It’s typical in an election year to see an administration spend money on new initiatives. A new cost cutting initiative unveiled back in March has generally gone un-noticed by the main stream technology media. Called the “Big Data Research and Development…
AIB has signed a five-year deal with Eircom in which the telecoms provider will upgrade and replace AIB’s data networks and voice systems across Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK. Over the course of the contract, Eircom will deliver a…
Without the proper cloud migration strategy, 39pc of IT decision makers would rather have a root canal, dig a ditch, or do their own taxes than address network challenges associated with public or private cloud deployments, The 2012 Cisco Global…
Bullet HQ, a new venture that was set up for just €1,400 and which is aiming to disrupt the accountancy marketplace with its online accounting and payroll software targeted at SMEs, is our tech start-up of the week. We first…
Although hydrogen generally doesn’t come up in a discussion of alternative energy sources, it is a topic relevant to cleaner energy use. So, what’s the difference, and what is hydrogen’s potential role in the data center? Apple, for instance—in addition…
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) is seeking companies to license a novel data centre cooling plant arrangement that greatly reduces energy requirements and operational costs. The system makes maximal use of ambient cooling technologies and includes a patent-pending air flow…
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 Northern Ireland. The new jobs are expected to…
Data storage giant EMC has announced it has acquired the privately held flash storage start-up XtremIO. While it has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal, reports are circulating that EMC splashed out US$430m to take the Israeli-based company…
The term “modular” is so frequently used in today’s data center industry that it can often be confusing for customers to decipher which application best suits their needs. These solutions, no matter how tenuously their relationship to modularity, are the…
Internet giant Google has revealed it is adding Google+ comments and notifications directly into its popular Gmail email service. Starting today, users can also reply to Google+ notifications from Gmail. In addition to being able to add people to Circles,…
