[24.08.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Galway-based Celtrak’s technology allows large fleets of trucks to be managed over the internet. Padraig Kenny is the company’s managing director.
How did Celtrak come into being? We were a division of Connaught Electronics and began looking at the field of telematics 10 years ago.
Connaught focused on developing […]

[13.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]This week’s interviewee is Michael Galvin, Cisco’s general manager for Ireland.
Why did you select the West of Ireland to locate an R&D presence? Different markets have different nuances. The European market in particular has its own, particularly the way people work. When we were looking at options to […]

[05.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Asume nothing. That’s entrepreneur Peter Smyth of RedMere Technologies’ advice when it comes to Irish technology companies seeking finance today.
“Assume people don’t understand the market. Communicate the value of the market you are targeting, your team and the value of the technology. Fundamentally that’s what we did.”
RedMere is one […]

[18.06.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Unlike its nearest competitor IBM, technology giant HP has no intention of ever exiting the personal computing business, the head of HP’s US$33bn Tech Solutions Group Ann Livermore told siliconrepublic.com.
The personal computer business has proven to be tough and competitive. IBM two years ago sold off its […]

[21.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Peter Conlon has a long track record in creating fast-growing and successful companies. Xsil is the latest, with over 17,300pc growth in five years to 2006.
In November last year, Dublin-based manufacturer of sophisticated silicon micro-machining equipment Xsil emerged in No 1 position in the Deloitte Fast 50 […]

[10.04.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Cork-born Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, one of the most successful computer book publishers in the world. He coined the phrase ‘Web 2.0′ and refers to his publishing empire as a “technology transfer company” that bases its success on spotting emerging trends.
He says […]

[21.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]As the local head of IT in a global company, most of the big technology issues of the day are going to drop on your desk at some time or other. Making decisions about which ones are worth exploring is one of the challenges.
The accepted thinking within […]

[26.02.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Give John Purdy a whiteboard and an hour of your time and he will save you money. He might even save your company’s life. That’s the bottom-line message to Ireland’s small firm community from the managing director of Ergo.
For some time now he has been banging the […]

[23.02.2007 first posted on silicon republic]This week’s interviewee is Danny O’Hare , chairman of the board of trustees of Exploration Station, the new science education centre.
How do you rate the Innovation Station project in terms of others?
It’s part of the infrastructure. It’s difficult to see how you could revive the interest of young […]

[15.09.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Traditional telecoms operators may be shooting themselves in the foot by offering broadband, the former chief technology officer of BT and futurist Peter Cochrane told siliconrepublic.com yesterday.
“The first thing people with real broadband do is sign up for Skype,” he remarked.
Cochrane, who retired from BT in 2000 […]