[15.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Creating corporate virtual worlds could prove a cheaper alternative to videoconferencing but nine out of 10 such projects fail within 18 months, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Gartner said the impact of virtual worlds on organisations could be as big as that of the internet itself, but the failure […]

[15.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]In-car entertainment and information systems are expected to raise US$39.8bn in revenue in 2008, up 7.9pc from US$36.98bn in 2007, iSuppli Corp has claimed.
The figure is a combination of global combined OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and aftermarket revenue.
“Much of the automotive market is playing catch-up, with many […]

[14.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Mobile operator O2 said this morning that monthly blended average revenue per user (ARPU) – combining voice and data revenue – fell from €45.2 in the fourth quarter to €44.2 in the first quarter of 2008.
The company said that service revenue in the first three months of this […]

[14.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Ireland’s second largest mobile operator O2 this morning revealed a new business price plan for SMEs that will allow businesses to make unlimited calls and texts to any mobile network or landline.
The new package – entitled O2 Release 0 – will be priced at a flat fee of […]

[12.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Texan billionaire Ross Perot’s IT services firm Perot Systems has acquired Irish software company Original Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
Dublin and Limerick-based Original Solutions employs 90 people and reported 2007 revenues of €9m.
The company provides applications development and management services to Ireland and UK-based firms, including companies like […]

[09.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Some 62pc of companies quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange and 77pc of firms on the IEX (Irish Enterprise Exchange) don’t track visitors to their websites, a new report by StatCounter has revealed.
StatCounter also found that almost half (45pc) of FTSE 100 companies have no online tracker.
A tracker […]

[09.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Some 400 jobs have been created by graduate companies of the http://www.gec.ie/ Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC) in Dublin, it has been revealed.
Companies that began life as start-ups in the incubation space now employ an average of 22 people, research by the GEC has shown.
Furthermore, the 18 graduate companies, […]

[08.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]US telecoms giants Sprint and Clearwire, as well as tech firms Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner and Bright House Networks, have agreed to invest US$3.2bn in a new mobile broadband company to deploy a nationwide WiMax network to provide broadband to consumers and businesses.
The company, which will be […]

[07.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A major US electronic payment player that serves over half the firms in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is to create 60 new jobs over the next three years at a new software development centre in Belfast.
California-headquartered CyberSource expects to employ 20 engineers and support staff in its […]

[07.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Motorola has continued its free fall in the global mobile marketplace in the first quarter, only just holding onto its No 3 position with a 9.3pc market share, down from 12.1pc in the fourth quarter.
Motorola’s usurper for the No 2 spot, Samsung, re-inforced its position with a rise […]