building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Confidence is high amongst Scotland’s digital technologies companies as they look to the year ahead with research conducted by ScotlandIS reflecting optimism over sales, profits and international growth. The 13th annual Scottish Technology Industry Survey reports that 80% of respondents
Private sector economic development body Opportunity North East (ONE) and digital industries trade body ScotlandIS are partnering to develop the digital company base and ecosystem in the North East of Scotland. Digital is a key theme in the long-term economic
ScotlandIS, the membership and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s digital technologies industry, has today unveiled the shortlist for its hotly contested 2019 Digital Technology Awards. The awards celebrate the wealth of talent and innovation in Scotland’s world-class digital technologies industry. This year
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.
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
Earlier in the year I shared our plans for 2019 as we move to being a combined cluster management organisation and membership body, with a strong focus on cyber and data. There is another element to our evolution; this is
ScotlandIS, the trade body for the digital technologies industry, is expanding its capability in both cyber security and data through the development of two new clusters with the support of Scottish Enterprise. Clusters are designed to promote economic growth by
Just before Christmas, the UK Government published its plans for a post-Brexit immigration policy. Since access to international talent is crucial to many of our members, we’ve prepared an overview of the proposed changes and their potential impact. What are
The Cyber Christmas Lectures, headed up by Martin Beaton, cyber security cluster coordinator for ScotlandIS, has been named Scotland’s cyber security Champion of Champions at this year’s Scottish Cyber Awards. The ceremony, which was held tonight at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in
Cyber Scotland Week, a joint initiative between ScotlandIS and the Scottish Government, will take place between 22nd April – 28th April 2019. A first of its kind for cyber in Scotland, Cyber Scotland Week draws together events across Scotland to showcase the
