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Can Ireland be the European capital of cloud computing? News
19.07.2012 With frequent jobs announcements in the tech arena, Ireland is capturing more than its fair share of global cloud investments. John Kennedy talks to IDA Ireland’s head of ICT... -
Why are more and more businesses moving to the cloud? (infographic) News
19.07.2012 More companies now see cloud computing as an integral part of their IT strategy, independent research commissioned by Cisco for its annual CloudWatch report recently revealed,... -
Global IT spending to hit US$3.6trn this year, says Gartner News
09.07.2012 Worldwide IT spending is set to reach US$3.6trn in 2012, up 3pc from last year. This has been revised upwards from the 2.5pc projected in the last quarter, according to Gartner.Categories: Virtualisation, Storage, Servers, Security, Management, IT Organisation, IT Management, IT Consulting, Investments, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, CIO -
On the case: Largo Foods cuts downtime and improves performance with move to virtual DR News
06.07.2012 Largo Foods owns some of Ireland’s most iconic snack brands, including Tayto, Hunky Dorys, King Crisps and Perri. It manufactures and distributes a variety of snack foods,... -
BT signs €850,000 cloud computing deal with Tourism Ireland News
05.07.2012 Tourism Ireland has moved the majority of its IT operations to a private cloud based in BT’s Dublin data centre. The five-year deal worth €850,000 will reduce the tourism... -
Irish cloud test player Shenick expands its presence in Silicon Valley News
04.07.2012 Capitalising on opportunities in the market for cloud-based testing, Dublin technology company Shenick, a specialist in IP and 4G networks, is to expand its office in...Categories: Virtualisation, Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Investments, Data Management, CIO -
Dell acquires Quest Software for an estimated US$2.4bn News
02.07.2012 IT giant Dell has signed an agreement to acquire Quest Software for US$2.4bn. The acquisition – which expands Dell’s software capabilities in systems management, security, data... -
University College Cork builds cloud incubator for SMBs with Dell and VMware News
28.06.2012 Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may find an easier route to cloud computing via a new cloud incubator designed to avoid large upfront costs and complexities that can... -
Consumers will store more than third of digital content in cloud by 2016 - Gartner News
27.06.2012 The desire to share content and to access it on multiple devices will lead consumers to storing a third of their digital content in the cloud by 2016, Gartner, Inc, reports. The... -
Cloud computing player Let’s Operate is recruiting 25 Irish resellers News
25.06.2012 Cloud computing player Let’s Operate, which works in the hosted virtual desktop space, is in the process of recruiting 25 Irish resellers to roll out its service. -
WorldDesk adds Spotify and Angry Birds apps to consumer platform News
07.06.2012 WorldDesk, the Belfast cloud start-up that was acquired by the California-based desktop virtualisation software provider DeskStream earlier this year, has brought out its first...Tags: Dropbox, Mobile Working, USB, Smartphone, OS, Windows, Adobe, TweetDeck, Angry Birds, Spotify, Virtualisation, Desktop, Apps, Cloud -
Call for input into cloud research News
07.06.2012 CIOs and other C-level managers can contribute to new research that aims to measure the perceived challenges and barriers of cloud services for SMEs. -
Rehab enables remote learning for 5,000 students through virtualisation News
06.06.2012 The Rehab National Learning Network has deployed virtualisation technology from Citrix to help design its training delivery system. -
The Virtual Computing Forum 2012 agenda News
01.06.2012 What's happening when at the Virtual Computing Forum 2012. -
The five minute CIO: Gary Merrigan News
01.06.2012 Welcome to the latest in a series of exclusive interviews on Siliconrepublic.com, where IT leaders share their thoughts on technology trends and strategy. This week, we talk to...Categories: Virtualisation, Mobility, Leadership & Management, IT Management, CIO, Careers and Employment -
Performance worry main hindrance to cloud adoption - survey News
01.06.2012 Performance concerns are the biggest inhibitors to enterprises adopting cloud services, research by Alcatel-Lucent suggests. -
MBO at Maxima Ireland, becomes part of Zinopy News
15.05.2012 Virtualisation and cloud computing firm Maxima Ireland’s management team have led a management buyout of the company in a deal supported by security firm Zinopy. Maxima Ireland... -
Irish electricity provider deploys Citrix technology to empower its workforce News
10.05.2012 Dublin Bay Power Plant (DBPP) has rolled out a Citrix cloud services environment to help support its growing IT infrastructure – ultimately allowing staff to work more...