Categorised as: Data Management
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IBM completes acquisition of Varicent Software Incorporated News
24.05.2012 Technology giant IBM has finished up its acquisition of analytics software provider Varicent Software Incorporated for an undisclosed sum.Categories: Business Intelligence, Data Management, Deals Done, Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Software -
Survey reveals Irish employees’ bad tech habits News
23.05.2012 Research conducted by Amárach Research for Microsoft shows Irish employees’ lack of concern for data security and protection. -
NI construction firm invests stg£100,000 in private cloud News
23.05.2012 Northern Ireland McAvoy Group has signed a new contract with Lisburn-based IT company Xperience, worth more than stg£100,000 as part of a four-year strategy to grow its share of... -
The death of privacy News
24.05.2012 A better understanding of privacy is required at all levels of society, writes John Kennedy. He warns that 21st-century technology will stretch the limits and our notions of... -
Dublin’s Westbury Hotel jumps into the cloud News
23.05.2012 The Westbury Hotel in Dublin has moved all of its computing services to the cloud as part of a deployment using Citrix technology in conjunction with PFH Computers and Cable &...Categories: Servers, Security, IT Management, Investments, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO, Business Software -
Bloomberg buys Irish tech firm PolarLake, rolls out new data service News
22.05.2012 Global financial news service Bloomberg has acquired Dublin-based semantic web software company PolarLake for an undisclosed sum. As a result, Bloomberg is launching a new...Tags: Big Data, Semantic Web, -
Government rolls out cloud computing standards for Irish firms News
21.05.2012 New standards for helping large and small firms move to the cloud have been published today by the Irish Government. -
BT in stg£20m Northern Ireland healthcare transformation deal News
21.05.2012 BT has won a stg£20m contract to be the sole supplier of voice and data communications to Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in a five-year contract to transform healthcare... -
Rugged devices, RFID and cloud computing join fight against counterfeiting News
21.05.2012 The use of rugged mobile devices in production and services industries allied with the cloud and RFID are contributing to major advances in industries from food to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Servers, Security, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Data Management, Apps -
LL.M. in Law, Technology and Governance Student Conference Events
28.05.2012 If you are interested in the interaction between law and technology, the LL.M. in Law, Technology and Governance research conference is for you. This year's class will present... -
IBM to create several hundred new jobs at Dublin Global Services Hub News
18.05.2012 IBM is to create several hundred new jobs at a new Global Services Integration Hub in Mulhuddart as part of an IDA Ireland-supported investment.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Research, R&D, Investments, Green Computing, Global CIO, Funding, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre, CIO -
MBO at Maxima Ireland, becomes part of Zinopy News
15.05.2012 Virtualisation and cloud computing firm Maxima Ireland’s management team have led a management buyout of the company in a deal supported by security firm Zinopy. Maxima Ireland... -
AIB signs five-year Ireland, NI and UK data comms deal with Eircom News
15.05.2012 AIB has signed a five-year deal with Eircom in which the telecoms provider will upgrade and replace AIB’s data networks and voice systems across Ireland, Northern Ireland and... -
EMC acquires Israeli start-up XtremIO, reportedly for US$430m News
11.05.2012 Data storage giant EMC has announced it has acquired the privately held flash storage start-up XtremIO. While it has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal, reports are...Categories: Deals Done, Data Management, Data Centre, Investments, IT Organisation, Mergers & Acquisitions -
More than one in 10 Irish workers has taken contact list from work - survey News
10.05.2012 More than one in 10 Irish employees admit to having taken the contact list from their previous job, a new survey claims. -
Apple OS X Lion passwords exposed in security blunder News
07.05.2012 A security blunder in the most recent version of Mac OS X – 10.7.3 – apparently turns on a system-wide debut log file that contains the login passwords of every user who has...Categories: Software, Servers, Security, Operating Systems, Infrastructure Management, Enterprise, Database, Data Management, CIO -
Energy firm Cylon to create 50 jobs in €11m cloud investment News
04.05.2012 Building energy management player Cylon is to create 50 new jobs over the next four years as part of an €11m investment in its energy management division Cyclin Active Energy. -
5 steps for a safe ROUTE when using location-based apps News
02.05.2012 While useful, geolocation also poses a security risk, but non-profit global information security association ISACA has five simple steps to follow for safety.Categories: Social Media, Risk Management, Mobile, Digital Media, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Communications, Apps