Communications technology giant Alcatel-Lucent has plotted a future direction for the cloud specifically in terms of software-defined networking to ensure that the networks keep up with advances in the data centre.
04.Apr.2013 17:34
In 1985, long before ownership of personal computers was commonplace, a young American software company called Microsoft set up a manufacturing operation in Dublin, where workers would pack little blue plastic disks and manuals into cardboard boxes and they would be shipped off around the world to be sold in computer shops.
02.Apr.2013 12:47
Today is the third annual World Backup Day, devised by Youngstown State University student Ismail Jadun to occur the day before 1 April, reminding us all not to be a fool and to back-up our files.
31.Mar.2013 09:09
As cloud computing matures and its reach within business continues, some signs are emerging through the fog about what the future holds for IT. Market watcher Ovum has forecast what a very changed technology landscape will look like by 2020. Closer to home, technology entrepreneur Robert Baker has posited a view of how the sector might look after a shakeout among the current crop of tech giants.
29.Mar.2013 10:27
ICT firm Datapac says it secured €2.8m in managed services contracts with public and private-sector organisations last year.
27.Mar.2013 10:36
Campion Insurance Group has invested in a virtualised private cloud rollout with ICT provider Trilogy Technologies to modernise its IT systems with a cloud system that joins up its 100-strong workforce across 10 locations in Ireland and the UK.
23.Mar.2013 10:45
TelecityGroup’s Irish data centre division has become the first data centre operator in Ireland to achieve the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, which has been developed by the world’s major credit card providers.
20.Mar.2013 12:08
Cloud-based customer service software platform Zendesk’s European data centre in Dublin has been officially launched. The facility will employ 30 people.
20.Mar.2013 11:48
More details are emerging around HP’s cloud strategy, after the company added to its list of cloud partners with the signing of BT Engage IT and talked up its use of OpenStack architecture.
19.Mar.2013 16:49
Fast-moving cloud player Dropbox revealed a new acquisition that indicates its destiny lies in the direction of the mobile cloud with the purchase of mobile mail start-up Mailbox. This is in addition to other recent acquisitions that include mobile cloud music service Audiogalaxy, tablet advertising platform TapEngage and photo service Snapjoy.
16.Mar.2013 09:25
If data is going to be the oil of the 21st century, business leaders will need an edge when it comes to capitalising on opportunities in big data. Tech giants EMC and SAS have joined forces with the Irish Management Institute (IMI) and University College Cork (UCC) to create a new master’s degree in data business and a diploma in data business.
15.Mar.2013 10:52
The Irish Government is making an initial €1m investment in a new Dublin technology centre in data analytics called CeADAR, the Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research, to leverage the high-growth area that is data analytics and the potential to create jobs.
15.Mar.2013 09:52
Netflix has launched the Netflix Cloud Prize competition in Github, which has US$100,000 available in prize money to challenge developers around the world to improve the features, usability, quality, reliability and security of cloud computing.
15.Mar.2013 07:12
In what it describes as a process of spring cleaning, Google is to retire a number of core internet and cloud products, including its popular RSS service Google Reader.
14.Mar.2013 06:45
Virtualisation and cloud infrastructure player VMware has appointed Bill Fathers as senior vice-president and general manager of VMware’s new Hybrid Cloud Services business unit.
14.Mar.2013 06:00
Technology giant HP has won a major contract with the European Commission to supply HP Integrity servers to support critical workloads, including database-intensive applications and other critical environments, across multiple EU countries.
13.Mar.2013 10:50
