Tagged: Results
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Philips posts a Q1 profit News
13.04.2004 Consumer electronics giant Philips Electronics this morning reported a return to profitability with a €550m net profit, well ahead of market expectations.Categories: Business -
Yee-haw! Web portal giant’s first quarter profits double News
08.04.2004 Internet search and media giant Yahoo! has reported more than double net profits for the first quarter to reach US$101m. Analysts view the results as a sign of a recovery in the...Categories: Business -
500 jobs a year could be lost over BES investigation News
08.04.2004 A pipeline of up to 500 jobs created every year in the software industry could be lost through the loss of the Business Expansion Scheme (BES), the ‘friends and relatives’ tax...Categories: Business, Government -
European telcos’ capex falls 15pc News
08.04.2004 Capital expenditure by European fixed line telecom service providers fell 15pc to €35.7bn during 2003, according to new analysis by Infonetics Research. However, the researchers... -
Sales of Nokia mobile phones down, company warns News
06.04.2004 Mobile giant Nokia has warned that its first quarter 2004 sales will be below expectations, with net sales estimated to be down 2pc on the year to €6.6bn. The decline in sales... -
Ireland drops in league to be ‘Silicon Valley of Europe’ News
26.03.2004 A study of 200 senior IT executives in 16 European countries has found that Ireland has fallen two places in the league table of countries to be the Silicon Valley of Europe....Categories: Business -
Ebookers scores first profit, sales up 90pc News
22.03.2004 Online travel retailer Ebookers, which employs 80 people in Ireland, turned in a stunning performance for 2003 with gross sales up 90pc to £521m sterling and turnover up 109pc...Categories: Business -
ComReg clarifies net stats News
19.03.2004 ComReg has defended its decision to release a statement that almost 50pc of Irish households now accessed the internet. This figure only represents 83pc of those polled for the...Categories: Comms -
ECDL a money spinner for Ireland – report News
18.03.2004 Since its launch in 1997 the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) has generated cumulative benefits to the Irish economy in the order of €362m and it continues to generate...Categories: -
SAP on track with Galway jobs plan News
18.03.2004 E-business software vendor SAP has told siliconrepublic.com that it is powering ahead with plans to create 380 jobs in Galway as construction of a 50,000 sq ft building nears...Categories: Business -
Half of Irish households now online, survey finds News
17.03.2004 Almost one out of every two Irish households now accesses the internet, according to the latest quarterly figures from ComReg.Categories: Comms -
Trend to protect digital assets boosts storage market News
16.03.2004 Driven by a trend amongst corporates investing heavily to secure, manage and protect their digital assets, the worldwide storage software market grew 17.7pc in the fourth...Categories: Business -
iTouch drives revenues News
16.03.2004 Mobile applications group iTouch has boosted its sales revenues by 88pc to £18.2m sterling in the fourth quarter 2003. Revenues for the full year were up 79pc to £60.3m sterling.Tags: Results -
EU report puts technology at core of security agenda News
16.03.2004 Information technology has been identified as a key requirement for any Europe-wide security initiatives and a new report has recommended a research programme with a minimum...Categories: CIO -
Oracle revenues hit US$2.5bn News
12.03.2004 Oracle’s third quarter revenues increased to US$2.5bn, compared with US$2.3bn a year ago, meeting analysts’ expectations. The company said it is prepared to fight a US Justice...Categories: Business -
Sales still a big issue for indigenous software players News
12.03.2004 Poor sales skills amongst indigenous local software companies are still dogging the industry, according to experts currently engaged in compiling a major industry report....Categories: Business -
NTL Ireland enjoys a 71pc profit increase for 2003 News
04.03.2004 NTL’s Irish operations saw its profit margin for the year ended 31 December 2003 increase to 35pc from 25pc a year ago. Revenues for 2003 increased 21pc to £72.5m sterling, from... -
Horizon returns to profit News
04.03.2004 Horizon Technology Group plc has announced pre-tax profits of €686,000 in its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2003, bouncing back from losses of €12.4m the...Categories: BusinessTags: Results -
50pc increase in online hotel bookings, says Gulliver News
02.03.2004 Irish tourist information and booking engine Gulliver has told the Irish Hotels Federation Annual Conference that in January and February this year online hotel bookings made...Categories: Business -
Convergence plays to Cisco strengths News
26.02.2004 Seeming somehow impervious to the slings and arrows of a shifting technology market, Cisco Systems have gone from strength to strength since its initial public offering (IPO) in...Categories: CIO