Europe has no unified digital market because it has effectively 27 conflicting sets of data protection rules, impeding retailers who want to reach Europe’s 500m citizens, the European Union’s Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding told Siliconrepublic.com. Reding is proposing a single set of data rules for the EU.
25.Sep.2012 15:01
Here’s Dublin Lord Mayor Mr Naoise Ó Muirí’s opening address at the Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin on 21 September.
21.Sep.2012 16:40
UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s ambassador to London’s TechCity Ben Hammersley gave a lively keynote speech at the Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin today. As well as being an ambassador to London’s equivalent of Silicon Valley, Hammersley is editor-at-large of Wired magazine in the UK.
21.Sep.2012 16:02
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s ambassador to TechCity in London Ben Hammersley threw the cat among the pigeons at the Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin, warning that companies like Google and Facebook are actually contributing to a drain of talent that flows directly to Silicon Valley.
21.Sep.2012 12:20
Watch opinion leader and influencer in digital communications Neville Hobson’s keynote address at today’s Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin.
21.Sep.2012 11:15
The massive changes being wrought by social media and how the technology can drive efficiency and forge closer ties with customers needs to be embraced by C-level leadership, not just marketers and PR people, digital media expert Neville Hobson told the Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin this morning. He also warned that the hype cycle behind technologies like NFC and LTE will result in consumer disappointment.
21.Sep.2012 10:35
Dublin City is to roll out free public Wi-Fi at 20 parks and locations across the city in mid-October during Innovation Week, the Lord Mayor of Dublin Mr Naoise Ó Muirí told the Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin this morning.
21.Sep.2012 09:06
Ireland's digital leaders will be joined by international speakers to discuss Ireland's opportunities and challenges in the age of the connected consumer, at a forum hosted by Silicon Republic.
21.Sep.2012 07:30
Lord Mayor Naoise Ó Muirí will give the opening address at the third Digital Ireland Forum on Friday, September 21, in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin.
19.Sep.2012 17:09
By 2016, more people will be connected wirelessly than via wired technology and the implications for businesses in Ireland already playing catch-up with e-commerce needs to be understood, the managing director of TelecityGroup in Ireland Maurice Mortell says.
19.Sep.2012 16:46
Intel vice-president Martin Curley says that the ailing health industry needs to focus more on using digital technologies to increase efficiencies and cut costs. On average, he says the healthcare sector worldwide commits just 1.5pc of its spend to IT, compared with 15pc to 20pc in most business sectors.
18.Sep.2012 13:38
Now that goals have been set for Ireland’s national broadband strategy, BT Ireland CEO Colm O’Neill stresses that this is an opportunity to move in concert to boost efficiency and quality in other areas like education and healthcare. We must not shirk our broadband responsibility, he warns.
12.Sep.2012 11:57
The managing director of Ireland's RTÉ Digital, Múirne Laffan, says that in terms of a national broadcaster embracing the digital future, the key is to ensure technological shifts transcend the organisation. It’s working. Already almost 60pc of the broadcaster’s content available online is consumed on mobile devices, which compares with 25pc for the BBC and 27pc for The Guardian.
10.Sep.2012 06:34
Accenture technology and media expert Daniel Adams has been added to a stellar line-up at our Digital Ireland Forum on 21 September that includes writer and broadcaster Ben Hammersley and digital communications expert Neville Hobson, as well as many of Ireland’s top tech CEOs and experts.
07.Sep.2012 12:57
From his vantage point at one of Ireland’s top digital agencies, Tibus director Andrew Maybin has his finger on the pulse of how firms are handling the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. He says reaching the connected consumer begins from within the business and being prepared for sweeping changes being brought by cloud computing and big data.
06.Sep.2012 17:58
John Kennedy talks to Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte about the new National Broadband Strategy, which aims to deliver high-speed broadband to homes and firms across the country by 2015. A realist, Rabbitte warns there is much work to be done to achieve these goals.
04.Sep.2012 12:44
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