ONE Tech Hub, the new home for the digital tech and entrepreneurship community in the North East of Scotland, is now open after a £1.5 million investment to accelerate digital tech business growth and enhance the wider entrepreneurial ecosystem. Private sector economic development body Opportunity North East (ONE) has led the development of ONE Tech […]
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Understanding Data Layers For Your Business
Guest blog by Yard If you work in the world of digital, it’s likely you’re familiar with the term ‘data layer’, but perhaps you’re wondering what exactly it means. To put it simply, data layers make data collection more efficient and reliable, compiling all data in one place to make it easier to understand website usage […]
£1 million milestone reached for Scottish Digital Development Loan
Picture left to right : Stuart Yuill DSL , Andrew Kinsler SMS , Kate Forbes MSP , Liz McCutcheon LESL £50,000 loan helps Aberdeen based oil & gas business increase digital capabilities to support international development The Scottish Government’s Digital Development Loan fund has awarded £1m to Scottish SMEs less than a year since its […]
140 year old Scottish jam maker secures Digital Development Loan to accelerate business growth
A 140 year old Scottish jam and chocolate coatings manufacturer is looking to the future following the maximum award of the Digital Development Loan from the Scottish Government’s new £36m Digital Growth Fund initiative. Carluke based R&W Scott, which also makes other premium products for the food industry including sauces, speciality icings and confectionery fillings, […]
Why can’t every day be a DataFest day?
Photo above shows panel with Zoe Webster, Dr Sue Black, Sally Eaves and moderator Tabitha Goldstaub discussing How Data and AI is enabling humankind One of our MSc students, Daniel Sloan (Strathclyde MSc in Fin Tech), writes about his DataSummit experience after winning a free ticket to the event Still buzzing from Data Talent on […]
Our third DataFest was a phenomenal success!
Our two week festival of Data Innovation in Scotland ran from 11th to 22nd March, showcasing Scotland’s role in data science and artificial intelligence, and this year focused on collaboration and doing #DataTogether as a community. DataFest has grown again from last year, now extending over a two week period with even more Fringe Events in even […]
Fast growing Scottish software business secures Digital Development Loan to support global growth
A Scottish software company has been awarded a £50,000 Digital Development Loan from the Scottish Government’s new £36m Digital Growth Fund initiative to help fulfill its ambitious growth strategy for 2019, and improve staff digital skills. The new funding will allow Glasgow based VeryConnect to achieve a 90% faster client response rate and provide a platform to […]
Debbie Maltman, recent graduate in Data Science for Business, tells her story at the Scottish Parliament
Debbie Maltman, who recently graduated with an MSc in Data Science for Business (with Distinction), had the opportunity to tell her story at The Data Lab’s Reception at Scottish Parliament on 30 January. Hers is an inspiring story of a journey from redundancy through retraining and securing a job she loves as a data scientist, […]
Human + Machine: combatting myths
Guest blog from Megan Hughes, Artificial Intelligence & Social Media Analytics Lead at Accenture Artificial Intelligence will be inarguably the most transformative technology of the information age and perhaps for this very reason, there are lots of questions being raised. On the one hand AI stands to fundamentally transform the economy and change the way […]
The Data Lab MSc: Being prepared for life in the world of data science
Roger Adams, currently studying an MSc in Data Science for Business at Stirling, tells us how the course is helping him to get immersed in the world of data science I write this on the train back to Dundee having just finished my last exam of the autumn semester (Big Data: Commercial & Scientific Applications). […]