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FRIACO available by 25 June, says Ahern News
27.03.2003 Minister for Communications, the Marine and Natural Resources, Dermot Ahern TD has said that he expects flat-rate internet access (FRIACO) to be available to the retail customer...Categories: CIOTags: FRIACO -
SkillSoft brings e-learning to Deutsche Post News
27.03.2003 E-learning firm SkillSoft has begun the first stage of a multi-phase e-learning initiative at Deutsche Post World Net that will encompass over 320,000 employees of Deutsche Post.Tags: deals, -
ALTO and the slow road to deregulation News
27.03.2003 The creation of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators (ALTO) was umbilically linked to the deregulation of the Irish telecoms market here in the late Nineties. Before...Categories: CIOTags: ALTO, Deregulation -
Oracle and Dell in major middleware pact News
27.03.2003 GENEVA - The second largest software company in the world and the second largest computer hardware company in the world - Oracle and Dell, respectively - are to announce the...Tags: Database -
Standards are the key to m-payments, says Perera News
27.03.2003 Standards – both technical and business-to-business – are the key to the growth of the mobile payments market. This is what Raomal Perera, CEO of software firm Network365, told...Categories: CIOTags: M-business, M-Commerce -
Technology crisis in schools News
27.03.2003 With among the highest ratios of computers to pupils in Europe and a €340m spend on information and communications technology (ICT) projects that have delivered high-speed...Tags: Education -
Eircom to launch self-install DSL News
26.03.2003 Eircom is preparing to launch a new self-install ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) service that could result in significantly cheaper ADSL connections for consumers and... -
Portable PC pioneer dies News
25.03.2003 Adam Osborne, a Thai-born, Indian-reared Briton, who would eventually become one of the kings of Silicon Valley, has died in India at the age of 64.Categories: CIO -
Anti war, pro sales News
25.03.2003 Madonna and REM, quite possibly with wholly different motives, have both brought out anti-war singles online and in the case of the Material Girl has broken a little bit of...Tags: MP3, -
McDowell site dismisses Orwellian data fears News
25.03.2003 Justice Minister Michael McDowell has published a new website as part of the consultation process on the proposed Telecommunications (Retention of Data) Bill, which has raised... -
€3.2m project to connect 3,500 students, teachers News
24.03.2003 A €3.2m public private partnership (PPP) project to provide voice and data connectivity to more than 3,500 secondary school students and teachers throughout Ireland has just...Tags: -
Payrolls made easy News
24.03.2003 For any business, from the smallest to the largest, the payroll is one of the most important administrative tasks.Categories: Government, CIOTags: Software, -
€1.26m fine for defaulting on Eircom DSL deal News
24.03.2003 Telcos that seek to provide bitstream ADSL access by availing of Eircom’s wholesale rates agreed recently with the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) will face a...Categories: Digital Life, CIO -
Microsoft defends subscription policy News
21.03.2003 Microsoft’s Irish management has defended the company against criticism following research that alleges its new subscription-like software licensing model has resulted in 60pc... -
Belgian group beats rivals to win .eu contract News
21.03.2003 A high-profile Irish consortium bidding for the right to run the European domain name registry has failed in its efforts to secure the highly sought-after contract.Categories: CIO, GovernmentTags: domain names, EU -
Rococo helps Trinity free up computer labs News
21.03.2003 Dublin-based software firm Rococo, which specialises in developing Bluetooth wireless applications, is working on a novel project that will help Trinity College Dublin free up... -
Online news services braced for war News
21.03.2003 As the first shots were fired in the US/UK-led attack on Iraq, news and military websites on both sides of the Atlantic have been experiencing substantial if not massive...Categories: Digital Life, CIOTags: -
Pigsback.com brings home the bacon News
20.03.2003 The trend towards profitability among some of Ireland’s leading websites continues with the news that relationship marketing site Pigsback.com is on target to meet its growth...Tags: -
UTV Internet announces flat-rate access News
20.03.2003 Irish internet service provider (ISP) UTV Internet has announced that it will shortly be introducing a flat-rate 'all time' internet service for Republic of Ireland customers.Categories: CIOTags: ISP,