Categorised as: Digital 21
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Australia sets the standard for next-generation broadband rollout News
02.07.2010 The news that Australia is to invest close to US$10bn in a pan-Australian fibre-optic network that will transform its country socially and economically for the decades ahead... -
Spectrum and certainty will drive NGN investment News
02.07.2010 Market forces and competition rather than State investment should be the primary drivers for building next-generation networks, ComReg said in its strategic vision for 2012.... -
Digital curriculum, language skills keys to future Irish workforce News
01.07.2010 We need to prepare Ireland’s workers for the jobs of tomorrow, HP Ireland MD Martin Murphy says.Categories: Education, Digital 21 -
Future industries: Ireland must pave way for ‘Next Big Thing’ News
24.06.2010 Ireland’s investment in growing its PhD base needs to be sustained and expanded, not curtailed. -
US govt plans to double wireless spectrum, create jobs News
29.06.2010 US President Barack Obama’s administration is planning to double the amount of wireless spectrum available across America in a move that will grow bandwidth and create thousands...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Government, Digital 21 -
E-net to rollout 100Mbps broadband in 24 schools News
25.06.2010 E-net, the company responsible for managing the first and second phase Metropolitan Area Networks in 94 towns around Ireland, has been awarded a contract from the Higher...Tags: Design, Development, Job Creation, LinkedIn, Call Centre, Xbox 360, Ergo, Social Networking, eBay, Fibre, MANs, Broadband, Mary Coughlan TD, E-net, Research, Jobs, Microsoft, Software -
Green and digital economies are pivotal to Ireland’s future News
29.04.2010 The creation of 300 jobs via EirGrid’s new transmission network indicates how digital networks and future green industries are inextricably linked, says Communications Minister...Categories: Green, Digital 21, Cloud, Careers and Employment, Green Computing, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
How Ireland can make waves for green economy News
06.05.2010 Matthew Knight of Siemens believes Ireland’s greatest asset is our coastline. -
Time to get the ball rolling on Ireland’s fibre infrastructure News
24.06.2010 There are a number of misguided people – unfortunately many of them in the upper echelons of Ireland’s ailing economic engine – who think that high-speed fibre broadband is only...Tags: iPad, Sales, Apple, Eamon Ryan TD, Paul Donovan, Eric Schmidt, Mark Kellett, MANs, Recession, National Broadband Scheme, UPC, Fibre, Google, Eircom, Broadband -
Virtualisation case study: Lakeland Dairies News
23.06.2010 Lakeland Dairies is one of Ireland's largest dairy processing co-operatives, employing around 650 people and operating out of five sites across the northern half of the island...Categories: Virtualisation, Servers, IT Management, Data Centre, CIO, Government, Comms, Digital 21, Internet -
NUI Maynooth helps redefine $1.6trn global IT industry News
10.06.2010 Forty of the world’s most powerful CIOs have developed the ‘IT industry’s MBA’ from NUI Maynooth. -
Irish schools that are crossing the digital divide News
17.06.2010 Clever use of ICT in Irish classrooms could help beat the effects of looming cutbacks for schools. -
IDA strategic plan to create 105,000 new jobs by 2014 News
02.03.2010 State development agency IDA Ireland has unveiled a new blueprint called 'Horizon 2020' aimed at creating 105,000 new jobs by 2014, the lynchpin of which will be social and... -
‘Our young people are as good as any in the world. It’s our job to help them’ News
03.06.2010 A national strategy with education at its heart is key to future prosperity, says Intel’s Jim O’Hara. -
Ireland as the Silicon Valley of Europe perspectives News
27.05.2010 Two successful global technology investors share their insights on where Ireland can go next. -
EU Digital Agenda plans 30Mbps broadband for all citizens News
19.05.2010 European Commissioner Neelie Kroes has outlined her vision of a single market to allow Europeans to prosper from the digital era, including bold proposals on opening up access... -
Digitised Irish nation, transformed society requires effort News
13.05.2010 Across Ireland next week, individuals and firms will be encouraged to ‘get digital’ and boost the economy. -
EU nations to present their digital plans for peer review News
06.05.2010 As part of the European Commission’s Digital Agenda to be unveiled in the coming weeks, all 27 member states will take part in an ongoing peer review of their various digital... -
Ireland well positioned in drive towards low-carbon world News
06.05.2010 Ireland has many of the ingredients required to become a world leader in the new green economy.Categories: Clean Tech, Digital 21 -
Ireland: an exemplar for the green economy globally News
06.05.2010 With its vast natural resources, clusters of ICT industries and research capabilities, Ireland could leapfrog industrialised nations and capture first mover advantage in a...Categories: Clean Tech, Digital 21