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The five minute CIO: Conor MacCabe News
03.05.2013 Conor MacCabe, director and head of IT at Henry J Lyons architects, describes his problem-solving approach to technology and why cloud technology lets the business focus on its... -
San Francisco mayor to ‘virtually’ lead two transatlantic St Patrick’s Day parades News
16.03.2013 For the first time, a mayor will lead St Patrick’s Day parades on both sides of the Atlantic. Enabled by Cisco’s TelePresence technology, the mayor of San Francisco Ed Lee will... -
Interview: Peter Hetherington, COO of IG Group, on the technology behind the platform News
12.03.2013 In February, international retail financial derivatives trading company the IG Group set up its new operation in Ireland. We spoke to chief operating officer Peter Hetherington... -
Ikon Semiconductor reveals new chip breakthrough for LED lighting market News
07.02.2013 Emerging Irish fabless semiconductor technology company Ikon Semiconductor this week revealed a new integrated circuit (IC) design that could prove vital to the growing global...Categories: Research, R&D, Green Tech, Green, Energy, Digital Media, Development, Design, Architecture -
As hunger for data explodes, ambitious plans afoot to green our ICT networks News
23.01.2013 A consortium of industry stakeholders has ambitious plans to reduce the carbon footprint of ICT networks by a factor of 1,000. Ann O’Dea speaks to GreenTouch chairman Thierry... -
Trust will be the biggest challenge of the cloud, apps, big data and social age News
22.01.2013 The issue of trust will tower over the matter of struggling to manage the exponential growth in data and will define the cloud age and the consequent explosions in social media,...Categories: Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Digital Business, Data Management, Consumer Tech, CIO, Architecture, Apps -
RTÉ selects Version 1 to support digital strategy News
31.10.2012 RTÉ Digital has awarded a three-year IT contract to indigenous consulting company Version 1 to support the rollout of its digital strategy.Categories: Software & Web Development, Outsourcing, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Architecture, Apps -
Windows Server 2012 launched as cornerstone of Microsoft’s Cloud OS News
04.09.2012 Software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Server 2012 across the world, labeling it the cornerstone of the Cloud OS that will be a platform for the world’s applications. The... -
Microsoft previews Windows Azure Mobile Services for Windows 8 apps News
28.08.2012 Microsoft has launched the Preview Release of Windows Azure Mobile Services which it says will allow app developers to connect Windows 8 apps to a cloud backend hosted in...Categories: Apps, Architecture, Infrastructure Management, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Security, Software, Software & Web Development, Storage -
Cloud, mobile and open source to transform US$9bn app industry in 2012 News
24.08.2012 The global app development market will be worth US$9bn in 2012 and major shifts in the direction of mobile, agility, cloud computing and open source projects will transform the... -
Twitter’s new API rules: has an Iron Curtain descended on the Twitterverse? News
17.08.2012 New changes coming to Version 1.1 of the Twitter API have confirmed many developers’ worst fears about how the social network is intent on dissuading development of software... -
TEDxDublin speaker line-up to include World Trade Center site rebuild architect News
08.08.2012 TEDxDublin, which will be hosted by Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin on 8 September, has announced its initial speak line-up, which will include the architect Daniel... -
VMware buys cloud infrastructure player Nicira Inc for US$1.26bn in cash and equity News
24.07.2012 In a move that delivers a major windfall for top Silicon Valley venture capital player Andreessen Horowitz and then some, EMC-owned virtualisation giant VMware has acquired... -
Quadcopter drone group held in London airport on suspicion of terrorism News
22.06.2012 Fresh from performing at Science Gallery in Dublin last night during the opening of Hack the City, an English group of urbanists, technologists and architects who created... -
Aerial assault on Facebook and Google as part of Dublin ‘Hack the City’ attempt (video) News
21.06.2012 Facebook and Google’s respective European headquarters in Dublin have came under an unusual form of intrusion as part of Dublin’s Science Gallery’s ‘Hack the City’ expo, whereby...Categories: Sustainability, Science, R&D, Government, Engineering, Energy, Education, Digital Media, Design, Architecture, Apps -
Vordel makes ambitious mobile cloud move with API server News
20.06.2012 Dublin cloud security company Vordel is making one of its most ambitious leaps forward yet with an entire API server for the enterprise that will allow organisations to deploy... -
How many copies of Windows 8 does Microsoft expect to ship in year one? News
12.06.2012 Microsoft said today it expects to sell 500,000 copies of the Windows 8 operating system in the Irish market. Using this logic, we can project that globally Microsoft intends to... -
Dublin software engineers behind Gilt Home site revamp News
06.06.2012 It’s been just more than a year since the lifestyle e-commerce player Gilt announced it was setting up an international HQ and software development centre in Dublin. Now the new...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Engineering, Engineer, Consumer Tech, Architecture -
Google’s new software language Dart aims to speed up the web News
25.05.2012 Google is on a mission to speed up the web. Flush from the success of its Chrome browser passing out Internet Explorer in recent weeks, it is now focusing on a new Javascript...Tags: internet explorer, Microsoft, Firefox, JavaScript, Chrome OS, Chrome, Dart, Browsers, App, Google -
First Windows 8 tablets and hybrids to hit stores November News
14.05.2012 The first wave of Windows 8-based tablet computers are going to hit stores in November. According to reports, Microsoft is under pressure to not only deliver a new operating...Categories: Apps Zone, Apps, Architecture, Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Wireless Communications