Tagged: IBM & News
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IBM CEO Rometty to attend Masters despite being “barred” from membership News
06.04.2012 The row has long raged over Augusta National golf club’s male-only membership policy, but IBM’s longtime sponsorship of the Masters tournament has presented a novel quandary to... -
IBM and ASTRON to help scientists explore the Big Bang News
02.04.2012 ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, and IBM are preparing to engage in a €2.9m five-year collaboration to research the exascale computer systems that are... -
Dublin to host international electric vehicle summit in July News
27.03.2012 An international electric vehicle summit called Fully Charged 2012 is set to take place in Dublin this coming July.Categories: Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Funding, Green, Green Tech, Intellectual Property, Mobility, R&D, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Green economy forum to explore smart city opportunities News
23.03.2012 Clean-tech and sustainability experts from Ireland, Madrid and Vienna will be sharing their insights on smarter cities at a conference in Dublin next week. They'll also be...Categories: Energy, Data Management, Engineer, Engineering, Green, Green Computing, Green Tech, R&D, Science, Supply Chain ManagementTags: Green IFSC, SEAI, Smart Buildings, ICT, Sustainability, IBM, Ireland, Green Economy, Dublin City Council, Clean Tech, -
Facebook buys 750 IBM patents to defend itself from lawsuits News
23.03.2012 Facebook has reportedly acquired 750 patents from IBM to boost its intellectual property portfolio to help it defend itself from patent lawsuits. The social network was recently... -
Hackers switch efforts to cloud, social and mobile attacks News
22.03.2012 Better defences are forcing hackers to rethink their tactics by targeting niche IT loopholes, social networks, cloud and mobile devices, IBM says in its X-Force report for 2011....Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Servers, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, IT Management, Global CIO, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO -
Tracking the growth in mobile spending in Ireland (infographic) News
15.03.2012 Figures on mobile spending that will be presented at the Techovate 2012 B2B conference at Wexford Opera House next week show how consumers appear to be migrating to the...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Multimedia, Mobile, Internet, Economy, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Tablet, Smartphone, Ireland, Digital Economy, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Bill Liao, Mobile, Consumer, digital, B2B, Online shopping, -
Today's top women in tech News
08.03.2012 It's International Women's Day and Siliconrepublic.com is tipping its hat to eight of the world's top women in technology.Categories: Computers, Consumer Tech, Internet, Leadership & Management, Management, Mobility, Social Media -
'Holey Optochip' first to transfer 1trn bits of information per second - IBM News
08.03.2012 A new optical chipset by IBM that can transfer 1trn bits, or 1 terabit, of information per second could transform how data is used, shared and accessed for computing,... -
IBM captures image of electric charge in motion News
28.02.2012 IBM appears to have broken major nanophysics ground, as scientists from an IBM Research group in Zurich have captured what is being hailed as the first-ever image of charge... -
Minister Pat Rabbitte on Ireland as home of the cloud (video) News
14.02.2012 Video of Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte's speech in Dublin yesterday, where he outlines Ireland’s potential to be the home of cloud computing and big data.Categories: R&D, IT Management, Investments, Government, Enterprise Applications, Data Management, CIO, Business Intelligence -
CWIT aims to help women progress in the tech industry News
10.02.2012 The fourth Connecting Women in Technology (CWIT) event took place today, gathering more than 200 women working in the technology sector to network and get inspired to move into...Tags: Accenture, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Ernst & Young, HP, Dell, IBM, Gender Equality, Technology -
Profitero pinpoints errors in Tesco online pricing News
09.02.2012 Pricing intelligence company Profitero, which just last week won the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year, claims it has found flaws in Tesco’s online pricing. -
Silicon Valley execs to converge in southeast for Techovate 2012 News
08.02.2012 Senior executives from some of the world’s leading tech firms will be pooling their resources with some of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs at Techovate 2012, a two-day...Tags: Ireland, Microsoft, Facebook, Innovation, IT, IBM, Technology, LinkedIn, PwC, Google, Silicon Valley, Internet, SMEs, Entrepreneurship, -
Google takes top spot in Greenpeace Cool IT Leaderboard News
08.02.2012 Greenpeace has today released its latest Cool IT Leaderboard that pitches IT giants against each other for how they are using their IT prowess to tackle climate change and...Tags: Google, IBM, Facebook, Intel, Fujitsu , data centre, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Solar, Cloud, Wind Energy, -
Profitero named IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year News
03.02.2012 Irish start-up Profitero, which makes pricing intelligence software, has been named IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year at an event in San Francisco. -
Deals done this past week News
06.02.2012 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector. -
Dell names new software group president News
03.02.2012 Computer company Dell has appointed John Swainson as its president, software group, effective 5 March 2012. -
IBM to acquire Worklight News
01.02.2012 Technology giant IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire mobile software provider Worklight in an effort to expand the enterprise mobile capabilities IBM offers... -
Govt science adviser on Europe’s city of science (video) News
30.01.2012 With Dublin having now officially launched as the 2012 European City of Science, the Irish Government’s chief scientific adviser, Prof Patrick Cunningham, talks about how Dublin...Categories: Science, R&D, Private Irish Business, Life Sciences, Jobs, Intellectual Property, Government, Funding, Education, Economy