[13.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]An IT services company started by Texan billionaire Ross Perot in 1962 has today been acquired by the world’s largest technology company Hewlett Packard (HP) for US$13.9bn.
HP intends to establish a new business group branded EDS – a HP company – and anticipates the transaction will more than […]

[13.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Cable & Wireless has signed a €377m contract with insurance group Aviva to provide a range of services including voice over IP (VoIP) and wide area networks (WANs).
Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia and US (EAU) will provide a full communications suite, comprising 72 separate services such as voice […]

[13.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A San Francisco-headquartered open source software company that claims to have the widest deployment of business intelligence (BI) software in the world, is in the process of establishing its EMEA headquarters in Dublin.
JasperSoft recently reported more than 80,000 deployments worldwide and boasts the largest open source BI community […]

[12.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]In the latest addition to what has been a dizzying array of new job announcements in the North, one of Europe’s top IT services companies Fujitsu Services is to create 150 jobs there.
A major £8.8m sterling investment by Fujitsu, topped up with a further £2.2m sterling from Invest […]

[12.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Financial and purchasing applications provider iB Solutions has won five contracts with 16 NHS (National Health Service) trusts in the UK worth a total of £1.75m sterling.
The Dublin-based company, an IBA subsidiary, is the largest provider of financial and procurement applications and services to the NHS in England […]

[12.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Lack of IT strategic planning and controls and zero risk management are being blamed by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) for more embarrassing budget overruns in public sector bodies, including FÁS, Beaumont Hospital, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service and Science Foundation Ireland.
In a hard-hitting report, the CAG […]

[07.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]IT services and consulting firm Origina is to create 60 new jobs over the next two years as part of a €3m investment, it emerged this morning.
The company, formerly known as Unitech, aims to become a credible alternative to traditional global consulting firms, particularly in Ireland, the UK […]

[07.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]IBM is continuing its war on checkout staff with the launch of a first-of-a-kind self-checkout technology that allows shoppers pay for and check out products practically anywhere in a store.
The IBM AnyPlace Checkout system combines the compact footprint of IBM’s market-leading AnyPlace Kiosk with faster purchase processing capabilities.
The […]

[06.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]CIOs will no longer have to worry about introducing the eponymous BlackBerry device to the enterprise. Instead, as a result of a deal between SAP and Research In Motion (RIM), the plan is to bring the enterprise to the BlackBerry.
The deal will be pivotal in RIM’s defence of […]

[01.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Tech start-ups are examining alternative routes to raising cash and are by-passing venture capital
When Piero Tintori embarked on a recent funding round for his software company, he successfully raised the money without venture capital (VC) – by deliberate choice.
His company, TerminalFour, develops content management software and had […]