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  • Lean into it

    Lean into it

    03.01.2009 Lean business principles championed by Toyota, Ryanair and Intel are finding their way into the IT world as essential tools firms can use to survive the economic storm. more...

  • 476 jobs created by Dublin BIC tech start-ups

    476 jobs created by Dublin BIC tech start-ups

    02.01.2009 Some 76 jobs have been created by 16 new export-oriented companies based at Dublin Business Innovation Centre (BIC), while existing firms added 400 jobs to the tally. more...

  • 117 jobs created at Digital Hub last year

    117 jobs created at Digital Hub last year

    02.01.2009 Employment at the Digital Hub in Dublin grew by 16pc last year from 740 people to 857, the development agency said in its end-of-year statement, adding tech firms based there are well-positioned to weather the economic storm. more...

  • The road ahead: Shane Dempsey, director, Irish Software Association

    The road ahead: Shane Dempsey, director, Irish Software Association

    02.01.2009 The indigenous Irish software sector employs over 15,000 people and exports technology to the four corners of the globe. Shane Dempsey is director of the Irish Software Association at IBEC. more...

  • The road ahead: Dermot O’Connell, Dell

    The road ahead: Dermot O’Connell, Dell

    01.01.2009 With over 5,000 people in Ireland, Dell is one of the country’s top employers and a weathervane for global economic change. Dermot O’Connell is country general manager. more...

  • The road ahead: John Herlihy, Google

    The road ahead: John Herlihy, Google

    31.12.2008 With around 1,500 people working at Google’s European headquarters in Dublin, the company is one of the jewels in the crowns of Ireland’s emerging internet industry. John Herlihy believes the internet could be fundamental to steering Ireland through to 2010. more...

  • Tracing the trends since 2000

    Tracing the trends since 2000

    30.12.2008 Since the mid-Eighties, successive multinational technology companies have set up in Ireland. Once out of university, and sometimes while still there, graduates have been offered a red carpet by blue-chip technology companies. They have been offered good pay, share options, opportunities to travel and all the benefits that come with working for a multinational company. more...

  • The road ahead: Paul Rellis, general manager, Microsoft Ireland

    The road ahead: Paul Rellis, general manager, Microsoft Ireland

    30.12.2008 The world’s largest software firm Microsoft is one of the jewels in Ireland’s tech crown. Paul Rellis is general manager of Microsoft’s Irish operations. more...

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    The road ahead: Maeve Kneafsey, chairperson, Irish Internet Association

    29.12.2008 Ireland’s indigenous internet industry has provided world-class entrepreneurs and businesses who have used the net to reach new markets. Maeve Kneafsey is chairperson of the Irish Internet Association (IIA). more...

  • The road ahead: Frank Gannon, director general, Science Foundation Ireland

    The road ahead: Frank Gannon, director general, Science Foundation Ireland

    26.12.2008 The Irish Government has committed to spending €500m in the coming years on building Ireland’s science infrastructure. Spearheading this is Professor Frank Gannon of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). more...

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