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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:46:23 +0000 30 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/img/silicon-republic-logo-144px.gif http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/section/28/special-events 144 18 As Microsoft prepares to withdraw support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows 7 has unleashed many possibilities, foremost of which is desktop virtualisation, says Ronnie Dockery, Microsoft Windows Client manager. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15568/special-events/desktop-virtualisation-to-reign-supreme http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15568/special-events/desktop-virtualisation-to-reign-supreme Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +0000 Special Events Everything you need to know about virtualisation ... and more. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15565/special-events/virtualisation-summit http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15565/special-events/virtualisation-summit Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +0000 Special Events Microsoft is about to discontinue support for its Windows Server 2000 and Windows XP operating systems. So what now? Ronan Geraghty is Server Business Group Lead with Microsoft Ireland. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15558/special-events/its-the-end-of-the-line-for-windows-server-2000-and-xp-sp2-says-ronan-geraghty http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15558/special-events/its-the-end-of-the-line-for-windows-server-2000-and-xp-sp2-says-ronan-geraghty Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:00 +0000 Special Events Music venue cuts IT costs and improves efficiency through virtualisation. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15552/special-events/national-concert-hall-strikes-high-note http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15552/special-events/national-concert-hall-strikes-high-note Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:09:00 +0000 Special Events Virtualisation moves IT from cost centre to value contributor. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15551/special-events/lakeland-dairies-reduces-tco http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15551/special-events/lakeland-dairies-reduces-tco Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:47:00 +0000 Special Events Ten years on to a virtualised world. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15549/special-events/server-lution http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15549/special-events/server-lution Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:15:00 +0000 Special Events Useful links for developers entering the US$2.7m Samsung Apps competition. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15520/special-events/useful-links http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15520/special-events/useful-links Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:52:00 +0000 Special Events Coming soon - http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15519/special-events/examples-case-studies http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15519/special-events/examples-case-studies Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:49:00 +0000 Special Events The concept of your mobile phone as a social hub excites Chris Evans, senior global product manager for the Telefonica Group at Samsung. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15518/special-events/chris-evans-the-future-of-smart-phones http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15518/special-events/chris-evans-the-future-of-smart-phones Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:28:00 +0000 Special Events Samsung Mobile head JK Shin says the social media revolution should be for everyone. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15511/special-events/the-mobile-social-revolution http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15511/special-events/the-mobile-social-revolution Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:03:00 +0000 Special Events Consumers are expected to spend US$6.2 billion in 2010 in mobile application stores while advertising revenue is expected to generate US$0.6 billion worldwide, according to Gartner. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15499/special-events/the-global-apps-business-is-set-to-be-a-us-6-2bn-industry-in-2010 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15499/special-events/the-global-apps-business-is-set-to-be-a-us-6-2bn-industry-in-2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:05:00 +0000 Special Events A massive US$2.7m global prize fund has been compiled for a Developer Challenge for mobile app developers who will develop winning apps for the forthcoming Samsung app marketplace, code-named 'bada.' http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15498/special-events/samsung-reveals-us-2-7m-challenge-to-smart-phone-app-developers http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15498/special-events/samsung-reveals-us-2-7m-challenge-to-smart-phone-app-developers Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Special Events Samsung Mobile has captured 20pc of the global market. Country manager Gary Twohig wants Irish app developers to vie for a share of the global US$2.7m apps competition. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15492/special-events/irish-developers-have-a-chance-at-leading-the-smartphone-wave http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15492/special-events/irish-developers-have-a-chance-at-leading-the-smartphone-wave Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Special Events Dick Budden is Director of the Carbon Disclosure Project (Ireland).
As investors take a growing interest in the environmental performance of leading firms, 2010 sees Irish companies invited to participate for just the second time in the global Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15508/special-events/dick-budden-director-carbon-disclosure-project-ireland http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15508/special-events/dick-budden-director-carbon-disclosure-project-ireland Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:57:00 +0000 Special Events Recently named 'one of the 50 people who could save the planet from climatic disaster' by a special Guardian newspaper panel, Tuppen was co-editor of SMART 2020, a report that looked at how, where and to what effect ICT could be used to enable a low carbon economy. He has served on the boards of CSR Europe and of the US charity, Business for Social Responsibility. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15507/special-events/chris-tuppen-chief-sustainability-officer-bt-group http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15507/special-events/chris-tuppen-chief-sustainability-officer-bt-group Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:56:00 +0000 Special Events Will Day is also Special Advisor to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Senior Associate of the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership. A former producer/presenter with BBC World Service, Will was instrumental in setting up Comic Relief in the UK. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15506/special-events/keynote-will-day-ceo-sustainable-development-commission-in-the-uk http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15506/special-events/keynote-will-day-ceo-sustainable-development-commission-in-the-uk Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:55:00 +0000 Special Events Minister Eamon Ryan was first elected to Dáil Eireann in 2002. Prior to his appointment as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, he was the Green Party spokesperson for Transport and Enterprise, Trade and Employment and opposition convenor on the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Communication, Marine and Natural Resources. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15505/special-events/eamon-ryan-td-minister-for-communications-energy-and-natural-resources http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15505/special-events/eamon-ryan-td-minister-for-communications-energy-and-natural-resources Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:53:00 +0000 Special Events On May 14, Ireland's business leaders will gather to hear sustainability experts discuss the future of business, finance and investment within this new environmental reality, and we will look at how technology will be a key enabler in a more sustainable, prosperous future for all. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15504/special-events/the-green-economy-a-business-and-leadership-briefing http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15504/special-events/the-green-economy-a-business-and-leadership-briefing Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:47:00 +0000 Special Events The Samsung Wave offers a Super AMOLED 3.3" display that makes the screen truly come alive, a Social Hub to bring you closer to your contacts and connections, and TouchWiz 3.0 for an intuitive and hugely customisable user interface. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15497/special-events/samsung-wave-preview http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15497/special-events/samsung-wave-preview Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Special Events Virtual currency on Facebook has the potential to be a bigger revenue maker than the ads business on the social-networking giant's site, the head of its European operations Colm Long told a digital conference in Dublin this week. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15459/business/facebook-could-earn-more-cash-from-virtual-currency-exec-says http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15459/business/facebook-could-earn-more-cash-from-virtual-currency-exec-says Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Business Available talent as well as inroads on salary and wage competitiveness played a role in HP deciding to locate 60 new jobs at its Global Solutions Centre in Belfield, Dublin, the company said this morning. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15450/business/hp-creates-60-jobs-based-on-more-competitive-economy http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15450/business/hp-creates-60-jobs-based-on-more-competitive-economy Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:59:00 +0000 Business Google believes that in three years or so desktops will give way to mobile as the primary screen from which most people will consume information and entertainment. That's according to Google Europe boss John Herlihy who said that smart phones enhance Google's mission to make information universal. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15446/business/in-three-years-desktops-will-be-irrelevant-google-sales-chief http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15446/business/in-three-years-desktops-will-be-irrelevant-google-sales-chief Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:49:00 +0000 Business Dylan Collins, the young entrepreneur who by the age of 30 had sold three successful technology firms, says Ireland needs to focus more on generating a larger number of internet start-ups. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15444/start-ups/internet-start-ups-generate-cheap-fast-return-collins http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15444/start-ups/internet-start-ups-generate-cheap-fast-return-collins Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:29:00 +0000 Start-ups Ireland needs to find a way to emulate the success of locations like Silicon Valley and can begin by fixing the things that are broken and using digital technologies to transform the economy, said the chairman of the advisory board of UCD Smurfit Business School Paul Haran this morning. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15443/business/digital-transformation-will-fix-the-irish-economy http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15443/business/digital-transformation-will-fix-the-irish-economy Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:55:00 +0000 Business The Government is continuing with its plan to appoint a State chief information officer to oversee all State IT procurement and management, Communications Minister Eamon Ryan TD confirmed at the Digital Landscape conference at UCD this morning. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15439/cio/search-is-on-for-government-cio-ryan-confirms http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15439/cio/search-is-on-for-government-cio-ryan-confirms Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:22:00 +0000 CIO Communications Minister Eamon Ryan said that next-generation telecoms infrastructure and alternative new energy solutions will help provide the economic stimulus the Irish economy needs in the absence of financial levers. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15433/comms/broadband-infrastructure-investment-crucial-ryan http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15433/comms/broadband-infrastructure-investment-crucial-ryan Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:06:00 +0000 Comms Craig Newmark is founder of Craigslist, which is generally regarded as the website that fundamentally reinvented the classified advertising business model. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15152/special-events/craig-newmark-craigslist http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15152/special-events/craig-newmark-craigslist Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:21:00 +0000 Special Events Chris Horn is co-founder and former CEO of Iona Technologies, which had the fifth-largest IPO in Nasdaq history. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15075/special-events/chris-horn-co-founder-and-former-ceo-iona-technologies http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15075/special-events/chris-horn-co-founder-and-former-ceo-iona-technologies Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Special Events Our skills in the technology arena can form a fundamental part of Ireland's sustainable recovery, according to Minister Eamon Ryan TD. He spoke to Ann O'Dea. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15072/special-events/playing-to-our-strengths http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15072/special-events/playing-to-our-strengths Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Special Events Speaker Dylan Collins is arguably Ireland's poster boy for the sheer breadth of opportunities presented by the internet for Irish-based business start-ups with a global outlook. He spoke to Ann O'Dea. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15073/special-events/the-entrepreneurial-opportunity http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15073/special-events/the-entrepreneurial-opportunity Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Special Events