Mobile World Congress 2016 is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with close to 100,000 mobile telecoms professionals congregating in Barcelona. Among them will be 26 cutting-edge Irish tech players. Among the 26 companies will be 18 tech firms…
Mobile World Congress 2016 is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with close to 100,000 mobile telecoms professionals congregating in Barcelona. Among them will be 26 cutting-edge Irish tech players. Among the 26 companies will be 18 tech firms…
Europe and the US failed to reach agreement on a new Safe Harbour legal framework for data transfers. That much was immediately clear as Vera Jourová, EU commissioner for justice, consumers and gender equality briefed a parliamentary committee in Strasbourg…
This morning, as Enet unveils a 1Gbps fibre-to-the-home service for 340 homes and businesses in Ballyseedy, Co Kerry, the company’s CEO Conal Henry told Siliconrepublic.com that it intends to go head-to-head against Eir and SIRO for the Irish Government’s National…
US technology firm Digital Realty plans to invest a further €150 million in its data centre in west Dublin. The company plans to double the size of its existing 10,000sqft facility at Profile Park. Digital Realty offers data centre facilities…
IBM has announced Dublin and Hursley in the UK as two new bases for its ‘studio’ project, with Warsaw, Prague, Hamburg and Paris to be added before the year is out. This type of IBM studio houses teams of designers,…
The electronic payments and banking company ACI Solutions has announced it is to open a new EMEA data centre in late 2016 to accommodate growing demand. In terms of universal payments companies, ACI Worldwide is one of the largest of…
The Irish Software Association (ISA) has just revealed the companies shortlisted for the Irish Software Awards 2015, with five competing for the overall title of Digital Technology Company of the Year. Fenergo, Asavie, Qstream, Globoforce, and Ocuco – which employ…
Intel and Oracle are to partner to offer enhanced cloud-based data centre technologies and hardware, the companies announced in the opening keynote Sunday at this year’s annual Oracle OpenWorld event. Enterprise data centres are undergoing a “tremendous transition” as new technologies are introduced…
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has announced the establishment of an Open Data Governance Board with Inspirefest 2016 speaker Emer Coleman at its helm. The Open Data Governance Board will be responsible with advising the Irish Government…
Facebook has got the official green light for its major data centre in Meath after An Bord Pleanala rejected an appeal against the granting of planning permission. In July, Meath county council approved the plans for the data centre to…
