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NUI Galway now accepting applications for cloud master’s degree News
28.05.2013 NUI Galway is now taking applications for its MSc in cloud computing research. The first intake for the course occurred in September. -
Cloud player Zendesk’s European data centre goes live in Dublin News
20.03.2013 Cloud-based customer service software platform Zendesk’s European data centre in Dublin has been officially launched. The facility will employ 30 people.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Hosting Services, Digital Business, Data Centre, CRM, CIO -
Generic top-level domains will divide the internet, warns IIA CEO News
07.03.2013 The advent of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) like .blog or .hair will only facilitate the division of the internet into territories, the Irish Internet Association has warned... -
Hosted private cloud services business to surpass US$24bn by 2016 News
01.03.2013 Global spending on hosted private cloud services will be more than US$24bn by 2016, IDC has predicted. The sector will grow at a compound annual rate of 50pc a year over the...Categories: Storage, Servers, Infrastructure Management, Hosting Services, Global CIO, Digital Media, CIO -
Microsoft and Symantec bust US$1bn a year click fraud ring News
07.02.2013 Microsoft and Symantec have taken down the command and control servers used by a cyber fraud ring that netted criminals stg£700,000 (US$1bn) a year via a threat called... -
Eircom invests stg£2m in expansion into UK telecoms market News
01.02.2013 Eircom said this morning it has completed a stg£2m investment to expand its network into the UK. The telco is now targeting UK firms with services that include managed services... -
Michael Dell to lead buyout of Dell Inc by next week News
01.02.2013 Michael Dell, with the support of a consortium of investors that includes venture capital firm Silver Lake Partners and software giant Microsoft, could take control of the... -
IT security analysts uncover ‘Red October’ cyber attack News
14.01.2013 Anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab is claiming to have uncovered a major global cyber attack operation that has been running since 2007. Dubbed ‘Red October’, it seems that the cyber...Tags: Malware, Cyber Attack -
Simply Zesty and Tibus merge to create UK and Ireland digital media powerhouse News
07.01.2013 UTV Media plc revealed this morning that it is merging its web design agency Tibus with digital and social branding agency Simply Zesty, which it acquired last year for about... -
Dropbox to locate international HQ in Dublin News
03.12.2012 Cloud storage giant Dropbox is to establish an international headquarters in Dublin. The company, whose cloud service is used by more than 100m people across a variety of mobile...Categories: Storage, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, IT Management, Internet, Hosting Services, Digital Media, Digital Business, Data Management -
Kim Dotcom announces Mega will replace Megaupload and skirt internet laws News
01.11.2012 Kim Dotcom, the founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload, who is battling an extradition bid by US authorities from his adopted home in New Zealand has announced Mega, the... -
The end is nigh for @ireland.com email users – service to discontinue on 7 November News
16.10.2012 People who used and treasured their Ireland.com email address are in for bad news – the service is to be discontinued on 7 November. The move follows the sale of Ireland.com by...Tags: Email, -
Dropbox updates its iOS app to include Twitter and Facebook integration News
18.09.2012 Cloud storage service Dropbox has added the ability to share data to Twitter and Facebook. This means users can easily share photos and videos on the social networks via their...Categories: Wireless Communications, Storage, Software & Web Development, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hosting Services, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps -
GoDaddy.com denies Anonymous attacked its servers News
11.09.2012 Claims by hacker collective Anonymous that a denial of service attack took down millions of hosted websites are incorrect, the interim CEO of GoDaddy Scott Wagner said today. -
Anonymous member claims responsibility for GoDaddy attack that took millions of sites offline News
11.09.2012 Millions of sites registered with GoDaddy.com were knocked offline for four hours yesterday as a result of a massive denial of service attack for which an Anonymous member... -
Hosting provider Blacknight to open 'greener' in-house data centre in Carlow News
28.08.2012 The Irish domain registrar and hosting provider Blacknight Solutions has started constructing a new onsite data centre from its current facility in Carlow that will aim to be... -
Another 9 invests in disaster recovery cloud as part of €400k strategy News
21.08.2012 Dublin based cloud and disaster recovery provider Another 9 has invested over €400,000 to boost its cloud infrastructure as part of an 18-month strategy. The latest phase of the... -
Tech start-up of the week: Camba.tv News
19.08.2012 Marco Herbst and Vinnie Quinn, the team that brought Nixers.com to the world before it was acquired by the Denis O’Brien-owned Saongroup.com, are back in the start-up game with... -
@icloud.com – Apple and Google square up for the public cloud wars News
17.07.2012 As Microsoft prepares to roll out its snazzy new Office experience – a move that should bring legions into the cloud whether they realise it or not – in the public cloud world... -
GitHub raises US$100m in Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz News
10.07.2012 Social coding player GitHub has raised US$100m in Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital player which has also invested in Facebook,...