building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Jane Morrison-Ross, CEO The digital tech landscape is changing – businesses in almost every sector are enabled and empowered by digital technologies. An increasing number of companies are recognising the benefits that AI, data and digital technology can bring to
Reliable information on Scotland’s digital technologies sector, it’s performance, needs and emerging opportunities is hard to get by. Official statistics struggle to keep up with our fast moving industry and more responsive surveys often cover only the UK as a
Svea Miesch, Research and Policy Manager, ScotlandIS As Research and Policy Manager at ScotlandIS, my job is to stay updated on the size, health and development of Scotland’s digital technologies sector and identify and research new business opportunities and potential
The Scottish Government is soon to launch a new online procurement tool which aims to embed cyber security into the public sector procurement processes. The launch of this tool ties in with the Public Sector Action Plan which aims to
Jen Scott, North East Digital Development Manager, ScotlandIS It’s hard to believe it’s less than six months since the doors opened at ONE Tech Hub. Since opening in June we’ve seen a huge surge in events and activity across the
I am now three months into my new role as Head of ScotlandIS Cyber and it has been a hectic few months where I have had the chance to speak with many amazing individuals and organisations and also meet with
Since I’ve been in post I’ve been on a whirlwind tour of companies, conferences and partner organisations. One of my favourite bits of the job so far is meeting directly with companies and finding out about some of the cool
On the 8th of October, we organised a breakfast meeting on ‘no deal’ preparedness for digital tech companies, in partnership with the UK Tech Cluster, Tech Nation and The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) in Edinburgh. Dom Hallas, former official
An exceptional student from the University of West of Scotland has been named Young Software Engineer of the Year 2019. Stuart Adams won first prize for an innovative project describing the mathematical theory behind modern photorealistic rendering and contributes to
Scotland has the potential to be the country known for innovation, for an ethical approach to data, an integrated approach to public services. We are small enough to be able to seize this opportunity but big enough to make a real
