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The digital business week News
24.05.2010 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Business -
Major Polish hotels deal for Irish firm News
20.05.2010 An Irish business process services firm has won a major six-figure contract to supply reservation services to Poland’s largest hotel network. SouthWestern said the three-year,...Categories: BusinessTags: -
XING's Bill Liao spells out Ireland's digital opportunity News
20.05.2010 Social networking entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Liao says Ireland needs to be better at telling its story and selling itself if it wants to grab an unrivalled share of... -
Limerick’s ResourceKraft expands its team News
20.05.2010 Two experienced businesspeople in the IT and energy field have just joined the ResourceKraft, the Limerick-based energy-management and cost-control solutions provider, which is...Categories: BusinessTags: Energy Management, -
Contracts and entitlements when hiring News
24.05.2010 Dr Thomas Cooney, director of the Institute of Minority Entrepreneurship at Dublin Institute of Technology and Bizstartup.ie mentor, highlights what you need to know when hiring...Tags: Employment, Contract, -
The Tech Week Ahead News
24.05.2010 Financial results and technology events taking place the week of 24-28 May. -
Deals done this past week News
24.05.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including internet search giant Google’s acquisition of Global IP Solutions, and Facebook and Zynga’s five-year...Categories: Business, Mergers & Acquisitions -
Microsoft sues Salesforce.com for alleged patent infringement News
19.05.2010 Software giant Microsoft is suing software-as-a-service CRM player Salesforce.com for allegedly infringing nine of its patents in what could be seen a classic struggle between... -
Steady demand for IT pros but salaries flat - survey News
19.05.2010 Demand for IT professionals in Ireland was steady during the first quarter of the year but the effects of the recession kept salaries at last year’s levels, a new report from... -
Dell: From PC maker to global services giant News
20.05.2010 Its $3.9bn acquisition of Perot Systems puts Dell on a different journey from when it started 26 years ago.Categories: Business -
New CEO takes the helm at IBM in Ireland News
19.05.2010 IBM has named Peter O’Neill as chief executive of the company in Ireland. O’Neill succeeds Michael Daly who is retiring after eight years as CEO.Tags: CEO, Multinationals, -
Broadband wars – speed of the essence on wireless landscape News
20.05.2010 This autumn, broadband providers are set to compete aggressively for the hearts and pockets of Irish businesses and consumers, offering speeds that would have been undreamt of... -
Bricks-and-mortar retailers cannot ignore web presence News
20.05.2010 Indigenous Irish company Buy4Now Technology Group is set to create 20 new jobs over the next two years in a major R&D and export programme, with support from Enterprise Ireland.... -
Facebook and Zynga sign five-year strategic deal News
18.05.2010 FarmVille game creator Zynga is once again friends with Facebook, and to prove it the two companies entered into a five-year strategic alliance around social gaming on Facebook... -
HP has better-than-expected Q2; raises 2010 forecast News
19.05.2010 Computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter as demand for its personal computers and servers surged.Categories: Business, Financial Results -
Google acquires Global IP Solutions for US$68.2m News
18.05.2010 In an effort that suggests Google could be a major player in the transit of audio and video over IP into the future, the search giant has made an all-cash offer to buy Norwegian...Categories: Business, Comms, Video, Mergers & Acquisitions, Networking, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia -
Vodafone reveals 3.5G broadband will launch in June News
18.05.2010 Vodafone is planning to complete its HSPA+ mobile broadband technology, which promises speeds of around 14.4Mbps, earlier than expected. It also revealed that 40,000 iPhones...Categories: Business, Comms, Financial Results, Mobile, Networking & Telecoms, Wireless Communications -
Online betting revenues soar 32pc at Paddy Power News
18.05.2010 The bookmaker Paddy Power has reported a 32pc growth in revenue in its online operations during the first five months of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. -
Start-ups sought for NUIG’s Business Innovation Centre News
18.05.2010 NUI Galway is looking for new companies to join its Business Innovation Centre on campus. The centre offers office and research facilities and is ideally suited for start-up and...Tags: NUI Galway, -
Eircom unveils private cloud infrastructure as a service News
18.05.2010 Eircom has launched an infrastructure as a service offering that provides virtual servers, storage, backup and network resources to businesses over a private cloud.Tags: Eircom, Data protection,