User research, service design, skills and building ‘our technical architecture’ – Digital Directorate lays out its next phase of development
The Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate is set to focus heavily on expanding its service design and user research capabilities whilst building a broader skills base and investing in a “coherent”…
Stop, listen and collaborate
Let me tell you a story about a logistics company that implemented a new computer system to streamline their logistics… as part of the update, the programmers had to configure…
Shortlist announced for the ScotlandIS digital technology awards
ScotlandIS, the membership and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s digital technologies industry, has today unveiled the shortlist for its 2019 Digital Technology Awards. The awards celebrate the wealth of talent…
Scotland could “revolutionise” the world’s response to natural disasters with new breed of satellites, says top academic
A new breed of smaller satellites being manufactured in Scotland could “revolutionise” the world’s response to natural disasters by providing vital tracking data to first responders, a leading academic has…
Edinburgh festivals to harness power of data to drive innovation
Edinburgh’s festivals are set to be enhanced by an innovation drive at the heart of a government-backed ‘City Region Deal’ – in a bid to improve the ability of organisers…
Public sector urged not to be “afraid” of opening up data at CivTech 3.0
Public sector officials have been urged not to be “afraid” of opening up data from their organisations to allow innovators and entrepreneurs to help them solve key government transformation challenges…
UK Government aims to ‘design in’ cybersecurity from the outset
The UK Government wants the country to become a “world leader in the race to eradicate some of the most damaging cyber security threats facing businesses and better protect consumers”,…
NTT Data UK appoints Maggie Morrison as client partner for public services in Scotland
Technology consultancy NTT Data UK has appointed Maggie Morrison as Client Partner, Public Services Scotland. Based in Glasgow, Morrison will “lead the delivery of the company’s consulting and IT services…
Born to be digital
The arrival into the world of Scotland’s Minister for Public Finance and the Digital Economy came at a momentous moment in the era of the information age. In 1989, Tim…
UK releases satellite data to help tackle public sector challenges
Government departments, emergency services, and local authorities will receive free access to thousands of high-resolution satellite images of Britain, under plans announced today by Sam Gyimah, the UK Government’s Science…
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