[11.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Having turned itself around financially, business software giant CA has said it intends to beat the credit crunch and downturn blues by enabling cost-conscious businesses to do likewise.
CA, which employs 5,300 developers worldwide and has 14pc of the global enterprise IT management market, in recent years became embroiled […]

[11.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The market for small to medium-sized business (SMB) enterprise applications will grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.6pc each year between now and 2012, IDC has predicted.
This will make the market worth US$80.3bn by 2012.
IDC is predicting increased spending by SMBs across the entire spectrum […]

[10.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Giving consumers easy online access to clinical information and health management tools, such as emailing your doctor and online prescription refills, could be a vital ingredient in Microsoft’s strategy going forward, it emerged last night.
Microsoft has revealed it has struck a deal with the one of the leading […]

[09.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Ireland’s longest-standing data centre company Data Electronics is now looking at overseas growth potential.
If you took a gamble on data centres and hosting in the early part of this decade, chances are you might have lost your shirt.
The great data centre massacre of the early ‘noughties’ seemed […]

[30.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Virtualisation is enabling one canny hosting provider to meet its environmental obligations and meet surges in computing demand.
As consumers and businesses become more environmentally aware, the technology sector’s energy use is being closely examined for traces of an excessively heavy carbon footprint.
Much of this stems from organisations operating […]

[29.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Some 35pc of businesses in Europe that deploy devices like notebook PCs and BlackBerry email clients across their workforce do not have a strategy for securing and renewing these devices, an expert said yesterday.
Uwe Romppel, senior director of business development in charge of mobility at Fujitsu Siemens, told […]

[27.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Irish company OpenHydro has become the first tidal energy company to complete the connection of a tidal turbine to the UK national grid and commence electricity generation.
This is a first for both the UK and Ireland, making OpenHydro one of the first companies in the world to […]

[22.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Ireland could play host to a multibillion wireless spectrum industry if the US$3.2bn Sprint/Clearwire WiMax deal is any sign
As it’s an island nation, has low population density and is not a military power, in comparison to its European neighbours, Ireland is sitting on an abundance of wireless spectrum […]

[21.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The quality and security of open source software is improving, a new report completed in conjunction with the US Department of Home Security reveals.
The report, compiled by software quality firm Coverity, focused on over 250 open source projects and scanned more than 55 million lines of code over […]

[20.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Despite global financial crisis and a slowdown in the economy, 42pc of Irish companies are still planning further investment in technology, a new survey reveals.
According to the second quarterly survey from KPMG and the Sunday Times, this has fallen slightly from a planned 57pc further investment at the […]