• DIGITAL 21

  DIGITAL 21 – Time to make Digital Ireland a reality

  01.02.2012 Ireland’s tech leaders campaign for the creation of a truly Digital Ireland

  

• SPECIAL EVENTS

  Digital Ireland Forum 2012 highlights

  Ireland's tech leaders discuss the country's opportunity in the next economy

  

• COMMUNICATIONS

  Magnet buys UK FTTH player Velocity 1

  08.05.2012 Magnet Networks also reveals fibre deal with Sky to provide TV services

  

• INTERNET

  One of internet's founding fathers Vint Cerf in Dublin

  26.04.2012 Economic future tied to "internet of things", Google's Vint Cerf says

  

• R&D

  US deploys open data standards created in Ireland

  26.04.2012 US government agencies adopt web tools and standards developed at DERI

  

Latest News

• 75pc of economic growth by non-ICT firms attributed to internet 16.05.2012

  Noting a recent report for the European Commission by McKinsey which states that 75pc of economic growth attributed to the internet relates to traditional non-ICT sectors, Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte urged business leaders to get their firms online.

• Broadband in Ireland equals jobs in Ireland 10.05.2012

  There is an intrinsic link between broadband rollout and local job creation. Local authorities must realise this as Ireland approaches a National Broadband Strategy.

• Rabbitte reveals report of Next Generation Task Force (video) 02.05.2012

  Here’s a video of Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte’s speech as he launched the first report of the Next Generation Task Force. In July Minister Rabbitte intends to reveal a new national broadband strategy.

• Broadband urgency as Ireland hurtles towards a damaging digital divide 02.05.2012

  The stakes have never been higher. Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte today confirmed the National Broadband Strategy that will be published in July will contain capital spend (capex) targets for the telecoms industry and the Government, which will shore up any shortfall. But will this arrest a looming digital divide that will hurt Ireland’s economy?

• Build and they’ll dot.com 19.04.2012

  Digital infrastructure is vital to Ireland. With visionary insight, Diane Hodnett spearheaded the $15m CeltixConnect fibre gateway linking Ireland with the UK.

• Open Ireland: winning the battle for global talent 17.04.2012

  Arising out of the response to his keynote at Silicon Republic’s Digital Ireland Forum in March, tech entrepreneur and investor Sean O’Sullivan is the force behind a new advocacy movement called Open Ireland, which champions Ireland’s future as a hub for tech talent.

• Sound, vision and fury 12.04.2012

  Ongoing debates about digital media, copyright reform, piracy and internet freedom are just ‘raindrops’ in a much bigger flood that is about to hit the internet.

• Broadband rollout ‘single most important investment’ for job creation 29.03.2012

  Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has clearly grasped a point that his predecessors in times of plenty have failed to grasp. He said today that the nationwide rollout of fast broadband in Ireland over the next three years will be the single most important investment needed to secure future jobs in the local economy.

• China’s gateway to Europe: Ireland 29.03.2012

  Tech investor and Dragons’ Den star Sean O’Sullivan says that if Ireland wants to be the Silicon Valley of Europe, it must start by opening the door to China.

• #DIF12 – ‘Ireland can be the innovation hub for big data revolution’ 26.03.2012

  Ireland has taken first mover advantage in the emerging space of big data and when combined with the country’s edge in cloud computing there’s a chance to make the country the innovation power hose for big data, EMC’s country manager Jason Ward told the Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin on Friday.

• #DIF12 – Infrastructure is key to reaping rewards of big data 26.03.2012

  Ireland must invest in the next generation of digital infrastructure to enable the country to steal a march and sustain its present edge in the emerging big data world, the CEO of Sea Fibre Networks Diane Hodnett told the Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin on Friday.

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