ScotlandIS News Archives

Geospatial and AI Strategy – This month in Data

By updatesPosted on 10th July 202010th July 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISData

It’s the holidays! I’m looking forward to a couple of weeks off at the end of July and just hoping the weather will improve, as I’m not getting further than Scotland this year. The Geospatial “space” has been active lately.

ScotlandIS achieves new national first

By HeatherPosted on 9th July 202010th July 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandISData

ScotlandIS becomes first organisation in Scotland to be awarded Silver Cluster Management Excellence accreditation for its support to digital and tech clusters ScotlandIS has achieved a UK first, having been awarded Silver Excellence from the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis

Steering the vision for the digital and tech community

By updatesPosted on 1st July 20201st July 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

My first month in post as Research and Policy Manager has been a busy but rewarding period! The month of June has seen the formation of our Cross-Sectoral Digital Steering Group, which will meet for the first time in July.

Government Digital Strategy to Boost Support for ‘Grassroots’ Tech Clusters

By HeatherPosted on 24th June 20203rd July 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

Tech will play an “important part” in the UK’s economic recovery, the Digital Secretary revealed. Support for ‘grassroots’ tech ecosystems will be a key focus of the UK Government’s upcoming digital strategy, according to Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden. Speaking at the

The UK is set to launch a new digital strategy, again

By updatesPosted on 24th June 202024th June 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

The digital secretary Oliver Dowden is set to launch a new digital strategy positioning the tech sector at the heart of the UK’s economic recovery following the coronavirus crisis. Speaking at the virtual UK Tech Cluster Group conference today (23 June), Dowden

ScotlandIS Challenge: Build our Digital Nation

By HeatherPosted on 18th June 202018th June 2020Posted in Opportunity, ScotlandIS News

Thank you. We have received many submissions that show real thought, innovation and collaboration to the ScotlandIS Challenge. We asked and yet again, industry has answered. Thank you. We want to let you know that we will be extending the

Accelerate, innovate, challenge and develop

By updatesPosted on 17th June 202017th June 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News, Skills

In the first three months of 2020, a Developer to Engineer pilot programme has accelerated the development of 20 junior software developers across Scotland and has equipped them with the skills to develop further in their roles. The Digital Skills

Ask not what the cyber cluster can do for you but what you can do for the cyber cluster

By updatesPosted on 5th June 20205th June 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber

I have spent a significant part of the last nine months understanding and getting to know the cyber security community and ecosystem in Scotland and finding out where cluster activities can best gain traction, show value and provide collaboration opportunities

How do you create an innovative ecosystem in cyber security?

By updatesPosted on 5th June 20205th June 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber

In Scotland we have a thriving and growing cyber security community and ecosystem – but is it innovative? And can we do more to encourage innovation and to support our cyber entrepreneurs? Scotland has a large cyber community, with over

How has COVID impacted your business? Shape our response to DCMS

By updatesPosted on 4th June 20204th June 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

We will shortly be submitting a response on behalf of the industry to the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on how COVID19 has impacted our sector and telling Government what long term support we think the industry needs.