Tagged: Big Data & 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... -
Startup Dublin event to explore innovation and business opportunities News
15.05.2013 A two-day event is kicking off in Dublin tomorrow to help start-ups tap into insights from experts around innovation, leadership and growth. One of the main speakers will be the... -
Big data could mean big health cost savings and better outcomes News
14.05.2013 Picture a scenario where, by collecting the right data and using today’s sophisticated analytics, our health system could predict when a patient with chronic conditions might... -
Cork tech event to focus on robotics, cloud and big data News
13.05.2013 Not-for-profit tech industry group it@cork is hosting a technology summit in Cork this Wednesday to home in on future trends in areas such as cloud computing, robotics, big data...Tags: Cyber security, Big Data, Digital Media, Robotics, Amazon, Trend Micro, it@Cork, Cork, Cloud Computing -
Wayra seeks 10 digital start-ups for Dublin incubator News
25.04.2013 Wayra, Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, is on the lookout for up to 10 digital start-ups to develop and commercialise their ideas at its Dublin accelerator.Categories: Virtualisation, Research, Online Business, Networking, Mobile, Digital Media, Digital BusinessTags: Big Data, Machine-to-Machine Communications , Mobile, Virtualisation, Telefonica, O2, Start-ups, Cloud, HTML5 -
IBM buys UrbanCode to help businesses quickly deliver software News
23.04.2013 Technology giant IBM is expanding its DevOps strategy, designed to enhance the software development and delivery process for businesses, with the acquisition of UrbanCode Inc... -
Semantic web breakthrough could make sense of big data faster News
17.04.2013 The first fruits of a research collaboration between the ICT giant Fujitsu and the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway could be about to pave the way for...Categories: Web, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Science, Internet, Data Management -
RTÉ to employ semantic web and big data to preserve Ireland’s memories News
09.04.2013 Ireland’s State broadcaster RTÉ, as part of its strategy to preserve the memories of a nation in digital form, is to collaborate with SFI’s recently announced mega CSET the... -
Irish IT executives behind international curve on big data News
08.04.2013 Only 56pc of Irish business executives believe big data will be a priority in the next five years compared with the EU average of 76pc, a Vanson Bourne study on behalf of data... -
Tech start-up of the week: The Analytics Store News
07.04.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is The Analytics Store, a boutique consultancy and training company set up by computer scientist Aoife D’Arcy to help companies and organisations... -
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 -
The five minute CIO: DJ Skillman News
15.03.2013 US company Splunk specialises in making machine data accessible, usable and valuable. The company is growing at high double-digit rates every year and its platform is used by... -
HP lands major deal with European Commission to build its cloud News
13.03.2013 Technology giant HP has won a major contract with the European Commission to supply HP Integrity servers to support critical workloads, including database-intensive applications...Categories: Servers, Investments, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Government, Digital Business, Data Management -
BI player Jaspersoft’s Dublin office drives 50pc increase in software sales News
05.03.2013 Business intelligence player Jaspersoft says its European HQ in Dublin, which employs 20 people – 95pc of them multilingual – has been responsible for driving a 50pc increase in... -
Microsoft reveals SketchInsight interactive whiteboard prototype (video) News
05.03.2013 Microsoft is working on a new type of interactive whiteboard called SketchInsight that will aim to let users tell a story using interactive sketches and make sense of big data.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Research, R&D, Media, Intellectual Property, Consumer Tech -
The five minute CIO: Patrick Clarke News
01.03.2013 Omnipay’s CTO talks to Siliconrepublic.com about building a platform to disrupt the e-commerce payments sector, the importance of security and why it’s not always good to be on... -
Scientific research centres get €300m funding boost from State and industry News
25.02.2013 In what is being described as the largest ever State-industry co-funding announcement for Ireland’s research field, €300m is set to be invested in seven new research centres...Categories: Science, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy -
AOL's digital prophet David Shing – ‘It’s time to build a new kind of web’ News
22.02.2013 AOL’s engineers are hard at work building the template for a new kind of internet experience with Big Data at its heart that the company’s digital prophet David Shing says will...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Search, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Disruptive digital economy measures dominate Ireland’s Action Plan for 100,000 new jobs News
22.02.2013 As part of a plan to generate 100,000 new jobs by 2016, Ireland will lead Europe in terms of ICT graduates as a percentage of all third-level graduates by 2018 and 2,000 extra...Categories: Unified Communications, Training, Tax, R&D, Investments, Internet, Green Tech, Green, Financial Services, Financial, Engineering, Energy, Education, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre -
The five minute CIO: Jonathan Boylan News
22.02.2013 Differentiating through big data and changing collaboration in business through social media: this week we talk to Jonathan Boylan, chief technology officer at FINEOS, the...