Government-backed Covid skills programme to include cyber focus
A government-backed skills programme to help people who have lost their jobs or are at risk of redundancy due to the pandemic will have a focus on cybersecurity as one…
Come fly with me – Covid digital vaccination certificate prepares for take-off
When it comes to testing technology on users Deryck Mitchelson turned to an unusual focus group. He asked his elderly mum and dad to register their house as a venue…
Scotland’s tech sector accounts for almost half of investment in small firms
Scotland’s tech sector accounted for almost half of all equity investment in small firms last year, according to new figures. Digital companies secured £124m from investors – a 44 per…
American tech giant Dell backs Dundee video games design competition
American tech giant Dell is backing a video games design competition staged by Abertay University. The multinational will support this summer’s Dare Academy which is open to students of the…
Scotland’s tech companies ‘missing out’ on neurodivergent talent
Scotland’s tech companies are ‘missing out’ on people who display neurodivergent talents such as those with autism, according to the national skills agency. IT firms should do more to recruit…
Software consultancy picks up government contract to deliver digital identity service
A software consultancy headed up by the former executive director of the UK government’s digital service has won the contract to help deliver a digital identity platform for citizens in…
Council’s bold vision for ‘digital by design’ as online demand soars by 691% since Covid
A council has published a bold vision for ‘digital by design’ as online interactions with customers soared by 691% during lockdown. Scottish Borders council is consulting with its population after…
Meeting local needs and a ‘network of green and blue routes’ – Edinburgh’s climate vision published
A bold new vision for reducing Edinburgh’s carbon footprint has been published – outlining plans to have citizens’ needs met locally and creating a network of green and blue routes…
Satellite mapping programme ‘predicts’ what crops are grown in Scotland
Crops in every field farmed in Scotland have been recorded by satellite imagery to create a new interactive map to helping to breakdown agricultural land use. The Scottish Crop Map…
Data protection startup wins pitch award at tech investor conference
A data protection startup has won a pitch award at Edinburgh’s annual tech investor conference – EIE. ionburst is a tech platform that addresses data leaks in the cloud for…
DigitalScotland 2021
24 Nov 2021
Building Scotland’s reputation on the world stage for data and AI
The Data Lab is helping startups develop cutting-edge tech – fit for the pandemic. It’s been a difficult year for every aspect of our society, with the wider implications of…
Untangling the web
Scotland needs to get serious about cybersecurity. As a nation we invest heavily in supporting data-driven innovation and building the technologies of the future. But we spend far too little…
