A new European Digital City Index compiled by the Nesta foundation has ranked Dublin eighth out of 35 European cities that are considered attractive cities to establish a start-up, with London ranked No 1. The European Digital City Index (EDCI) covers all…
A significant list of global and indigenous companies are set to establish data centre operations in Ireland over the coming years and the current pipeline of proposed projects could constitute overall investment of €3.7 billion, according to a new report…
It was another successful night for Siliconrepublic.com as a site not very far from these shores picked up the Best Science and Technology award at Web Awards 2015. There was plenty of competition at the Web Awards 2015 across many…
Virgin Media has appointed former O2 Ireland chief executive Tony Hanway to lead its Irish operations . He replaces Magnus Ternsjo, who is moving to become the head of UPC Hungary. Mr Hanway, a former chairman of the Irish Telecom and Internet Federation, has held a number of roles…
The reputation of Ireland as a data hosting hub has increased as major internet-based firms set up their data centre operations here. That’s according to a survey by European data centre firm TelecityGroup, which operates data facilities across Europe. The…
With data analytics becoming an increasingly important part of every business, these start-ups span many different areas and industries — from working with elite athletes, to analysing media coverage, to helping cinema chains increase profitability. Siliconrepublic.com is acknowledging the growth…
Ratheniska in Laois has been picked as the pilot point for SIRO’s rural broadband programme, with 17 premises connected to the network. Ratheniska is, of course, currently hosting the National Ploughing Championships so, in purely promotional terms, SIRO could not…
Following the first anniversary of the publication of ISO 27018 – an international privacy standard governing the processing of personal data in the cloud — Mason Hayes & Curran looks at how successful the new standard has been and the…
Data Centre thermal risk experts at EkkoSense are offering a free, no obligation, initial audit service to help Data Centre and IT Managers assess the threat of outages caused by thermal issues to their Data Centre – and understand the…
The Digital Hub’s newly renovated Grainstore was officially opened today following a €4m refurbishment of the historic Dublin 8 building. Now consisting of seven new offices (on the back of five new businesses joining the fold recently) The Grainstore was…
