29.12.2006 The year that was 2006: part 32006 was a watershed year for Ireland’s ICT sector with significant job, business, infrastructure and R&D gains. …

[29.12.2006 first posted on silicon republic]2006 was a watershed year for Ireland’s ICT sector with significant job, business, infrastructure and R&D gains.
September
Intel workers breathed a sigh of relief during September when the company’s 5,500-strong Irish workforce escaped the global jobs cull that saw 10,500 employees let go.
Dell and Cartrawler.ie created 80 and 65 […]

28.12.2006 Businesses warned of staff internet and email abuseIrish employers are being exposed to much greater costs due to employee abuse of their email and internet privileges, the Small Firms Association (SFA) has warned. It has emerged that 57pc of Irish companies do not have an email and internet usage policy in place. …

[28.12.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Irish employers are being exposed to much greater costs due to employee abuse of their email and internet privileges, the Small Firms Association (SFA) has warned. It has emerged that 57pc of Irish companies do not have an email and internet usage policy in place.
“Email and internet misuse […]

28.12.2006 The year that was 2006: part 22006 was a watershed year for Ireland’s ICT sector with significant job, business, infrastructure and R&D gains. …

[28.12.2006 first posted on silicon republic]2006 was a watershed year for Ireland’s ICT sector with significant job, business, infrastructure and R&D gains.
May
Money was all around this month as three Irish companies raised funding – Cape Clear Software of Dublin, the Cork-based semiconductor maker Firecomms and Dublin-based FreeStar Technology, which closed its second round […]

27.12.2006 The year that was 2006: part 12006 was a watershed year for Ireland’s ICT sector with significant job, business, infrastructure and R&D gains. …

[27.12.2006 first posted on silicon republic]2006 was a watershed year for Ireland’s ICT sector with significant job, business, infrastructure and R&D gains.
January
The year 2006 got off to a portentous start with IDA Ireland chief executive Sean Dorgan predicting that the job gains of 2005 that saw significant research and development (R&D) investments by […]

22.12.2006 Close to 100 job losses announced at MaxtorBad news to get at any time, but especially at Christmas: around 100 jobs are to go at Maxtor’s operation in Bray, Co Wicklow. …
22.12.2006 Digital Hub reports record growth in 2006The Digital Hub project has revealed record growth in the number of new technology and […]

[22.12.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Bad news to get at any time, but especially at Christmas: around 100 jobs are to go at Maxtor’s operation in Bray, Co Wicklow..
The company, which makes data storage systems, plans to make close to three quarters of its staff in Ireland redundant, according to reports. Once […]