31.10.2006 Irish e-payments firm to create 55 jobs in DublinAn Irish firm whose technology enables consumers to buy online without the need of debit or credit cards has raised €20m from a consortium of European investors. …

[31.10.2006 first posted on silicon republic]An Irish firm whose technology enables consumers to buy online without the need of debit or credit cards has raised €20m from a consortium of European investors.
3V Transaction Services will create 67 jobs as it proceeds with plans to crack the €500m European prepaid market opportunity.
The consortium that […]

[31.10.2006 first posted on silicon republic]The indigenous Irish software industry has appealed to the Minister for Finance Brian Cowen TD to extend the Business Expansion and Seed Capital Schemes to 2014 as well as increase the personal limit on investors from around €32k today to €250k per annum.
The Irish Software Association (ISA), an […]

31.10.2006 Vodafone responds to job loss ’speculation’Vodafone Ireland has dismissed as “unqualified speculation” reports at the weekend suggesting that up to 120 IT workers could be made redundant following a decision to outsource services to IBM and EDS. …
31.10.2006 Software industry wants BES expandedThe indigenous Irish software industry has appealed to the Minister for Finance […]

[31.10.2006 first posted on silicon republic]The communications and network equipment maker Avaya is to open a new research and development (R&D) centre of excellence in at its Irish headquarters in Dublin.
The centre, which is being set up with support from IDA Ireland, was announced by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment […]

[31.10.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Ned Costello has been appointed the new chief executive officer of the Irish Universities Association (IUA), who will take up duty in early January 2007. He is currently assistant secretary general at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment where he is head of the Office of Science, Technology and […]

31.10.2006 Product Previews: Lenovo N100, Sage ACT! 2007 and Gateway2at.orgThis week’s round-up of products includes the latest widescreen notebook from Lenovo, Sage ACT! business software and Gateway2at.org information website. …
31.10.2006 AIB completes major internal security projectAIB has completed the installation of a major identity and security framework for its 35,000 employees using security technology […]

[31.10.2006 first posted on silicon republic]This week’s round-up of products includes the latest widescreen notebook from Lenovo, Sage ACT! business software and Gateway2at.org information website.
Lenovo N100 What is it? Widescreen notebook How much? Starts from €922
Lenovo’s N100 widescreen notebook PC is the company’s first own-brand machine to run Intel’s Core Duo processor. […]

[31.10.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Irish mobile software company Zamano is tipped to raise between €5m and €7m when the company floats on the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM) today.
Sources close to the company say that institutional investors have pre-booked between €5m and €7m in shares in the company. Zamano, which […]

[31.10.2006 first posted on silicon republic]AIB has completed the installation of a major identity and security framework for its 35,000 employees using security technology from Novell, siliconrepublic.com has learned.
The system will enable consistent identity data across connected systems in the bank’s global operations and will enable the bank to conduct faster IT deployments. […]