17.02.2012 More than two-thirds of European IT decision makers rate cloud computing as a priority today, but the same old challenges remain: 45pc say security is a barrier to adoption and...
14.02.2012 Video of Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte's speech in Dublin yesterday, where he outlines Ireland's potential to be the home of cloud computing and big data.
22.02.2012 Trilogy in fifth annual MSPmentor 100 Global Edition
21.02.2012 Microsoft has submitted app to Apple for approval, reports say
14.02.2012 Ireland could lead in Big Data
13.02.2012 Govt collaboration with EMC, Cisco, VCE, VMware and the IDA
More than two-thirds of European IT decision makers rate cloud computing as a priority today, but the same old challenges remain: 45pc say security is a barrier to adoption and 40pc are wary of being locked into a single provider.
Video of Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte's speech in Dublin yesterday, where he outlines Ireland's potential to be the home of cloud computing and big data.
If the vision comes to fruition, a little country like Ireland could emerge as the home of big data. The Government of Ireland and data storage giant EMC, along with Cisco, VCE, VMware and the IDA revealed plans to create a major cloud innovation centre.
A new diploma in cloud strategy is aiming to help people tap into Ireland's cloud-based innovation. University College Cork (UCC) and the Irish Management Institute (IMI) have just announced the course, which they are jointly developing with Microsoft Ireland.
Irish web content management software (WCM) company pTools has won a €200,000 contract with Capital Management Insurance of Bermuda to help it transform pensions and annuity management through online applications.
Educational publisher CJ Fallon will offer its schoolbooks through the cloud on the Windows Azure Programme, claiming it will save parents up to 25pc of the cost of textbooks per student.
Google is reportedly planning to release a cloud storage service called Drive to rival Dropbox, letting users store their files online which can be retrieved from multiple devices, such as PCs and smartphones.
Business software player Sage is encouraging business owners to experience cloud computing for themselves by taking part in free online trials. The company is bringing most of its core products to the cloud.
EMC and Cisco have forged a joint venture to deliver a 'quick start' cloud computing package for SMEs.
Adobe will be expanding its cloud services capabilities for the European market via operations in Ireland as part of an existing partnership with Amazon Web Services.
Coffee and tea distributor Robert Roberts and its wine and spirits subsidiary Findlaters has invested in a new disaster recovery and virtualisation system.
Accountancy software player Sage has launched what it claims is the first payroll system to sit in the cloud. The web-based Sage One Payroll system was developed by Sage's Dublin R&D team.
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17.02.2012 More than two-thirds of European IT decision makers rate cloud computing as a priority today, but the same old challenges remain: 45pc say security is a barrier to adoption and 40pc are wary of being locked into a single provider.
14.02.2012 Video of Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte's speech in Dublin yesterday, where he outlines Ireland’s potential to be the home of cloud computing and big data.
13.02.2012 A new diploma in cloud strategy is aiming to help people tap into Ireland’s cloud-based innovation. University College Cork (UCC) and the Irish Management Institute (IMI) have just announced the course, which they are jointly developing with Microsoft Ireland.
10.02.2012 Irish web content management software (WCM) company pTools has won a €200,000 contract with Capital Management Insurance of Bermuda to help it transform pensions and annuity management through online applications.
01.12.2011 Increasing numbers of Irish office workers have better technology at home - better broadband and better computers, for a start - than in the workplace and the demands of modern lives ought to make flexible working both at home and on the move a reasonably viable option.
08.02.2012 Business software player Sage is encouraging business owners to experience cloud computing for themselves by taking part in free online trials. The company is bringing most of its core products to the cloud.
