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Deloitte to create 177 jobs in Belfast News
07.05.2013 Business consultancy Deloitte is to create 177 new jobs over the next three years at its Belfast Technology Studio, on the back of a stg£1.2m investment from Invest NI in the... -
Weekend news roundup: Intel reveals low-power Silvermont chip design, US probes IBM over bribery claims News
07.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, Intel's ‘Silvermont’ chip design focuses on mobile, the US Justice Department is investigating IBM over bribery... -
SMEs and job creation the focus of Dublin meeting of EU Enterprise ministers News
03.05.2013 EU Enterprise and Innovation ministers are in Dublin today for a series of talks on how SMEs could hold the key to creating jobs and drive European growth. -
MicksGarage.com reveals €2.3m investment and 65 new jobs News
02.05.2013 Irish car parts and accessories e-commerce retailer MicksGarage.com is to create 65 new jobs over the next two years on the back of a €2.3m investment to expand the business. -
FeedHenry raises €7m in funding, to create more than 100 new jobs News
02.05.2013 Waterford-headquartered cloud and mobile software player FeedHenry has secured €7m in a funding round led by Intel Capital. The injection of funding will lead to the creation of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Enterprise Applications, Digital Business, Apps -
Vodafone begins bringing 3G to voice-only areas; launches new enterprise group News
01.05.2013 Ahead of the launch of 4G and enabled by winning its share of the spectrum auctions last year, Vodafone Ireland’s new CEO Anne O’Leary has announced the first locations where... -
New social network for businesses SunZu plans 1m members by end of 2013 News
29.04.2013 Successful UK businessman Lyndon Wood has established a new social network called SunZu that will be headquartered in Dublin. Just months in action, the social network, which...Categories: Social Media, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business -
New Glanbia dairy facility set to create 1,600 jobs News
30.04.2013 Dairy ingredients company Glanbia Ingredients Ireland has announced its plan to build a new dairy facility in Belview on the Kilkenny/Waterford border that is expected to create... -
Intel’s first Irish female VP helps engineer the future News
30.04.2013 Picture the scene: it is the mid-1980s at University College Cork (UCC) and a lecture hall fills with engineering students. Initially, nothing looks out of the ordinary except...Categories: Leadership & Management, Investments, Engineering, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Goal to attract wind-energy players to set up €7bn supply chain in Ireland’s midlands News
30.04.2013 Manufacturers of wind-turbine components and transmission technology are meeting today in Tullamore, Co Offaly, to discuss the potential of setting up a local supply chain in... -
Facebook’s Dublin expansion may create about 300 jobs - reports News
30.04.2013 A major expansion of Facebook’s European headquarters in Dublin may create about 300 jobs. The social networking giant has reached a €3.5m agreement to rent space in the Daniel... -
Irish start-up Trustev to compete in TechCrunch Disrupt NYC finals News
29.04.2013 A young Irish tech company out of Cork called Trustev, which specialises in social fingerprinting technology, has been named as one of the 30 finalists competing for the coveted...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Security, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Tech All Stars competition seeks Europe’s hottest start-ups News
29.04.2013 The European Commission has launched the second edition of its Tech All Stars competition to recognise some of Europe’s most promising technology start-ups. Twelve start-ups... -
Irish biopharma firm Opsona Therapeutics raises €33m to develop lead product News
29.04.2013 Opsona Therapeutics, an Irish drug development company that is pioneering new treatments for inflammatory diseases, has raised €33m in Series C financing that it will use to... -
Seedcorn contest for start-ups launches with €280k fund News
29.04.2013 InterTradeIreland has launched this year’s all-island Seedcorn competition for start-ups and early stage ventures. In all, a prize fund worth €280,000 will be divided up amongst... -
100 entrepreneurs challenged to launch start-up ideas within 48 hours News
26.04.2013 The Guinness Enterprise Centre in Dublin will throw down an interesting gauntlet for 100 entrepreneurs at its Launch48 weekend in June – devise and launch a start-up idea within... -
Scotland reveals stg£15m fund to invest in deep-water wind turbines News
26.04.2013 The Scottish government has announced a new stg£15m fund that will be used to help develop prototype foundations for deep-water offshore wind turbines. -
The five minute CIO: Vincent Richardson News
26.04.2013 Concern Worldwide’s CIO explains how it uses leading-edge technology to communicate with aid workers in some of the globe’s most remote locations.Categories: CIO, Communications, Enterprise, Internet, Investments, IT Management, Leadership & Management, Management, MobileTags: Concern Worldwide, global , IT Services, ICT, Email, Bandwidth, Videoconferencing, Collaboration, BYOD -
DCU reveals new fast track patents for entrepreneurs – plans to take 1pc of royalties News
26.04.2013 To coincide with World Intellectual Property Day, Dublin City University (DCU) is embarking on a fast-track DCU Licence Express Scheme to make selected patent innovations... -
Colt connects Cork to mainland Europe via 43,000 km fibre network News
25.04.2013 The city of Cork’s digital aspirations have been given a welcome boost with the news that global data network operator Colt has connected the city to mainland Europe via its...