Tagged: Investment & News
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Delta invests €350k in cloud player Digital Mines News
25.03.2011 Venture capital firm Delta Partners has made the first investment from the Bank of Ireland Start-up and Emerging Sectors Equity Fund in cloud firm Digital Mines.Categories: Software & Web Development, IT Management, Investments, Funding, Enterprise Applications, Cloud -
Deals done this past week News
28.03.2011 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector. -
Whistleblower website could lift the lid on business fraud News
24.03.2011 A forensic accountant and his team have created a new website that allows whistleblowers in any organisation to highlight wrongdoing, create a trail of evidence that can be... -
Poor strategy threatens investments in cloud computing News
10.03.2011 Companies are adopting cloud without any clear strategy and are starting to use platforms or services in the cloud before considering any long-term effect, a co-author of new... -
CeltixConnect gets go-ahead to lay fibre under Irish Sea News
10.03.2011 CeltixConnect has been given the go-ahead to deploy a sub-sea fibre cable linking Ireland and the UK. It has been awarded sub-sea consent by the Department of Environment, Food... -
Financial services firm to create 120 new jobs News
08.03.2011 Financial services firm Acorn Life has announced 120 new jobs as part of a €2m investment, reports RTE today. -
Govt to press ahead with plans to bring fibre broadband to 90pc News
07.03.2011 In their Programme for Government, Fine Gael and Labour have said they intend to co-invest with the private sector and semi-State sector to bring fibre to the kerb to 90pc of...Categories: Government, Energy, Digital Business, Digital 21, Communications, Green, Networking & Telecoms -
Google acquires Barrow Street EMEA HQ buildings News
06.03.2011 Google has confirmed that even though it has acquired Dublin’s tallest building – the 15-storey Montevetro building – it has also acquired the buildings that house its EMEA...Categories: Software & Web Development, Search Engines, Search, Mobility, Jobs, Investments, Internet -
Nokia to establish new manufacturing site in Vietnam News
02.03.2011 Nokia is establishing a new manufacturing site near Hanoi in northern Vietnam as a major step toward the company achieving its goal of connecting the next billion people to the... -
UK top cyber security research centre expands in NI News
02.03.2011 CSIT, the UK’s lead university research centre for the development of technology to counter malicious cyber attacks, is to expand its operation at Queen’s Institute of... -
Schrader Electronics invests stg£29m – 130 jobs for North News
02.03.2011 Schrader Electronics, a global leader in the design and manufacture of remote tyre pressure monitoring systems for the automotive sector, has invested stg£29m in growing its... -
Twitter now valued at US$4.5bn - JP Morgan to buy 10pc stake News
28.02.2011 Investment bank JP Morgan is in talks to acquire a 10pc stake in social networking site Twitter for US$450m. The move values Twitter at US$4.5bn. -
Ireland is the second most attractive country in world for FDI News
25.02.2011 Ireland is now the second most attractive country globally for foreign direct investment (FDI) after the Netherlands, and the number of companies locating operations here... -
Fine Gael plans R&D tax relief to boost digital games industry News
22.02.2011 Ireland’s high-tech sector will lead the Irish economy out of recession, Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny said yesterday as he outlined new proposals to boost games firms by allowing...Tags: PopCap Games, Job Creation, Investment, R&D, Gaming, Broadband, Enda Kenny, Fine Gael, Election 2011, Digital 21 -
FarmVille creator Zynga valued at US$10bn – raising US$500m News
18.02.2011 Social gaming giant Zynga is understood to be close to completing a US$500m funding round that values the company at US$10bn.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial -
Nokia Plan B cancelled News
16.02.2011 Nokia investors who called for the dismissal of CEO Stephen Elop and demanded that MeeGo should be Nokia's primary OS have decided not to carry through with their agenda.Categories: Software, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Investments, Digital Business -
VC-backed firms grew jobs by 18.6pc last year News
16.02.2011 Employment in venture capital-backed firms has grown at an annual rate of 18.6pc since 2003 at a time when jobs growth in the economy in general was zero. -
HTC invests in on-demand gaming and video companies News
08.02.2011 Smartphone maker HTC plans to invest US$40m in on-demand cloud gaming company OnLive and has acquired UK-based mobile video specialist Saffron Digital.Categories: Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Deals Done, Consumer Tech, Cloud -
Allergan announces 20 new jobs in Co Mayo News
08.02.2011 Medical aesthetics company Allergan is to create 20 new advanced manufacturing jobs in Westport, Co Mayo, IDA Ireland has announced.Tags: Foreign Direct Investment, Investment, Business , IDA Ireland, IDA, MedTech, Medical, Ireland, Job Creation, Jobs -
Has Ireland's crumbling broadband network become an election issue? News
03.02.2011 A wit on Twitter late last year made the sweeping statement: “To the average Irish politician, broadband could well be a 1970s showband.”