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BT to test ‘liquid bandwidth’ cloud developed by Irish firms News
20.05.2011 Telecoms giant BT will be the first telecoms firm to test the Exemplar Dynamic Desktop, a cloud solution to enable firms to deliver bandwidth on demand, developed by Intune...Categories: Telecommunications, R&D, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Data Management, Data Centre, Communications -
Docosoft drives claims efficiencies for Lloyd’s syndicate News
19.05.2011 Ark Syndicate Management at Lloyd’s has gone live with the NovaUCD-based document management company Docosoft’s claims solution to enable its claims process to become quicker... -
Malware rose by 46pc in Q1, Cisco report shows News
19.05.2011 The number of unique malware types on the web increased by 46pc between January and March of this year, a new security report suggests.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Search Engines, Data Management, Cloud -
Paddy Power bets on real-time financial information News
19.05.2011 Bookmaker Paddy Power has implemented Oracle’s Financials, Purchasing and i-Procurement modules in its business to be able to access real-time financial information in its Irish... -
NHS stg£2.7bn electronic records blunder costs taxpayers News
18.05.2011 UK taxpayers not getting value for money from the massive stg£2.7bn electronic records system built by the NHS, an official report by the UK National Audit Office claims. It... -
TEKenable centre of excellence to create 20 high-end jobs News
18.05.2011 A new cloud computing centre of excellence opened by software development company TEKenable will create 20 high-quality roles in Dublin over the next 12 months.Categories: Careers and Employment, Cloud, Data Centre, Data Management, Jobs, Recruitment, Servers, Virtualisation -
DUB 2 Data Centre expansion to employ 70 construction workers News
18.05.2011 Its third investment in Dublin in 18 months, European data centre giant Interxion is pumping €7.1 million into its DUB 2 Data Centre, employing 70 construction workers to...Categories: Careers and Employment, Cloud, Data Centre, Data Management, Design, IT Management, Jobs, Recruitment, Storage, Virtualisation -
BT in triple play data deal with Alcatel-Lucent News
18.05.2011 BT is to deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Service View technology to support its high-speed internet, IPTV and VoIP services. BT is in the process of delivering next generation... -
A rise in security system spending predicted in the UK News
18.05.2011 End-users in the UK plan to spend more on security systems over the next 12 months, according to a survey by Frost & Sullivan in advance of IFSEC, the world’s largest annual...Tags: Security, -
Quest Software’s recruitment drive in Cork faster than expected News
17.05.2011 Kevin Norlin, general manager for Quest Software in EMEA, who is responsible for the company’s new shared services centre in Cork, says it is half-way through its recruitment...Categories: Careers and Employment, Cloud, Data Management, Engineer, Engineering, Jobs, Recruitment, Security, Software, Software Development, Virtualisation -
Assistive living technology start-up seeks volunteers for trial News
16.05.2011 Sensormind, a Dublin-based start-up, is looking for 100 volunteers to help launch a new online system ‘Sensormind Independent Living’ aimed at the active elderly.Tags: Invent DCU, Data Management -
Amazon EC2 service used in Sony attack? News
14.05.2011 An Amazon EC2 cloud computing service was reportedly used by hackers in last month’s cyber attack on Sony’s PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Online that saw 100m... -
O2 says smartphone usage up 39pc, data traffic up 40pc News
13.05.2011 Telefonica O2 Ireland has reported a 23pc increase in its mobile broadband customer base which grew to 170,000 at the end of Q1. In its Q1 KPIs O2 said that smartphone usage on... -
Global IT centre in Athlone to employ 100 people in three years News
13.05.2011 The NDP Group, a provider of tracking market research, has opened a global IT/operations centre in Athlone, which will provide employment for 100 people over the next three years.Tags: IDA Ireland, Jobs, -
Security still a struggle between usability and safety News
12.05.2011 Cybersecurity still struggles between making a system usable and making it safe, according to Professor Fred Piper of Royal Holloway University of London’s Information Security... -
I.T. Alliance invests €750,000 in cloud infrastructure News
12.05.2011 Technology outsourcing player I.T. Alliance is to invest €750,000 to build a new cloud computing division with support from Enterprise Ireland’s R&D fund. Seven new jobs have... -
Computer owners in the UK have a ‘four-year itch’ News
11.05.2011 On average, UK computer owners replace their machines every 4.5 years, citing slow speed as their top dislike, according to research commissioned by memory upgrade destination... -
45pc of Irish organisations back data up on tape - survey News
11.05.2011 Forty-five per cent of Irish organisations prefer to back up their sensitive data on tape, a survey suggests. -
Facebook accidentally leaks 100,000 users’ details News
11.05.2011 Facebook has accidentally leaked access to potentially hundreds of thousands of users’ accounts because some applications were sharing access tokens – spare keys to your account... -
US still worst for spam, but not as a continent - Dirty Dozen News
11.05.2011 The US remains the top spam-relaying country in the latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ report from IT security and control firm Sophos, although its performance is improving.