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ScotlandIS CEO Jane Morrison-Ross recognised for outstanding contribution to Scotland’s digital sector

By HeatherPosted on 15th October 202015th October 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS chief executive Jane Morrison-Ross has been announced as the 2020 Digital Leaders (DL) Local Champion for the UK, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the Scottish digital sector. Jane was awarded The DL Local Champion for Scotland award,

Research and Policy: September and October Updates

By updatesPosted on 15th October 202015th October 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News

A few updates from myself and the wider team here at ScotlandIS on our latest Research and Policy activity in the last 6 weeks. In September, we listened to our members and responded on behalf of them with regards to

The Tech Sector Needs You: Why Upskilling Is Important

By updatesPosted on 15th October 202015th October 2020Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it is that digital underpins everything. This continues to be a difficult year for everyone, with many of the workforce being made redundant or struggling to continue their business in the current climate. If

Digital Skills: Retrain in Cyber and Data

By updatesPosted on 13th October 202013th October 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

This continues to be a difficult year for everyone, with many of the workforce being made redundant or struggling to continue their business in the current climate. If you’ve found yourself with extra time on your hands, maybe this is

So, what happened at CmdR ScotSoft2020?

By HeatherPosted on 7th October 20208th October 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

What an amazing turnout for our first ever virtual ScotSoft event! With over 1200 delegates registered, and nearly 40 world-class speakers throughout the day we covered an extensive range of themes from AI to data ethics, brand awareness to investment,

Everything Cyber from CmdR ScotSoft2020

By updatesPosted on 7th October 20207th October 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

CmdR Scotsoft2020 is over but for those who couldn’t make it on the day my key take-aways from the cyber sessions are captured below. All sessions were recorded so are available for viewing in your own time – one of

A Summary of Data from CmdR ScotSoft2020

By updatesPosted on 7th October 20207th October 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

Our CmdR ScotSoft 2020 conference was a bit different this year. Our first ever virtual conference had almost 40 speakers on a huge range of topics and some 1200 delegates. In case you missed them, you can catch up with

Maintaining compliance through unusual times

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

Recent announcements from the UK and Scottish Governments mean a return to traditional office work is still on hold for most of us. This article, which is the first in a series of collaborative content from ScotlandIS Cyber and Data

St Andrews student wins Young Software Engineer of the Year Award 2020

By HeatherPosted on 2nd October 20208th October 2020Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

St Andrews University student, Ryan Wilson, has been named Young Software Engineer of the Year 2020, having developed a tool that helps check a parallel program for flaws when running on a system with so-called weak memory consistency. The tool

CENSIS and Scottish Engineering join forces to connect students with industry

By updatesPosted on 2nd October 20202nd October 2020Posted in Member News, Skills, ScotlandIS News

CENSIS – Scotland’s centre of excellence for sensor and imaging systems and Internet of Things – has teamed up with Scottish Engineering to create 40 internship opportunities for engineering students. Bridging the gap between academia and industry, the organisations are