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Key export and internationalisation events coming up

By HeatherPosted on 8th October 20194th December 2019Posted in Industry News

ScotExport, Scotland’s flagship exporting event, is coming back to Glasgow on 12 November. Whether you’re new to exporting or already trading overseas, ScotExport will help you develop an export plan, research new markets, grasp fresh opportunities and guide you through

Clarus identifies critical vulnerability

By HeatherPosted on 7th October 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

During a recent monthly scan for one of our managed vulnerability scanning customers, a medium impact issue regarding Fortigate VPNs was identified (CVE-2018-13379). However, the attack led knowledge of the team responsible for validation of issues quickly identified that the vulnerability had a

Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards 2019

By HeatherPosted on 4th October 20194th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

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

ScotlandIS Ambition: Collaboration and Transformation

By HeatherPosted on 2nd October 20194th December 2019Posted in ScotlandIS News

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

Scottish tech sector continues to grow

By HeatherPosted on 1st October 20194th December 2019Posted in Skills, Industry News

New research published today confirms that Scotland’s tech industry is one of the fastest growing in the country, contributing £4.9bn to the Scottish economy and supporting almost 100,000 jobs. The Skills Development Scotland report also forecasts that the tech sector

SICSA celebrates positive outcomes from SFC independent review

By HeatherPosted on 1st October 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills

The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) is welcoming the publication of a positive report on the last decade of their research, policymaking and industrial partnerships. The full report can be found at the Scottish Funding Council. Along with an

Intelligent Growth Solutions attracts further US agri-tech investment to Scotland

By HeatherPosted on 30th September 20194th December 2019Posted in Member News

Intelligent Growth Solutions Ltd (IGS), the Scottish-based indoor agri-tech and commercial lighting business, says it further raised £1.6 million in the second and final close of its Series A funding. The £1.5 million received from globally established agri-investor Ospraie Ag

Hardie first female to chair Pinsent Masons in Scotland

By HeatherPosted on 30th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News

Property lawyer Katherine Hardie has been appointed head of law firm Pinsent Masons’ Scottish and Northern Irish operations, succeeding Richard Masters who is leaving the legal sector. Katharine Hardie becomes the first female chairman of Scotland and Northern Ireland 29

Edge targets 100 Scottish graduates for testing careers

By HeatherPosted on 30th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills

One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, is encouraging Scottish students to consider software testing as a career with a target of a further 100 graduates over

Successful companies have one thing in common: they love data

By HeatherPosted on 25th September 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

If the business world seems to move much faster these days, that’s because it does. For a long time, change happened slowly. Take economic cycles: In the 1900s, it took about 19 years to go from the bottom of a