Ahead of its flagship annual awards ceremony on Thursday 2nd May, ScotlandIS, the trade body and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s tech sector, has put out a final call for entries for its Digital Technology Awards ahead of the deadline later this month (21st February).

Now in its 14th year, the Digital Technology Awards seeks to celebrate the scale of true innovation and talent of Scotland’s digital economy, offering winners a level of credibility and a platform with which to be recognised amongst peers.

2024 sees several new award categories introduced, which includes the division of Product and Service Innovation into two separate awards, a Cyber Trailblazer award that aims to highlight the companies with novel solutions to cyber challenges, and Digital Tech Rising Star award, looking to shine a light on early career talent and the leaders of tomorrow.

ScotlandIS chief executive, Karen Meechan, commented: “The Digital Tech Awards are one of the highlights of our year. Cybersecurity plays such a vital role today in technology and within wider society, and this is constantly growing.

“At ScotlandIS, we work with many ground-breaking cyber startups and SMEs, and are conscious of the sheer volume of cutting-edge products and services in the Scottish ecosystem; as such, it felt paramount to be able to spotlight these within our Awards.”

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Entries are being encouraged from companies and individuals across the country, from every corner of Scotland’s tech sector.

Meechan added: “We know that the likes of Edinburgh and Glasgow are leaders for technology in the UK, but what about some of the more rural hubs that are making incredible strides within software development, VR creation, space data, and more? We want to celebrate the diverse talent we have in Scotland from as far and wide as possible.”

The 2024 awards categories include:

• Tech for Good
• Product Innovation
• Service Innovation
• Data Trailblazer
• Cyber Trailblazer
• Best Wellbeing at Work
• Public Sector Innovation
• Digital Tech Rising Star
• Digital Tech Business of the Year: Start-Up/Scale-Up/Enterprise