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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:14:08 +0000 30 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/img/silicon-republic-logo-144px.gif http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/section/1/business 144 18 In stark contrast to much of the entertainment and leisure sector, gambling via mobile phones will perform strongly in 2009. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11888/business/gambling-is-recession-proof-with-mobile-betting-to-hit-us-3-6bn http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11888/business/gambling-is-recession-proof-with-mobile-betting-to-hit-us-3-6bn Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:10:00 +0000 Business A firm caught illegally distributing digital TV boxes and software codes that would give free access to digital TV channels has been ordered to pay a six-figure sum to UPC Ireland and Nagravision. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11881/business/digital-tv-pirates-to-pay-six-figure-sum-to-upc http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11881/business/digital-tv-pirates-to-pay-six-figure-sum-to-upc Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business A leading Boston-based online retailer, which is ranked among the top-three home goods online retailers in the US, is to create 200 jobs in Galway, it emerged today. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11878/business/200-e-commerce-jobs-for-galway http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11878/business/200-e-commerce-jobs-for-galway Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:05:00 +0000 Business Firms engaging in R&D in Ireland have until 31 December to secure their tax credits for their investments going back to 2004. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11873/business/firms-urged-to-claim-randd-tax-credits-before-deadline http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11873/business/firms-urged-to-claim-randd-tax-credits-before-deadline Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:11:00 +0000 Business BT Business has launched an 'Understanding Green Business Practices' to help Irish SMEs understand how sustainable business practices and ICT can help the world and their bottom line. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11871/business/smes-can-use-tech-to-fight-climate-change http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11871/business/smes-can-use-tech-to-fight-climate-change Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business The best-placed people to invest in start-ups aren't venture capitalists, but are in fact other entrepreneurs, and the Irish Government has urged those who have made it to give the new guys a helping hand. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11868/business/entrepreneurs-urged-to-fund-other-tech-entrepreneurs http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11868/business/entrepreneurs-urged-to-fund-other-tech-entrepreneurs Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:38:00 +0000 Business Irish IT consulting firm IT Force reported a 30pc increase in year-end turnover to €4.5m, which was driven by its managed services and managed resources businesses. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11867/business/it-force-turnover-up-30pc-to-4-5m http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11867/business/it-force-turnover-up-30pc-to-4-5m Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business Scientific digital camera maker Andor Technology has landed a deal worth €3m in original equipment manufacturer (OEM) business in the US. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11866/business/us-expansion-pays-off-for-belfasts-andor-technology http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11866/business/us-expansion-pays-off-for-belfasts-andor-technology Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business Some 24 Irish technology companies made it to this year's Deloitte Fast 500 EMEA listing. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11865/business/24-irish-tech-firms-in-emea-wide-deloitte-fast-500 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11865/business/24-irish-tech-firms-in-emea-wide-deloitte-fast-500 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:04:00 +0000 Business Irish technology firm Pulse Technology has signed a deal worth an estimated €700,000 with Rate Tiger to help hotels in 60 countries worldwide boost their revenues by up to 12pc. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11860/business/celtic-tiger-meets-rate-tiger-for-700-000-global-hotel-deal http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11860/business/celtic-tiger-meets-rate-tiger-for-700-000-global-hotel-deal Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:15:00 +0000 Business Eircom, which had its hopes dashed for the National Broadband Scheme last night, has reported disappointing results for the first quarter of its new financial year, with revenues of €513m flat year-on-year and earnings down 2pc. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11857/business/eircom-earnings-hit-by-economic-downturn http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11857/business/eircom-earnings-hit-by-economic-downturn Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:23:00 +0000 Business Data-centre player Data Electronics has struck a €3m partnership deal with business software and service firm ProStrategy to allow it to deploy software as a service (SaaS) and managed services locally and globally. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11851/cio/data-electronics-in-3m-co-lo-deal-with-prostrategy http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11851/cio/data-electronics-in-3m-co-lo-deal-with-prostrategy Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:13:00 +0000 CIO Apple is being sued by a California technology firm that alleges the technology the iPhone uses to navigate and display certain websites infringes on a patent obtained a month ago. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11850/business/apple-sued-over-alleged-iphone-patent-infringement http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11850/business/apple-sued-over-alleged-iphone-patent-infringement Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:22:00 +0000 Business Social networking darling Twitter is understood to have knocked back Facebook's all-stock bid of US$500m to buy the company. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11846/business/has-twitter-spurned-facebooks-friend-request http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11846/business/has-twitter-spurned-facebooks-friend-request Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:05:00 +0000 Business The merger today between Hibernia Technology Group and Evros - The Computer Centre will create a new company with a combined turnover of over €30m and 80 employees countrywide. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11842/business/merger-will-create-a-30m-irish-technology-powerhouse http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11842/business/merger-will-create-a-30m-irish-technology-powerhouse Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:16:00 +0000 Business Ireland has beaten off stiff competition from other European locations for the decision by entertainment technology player DTS - whose technology is used by virtually ever major movie studio and consumer electronics device maker - to locate its European headquarters in Limerick. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11839/business/digital-entertainment-giant-to-create-50-jobs-at-limerick-hq http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11839/business/digital-entertainment-giant-to-create-50-jobs-at-limerick-hq Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:15:00 +0000 Business Dell, which once pipped Hewlett-Packard to the post as top PC maker in the world, last night reported a 5pc drop in profits and a 3pc fall in revenues. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11831/business/as-profits-fall-5pc-michael-dell-resolves-to-brave-economic-winter http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11831/business/as-profits-fall-5pc-michael-dell-resolves-to-brave-economic-winter Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:10:00 +0000 Business Logistics firm PalletXpress has invested €100,000 in a mobile-delivery technology that includes electronic signature capture and proof of delivery using barcode scanners across a GPRS network. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11827/business/logistics-firm-invests-100-000-in-mobile-handheld-strategy http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11827/business/logistics-firm-invests-100-000-in-mobile-handheld-strategy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:01:00 +0000 Business North American telecommunications company BTI Systems is to establish a £6m sterling European headquarters and software centre of excellence in Belfast, resulting in 60 technology jobs for the city. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11825/business/us-telco-invests-6m-sterling-in-belfast-hq-and-software-centre http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11825/business/us-telco-invests-6m-sterling-in-belfast-hq-and-software-centre Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business This year's Internet Hero at the Eircom Golden Spider Awards is Aodhan Cullen, chief executive of web analysis firm Statcounter. Cullen, who is now 25, started the company when he was 16. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11822/business/internet-hero-finds-web-is-all-a-numbers-game http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11822/business/internet-hero-finds-web-is-all-a-numbers-game Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business Enterprise Ireland (EI) estimates that Ireland's services sector could yield up to €1.46bn in exports by 2010 and reach export levels of €5.2bn by 2015. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11816/business/going-global-part-of-ambition-to-grow-services-exports-to-5-2bn http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11816/business/going-global-part-of-ambition-to-grow-services-exports-to-5-2bn Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:53:00 +0000 Business The world's largest technology company Hewlett Packard (HP) last night reported fourth-quarter revenue of US$33.6bn, a year-over-year increase of 19pc, but has warned that its 2009 performance will be impacted by current economic conditions. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11813/business/hp-braces-itself-for-impact-of-the-economic-storm http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11813/business/hp-braces-itself-for-impact-of-the-economic-storm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business Irish venture capital (VC) funds have over €500m to invest in the Irish SME sector following a recent round of fund-raising, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan TD, said today. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11810/business/500m-in-venture-capital-raised-for-investing-in-tech-firms http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11810/business/500m-in-venture-capital-raised-for-investing-in-tech-firms Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:15:00 +0000 Business Irish software firm Norkom has made it onto the FinTech 100 list of financial software firms, compiled by American Banker and IDC's Financial Insights division. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11809/business/norkom-in-100-best-list-of-worlds-top-financial-software-vendors http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11809/business/norkom-in-100-best-list-of-worlds-top-financial-software-vendors Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:47:00 +0000 Business The decision by Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang last night to step down as chief executive may mean that a potential buyout of the company could be back on the cards. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11808/business/microsoft-deal-with-yahoo-may-be-back-on-cards-as-yang-steps-down http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11808/business/microsoft-deal-with-yahoo-may-be-back-on-cards-as-yang-steps-down Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:06:00 +0000 Business Storage technology giant EMC has merged two formerly separate businesses to create Decho Corporation, a new company focused on helping people manage their personal information in the internet cloud. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11807/business/emc-restructures-to-capture-digital-echoes-in-the-cloud http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11807/business/emc-restructures-to-capture-digital-echoes-in-the-cloud Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business In the wake of the worldwide financial crisis, the European IT market is set to slow to just 1.2pc year-on-year growth next year, an analyst has claimed. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11804/business/european-it-market-poised-for-significant-slowdown-in-2009 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11804/business/european-it-market-poised-for-significant-slowdown-in-2009 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:39:00 +0000 Business Dublin data centre firm Hosting365 has revealed it has signed €3m worth of cloud computing deals with a number of prominent Irish-based companies, including Viridian, Carphone Warehouse, Tesco Mobile, Webtrade, TV3 and CityJet. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11801/business/hosting365-takes-a-3m-walk-in-the-clouds http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11801/business/hosting365-takes-a-3m-walk-in-the-clouds Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:10:00 +0000 Business A strategic restructuring at Sun Microsystems will see up to 6,000 jobs axed - almost 18pc of the company's global workforce. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11798/business/sun-restructuring-to-see-6-000-jobs-cut http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11798/business/sun-restructuring-to-see-6-000-jobs-cut Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Business The challenging economic environment will take its toll on mobile phone sales in the fourth quarter and into 2009, Nokia's chief executive has warned. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11799/comms/dramatic-fall-in-mobile-phone-sales-for-2009-nokia-chief http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11799/comms/dramatic-fall-in-mobile-phone-sales-for-2009-nokia-chief Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:23:00 +0000 Comms