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ScotlandIS celebrates 25th birthday with Digital Tech Awards

By updatesPosted on 21st March 202521st March 2025Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS, the membership and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s digital technologies industry, celebrated its quarter century by announcing the winners of its 15th annual Digital Tech Awards in Glasgow on Thursday night. With awards being spread across a wide range

Aberdeen-based DeepMiner shortlisted for British Data Awards 2025

By updatesPosted on 19th March 202519th March 2025Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

ScotlandIS member, DeepMiner, has been named as a finalist for the Start-Up of the Year Award at the British Data Awards 2025. The Aberdeen-based firm specialises in artificial intelligence and machine learning for data analysis and decision-making, using deep learning

Pulsant CTO: Why Private Cloud is Gaining Ground

By updatesPosted on 4th March 20254th March 2025Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

In this interview with DIGIT, Mike Hoy, CTO of Pulsant, discusses the growing shift towards private cloud solutions, the importance of data sovereignty, and how decentralised infrastructure is enabling AI innovation. The cloud revolution transformed the way businesses operate, enabling

Glasgow Uni Develops Energy-Efficient AI for Spatial Data

By updatesPosted on 27th February 202527th February 2025Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

Computer analysis of geospatial data could be made more environmentally-friendly thanks to a groundbreaking new software model built by a team of scientists from a Scottish university. Researchers from the University of Glasgow are behind the development of the model, called

£10m investment will see Scottish tech at heart of ‘staggering’ mission to measure ripples in space

By updatesPosted on 26th February 202526th February 2025Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

Edinburgh’s historic observatory is to benefit from £10 million of investment as part of a far-reaching project to measure ripples in the fabric of spacetime. New lab spaces will be constructed at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC), which

SPACE-COMM EXPO CONFIRMS DR JOSEF ASCHBACHER AND SIR RICHARD BRANSON

By updatesPosted on 18th February 202518th February 2025Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

Space-Comm Expo, the UK’s premier space industry event, is delighted to announce European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Dr Josef Aschbacher and Virgin Galactic Founder Sir Richard Branson, as keynote speakers at ExCeL London 11-12 March. Dr Josef Aschbacher and

Scottish company to launch rockets into space ‘next year’

By updatesPosted on 18th February 202518th February 2025Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

A Scottish company aims to send its rockets into space from 2026, following an attempt at a suborbital launch later this year. Skyrora is building its first 23-metre rocket called XL at a factory in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, with the

How Ionburst is helping to protect critical data in a hybrid world

By updatesPosted on 12th February 202512th February 2025Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber

Read this blog on ScotlandIS member Ionburst’s collaboration with IBM, and the video interview clip highlighting their partnership. Data security is central to nearly everything that we do, especially within financial services as banks and other institutions are trusted to

Tech trade body, ScotlandIS, announces shortlist for 2025 Digital Technology Awards as part of organisation’s 25th anniversary year

By updatesPosted on 30th January 20255th February 2025Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS, the trade body and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s digital technology industry, have today announced the shortlist for their 15th annual Digital Technology Awards. The awards showcase the enormous talent within the tech sector, celebrating individuals and organisations across the length

Nexus2050 Luxembourg

By updatesPosted on 28th January 202528th January 2025Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, Opportunity

The second edition of Nexus2050, titled “The International Tech Pulse”, will take place in Luxembourg City on 17-18 June, 2025. Nexus2050 goes beyond the traditional conference format to become a pivotal moment, symbolising a new era of innovation and technological