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Intel’s Leixlip plant chosen to produce its next-gen 14nm chips News
24.05.2012 Intel president Paul Ottelini has confirmed that Intel Ireland’s Leixlip plant is one of three global sites that has been chosen to produce its future 14 nanometer (nm) chips.Tags: Intel, Eamonn Sinnott, -
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 -
28pc of businesses in Ireland move to desktop virtualisation News
01.05.2012 Consumerisation of IT in the Irish workplace is being made possible through the move to desktop virtualisation. According to a new Citrix survey, 28pc of Irish businesses are... -
Minister Richard Bruton on FDI trade mission to US News
30.04.2012 Minister Richard Bruton is on day two of a five-day trade mission to the US, where he is meeting with 19 companies – mainly in the tech and life-sciences areas – to talk about...Categories: Science, Marketing, Life Sciences, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Global CIO, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Ireland’s first Angel MeetUp brings start-ups and investors together News
18.04.2012 Ireland’s first ever Angel MeetUp took place in Dublin this morning, with the city’s tech hub, Barrow Street, abuzz with both experienced angel investors, start-ups and nascent...Categories: Web, Software Development, Science, R&D, IT Organisation, Investments, Internet, Global CIO, Financial, Economy, Deals Done, CIO -
Interactive maths app named Webby Awards honoree News
16.04.2012 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has been named an official honoree in the Experimental & Innovation category in the upcoming Webby Awards for its Fuse app to help school kids...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Software & Web Development, Mobile, Internet, Global CIO, Education, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Google’s Sergey Brin warns of demise of open internet News
16.04.2012 Google co-founder Sergey Brin has hit out against giants such as Apple and Facebook, as well as the rising threat of governments trying to control people’s web access, resulting... -
TCD computer scientist gets top innovation accolade News
12.04.2012 Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has presented its 2012 Innovation Award to computer scientist and technology entrepreneur Dr Gerard Lacey. -
Major DDoS attack upsurge hits financial services firms News
11.04.2012 Financial services firms are the latest sector to come under fire from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks globally, with a 3,000pc increase in malicious packet traffic... -
Microsoft warns businesses that support for XP will end in 2014 News
10.04.2012 Microsoft has warned businesses that in the next two years it will be ending support for the popular Windows XP and Office 2003 families.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Security, Operating Systems, IT Management, Global CIO, CIO -
Students win TechnoDen prize for VisualEyes invention News
02.04.2012 A group of transition-year students have won the TechnoDen competition in Cork for their VisualEyes product, a portable visual aid that’s based on echolocation.Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Graduate, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Computers, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Irish academic awarded honorary professorship in China News
30.03.2012 Prof Diarmuid Hegarty, the president of Griffith College, has been awarded an honorary professorship from the Beijing Information, Science and Technology University in China.... -
BT makes multi-million euro investment in Dublin cloud data centre News
28.03.2012 Global telecoms giant BT is expanding its Dublin data centre as part of a multi-million euro investment that will see the addition of 5,500 sq feet of data centre, including 300... -
Sogeti to create 65 new jobs in Dublin and Galway News
27.03.2012 IT consultancy and services provider Sogeti is to expand its Dublin and Galway offices over the next three years with the creation of 65 new jobs. The positions will be a mix of... -
Ireland’s 2020 workplace and new IT demands – Cisco head News
22.03.2012 With one in three students and young professionals apparently now viewing the internet as being as vital as air, water and food, Cisco’s country manager for Ireland Adam Grennan... -
Hackers switch efforts to cloud, social and mobile attacks News
22.03.2012 Better defences are forcing hackers to rethink their tactics by targeting niche IT loopholes, social networks, cloud and mobile devices, IBM says in its X-Force report for 2011....Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Servers, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, IT Management, Global CIO, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO -
Angry Birds Space lands today News
22.03.2012 Angry Birds Space is out now for PC, Mac, iOS and Android devices, bringing the challenge of zero gravity conditions to the bird-shooting, mega-hit game. -
Netwatch makes US headway in car dealership space News
21.03.2012 Carlow-headquartered protection services company Netwatch is fast making inroads in the US since the opening of its Boston HQ. Falmouth Toyota in Cape Cod has just come on board... -
NUI Maynooth’s IVI expands to the US east coast News
09.03.2012 NUI Maynooth-based Innovation Value Institute (IVI), creator of the IT-CMF framework for CIOs and IT managers, has expanded its operations to the US east coast with the...Categories: IT Organisation, IT Management, IT Consulting, Investments, Global CIO, Data Management, CIOTags: Boston Consulting Group, Ernst & Young, BP, Fujitsu , Microsoft, NUI Maynooth, Intel, IVI, IT-CMF -
ITLG and DCU Ryan Academy to teach entrepreneurship in Ireland and Silicon Valley News
25.01.2012 The Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) and Dublin City University’s Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship are on a mission to advance entrepreneurship in both Ireland and...