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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... -
Hosted private cloud services business to surpass US$24bn by 2016 News
01.03.2013 Global spending on hosted private cloud services will be more than US$24bn by 2016, IDC has predicted. The sector will grow at a compound annual rate of 50pc a year over the...Categories: Storage, Servers, Infrastructure Management, Hosting Services, Global CIO, Digital Media, CIO -
62 new jobs for Limerick as Worldwide TechServices rolls into town News
01.03.2013 IT solutions company Worldwide TechService (WWTS) is to create 62 new jobs in Limerick as part of an IDA-supported investment. The new Planned Solution Centre will support...Categories: IT Management, Global CIO, Enterprise Applications, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO -
Trilogy Technologies listed among world’s top managed service providers News
21.02.2013 Dublin-based Trilogy Technologies has been listed in the Nine Lives MSPmentor 501, a distinguished list and report identifying the world’s top managed service providers. -
Ireland’s Dept of Social Protection cited as a change leader in global IT report News
12.02.2013 It may sound incredible to the ears of recession-weary citizens of a country paying a higher price than their neighbours for Europe’s debt mountain, but an Irish Government... -
Revealed: IT contractors’ handsome wages, and recruiters’ lucrative fees News
15.01.2013 A typical Dublin-based Java developer on a six-month contract will earn €52,200 during the course of the contract while the recruitment agency that placed him or her will earn...Categories: Web, Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, IT Management, IT Consulting, Internet, Global CIO, Financial, Contract, Consultant, CIO, Apps -
IT security pros say firms most vulnerable to attack during Xmas holidays News
21.12.2012 Businesses are more vulnerable to attack than ever during the Christmas holidays, a survey of IT security and business professionals believe.Categories: CIO, Data Management, Digital Business, Global CIO, IT Management, Leadership & Management, Risk Management, Security, Servers -
IT professionals fear loss of control when it comes to cloud computing News
21.12.2012 IT professionals are still being deterred by the perceived risks of cloud computing with loss of control one of their biggest worries, a global study of 4,500 IT professionals... -
TDs told to buy their own iPads, Leinster House to drop support for BlackBerrys News
14.12.2012 Although a tender to buy 300 iPads for Ireland's TDs and senators has been scrapped, the Oireachtas Commission has confirmed to Siliconrepublic.com that it has come up with a... -
Mandiant to create 100 new IT security jobs in Dublin News
10.12.2012 Specialist IT security solutions company Mandiant is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin with the establishment of an engineering and security operations centre in the city. -
Big data firm Cloudera raises US$65m and plans to open European HQ in London News
07.12.2012 Cloudera, the Palo Alto, California, company that distributes Hadoop-based software to help companies analyse big data, has raised US$65m in a new funding round, while the... -
Amazon and Eircom form strategic cloud alliance News
28.11.2012 Cloud giant Amazon has revealed a strategic relationship has been agreed between it and Irish telecoms player Eircom. The deal, announced at Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) inaugural...Categories: Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Global CIO, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre, CIO -
Wipro takes lead in Greenpeace green electronics listing, followed by HP News
20.11.2012 Indian tech company Wipro has taken the top spot in the latest green electronics listing from Greenpeace in which 16 global IT companies have been ranked by the campaign group...Categories: Software, Mobile, IT Organisation, Hardware, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, ERP & Supply Chain Management, Energy, Consumer Tech -
IDA Ireland’s Pat Howlin: building a cloud ecosystem (video) News
09.11.2012 IDA Ireland’s senior vice-president in charge of ICT Pat Howlin says Ireland is building a considerable ecosystem around the cloud in order to be in an unassailable position to...Tags: Cloud Computing, Big Data, Infrastructure, Data centres, Energy, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, EMC, HP, Intel, Apple, IDA Ireland -
IT security fails to keep pace with the rise of cloud computing News
05.11.2012 In the past year, 85pc of organisations have seen an increase in cyberattacks and while the cloud continues to be one of the main drivers of business model innovation, security... -
25 new jobs at IT security firm Integrity Solutions News
01.11.2012 Irish IT security firm Integrity Solutions is to create 25 new jobs in Ireland and the UK. The company reported a 27pc increase in revenues to €9.2m in 2012 and expects turnover... -
HP’s cloud CTO: ‘It’s time for CIOs to embrace opportunities of the cloud’ News
26.10.2012 Instead of resisting change and viewing cloud computing trends as a threat, CIOs need to start building services for their organisations and focus on protecting their... -
Trend Micro’s Anthony O’Mara: firms need to get the balance right on public vs private cloud (video) News
26.10.2012 As one of the major enablers of security over today’s cloud infrastructure, Trend Micro has played a key role in defending the internet, as well as individuals’ and businesses’...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, IT Consulting, Internet, Global CIO, Digital Business, Data Management, Consumer Tech, CIO -
Digital Planet’s Brian Larkin on how the cloud infrastructure firm plans to go global (video) News
22.10.2012 Cloud infrastructure services company Digital Planet is planning to launch its services into the US, UK and mainland European technology markets in the coming months, the... -
Dublin firm Mobile PC Monitor to create 11 new jobs as international expansion begins News
17.10.2012 Mobile PC Monitor, a Dublin-headquartered company headed by a software entrepreneur, is to create 11 new jobs after signing an agreement with Dutch company Secom to distribute...Categories: Virtualisation, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Global CIO, Digital Business, Computers, CIO, Business Software, Business Intelligence