Tagged: UCC & News
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Colleges need to produce more big data graduates to fill future jobs, EMC says News
16.05.2013 Multinational IT firm EMC, which recently partnered with University College Cork (UCC) on two data-focused business courses, believes that more interdisciplinary big data... -
Interview with Intel’s first Irish female vice-president (videos) News
02.05.2013 We talk to Intel’s first Irish female vice-president, Ann Kelleher. Appointed vice-president in 2011, Kelleher is responsible for Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group and...Categories: Software, Leadership & Management, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Development, Design, Computers -
UCC secures ‘green campus’ status for second time News
19.04.2013 University College Cork (UCC) has retained its standing as a ‘green campus’ as a result of its environmental and sustainability drive. The university was first awarded the... -
Cork ‘Does the Math’ to solve STEM issues in girls’ schools News
18.04.2013 Concerned industry and business leaders in Cork have banded together to raise awareness of the importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in girls’ schools....Categories: Upskilling, Software & Web Development, Software, Science, Internet, Engineering, Engineer, Education -
Tech start-up of the week: Portable Medical Technology News
31.03.2013 This week’s tech start-up of the week is Portable Medical Technology Ltd, a company that develops accredited and trusted apps for medical specialists to reduce medical errors,... -
Aspiring entrepreneurs to head to Cork for Startup Weekend News
29.03.2013 University College Cork will be the setting for Cork’s first ever Startup Weekend next week, as coders, self-starters, designers, marketers and business minds will be teaming up... -
Tech giants and colleges join forces to make execs masters of the big data universe News
15.03.2013 If data is going to be the oil of the 21st century, business leaders will need an edge when it comes to capitalising on opportunities in big data. Tech giants EMC and SAS have...Categories: Leadership & Management, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO, Business Intelligence, Analysis -
Cloud brokerage firm to create 12 jobs in Dublin News
18.02.2013 A new cloud services brokerage, Cloud Compare, is to create 12 new technical and sales jobs in Dublin this year. The company is also planning to expand into the UK market. -
Scientists pioneer nano-scale devices to make electronics more energy efficient News
21.01.2013 A team of scientists from Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork (UCC) and the National University of Singapore have designed and created ultra-small devices with... -
Capturing clinical innovation to improve patient care News
21.01.2013 Clinicians are often well placed to come up with ideas for new or improved medical technologies, but how do they go from concept to clinic? The Clinical Innovation Award, hosted... -
UCC comes third in global green campus rankings News
10.01.2013 University College Cork (UCC) has been placed third for its efforts to green its campus and reduce its carbon footprint in the latest UI GreenMetric World University Rankings. -
Start-ups urged to pitch to global investors at ITLG ‘gathering’ in Cork News
04.01.2013 Irish-based start-ups are being offered the chance to pitch to seasoned investors from the US, China and Russia, as well as RTÉ 'dragons' Barry O’Sullivan and Sean O’Sullivan at...Tags: UCC, CoderDojo, Intel, Dragon's Den, RTÉ, Disney, Cisco, Irish Technology Leadership Group, ITLG -
The year in cloud - how Ireland lay the building blocks for the cloud economy News
29.12.2012 The year 2012 was a year of advancement for cloud computing on so many levels. As well as companies like Google and Microsoft revealing new cloud-based services, it was a year...Tags: Denis O'Brien, Richard Bruton, UCC, Dropbox, Martin Murphy, DCU, Amazon, Facebook, Cloud Computing, HP, Education, Google, Microsoft -
Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 20-16 News
17.12.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs...Tags: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, LED, Medical, MedTech, James Dyson Award, Dyson , NASA, UCC, UCD, TCD, Science Review 2012 -
Job security is a key barrier to uptake of cloud computing by IT managers News
12.12.2012 A key barrier to the uptake of cloud computing technologies is reassuring and convincing IS/IT managers that their jobs would not become obsolete if they shifted to the cloud, a... -
Three academics receive Enterprise Ireland commercialisation awards News
29.11.2012 Three academics received commercialisation awards yesterday, when Enterprise Ireland held its Big Ideas Technology Showcase at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, where 19 researchers... -
Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 80-76 News
29.11.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs... -
Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 85-81 News
28.11.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs... -
Irish Govt injects €5m into IC4 cloud computing research centre at DCU News
26.11.2012 With the intention of turning ideas into new start-ups and jobs, Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, TD, has unveiled the new €5m Irish Centre...Categories: R&D, Investments, Internet, Green Computing, Funding, Enterprise Applications, Digital Business, CIO -
DCU’s Ray Walshe – we need more small firms and SMEs in the cloud (video) News
02.10.2012 One of the foremost minds focused on the development of cloud computing in Ireland, Ray Walshe of the Cloud Computing Technology Research Centre, believes that while tech giants...