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HP to build 87,000 sq-foot cloud R&D operation in Galway for 700 workers News
08.04.2013 HP has applied for planning permission to build a new 87,000 sq-foot R&D and cloud facility in Galway that will house up to 700 workers. -
Former Intel, EMC and Bord Gais senior brass join WiseTek board News
05.04.2013 Former Intel Ireland general manager Jim O’Hara, ex-senior VP at EMC Dick Lehane and former Bord Gais CEO John Mullins have joined the board of Cork-headquartered OEM services... -
Alcatel-Lucent to remove cloud bottlenecks with software-defined networks News
04.04.2013 Communications technology giant Alcatel-Lucent has plotted a future direction for the cloud specifically in terms of software-defined networking to ensure that the networks keep... -
Cork’s Firecomms in fibre components deal with global player News
28.03.2013 Cork-based fibre communications technology company Firecomms has secured a major deal with a global supplier of fibre components to the automotive sector and other industries,...Categories: Multimedia, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Development, Design, Deals Done, Communications -
New EU rules to cut red tape from broadband rollouts – move could save €60bn News
26.03.2013 European Commission vice-president responsible for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes today revealed proposed new rules that will cut the cost of rolling out high-speed internet...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Infrastructure Management, Government, Engineering, Digital Media, CIO -
Dropbox acquires Mailbox – battle for the mobile cloud begins News
16.03.2013 Fast-moving cloud player Dropbox revealed a new acquisition that indicates its destiny lies in the direction of the mobile cloud with the purchase of mobile mail start-up... -
Netflix launches US$100,000 developer competition to improve cloud computing News
15.03.2013 Netflix has launched the Netflix Cloud Prize competition in Github, which has US$100,000 available in prize money to challenge developers around the world to improve the... -
Household broadband penetration in Ireland stands at 65pc – ComReg News
14.03.2013 Almost two-thirds of Irish households now have a broadband connection, the latest quarterly report from ComReg reveals. -
HP lands major deal with European Commission to build its cloud News
13.03.2013 Technology giant HP has won a major contract with the European Commission to supply HP Integrity servers to support critical workloads, including database-intensive applications...Categories: Servers, Investments, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Government, Digital Business, Data Management -
Cloud TCO calculator for SMEs goes live News
13.03.2013 Hosted desktop provider Let’s Operate has launched a new total cost of ownership (TCO) calculator that allows SMEs to compare the actual cost of their current traditional IT...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Infrastructure Management, Digital Business, CIO, Apps -
Researchers envision New York state powered entirely by renewables News
12.03.2013 Imagine a state powered only by renewable energy. It’s possible, according to US researchers who have mapped out an alternative energy future for New York that includes jobs and... -
Noel Meaney sells ownership stake in Citadel100 data centre group News
11.03.2013 Irish data centre and telecoms entrepreneur Noel Meaney has sold his ownership stake in Dublin-headquartered Citadel 100 Datacenters Ltd. The 50pc stake was acquired by Securus... -
ComReg maintains Eircom wholesale NGA launch date of 20 May News
08.03.2013 Ireland telecoms regulator ComReg has restored the launch of wholesale next-generation access (NGA) broadband from 8 April to the original target date of 20 May in response to... -
Working in 2016: 35pc of workers will no longer see work as a destination News
07.03.2013 By 2016, more than a third of workers around the world will no longer see the physical workplace as a place they have to go to, thanks to the cloud and bring your own device... -
BT fibre roll out in the UK to create 1,000 new jobs News
07.03.2013 BT is to create 1,000 new fibre engineering jobs in the UK as part of its stg£2.5bn investment in fibre broadband. The 1,000 jobs are being created at the telco’s Openreach... -
Vatican to digitise Apostolic Library into 2.8 petabytes News
07.03.2013 The Vatican is to embark on a major nine-year project that will see it digitise its catalogue of 80,000 historic manuscripts, 40m pages and 8,900 incunabula, as part of EMC’s... -
Dublin’s Lord Mayor to set wheels in motion for city’s Digital Masterplan on Friday News
05.03.2013 The Lord Mayor of Dublin Mr Naoise Ó Muirí will set in motion the creation of a Digital Masterplan for Dublin on Friday, modelled on similar digital development plans in New... -
216 additional Irish schools to receive 100Mbps broadband in 2013 News
05.03.2013 An additional 216 secondary schools on top of the first 280 schools in the trial and first phase of the project are to receive 100Mbps broadband, Ireland's Communications... -
AirSpeed turnover grows 40pc to exceed €10m News
04.03.2013 Wireless broadband and cloud services provider AirSpeed has reported a turnover in excess of €10m for 2012, up 40pc on the €7.2m reported the previous year. -
Worldwide public cloud market to total US$161bn this year News
04.03.2013 The public cloud services market is forecast to grow 18.5pc in 2013 to reach US$131bn worldwide, up from US$111bn in 2012, according to Gartner.