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Satellites to help safeguard sustainability of palm oil, with launch of UK and Mexico project

By updatesPosted on 23rd February 202124th February 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Climate Tech

The long-term sustainability of Mexican palm oil production has been given a major boost with the announcement that FEMEXPALMA, the association of Mexican palm oil producers, will use satellites to monitor and safeguard sustainable land use practices, including the protection of

Government welcomes draft EU decision on post-Brexit data flow

By updatesPosted on 23rd February 202123rd February 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Brexit, Industry News

The Government has welcomed a preliminary decision that paves the way for the continued free flow of personal data between the EU and the UK. The European Commission published draft data adequacy decisions on Friday which conclude that the UK

PIONEERING START-UPS SELECTED FOR AI ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME

By updatesPosted on 19th February 202119th February 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

15 PIONEERING START-UPS SELECTED FOR AI ACCELERATOR BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH’S BAYES CENTRE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCALE SPACE Entrepreneurs creating AI powered robotic gloves, personalised medicine, through to ‘x-ray vision’ software are some of the 15 trail blazing

My First Month in the Data Cluster

By updatesPosted on 19th February 202119th February 2021Posted in ScotlandISData

Read David Ferguson’s first monthly blog as our new Head of the Data cluster. Having taken on the role of managing the Data Cluster from Katy Guthrie I would like to start by thanking Katy for the great work she

Save the Date – DataFest 2021

By updatesPosted on 19th February 202119th February 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

DataFest, brought to you by The Data Lab, is returning for 2021 and kicks off on the 25th of March with a free virtual launch, including a keynote talk from a very special guest speaker. DataFest 2021 will feature events

Scottish waste tech firm wins innovation award

By updatesPosted on 17th February 202124th February 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Climate Tech

Edinburgh-based data analytics business Topolytics has won an award for innovation at the National Recycling Awards. Its waste map software used machine learning to make waste more visible and verifiable for councils and bodies to track. The company was praised

Scottish Firm Joins Global Initiative to Drive Data Centre Sustainability

By updatesPosted on 15th February 202124th February 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Climate Tech

DataVita has agreed to meet ambitious sustainability targets in the coming decade. Data centre provider DataVita has become the first Scottish IT company to sign the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact and commit itself to a carbon-neutral future. Launched this

New £1m data fund to help businesses harness tech

By updatesPosted on 15th February 202115th February 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Skills

A new £1m skills and training fund has been opened up to support businesses as they retrain people for future job roles as Scotland transitions to a data-driven economy. The Scottish Government-backed fund will help small firms to upskill and re-skill

Organisations urged to share innovation success at Datafest21

By updatesPosted on 19th January 202119th January 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, is calling on organisations contributing towards Scotland’s reputation of being at the cutting edge of innovative technology to share their successes to mark Datafest21. Now in its fifth year, the

New geospatial partnership propels Scotland’s tech sector

By HeatherPosted on 16th December 202016th December 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

Scotland’s innovation and data sectors will have access to world-leading geospatial information thanks to a novel partnership announced today between ScotlandIS and The Association for Geographic Information (AGI), which represent the interests of the UK’s geospatial industry. The strategic alliance