Tagged: Chris Horn
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Cork’s Nomos Software secures €500k investment News
23.02.2012 Nomos Software has secured a €500k investment to help the start-up increase its focus on global financial sector companies. Chris Horn, co-founder of IONA Technologies, has also...Categories: Software Development, Software, IT Organisation, Investments, Intellectual Property, Global CIO, Funding -
GraceApp and Safefood360 runners-up in David Manley Awards News
02.02.2012 Two technology start-ups – a creator of an innovative app for autism ‘GraceApp’ and a cloud software provider Safefood360 – were runners up in the David Manley Emerging... -
Ten Propel 3 start-ups present to investors News
21.10.2011 Marking the end of Enterprise Ireland’s Propel 3 programme, 10 start-ups operating mainly in the internet, SaaS and mobile arenas have presented to some of Ireland’s leading... -
Direct link between productivity and innovative economics News
27.05.2011 Research shows a direct link between the gross value added (GVA) and innovative companies verses non-innovative companies, Martin Shanagher, head of Science & Technology at the...Categories: Research, R&D, Private Irish Business, Leadership & Management, Jobs, Investments, Education, Economy, Development -
Rothar wins €100k David Manley Entrepreneur Award News
20.01.2011 Entrepreneur Anne Bedos, who founded Rothar – a bike shop with a social focus – has won the 2011 David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Award. Rothar is a not-for-profit... -
Internet veterans gather for Dublin Web Summit 2.0 News
05.02.2010 Last night saw Trinity College Dublin host the Dublin Web Summit 2.0, an event that gathered together some of the best minds from both the Irish and the global internet scene,...Categories: -
Innovation can spark 120,000 jobs, report says News
10.03.2010 If Ireland revamps itself into a centre of innovation, the result can be some 120,000 new jobs, says a report from the Government's Innovation Taskforce to be published tomorrow. -
R&D successes mired by IP rights battles – Chris Horn News
05.05.2010 Software entrepreneur Dr Chris Horn called for the introduction of an intellectual property protocol as outlined by the Innovation Taskforce to prevent the problems that arise... -
Engineers Ireland head rallies against 'arrogance of the past' News
22.04.2010 Dr Chris Horn, president of Engineers Ireland and co-founder of Iona Technologies, has said that Irish society is reeling from past arrogant incompetence but now must focus on...Tags: Engineers Ireland, Chris Horn, -
Engineering innovation key to economic recovery News
14.04.2010 The theme of this year’s Engineers Ireland Annual Conference is innovation and its director general John Power is stressing the point that due to the diversity within this field... -
It’s time to roll up our sleeves and get innovating News
01.04.2010 With the publication of the Innovation Taskforce’s report, the key now is ensuring Ireland is battle-fit to compete in the global knowledge economy, fielding Irish...Categories: -
215,000 new jobs by 2020 if Ireland becomes a Global Innovation Hub News
11.03.2010 Nationwide 1Gbps broadband, the creation of a ‘European Accelerator' to attract the world’s most innovative start-ups and a sea change in structures and attitudes to start-ups... -
Chris Horn, co-founder and former CEO, Iona Technologies News
01.02.2010 Chris Horn is co-founder and former CEO of Iona Technologies, which had the fifth-largest IPO in Nasdaq history.Categories: Special Events -
Ireland’s ‘Silicon Valley’ will need to be known for wealth creation News
22.09.2009 If Ireland really wants to become the "European Silicon Valley" then it will need to be known not only as a place that firms can come to generate intellectual property and... -
Smart home tech scoops student engineering award News
23.06.2009 A project on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology for the smart home and office environment has scooped the Level 7 Innovative Student Engineer of the Year award for...Categories: R&D -
Innovative export firms will fuel economic recovery News
28.05.2009 Ireland’s economic recovery will only be sustainable if it is generated by export-led growth fuelled by innovative firms in Ireland, according to the new President of Engineers...