Categorised as: IT Organisation & News
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EMC acquires Israeli start-up XtremIO, reportedly for US$430m News
11.05.2012 Data storage giant EMC has announced it has acquired the privately held flash storage start-up XtremIO. While it has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal, reports are...Categories: Deals Done, Data Management, Data Centre, Investments, IT Organisation, Mergers & Acquisitions -
DPC investigated record number of data complaints in 2011 News
30.04.2012 The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC)’s office opened 1,161 complaints for investigation in 2011, a record number compared to its last milestone of 783 in 2010, according to... -
WWW inventor: HTML5 will make Minority Report look like child’s play News
24.04.2012 The way Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, describes it, the internet revolution of the last 20 or so years that we all take for granted today was a near-accident...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, IT Organisation, Internet, CIO -
Microsoft/Amarach cloud index claims small firms growing via cloud News
23.04.2012 Smaller companies in the Irish economy are attributing job creation directly to the adoption of cloud computing and 35pc of firms have implemented cloud, according to the...Categories: Software & Web Development, Servers, IT Organisation, IT Management, Hardware, Economy, Digital Business, Data Centre, CIO -
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 -
75pc of Irish organisations have adopted cloud, claims PwC News
12.04.2012 Three quarters of Ireland’s CIOs and IT directors have already adopted a cloud computing strategy, a survey of Irish CIOs and IT directors by PricewaterhouseCoopers claims. -
IBM’s new approach to system design will simplify cloud computing News
11.04.2012 IBM has unleashed a new era of simpler computing with the launch of a new “expert integrated systems” paradigm called PureSystems that is the result of a US$2bn R&D drive and...Categories: Systems, Servers, IT Organisation, IT Management, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO, Architecture -
Yahoo! to hold an organisation reshuffle meeting next Tuesday? News
06.04.2012 Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is apparently planning to brief staff next Tuesday about his long-term vision for the ailing internet company, Reuters reports.Categories: Web, IT Organisation, IT Management, Internet, In the Workplace, Financial Results, eCommerce -
Free tech event to get students thinking about start-ups News
02.04.2012 A free technology event called Connector is taking place this Wednesday in Dublin to get third-level students all fired up about opting for the start-up route after they... -
The latest project management positions from our Jobs Board News
23.03.2012 We take a look at the latest project management jobs listed on our Jobs Board, powered by Zartis. -
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... -
Lack of experienced Irish graduates to fill IT jobs, recruitment firm says News
22.03.2012 While the IT industry is thriving in spite of the recession, a lack of experienced Irish graduates has forced recruitment company Software Placements to look to Europe to fill... -
IDA reveals stats on Ireland’s FDI record (infographic) News
20.03.2012 IDA Ireland has created an infographic to showcase some of the key industry sectors such as ICT, pharma, life sciences, digital and social media, plus gaming, that are... -
Tech start-up of the week: Von Bismark News
18.03.2012 Our featured tech start-up this week is Von Bismark, a Dublin-based venture that is aiming to be a game-changer in the online shopping space. Drawing upon the Microsoft Kinect’s... -
Minister accents tech and science links between Ireland and Sweden News
16.03.2012 With today’s CSO figures indicating that exports of Irish-owned companies increased by 12pc to €210m in 2011, Minister for Small Business John Perry, TD, was in Stockholm this... -
TerminalFour achieves strong global growth spurt News
15.03.2012 Dublin-based web-content management company TerminalFour has secured €3.6m worth of new business in emerging markets in 2011, having expanded into five continents and creating... -
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 -
55pc of companies plan to hire in 2012 – survey News
06.03.2012 A survey that looked at the hiring patterns of 100 companies across the IT, finance, pharmaceutical and service sectors in 2012 has revealed that 55pc of the surveyed firms are... -
Dublin’s Acquirer Systems opens North America office News
05.03.2012 Payment testing solutions company Acquirer Systems has opened a new North American office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The move will help support its growing customer base in...Categories: Mobile, IT Organisation, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, CIO, Private Irish Business -
Engineers Week kicks off with a maths focus News
27.02.2012 Today is the start of Engineers Week 2012, and the head of Engineers Ireland has zeroed in on maths. According to John Power, parents are really starting to grasp the importance...Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Science, R&D, IT Organisation, Internet, Graduate, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Career AdviceTags: Maths, Technology, Engineering, IT Careers, Ireland, Engineers Ireland, IT, STEM, Junior Cert, Skills February