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Cisco, EMC and VMware create cloud-computing mega alliance News
03.11.2009 Networking giant Cisco and storage giant EMC, along with virtualisation player VMware, have joined forces to create a Virtual Computing Environment coalition to drive their... -
Cisco to acquire cloud security player and target US$2.3-billion opportunity News
28.10.2009 Networking equipment giant Cisco says it intends to acquire the privately held and London-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) security software company ScanSafe.Tags: Cisco, Cloud Computing, -
Irish Technology Leaders’ ITC group to raise US$100 million venture capital fund News
22.10.2009 A consortium of Irish executives who hold senior roles in some of Silicon Valley’s most prestigious technology firms are building an all-island US$100-million venture capital... -
Salesforce.com billionaire founder pens ‘cloud’ business handbook News
20.10.2009 Salesforce.com’s colourful founder and CEO Marc Benioff has penned a book on how he created a billion-dollar software phenomenon. -
IBM to go head-to-head with Google and Cisco in cloud comms market News
02.10.2009 The computing giant affectionately termed Big Blue is anything but cuddly and has demonstrated its penchant for strategic incisions of new markets with news that not only is it...Categories: CIO -
Ireland trails in global Cisco broadband study News
01.10.2009 Ireland is still a broadband "mediocrity," say critics after a global survey conducted on behalf of Cisco by a team of MBA students from the Saïd Business School at the...Categories: CommsTags: Cisco, Broadband Quality, -
Insurance firm invests €300k in IT upgrade News
15.09.2009 A homegrown insurance company with 11 locations around Ireland has invested €300,000 in an IT upgrade that includes disaster recovery to help reduce business risk.Categories: CIO -
Cisco’s profits halve during tough second quarter News
06.08.2009 US computer giant Cisco Systems has seen its profits plunge by almost half during the second quarter as its business continued to be buffeted by the chill winds of the global...Categories: BusinessTags: Cisco, -
‘We need to have two universities in the global 50 and create 200,000 jobs’ News
30.07.2009 Cisco vice-president Barry O’Sullivan says Ireland needs to think big to survive the next five years.Categories: CommsTags: Cisco, Barry O'Sullivan , -
Cisco warns firms to be on guard against ‘insider’ hacking News
15.07.2009 The global recession has caused many job losses. As a result, insider threats are an increasing concern for businesses in the months ahead, global networking giant Cisco has... -
IBM forms Green Sigma coalition to enable firms to save planet News
23.06.2009 IBM has created a Green Sigma industry coalition to create products and services that businesses can use to better understand energy and water usage, as well as manage waste. -
Business benefits of cloud computing need to be explored News
13.06.2009 The IT industry is on the verge of a major transformation and the business benefits of moving to cloud infrastructure in terms of cost savings, efficiency and the environment... -
Tánaiste to tour Silicon Valley to reinforce investment momentum News
13.04.2009 Ireland's success in attracting top investments by Intel, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Facebook in the face of a global recession is being reinforced by the Tánaiste and Minister... -
Law society invests €100,000 in unified communications News
06.04.2009 The Law Society, the educational and regulatory body for the solicitors profession in Ireland, has invested €100,000 in a new unified communications (UC) system. -
IBM wanders lonely as cloud computing rivals ignore manifesto News
31.03.2009 IBM’s attempt to impose rules for cloud computing in a manifesto – while purporting to create a level playing field – was notable for the absence of key players such as Google,...Categories: CIO -
Cisco buys Flip digital-camera maker for US$590m News
19.03.2009 Continuing its unstoppable march into the consumer electronics space, networking giant Cisco today acquired Pure Digital, the maker of the popular mass-market Flip Video brand.Categories: Digital Life, Business -
Cork County Council to invest €1.2m in network upgrade News
11.03.2009 Two local communications companies have landed a lucrative €1.24m contract to upgrade and maintain a wide area network (WAN) for Cork County Council.Categories: Comms, Government -
Wexford Opera Festival in tune via €100,000 IT investment News
09.02.2009 The organisers of the world-renowned Wexford Opera Festival have invested €100,000 in a new IT system that incorporates state-of-the-art IP communications, point of sale systems...Categories: CIO -
Cisco and Dell in next-gen data centre pact News
27.01.2009 Networking giant Cisco and major computer company Dell have banded together to deliver the next generation of data centres that will be central to the future of cloud computing.Categories: CIO -
Cisco plans major virtualisation offensive News
20.01.2009 Not content with enabling much of the world’s networking infrastructure, Cisco is planning to be a major player in the server virtualisation market, reaching deeper into the...Categories: CIO