31.01.2008 Aisling Foley, Aisling Foley MarketingAisling Foley, former Dubai-based head of marketing for Dublin software company CR2, has launched a marketing consulting business, Aisling Foley Marketing. Foley has 20 years international IT marketing experience, the last 13 of which have been specifically in software. In CR2, Foley increased unique visitors to the company’s website by […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Aisling Foley, former Dubai-based head of marketing for Dublin software company CR2, has launched a marketing consulting business, Aisling Foley Marketing. Foley has 20 years international IT marketing experience, the last 13 of which have been specifically in software. In CR2, Foley increased unique visitors to the company’s website by […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Irish IT workers are more interested in training opportunities than pay rises, a new survey has found.
When asked ‘what advice they would give their senior IT managers on retaining staff in 2008′, 48pc of respondents said they would like more training while 33pc said they would advise a […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]With the majority of Irish mobile users on prepaid price plans, existing and potential O2 customers will be happy to hear the mobile operator has a new price plan that offers free texts for life to any mobile network at any time.
The new price plan, O2 Experience, is […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Eircom today introduced 10MB and 12MB broadband products and said that customers currently availing of 2MB, 3MB, 4MB and 6MB products will see speeds double to 3MB, 7.6MB, 10MB and 12MB respectively.
Ireland’s communications regulator ComReg also revealed that Eircom has proposed lower wholesale bitstream broadband prices for competitors.
ComReg […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]With a revenue of €12.3bn (£9.2bn) the Vodafone Group saw an increase of 15.8pc, helped in Europe by growth in messaging of 8.1pc and data revenue of 35.5pc, showing an increase in data transfer such as media messaging, mobile broadband and the mobile web by users.
Overall, Vodafone reported […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]BT Ireland has announced that it is rolling out an 8Mbps broadband service in selected parts of the country.
The service will be available for new BT Broadband customers in many parts of Dublin as well as Naas, Douglas in Cork and Dooradoyle in Limerick.
Areas in Dublin that will […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]E-commerce firm Amazon, which employs 250 people in Cork, reported fourth quarter revenues of US$5.6bn, up 42pc on the previous year.
For the full year 2007 Amazon’s revenues reached US$14.8bn.
The fourth quarter was marked by the introduction of Amazon’s Kindle wireless portable reader which allows instant downloads of […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Pioneering new interactive storefront technology by global fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger Denim will go live on Dublin’s Trinity Street today. The move marks a new paradigm in out-of-the-home 24×7 dynamic relationships with consumers.
The store will feature through-window touchscreen technology that acts as an interface for passing shoppers to […]

[31.01.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Mobile phones will revolutionise the banking and financial services sector in the same way as the introduction of ATMs did, a new report by Juniper Research has suggested.
The report found that the rush by banks and mobile operators to deliver financial services to the mobile phone will result […]