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€1 million investment and 12 new jobs for Blueface
Irish cloud telephony company Blueface, has announced a €1m investment in research & development to enhance its next generation IP telephony and services platform and drive export activity. The investment, which will create 12 new jobs, is being part-funded by Enterprise Ireland’s R&D Fund. Enterprise Ireland classifies Blueface as a “scaling client” meaning it is...
Cloud firm Ammeon announces new jobs
Irish cloud software company Ammeon is creating 75 new jobs at its global headquarters in Dublin. 46 of the posts have already been filled in the past few weeks, however, the firm now intends to complement these, “in early 2012 with twenty jobs for both graduates and returning emigrants, as new customer contracts agreements are...
New cloud telephony service for big firms
Telefónica Ireland, owners of the O2 brand, has launched a new service which will allow Irish private and public sector organisations outsource their telecoms infrastructure to the cloud. Called O2 Unified Communications, and launched in collaboration with Cisco, the service allows businesses to combine their fixed and mobile telephone, voice mail, instant messaging and video...
The CloudArena trilogy will conclude
CloudArena will conclude its trilogy of Cloud Computing showcases on October 19th in the National College of Ireland, Dublin. International experts from Microsoft, IBM and Fujitsu will focus on Business Intelligence and Analytics and how they are becoming an everyday tool for industry. John Walker, Fujitsu; Doug Clark, IBM and Tibbs Pereira, Microsoft will share...
Chrome Remote Desktop – a new way of doing things
Maybe Chrome is not your favorite browser, but nobody can deny that the number of useful applications developed by Google is huge, and always increasing. One such application (in beta mode) is Chrome Remote Desktop, a unique extension for Chrome users, that allows users to control several computers remotely from their browser. It´s important to...
O2 launches free cloud computing webinar
O2 has launched a free cloud computing webinar aimed at SMEs, to help them understand the opportunities and solutions that cloud computing can bring. The webinar follows a recent iReach survey for O2 which found that over half (54%) of Irish businesses are confused about the term cloud computing. The webinar, in partnership with the...
Best Irish Cloud start up 2011 – TGold
TGold, an online treasury management solution developed by Salmon Software, has won the EuroCloud Ireland Best Start Up Award 2011. The company will now go forward to the overall EuroCloud 2011 European Awards. “We are 20 years in the treasury management business but have invested almost £500,000 in our first cloud based treasury management solution...
Cloud security still an issue for Irish business
The Cloud is still in its infancy and as such isn’t fully trusted by many established businesses. 83% of businesses questioned for a survey* conducted by CloudArena, consider security or perceived security threats as their primary concern when switching to Cloud computing. Despite this, 60% of the respondents indicated that Cloud computing is included in...
€700,000 in VC funding to Eventovate
Irish start-up company, Eventovate, has just completed a funding round of €700,000 to support its continued expansion. The firm, established in 2009 by Sligo-born brothers Jonathan and Jason Ruane, has developed a suite of cloud-based software for the hotel sector. Eventovate’s software platform has two main functions. The first is to provide CRM, direct marketing,...
125 more Cloud jobs for Dublin
Silicon Valley Cloud computing firm Marketo says it will create 125 jobs over the next three years in Dublin with the support of the IDA. The jobs for graduates and experienced staff will be in the areas of sales, marketing, support, consulting, development and back office positions. Marketo, which grew sales by over 300% last...
McCartney in the Cloud with diamonds
HP has announced the launch of Paul McCartney’s private cloud-based digital library. McCartney’s collection currently includes more than one million items, including photographs; video footage from live concerts; rolls of film, videotapes and reels; music recordings; original works of art; as well as memorabilia. HP says McCartney’s personal assets are now digitised. “It’s really exciting...
Interxion expands Dublin data centre
Data services company Interxion will invest a further €7.1 million in expanding its DUB 2 Data Centre in Dublin. This is the third expansion in the Dublin market in the past eighteen months and will require 70 construction workers to complete the expansion. The expansion will increase Interxion’s equipped space in Dublin by nearly 25%...
