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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:19:30 +0000 30 http://businessandleadership.com/img/b-and-l-footer-logo.gif http://businessandleadership.com/news/section/3/technology 276 37 A new scheme aimed at energy upgrading virtually every building in Ireland over the next decade has the potential to create thousands of jobs and save businesses and households across Ireland money, its creator has said. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20817/technology/businesses-can-save-under-energy-upgrade-scheme http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20817/technology/businesses-can-save-under-energy-upgrade-scheme Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:38:00 +0000 Technology California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is to be the keynote speaker at the Irish Technology Leaders Group (ITLG) Awards at Stanford University on Monday night, Siliconrepublic.com has learned. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20815/technology/schwarzenegger-to-award-innovative-irish-tech-firms http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20815/technology/schwarzenegger-to-award-innovative-irish-tech-firms Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:59:00 +0000 Technology This Sunday, Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD will formally open a new innovation centre in San Jose, California, at the heart of Silicon Valley, which is the brainchild of the Irish Technology Leaders' Group (ITLG) and described as a "concrete" outcome of the Global Irish Economic Forum at Farmleigh. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20814/technology/irish-start-ups-to-get-silicon-valley-innovation-centre http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20814/technology/irish-start-ups-to-get-silicon-valley-innovation-centre Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:50:00 +0000 Technology Dublin-based cloud computing and data centre services company Hosting 365 has been acquired by US software and IT services giant SunGard for an undisclosed sum. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20798/technology/hosting-365-acquired-by-it-services-giant-sungard http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20798/technology/hosting-365-acquired-by-it-services-giant-sungard Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:00 +0000 Technology Twenty-five-year-old Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is to receive the Media Person of the Year Award at the 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20796/marketing/facebook-founder-to-receive-cannes-lions-award http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20796/marketing/facebook-founder-to-receive-cannes-lions-award Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:10:00 +0000 Marketing Independent licensed telecoms providers in Ireland have added their voice to the call to prioritise the introduction of postcodes, which will be vital to future GPS and location-based e-commerce services. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20792/technology/telcos-warn-postcodes-central-to-future-of-e-commerce http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20792/technology/telcos-warn-postcodes-central-to-future-of-e-commerce Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:20:00 +0000 Technology Technology industry and academic leaders have welcomed the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce and are urging Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD to implement them as a matter of urgency for the economy. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20791/technology/taoiseach-urged-to-implement-innovation-taskforce-report http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20791/technology/taoiseach-urged-to-implement-innovation-taskforce-report Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:12:00 +0000 Technology The Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD has today unveiled an ambitious new report by the Government's Innovation Taskforce which says that some 117,000 jobs could be created in Ireland by 2020 if the country can turn itself into an innovation nation. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20779/leadership/ireland-can-create-117-000-jobs-by-2020-says-report http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20779/leadership/ireland-can-create-117-000-jobs-by-2020-says-report Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:26:00 +0000 Leadership With two million businesses now adopting Google Apps, the internet giant has opened a new Apps Marketplace chock-full of third-party cloud apps such as payroll and productivity software. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20776/technology/google-opens-new-apps-store-for-businesses http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20776/technology/google-opens-new-apps-store-for-businesses Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:00 +0000 Technology ICT solutions provider Datapac has just announced the creation of 10 new jobs in its Dublin and Wexford bases, shortly after recruiting 14 new employees in the past three months. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20769/technology/datapac-announces-10-new-jobs http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20769/technology/datapac-announces-10-new-jobs Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:57:00 +0000 Technology Ireland cannot have a smart economy unless it has courageous entrepreneurs who operate in a culture where risk is accepted and failure tolerated. Without risk, there can be no rewards. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20758/technology/entrepreneurship-will-fuel-fire-of-economic-regrowth http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20758/technology/entrepreneurship-will-fuel-fire-of-economic-regrowth Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:49:00 +0000 Technology As many as 8,000 jobs and potentially more could be created in Ireland by online casino companies if crucial legislation regulating online gaming is passed at the end of March. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20747/technology/ireland-could-reap-8-000-job-online-casino-windfall http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20747/technology/ireland-could-reap-8-000-job-online-casino-windfall Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:41:00 +0000 Technology Irish IT company Origina has picked up the "Best SMB Solutions Provider" gong at the 2010 European IT Excellence Awards for the virtualisation project that it deployed with Lakeland Dairies. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20744/technology/irish-tech-company-wins-european-it-award http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20744/technology/irish-tech-company-wins-european-it-award Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:14:00 +0000 Technology Ten new spin-out firms have emerged out of research commercialised at Trinity College in the areas of ICT, bioscience and physical science. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20746/technology/ten-new-spinouts-emerge-from-trinity-college http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20746/technology/ten-new-spinouts-emerge-from-trinity-college Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:02:00 +0000 Technology Along with a name change from Sustainable Energy Ireland to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) the state body has revealed today an ambitious five year plan that promises €6bn in savings as well as the creation of between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs every year. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20742/leadership/new-green-plan-could-save-6bn-create-10-000-jobs http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20742/leadership/new-green-plan-could-save-6bn-create-10-000-jobs Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:00 +0000 Leadership UPC has unveiled a new range of broadband speeds for SMEs ranging from 10Mbps right up to 30Mbps in a move that will add impetus to the fibre-powered broadband market in Ireland. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20729/technology/upc-unveils-new-broadband-speeds-for-smes http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20729/technology/upc-unveils-new-broadband-speeds-for-smes Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:14:00 +0000 Technology Ireland's next-generation network (NGN) rollout has started subtly with the creation of a €2.5m NGN Test Centre at Waterford Institute of Technology, involving Enterprise Ireland, Eircom, Meteor and Ericsson. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20726/technology/rollout-of-irish-next-generation-network-begins http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20726/technology/rollout-of-irish-next-generation-network-begins Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:00 +0000 Technology Is this the beginning of the long-awaited stimulus plan from Government? Tanaiste and Enterprise Minister Mary Coughlan TD has announced the investment of €56m in 180 companies and nine transformational competence centres to bring about the promised smart economy. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20725/leadership/tanaiste-announces-56m-investment-in-180-companies http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20725/leadership/tanaiste-announces-56m-investment-in-180-companies Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:23:00 +0000 Leadership Dublin-headquartered chip firm S3 Group has signed a deal to deliver the integrated circuit (IC) technology to power global satellite mobile firm Iridium Corporation's next-generation services. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20720/technology/irish-chip-firm-inks-iridium-satellite-deal http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20720/technology/irish-chip-firm-inks-iridium-satellite-deal Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:28:00 +0000 Technology If Ireland revamps itself into a centre of innovation, the result can be some 120,000 new jobs, says a report from the Government's Innovation Taskforce to be published tomorrow. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20719/technology/innovation-can-spark-120-000-jobs-report-says http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20719/technology/innovation-can-spark-120-000-jobs-report-says Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:05:00 +0000 Technology A new study from comScore reveals that 30.8pc of smartphone users accessed social networking sites via mobile browser in January 2010, up 8.3 points from 22.5pc a year ago. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20717/marketing/smartphones-driving-mobile-social-networking http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20717/marketing/smartphones-driving-mobile-social-networking Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:59:00 +0000 Marketing A router that operates at a blisteringly fast 322 terabits per second represents the lynchpin of internet giant Cisco's strategy to set in motion the next-generation internet experience. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20705/leadership/cisco-lays-foundations-of-the-next-generation-internet http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20705/leadership/cisco-lays-foundations-of-the-next-generation-internet Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:43:00 +0000 Leadership A recent study by Stanford University students has revealed a very worrying rise in iPhone addiction, highlighting impulsive behaviour inspired by Apple's celebrated iPhone. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20707/technology/iphone-addiction-a-growing-problem http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20707/technology/iphone-addiction-a-growing-problem Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:36:00 +0000 Technology UK-based Xeretec Office Systems Limited has completed the acquisition of Dublin company Digital Documents Direct (3D) to create a stg£23m international document technology reseller group. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20703/technology/dublin-documents-firm-acquired-by-xeretec http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20703/technology/dublin-documents-firm-acquired-by-xeretec Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:14:00 +0000 Technology Online classified ads website, DoneDeal.ie, has signed up as a member of the recently formed Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Ireland. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20701/marketing/donedeal-ie-joins-iab-ireland http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20701/marketing/donedeal-ie-joins-iab-ireland Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:26:00 +0000 Marketing BBC.com, the international version of the BBC website, has announced today that it has secured Intel as the exclusive global brand partner for its Digital Giants series. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20699/marketing/intel-partners-with-bbc-com-on-digital-giants-series http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20699/marketing/intel-partners-with-bbc-com-on-digital-giants-series Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:33:00 +0000 Marketing Irish e-commerce transactions company Realex Payments has secured a key deal with online gaming operator 32Red. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20696/technology/realex-strikes-deal-with-online-gaming-group http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20696/technology/realex-strikes-deal-with-online-gaming-group Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:20:00 +0000 Technology Telefónica O2 Ireland is extending its range of landline and fixed broadband business services, targeting both SMEs and larger businesses. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20690/technology/o2-creates-broadband-one-stop-shop-for-business http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20690/technology/o2-creates-broadband-one-stop-shop-for-business Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:10:00 +0000 Technology Irish start-ups, it appears, are proportionately the most avid subscribers to Microsoft's BizSpark programme and according to the global head of BizSpark, Cliff Reeves, the country is putting in place an ecosystem for start-ups that Silicon Valley would be proud of. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20691/technology/global-markets-open-to-irish-start-ups-via-bizspark http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20691/technology/global-markets-open-to-irish-start-ups-via-bizspark Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:07:00 +0000 Technology An Irish technology company has been selected as a finalist in the Innovate! 2010 global competition, and is now in the running to share in a sponsorship prize of US$1m. http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20688/technology/irish-tech-firm-chosen-as-innovate-2010-finalist http://businessandleadership.com/news/article/20688/technology/irish-tech-firm-chosen-as-innovate-2010-finalist Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:39:00 +0000 Technology