Tagged: SMEs & News
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National movement to get more Irish businesses online launched News
09.05.2011 A national campaign launched today, ‘Getting Irish Business Online’, is allowing businesses with no web presence to set up a site for free in less than 30 minutes. -
Management buy-in and strategic investment at Blueface News
06.05.2011 In a deal valued at €2.7m, around 30pc of the share capital of Irish internet telephony provider Blueface has been acquired in a private equity-backed management buy-in through... -
R&D tax credit regime too onerous for SMEs News
27.04.2011 Although 40pc of SMEs in Ireland are engaged in innovation of some description, smaller companies are most likely to be engaged in process innovation rather than product... -
The future of money News
28.04.2011 PayPal’s head of Irish operations Louise Phelan warns 66pc of Irish firms don’t engage in e-commerce despite a booming global digital economy.Categories: Web, Private Irish Business, Online Business, Mobility, Internet, Financial, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Digital 21 -
‘Innovation that Matters’ recognises technology advances in Cork News
22.04.2011 A new initiative called ‘Innovation that Matters’ has been launched by it@cork to identify, recognise and promote technology concepts, products and services within Cork companies.Categories: Research, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Business Software, Software, Software & Web Development -
ISA encourages local software firms to chase Govt contracts News
15.04.2011 The Irish Software Association is working with indigenous SMEs to encourage them to bid for more public-sector IT work. -
Govt urged to move fast to revamp R&D tax credits News
08.04.2011 Changes to legislation to improve R&D support for SMEs need to happen faster if firms are going to get the benefit, Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton TD has been warned. -
O2 unveils new mobile start-up business pack for SMEs News
01.04.2011 Mobile operator O2 has launched a new mobile start-up business pack for SMEs called ‘Office on the Move’ which includes a netbook or laptop PC in the monthly price plan.Categories: Wireless Communications, Private Irish Business, Mobility, Mobile, Computers, Communications -
Mobile Business - The biggest thing to happen to work since email News
26.03.2011 Unified communications – the set of technologies that will make the phone on your desk look like a dinosaur – will unite voice with data and make the workplace universal.Tags: Collaboration, instant messaging, Email, Videoconferencing, Video, Damovo, SMEs, Lync, Microsoft, Mobile Business -
The cloud v the State News
23.03.2011 Cloud computing is an opportunity for the Irish State to revolutionise services to citizens and businesses and, most importantly, cut costs and become leaner and more efficient.Categories: Virtualisation, Leadership & Management, IT Organisation, IT Management, Government, Cloud, CIO -
Cloud warriors – the Irish cloud creators News
23.03.2011 The Irish technology companies that have built entire business models on the cloud computing opportunity and how economies of scale mean they can go further in reaching the... -
New product from Blueface to help cut phone bills News
09.03.2011 Internet telephony provider Blueface has launched a new cost-saving product for SMEs with Emutex VMX, calling it 'an office in a box'. -
Deals done this past week News
21.02.2011 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector.Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions, Deals Done -
The digital jobs plans News
10.02.2011 The digital economy is one sure route out of recession for SMEs. But how do the political parties in the run up to General Election 2011 aim to create the digital jobs? -
Netseek aims to make e-commerce easy for SMEs News
08.02.2011 A small group of IT professionals have come together to offer a full suite of e-commerce solutions to the SME sector with a new company called Netseek. -
Call for next Government to create a Minister for Technology News
27.01.2011 The next Government should set a 100-day target to grasp Ireland’s cloud computing opportunity and spearhead this by appointing a Minister for Technology.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Government, Digital Business, Digital 21, Computers, Cloud, Online Business -
IT Force notches up €400k in virtualisation deals News
02.02.2011 Virtualisation provider to the Irish market IT Force reported today that it has seen a 35pc jump in virtualisation contracts in the past year, including €400,000 in new business...Categories: Virtualisation, Software, Servers, Operating Systems, IT Management, Hardware, Enterprise Applications, Engineering, Cloud -
Jobs bonanza as 30pc of Irish ICT firms already sell via cloud News
27.01.2011 Did you know that already 30pc of ICT firms in Ireland sell products and services through cloud computing? And in a little under three years this will be closer to half of all... -
Small firms can capitalise on the cloud computing curve News
26.01.2011 Ciaran Treanor, technology director, DANU Technologies, outlines why SMEs, specifically start-ups, can significantly reduce IT spend by accessing IT resources on demand via the...Categories: Security, Outsourcing, Online Business, IT Management, Global CIO, Engineering, Energy, Data Management, Data Centre, CRM, Computers, Cloud, CIO -
Facebook ad bookings to double to US$4bn in 2011 News
18.01.2011 Social networking giant Facebook – which is on the cusp of 600m users – booked US$1.86bn worth of advertising in 2010, out of which 60pc came directly from small businesses.