Tagged: Northern Ireland & News
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Version 1 creates 26 new jobs at NI Oracle centre News
24.05.2012 Dublin-headquartered IT consultancy Version 1 is to create 26 new jobs at a new Oracle Competency Centre in Belfast.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Outsourcing, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Economy, Digital Business, Database, CRM, CIO -
NI construction firm invests stg£100,000 in private cloud News
23.05.2012 Northern Ireland McAvoy Group has signed a new contract with Lisburn-based IT company Xperience, worth more than stg£100,000 as part of a four-year strategy to grow its share of... -
BT in stg£20m Northern Ireland healthcare transformation deal News
21.05.2012 BT has won a stg£20m contract to be the sole supplier of voice and data communications to Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in a five-year contract to transform healthcare... -
Northern Ireland Assembly opens up its data News
21.05.2012 The Northern Ireland Assembly is opening up its data, so app developers and those who specialise in web analytics can have access to the work of the assembly and its committees.Categories: Web, Software, Multimedia, Mobile, Government, Education, Apps, Application Design and Development -
SSE to acquire NI's Phoenix Supply in stg£19.1m deal News
16.05.2012 SSE is planning to acquire Northern Irish gas supplier Phoenix Supply in a deal worth stg£19.1m. The acquisition, if it goes ahead, will make Airtricity, SSE’s retail supply... -
BT all-Ireland revenues up 1pc to stg£757m News
11.05.2012 Telecoms and ICT provider BT this morning reported a 1pc increase in revenues for the year of stg£757m. It said its transformation process, ongoing inrastructure rollout north...Tags: O2, Northern Ireland, Investment, BT Business, BT, Telecoms, ICT, Vodafone, 3 Ireland, Fibre Infrastructure Investment, LLU -
IT solutions firm Kainos to create 60 Derry jobs News
10.05.2012 IT solutions company Kainos is following the creation of 82 jobs in Belfast in October with the creation of 60 jobs in Derry as part of a stg£10m investment supported by Invest... -
Tech start-up of the week: Astute Labs News
06.05.2012 Our tech start-up of the week is Astute Labs, a new Belfast-based venture that is creating app kits for schools to communicate with both parents and pupils. -
BT creating 120 jobs in Northern Ireland News
02.05.2012 BT is expanding its operations in Northern Ireland, creating up to 120 new jobs for a new contact centre in Belfast. -
Halo director elected VP of European engineering body News
16.04.2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has elected Alan Watts, director of the Northern Ireland business angel network Halo, to serve a three-year term as its...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Life Sciences, Investments, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Bio Tech -
Queen’s University Belfast pact to open China college News
13.04.2012 A new partnership between Queen's University Belfast and the China Medical University in Shenyang, China, will see some 1,000 Chinese students studying for Queen’s University... -
Seed scheme could triple angel investing for NI start-ups – Halo News
05.04.2012 Northern Ireland’s new Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) could potentially more than triple business angel investment levels in start-ups in the region, particularly in...Categories: Intellectual Property, Funding, Enterprise, Economy, Internet, Investments, R&D, Science -
InterTradeIreland opens €1.2m Acumen programme for SMEs News
02.04.2012 InterTradeIreland today has launched the latest phase of Acumen, its sales and marketing programme that targets SMEs. In all, €1.2m in funding will be given to qualifying SMEs... -
Northern Ireland ramps up its e-car programme News
30.03.2012 Northern Ireland has launched its e-car project and started to invest in its electric vehicle network, with the installation of 41 charge points across the region, and a 100... -
Teacher wins European award for classroom tech News
30.03.2012 Northern Ireland teacher David Young from Limavady High School has won out over 122 European entries to glean the ‘Cutting Edge Use of Technology’ category at Microsoft's... -
Cowen International Ltd to create 50 Belfast jobs News
27.03.2012 Cowen International Ltd is to set up a technology research and development centre in Belfast, leading to the creation of 50 high-value jobs, Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster... -
US pharmaceutical firm to create 50 Belfast jobs News
22.03.2012 US pharmaceutical company CVS Caremark Corporation is to set up an IT centre in Belfast and create 50 jobs in the process. -
SEED Enterprise Investment Scheme to launch in NI in April News
20.03.2012 The new SEED Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is aiming to incentivise a new wave of business angel investing, as well as spurring on new start-ups, in Northern Ireland when...Categories: Tax, R&D, Private Irish Business, Investments, Government, Enterprise, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
£25K awards open for Northern Ireland’s scientific researchers News
12.03.2012 NISP Connect and Bank of Ireland UK have launched the 2012 £25K awards programme which reaches out to Northern Ireland’s research base involved in pioneering innovations around... -
Northern Ireland invests in rollout of stg£170m education cloud News
09.03.2012 Northern Ireland is investing stg£170m in a new ‘Education Network Northern Ireland’ cloud-based network as part of the Classroom 2000 (C2k) programme. Northgate Managed...Tags: Managed Services, Cloud Computing, Northern Ireland, iPad, Broadband, WAN, LAN, Digital Schools, Eircom