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ABERDEENSHIRE TECH START-UP PARTNERS WITH LOCAL COLLEGE TO HELP DEVELOP IOT SKILLS

By updatesPosted on 4th June 20214th June 2021Posted in Member News

Aberdeenshire home automation firm boosts region’s digital and tech skills by developing new teaching resource IoT skills are set to become the next big sought-after digital skill in the UK In 2021, 75% of the UK owns at least one

New report reveals 77% of SME leaders don’t have skills required to successfully implement new tech into their businesses

By updatesPosted on 3rd June 20213rd June 2021Posted in Member News

The Open University and Be the Business report also found that while business leaders value training and technology, time and money barriers stand in the way of upskilling. Only 50% of business leaders in Scotland say they plan to address

Satellite Data Provides Invaluable Tool in Climate Change Fight

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 202126th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Climate Tech

As the COP26 Conference draws near, the UK needs to leverage its scientific ability to use satellite data to help countries meet their climate change goals. A new paper has pointed to the role that Earth Observation (EO) satellite data

Edinburgh Napier University’s Cyber Security Courses

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20213rd June 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Skills

Edinburgh Napier has developed a series of cyber security short courses which are now open for registration. The School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University is an NCSC Academic Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity Education (ACE-CE) and is releasing the first phase of

“Empowering…” Initiative Receives Backing for Autumn Cohort and Launches new Programme for Women in Cyber Security

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20212nd June 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Following on from the success of the inaugural “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” Programme, a second cohort has now been confirmed to run in the Autumn and the call for applications from women who aspire to be the next

Informed Solutions completes challenge to support mental health charity

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20212nd June 2021Posted in Member News

In May of this year, the Informed Solutions UK team successfully travelled the 10,562 miles between their Altrincham and Sydney offices by sustainable means. The month-long effort was established in support of mental health charity, Manchester Mind, and coincided with

UK’s Most Innovative Cyber Security SMEs revealed

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20212nd June 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Earlier this year, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), in collaboration with Infosecurity Europe, ran its sixth competition to find the most creative and original cyber security companies in the country, the winner being crowned The UK’s

ScotlandIS members shortlisted for Made In Scotland Awards 2021

By updatesPosted on 27th May 202127th May 2021Posted in Member News

Inspiring businesses that manufacture, invent and design products in Scotland were unveiled earlier this week in this year’s Insider Made in Scotland Awards. In its fifth year – having missed an event last year because of the pandemic – Scottish Business

Participate in New Cybersecurity Product Development

By updatesPosted on 27th May 202127th May 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Opportunity

Crossword Cybersecurity and the University of Glasgow are inviting businesses to participate in the development of an innovative product in the privacy governance space. The aim is to give businesses the opportunity to shape a new product that would address

Scotland’s Cyber Cluster joins Global EPIC

By updatesPosted on 26th May 20211st June 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber

ScotlandIS Cyber has become part of cyber cluster platform, Global EPIC. Global Ecosystems Partnership in Innovation and Cybersecurity (Global EPIC) is an ecosystem of cyber clusters and innovation partners. It has an aim of facilitating global collaboration among cybersecurity ecosystems