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Weekend news roundup: Facebook smartphone and the end of Silicon Valley's Golden Age News
21.05.2012 The weekend newspapers' tech coverage was full of interesting insights into the Facebook IPO but what's coming next is what most folks would really need to know. One Silicon... -
Washington Post experience chief: reader engagement key to survival News
16.05.2012 The chief experience officer of the Washington Post has warned publishers that newspapers in the online space are missing the point by lashing up Britney Spears stories that...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Business Intelligence, Apps, Analyst, Analysis -
Soundbar shipments double globally, but European take-up is slow News
15.05.2012 Soundbar speakers are gaining worldwide popularity but consumers and retailers in Europe are slow on the uptake, according to a new CE report from Futuresource Consulting. -
77 new jobs as five emerging tech firms locate across Ireland News
23.04.2012 Limerick, Dundalk and Dublin will benefit today from five new jobs announcements from overseas emerging tech firms that have chosen to locate in Ireland – these include Culture... -
#DIF12 – ‘Ireland can be the innovation hub for big data revolution’ News
26.03.2012 Ireland has taken first mover advantage in the emerging space of big data and when combined with the country’s edge in cloud computing there’s a chance to make the country the... -
#DIF12 – Infrastructure is key to reaping rewards of big data News
26.03.2012 Ireland must invest in the next generation of digital infrastructure to enable the country to steal a march and sustain its present edge in the emerging big data world, the CEO... -
Polecat raises €850k to focus on decision analytics business News
24.02.2012 Polecat, a real-time analytics and decision intelligence company wooed by Enterprise Ireland to locate in Dublin has just raised €850,000. The company, declared by Oracle’s... -
Irish Life chooses Tableau to deliver business intelligence dashboards News
14.02.2012 Irish Life has invested in a business intelligence tool for managers to create interactive graphical data about its financial products. -
Dylan Collins gets into the green game News
04.02.2012 We hear that successful games entrepreneur Dylan Collins – the supremo who sold Demonware to Activision for US$15m and whose subsequent venture Jolt was snapped up by GameStop –... -
ShoreTel Mobility saves 70pc on international roaming costs - analysis News
25.01.2012 ShoreTel, provider of IP phone systems with integrated unified communications, has revealed results of an analysis by Phone Pulse which identified savings of up to 70pc on...Categories: Unified Communications, Telecommunications, Networks, Mobility, Financial, Communications, Apps, Analysis -
New website reveals travel times to 24-hour emergency hospitals News
19.01.2012 Travel times to the nearest emergency hospital is a hot issue in Ireland right now, thanks to hospital closures, but a new website should be able to at least provide citizens... -
Firms caught off-guard by boom in Big Data, Oracle says News
12.01.2012 Firms are underestimating the Big Data revolution, especially when it involves taking a lot of little bits of information from weblogs, smartphones and machine-to-machine (M2M)... -
The tech year in numbers News
26.12.2011 A rundown of some of the major facts and figures that 2011 has to offer.Categories: Sales, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Financial Results, Consumer Tech, Apps, Analysis -
Chrome passes Firefox for the first time News
01.12.2011 Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken Firefox for the first time globally on a monthly basis in November, according to the latest statistics from analytics player StatCounter. -
RSA reveals new software to protect business smartphones News
17.11.2011 RSA has launched its new RSA DLP Suite aimed at helping organisations that have equipped workers with smartphones and tablet computers to shield themselves against sensitive...Categories: Business Intelligence, Analysis, Business Software, Computers, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Risk Management, Security, VirtualisationTags: Tablet Computers, Security, EMC, RSA, Smartphones, Risk Management, Analytics, Virtualisation, -
Cloud most significant transformation in history of IT - EMC boss News
10.11.2011 Cloud computing is the most significant transformation in the history of information technology (IT) and a critical component of Ireland's economic recovery, EMC vice-president... -
Welcome to the era of the data scientist News
04.10.2011 Irish companies will soon need to recruit new technology experts called data scientists to work out precisely what products and services consumers will want, according to EMC... -
Socialbakers secures US$2m in funding News
29.09.2011 Social and digital media analytics company Socialbakers has just secured US$2m in venture capital finance in a round led by European venture capital firm Earlybird Venture Capital. -
On the brink of a mass cloud and analytics uptake News
10.06.2011 Accenture senior executive Edel Lynch points Siliconrepublic.com to a unique moment in the business world’s use of IT where revolutions in cloud, analytics and skills combine to...Categories: Software & Web Development, IT Management, IT Consulting, Investments, CIO, Business Intelligence, Analyst, AnalysisTags: Accenture, Harvey Nash, CIO, Cloud Computing, Analytics, Compliance, ICT, Public Cloud, Private Cloud -
Toyota, 3M and Siemens are greenest brands - report News
27.07.2011 Toyota has been named the greenest brand in the world in a new Interbrand report, which finds that automotive, IT and electronics companies lead the way in implementing...