following a solid start to the year which saw a 20% rise in underlying profits. Craneware is headquartered in Edinburgh, with offices in Atlanta and Pittsburgh employing over

Blockchain technology specialist eyes international markets

By HeatherPosted on 1st March 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Wallet.Services, Scotland’s leading blockchain specialist, is eyeing opportunities in international markets on the back of a series of client wins in 2018 and its latest funding round. The company was founded by Scottish technology stalwarts Stuart Fraser and Peter Ferry

Where Scotland Can Lead an Innovative and Ethical Fourth Industrial Revolution

By HeatherPosted on 28th February 20194th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

A new report launched today (February 28th) champions the opportunities Scotland’s people and businesses have to harness the potential provided by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and data. Following their influential report, Automatic…For the people? published early in 2018, SCDI, BT, ScotlandIS, and

Sky expands scholarship for outstanding women in STEM

By HeatherPosted on 28th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion

Following the extraordinary success of the first Women in Tech Scholars programme, Sky is expanding the scheme for its second cycle. This year, five outstanding women with passion in Science, Technology and Engineering and a drive to make a difference

Google scientist confirmed as final Data Summit speaker

By HeatherPosted on 27th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Scientist at Google, has been announced as the latest speaker at Data Summit, the two-day international conference that forms part of the data innovation festival, DataFest19, being held in Scotland this March. As Chief Decision Scientist

thinkWhere web technology helps Atholl Estates map land holdings

By HeatherPosted on 27th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

thinkWhere is helping one of Scotland’s best known Highland estates create digital maps of land holdings using the latest web technology. Originally introduced for land registration, Atholl Estates is now using the open source software to create, store, analyse and share

Amazon creates 1,000 apprenticeships across UK

By HeatherPosted on 26th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills

Amazon is creating 30 apprenticeships in Scotland among 1,000 full-time roles across its UK centres over the next two years. The giant US logistics and technology company has 2,500 employees in Scotland and 27,500 in the UK head office and at

Bumper deals year for Shepherd and Wedderburn

By HeatherPosted on 25th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s corporate finance team has reported a bumper year for deals activity, with the value of transactions more than doubling to £8.65 billion. The team advised on 114 deals globally in the year to December 2018, against 98