Author: Heather

Describe your role in no more than 100 words. I’m chief executive of ScotlandIS – which sounds very grand but as we’re a small business it involves a mix of operational and strategic responsibilities. I’m also Chair of CodeClan, the new skills academy for

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Caroline Jones Carrick, director of the TEV Project, a Scottish-based road technology initiative, is giving one female university student looking for a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM), the opportunity to meet some of the UK’s most inspirational

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The deadline for entries to 2016 Digital Technology Awards has been extended to Wednesday 2nd March. Applications are welcomed from all spheres of the digital technologies industry in Scotland with categories ranging from Best B2C Technology Product / Service to Star

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ScotlandIS is calling on all political parties to focus on fostering growth in the digital technologies sector as it launches its manifesto ahead of the Scottish Parliament election. Describing the sector as ‘the invisible industry that is changing the world’,

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The first Chief Digital Officer for Scotland should be appointed with responsibility to offer high-profile, expert leadership and challenge across the Scottish Government and the public and private sectors on how digital transformation can meet Scotland’s key economic challenge of

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Strategic technology trends are rapidly changing disruptive trends with significant potential for enterprise impact over the next three to five years – and IT cannot afford to ignore them.  Gartner have released a webinar detailing their annual list of the top 10

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The ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards 2016 are now open for entries with a hat trick of new categories up for grabs. A new ‘CEO of the year’ award has been introduced for 2016 to recognise the exceptional role played by

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THE chief executive of trade body ScotlandIS has been appointed as the first chair of digital skills academy CodeClan. Polly Purvis had worked as part of the project team which created CodeClan. Harvey Wheaton, chief executive of CodeClan, said: “Polly has

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