5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (363+ words) The Scottish Government has announced a £5.7 million boost to bring technology solutions to a series of public service challenges – including substance use, child protection and fuel poverty. CivTech – the pioneering government innovation accelerator – has unveiled six new challenges, which aim…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (369+ words) Glasgow’s tech sector is now worth £5.6 billion to the national economy according to a new report which shows half the value is being driven by startups established in the last 10 years. The city region’s tech and innovation economy has expanded…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (210+ words) A former head of technology at NatWest bank has joined the board of Community Justice Scotland – an organisation set up to advise ministers on preventing and reducing further offending. Katherine Graham, who served as head of technology (HR CIO) and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (288+ words) The Scottish Government’s new open data platform has gone live today as a ‘public beta’ service – featuring datasets from 14 different public sector organisations. The new data.gov.scot platform, which will replace the current statistics.gov.scot portal, is designed…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (452+ words) Scotland’s nominated ‘AI Growth Zone’ has been boosted by a new £300 million datacentre investment programme in North Lanarkshire. DataVita, which operates the country’s largest Tier III certified datacentres between Glasgow and Edinburgh, will continue its planned expansion after agreeing the…...