Tagged: IT & News
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Dublin’s digital future on show at Mansion House event (video) News
24.05.2013 During the Open Innovation 2.0 conference this week, a two-day public event was hosted in Dublin’s Mansion House to showcase the exciting and innovative new technologies that...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Management, Green Tech, Energy, Education, Digital Media, Development, Apps -
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... -
Tech Brew event in Waterford to zero in on cloud computing News
10.05.2013 A free event called South East Tech Brew is taking place in Waterford next Thursday to bring together the south-east’s IT community, as well as start-ups, to hear from companies... -
The five minute CIO: Vincent Nolan News
10.05.2013 Smyths Toys is one of Ireland’s fastest-growing retailers. Its head of IT Vincent Nolan talks about changing the mindset from an SME to an enterprise, and why IT operations... -
Digital skills still in demand as Irish jobs market increases 9pc News
09.05.2013 The latest figures from the Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor show an increase in job vacancies for the month of April, with the tech sector remaining a key recruiter.Categories: Recruitment, Careers and Employment -
Opensky plans further expansion with 30 jobs to come over next 18 months News
26.04.2013 Having seen revenues grow 100pc in the past two years and with 60pc growth forecast for 2013, IT company Opensky is preparing to meet the demands of new business by adding 30... -
Google and Cisco take joint lead in Greenpeace green IT rankings News
24.04.2013 Cisco and Google have both earned the top spot in the latest Cool IT Leaderboard from Greenpeace that ranks 21 global IT and telecom giants based on the innovative steps they...Categories: Consumer Tech, Energy, Green, Green Computing, Green Tech, Renewable Energy, Search Engines -
The five minute CIO: Claudio Perrone News
22.03.2013 Italian-born and Dublin-based, Claudio Perrone is a Lean and Agile consultant, speaker and entrepreneur. He explains how CIOs and IT teams’ more systematic approach to problem... -
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... -
Come for the work, stay for the people: survey asks why IT professionals move to Ireland News
07.03.2013 Late in February this year, Make IT in Ireland asked more than 140 IT professionals who had moved to Ireland from abroad what influenced their decision to relocate and what they...Categories: Economy, Careers and Employment -
Career memes of the week: technical support News
05.03.2013 Web and email security player FireEye is establishing its EMEA technical support centre in Cork City and with it 150 new jobs. To mark the occasion and our first ‘Career memes... -
Outdated technology holding back 88pc of European education sector - index News
26.02.2013 Educational institutions across Europe are struggling to keep up with advances in technology that would simplify and improve the delivery of education services, the recent Ricoh... -
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 -
IT and PM pros saw slowdown to pay cuts in 2012 but overtime lengthens News
07.02.2013 Pay rates for IT and project management professionals fell again during 2012 but the decline slowed compared to 2011. However, the tradeoff is higher expectations of... -
Infrastructure support jobs are most in-demand in IT – IT Alliance survey News
06.02.2013 We’re constantly hearing about jobs available in IT, but what positions in this sector are most in-demand? The IT Alliance’s Resourcing Services division surveyed nearly 200... -
Minister Bruton launches next Career Zoo promising 3,500 jobs on offer News
24.01.2013 Ireland's Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, TD, today launched the next Career Zoo event, coming to the Convention Centre Dublin on Saturday, 9...Categories: Recruitment, Careers and Employment -
Students to compete in LEGO robot challenge in Galway this weekend News
18.01.2013 Up to 280 students between the ages of 9 and 16 will be heading to Galway this Saturday to take part in the Irish finals of the FIRST LEGO League Challenge, with teams being... -
Global tech giants unite to recruit professionals who can Make IT in Ireland News
16.01.2013 What could bring rivals like Facebook and Twitter or Google and Microsoft to work together? The need to solve a common problem, like the growing demand for skilled professionals...Categories: Recruitment, Careers and Employment -
Why it sucks to be the IT guy (infographic) News
12.01.2013 Let’s face it, for most of us at work, we’d be unable to complete our jobs without our IT guy (or girl, if you will). A new infographic takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the... -
EMC points to importance of STEM courses as CAO deadline approaches News
11.01.2013 At its stand at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in the RDS in Dublin this week, EMC is highlighting growth areas in the IT sector: cloud, big data and security....