08.01.2009 From tomorrow, 9 January, us mere mortals will have the chance to download the beta version of Microsoft’s brand-new operating system, Windows 7, which promises to kick Vista to the kerb. more...
08.01.2009 The much-feared announcement that computer manufacturer Dell is moving production from Limerick to Poland has come to pass, which will result in about 1,900 jobs being axed. more...
08.12.2008 It’s a bit of a generation game when it comes to appreciating the implications of the global recession, with Generation X workers who were born in the Sixties and Seventies fearing the worst, while Generation Y workers who were born since the Eighties are feeling no fear. more...
26.11.2008 Technology companies in Ireland are using the current economic downturn as an opportunity to redeploy and retrain staff in preparation for better times ahead, a survey has found. more...
23.11.2008 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. more...
19.06.2008 ICT managers in Irish firms need to collaborate with the technology industry to identify and spearhead outsourcing strategies that can boost their business’s bottom line, a Telecommunications and Internet Federation (TIF) seminar heard yesterday. more...
18.06.2008 Up to 50 high-level jobs will be created in Dublin over the next three years by a new satellite communications enterprise. more...
17.06.2008 The vast majority of non-national IT candidates, some 71pc, feel it is a hindrance to be non-Irish in their search for work and fear they may be overlooked for new IT roles where a greencard work permit will be required. more...
10.06.2008 Linda Farrell has been appointed training development executive at Commtech Distribution with responsibility for scheduling courses for VMware, SonicWALL, Avaya, Juniper and McAfee training and ensuring up-to-date schedules and course outlines are available to customers. Farrell will also take responsibility for training bookings. Prior to joining Commtech, Farrell was a centre manager in Prontaprint’s Leeson Street branch for fifteen months... more...
05.06.2008 Frank Kelly has been appointed corporate sales manager at Sage Ireland with responsibility for the management and development of all direct and corporate sales within the mid SME market. Prior to joining Sage Ireland, Kelly was business development manager at Exchequer Software Ireland for four years. Before that Kelly was sales manager at 4th Millennium for eighteen months. Kelly holds computer and management qualifications. more...
04.06.2008 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has appointed Dr Graham Love to a key position as special advisor to the director general, Professor Frank Gannon, with responsibility for strategy and planning. In this role, Love will develop SFI’s strategic plan to enable delivery of the Government’s Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation (SSTI) 2006-2013, and the associated policies and metrics for its successful implementation. He will also be... more...
03.06.2008 Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh has been appointed professor of accounting at UCD Business Schools. In his new role, he will be responsible for enhancing the accounting research programme at faculty and doctoral levels at UCD Quinn School and UCD Smurfit School. Ó hÓgartaigh joins from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He previously taught at graduate and executive levels in Ireland, the US and France. He chaired the Audit... more...
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