Despite the hype and claims by large software companies about the miracles of cloud computing, a combined study by Ireland’s National Software Engineering Research Centre (Lero) and NUI Galway has shown that cloud actually results in significant time savings for…
Boston-based marketing software firm HubSpot is set to open its European headquarters in Dublin next January and the company is aiming to create 150 new jobs by the end of 2015. HubSpot has announced the January 2013 opening of the…
Businessman Denis O’Brien has funded the new Centre of Cloud Computing which will be based at the National College of Ireland in Dublin. The amount provided by O’Brien hasn’t been disclosed. The new centre will support the development of the…
SSI Investments, the parent company of cloud-based learning provider Skillsoft, has acquired the entire share capital – or 80pc – of another Irish e-learning player, ThirdForce plc, which trades under the MindLeaders brand. The all-cash deal was announced on 10…
PC maker Lenovo has acquired software company Stoneware Inc in a move to enhance and expand its cloud computing solutions. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. With the acquisition, Lenovo will add new technologies and boost its…
The Cloud Security Alliance and Fujitsu Laboratories have formed the Big Data Working Group to develop test data sets from different industry verticals such as e-commerce and healthcare. Chaired by Sreeranga Rajan of Fujitsu Laboratories of America with co-chairs Neel…
Tourism Ireland has moved the majority of its IT operations to a private cloud based in BT’s Dublin data centre. The five-year deal worth €850,000 will reduce the tourism agency’s data centre footprint by nearly half, reducing energy and hosting…
Organisations are being urged to improve the security of their information, rather than focusing on devices or infrastructure, after a survey estimated the total annual cost of digital data at €890bn. Symantec’s first ever State of Information Survey, which polled…
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may find an easier route to cloud computing via a new cloud incubator designed to avoid large upfront costs and complexities that can come with migrating to hosted platforms. The UCC Cloud Incubator, the result…
Co. Dublin, Ireland — IT decision makers say cloud has exceeded expectations and forecast further growth, according to the second instalment of Cisco’s annual CloudWatch report Dublin, 27 June 2012 – New research published today by Cisco shows a dramatic…
