The latest news, case studies and blogs from Sunderland Software City and the region’s tech community.
A young Sunderland graduate has gone from working in one of the top companies in the UK to setting up his own business in less than a year. Elliott Perry, 23, from Washington, has co-founded EventSneaker – and after only six months the fledgling business to business company has landed
Read moreA digital marathon which took place across the nation to find a solution to a social myth has found a concept developed by a Sunderland team of tech wizards. Team ‘YouCan!’ took part in the 30-hour-hackathon at Sunderland Software City and developed a concept for youth project Ambition Lab, which
Read moreNorth East businesses and students shared ideas at Sunderland Software Centre during a University-led event to promote the growing number of technology opportunities in the region. Entitled Innovation Technology for Business, the event on the 3rd December is a new venture between the University of Sunderland, business group Network North
Read moreSixty secondary school children from across Tyne and Wear developed their employability skills at an IT careers event delivered last week by local employers from the technology sector, and organised by Sunderland Software City and e-skills UK. Young people aged between 14 and 18 from five high schools and colleges
Read moreLeading industry experts from across the UK are set to descend upon the Sunderland Software Centre for the first of a series of events that will see them provide insight and expertise to software and technology entrepreneurs in the region. Business and technology services company, IBM, in partnership with Sunderland
Read moreSUNDERLAND Software Centre played host to an event which saw students in the city rewarded for their innovative projects designed to help make Sunderland a smarter city, as part of a collaboration with business and technology services company, IBM. The Smart City event on Wednesday (November 13), showcased the work
Read moreSoftware developers around the region are being invited to take part in a national charity hack in aid of Ambition Lab at the Sunderland Software Centre on the 29th-30th November. The Ambition Lab Charity Hack, a national event taking place across the Cisco NVI video presence network, is seeking to recruit 150 developers from across
Read moreA YOUTH project which aims to eradicate the perception that young individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds will achieve less in life aims to find a digital solution with a 30-hour digital marathon. Funded by social investor Nominet Trust and led by not-for-profit charity Keyfund, the Ambition Lab project is entering
Read moreA Newcastle based website development specialist is representing the UK as part of a global training programme celebrating the Drupal web platform. Consult and Design International, based in Gosforth, are hosting an ‘Introduction to Drupal’ workshop at the Sunderland Software Centre as part of the Drupal Association’s series of Global
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