[25.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]One of Ireland’s largest and most successful home-grown technology companies Iona Technologies has been acquired by US firm Progress Software for US$162m, it emerged this morning.
Iona Technologies, which was founded by Chris Horn, Sean Baker and Annrai O’Toole, grew swiftly from an R&D endeavour in a Trinity College […]

[25.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Take a look at the children that live and breathe in online environments like Club Penguin or even the Facebook generation. Couple that with the fact that the gaming industry has gained momentum and taken over the film industry with Grand Theft Auto IV outdoing These two trends point […]

[25.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]As Carphone Warehouse in Ireland steadily expands its remit to becoming a computer and broadband specialist, the company’s chief executive Stephen Mackarel told siliconrepublic.com that work is in progress to bring Best Buy electronics stores to a number of locations across Ireland.
Best Buy, which has 22pc of the […]

[25.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Virtualisation is not a new concept but the growing realisation of what it can do, is.
Customers are just beginning to understand how it can better provision and manage computing resources. Greater economic and infrastructure advantages, as well as integrated tools to manage new configurations, are required to […]

[25.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Europe needs to move up a gear to bridge the innovation gap with other parts of the world.
That is the conclusion of an independent report chaired by former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho, which analysed the effectiveness of information society research under the EU’s sixth Framework Programme for […]

[24.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]While the Open Handset Alliance and Google are still twiddling their thumbs over the release of Android, Nokia has acquired an extremely valuable asset: the Symbian open mobile platform.
Nokia – which already owns 48pc of shares in Symbian – has managed to convince Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Ericsson and […]

[24.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]DHL recently announced the senior appointment of Caroline Baldwin as marketing and sales director of DHL Express Ireland. Baldwin will be responsible for all marketing and sales activities within DHL Express Ireland, with particular focus on the strategic growth of the business together with DHL’s competitive placement in the marketplace. […]

[24.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Anito Anthony has been appointed Microsoft Dynamics Navision consultant at Datapac’s ERP division with responsibility for the implementation, training, support and maintenance for Microsoft Dynamics Navision. Prior to joining Datapac, Anito was senior consultant at Foresight Technologies (UAE). He holds an MBA from Southern Adventist University, Tennessee, USA and a […]

[24.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Roughly 80pc of us surf the web to plan our trips, heading to various recommendation and review sites like Boo.com or TripAdvisor, but when we want to plan a more complex trip that may involve several destinations and the factoring in of a strict budget, as a complete solution the […]

[24.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]When we sign a sponsorship card we might put ourselves down for a fiver or maybe a tenner, and when it comes to passing a charity in the street we might drop a few euros in the bucket, or whatever we have in our wallets or pockets.
The pattern […]