Software firm buys IT service companySoftware company Novell Networks has bought information technology consultancy Cambridge Technology Partners in an all-share …Wed Mar 14 2001 - 00:00
Irish software firm settles out of courtIrish financial services software company Allfinanz has reached an out-of-court settlement in a major patent infringement lawsuit…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
Consultancy displays united coloursNine months after the high-profile merger between Europe's dominant consultancy, Cap Gemini, and American counterpart, Ernst &…Fri Mar 9 2001 - 00:00
New York up to speed on the NetFrom Manhattan, the contrast between the Government's desire to establish the Republic as an e-commerce centre and the woeful…Fri Mar 9 2001 - 00:00
Venture fund boost for Irish tech groupsOnly two to three years ago, venture funds for technology companies - or any companies - were few on the ground in the Republic…Fri Mar 2 2001 - 00:00
Hewlett-Packard sets sights on ebusinessTechnology giant Hewlett-Packard revealed an overhaul of its software business last week, demonstrating a long-awaited realignment…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
Pretty good encryption man joins Hush teamMr Phil Zimmermann, one of the world's leading experts in encryption (the encoding of digital information), has joined Dublin…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
Too early to declare the Internet party overOut in California there are mixed signs for those longing for definitive indicators about the health of the technology industry…Fri Feb 16 2001 - 00:00
Programming radical puts left in copyrightIn an era when companies are circling the wagons and hurrying to copyright and patent products and ideas, iconoclastic software…Fri Feb 9 2001 - 00:00
A soldier of IBM's engineer armyWhen he first began working for IBM in 1967, Mr Nicholas Donofrio designed computer chips and processors with less power than…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
Tech sector needs more women - expertWomen should be considered the leading solution to growing concerns about a skills shortage in the technology industry in the…Wed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
Tech fridge is recipe for running house the Net wayForget the portable TV, basic cooking book and fresh pairs of Dunnes Stores socksSat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
Media Lab is more than just Bertie's petLast week a lot of fuss was made over Media Lab Europe (MLE), the wholly independent spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of…Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Register with Data Office, firms toldAll telecommunications companies and Internet service providers must register with the Data Protection Commissioner's Office …Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
Ten-step makeover for a better tech industryIt's 2001, a new year, and a resonant one for technology fans. In the famous 1969 film of Arthur CFri Jan 5 2001 - 00:00
Unbundling battles keep customers on holdConflicts and legal challenges may keep customers waiting for months before they see any significant Internet or telephony services…Fri Jan 5 2001 - 00:00
Former Oracle directors on partner firm software boardThree former Oracle Ireland executives, who left the company together to join online software firm SalesforceWed Jan 3 2001 - 00:00
Eircom plans ADSL costs at top of scaleEircom's proposed costs for high speed Internet lines, or ADSL, are among the highest in the world, with the price of installing…Wed Jan 3 2001 - 00:00
Telecom companies have the technology to rebuild their troubled businessAmong the most volatile of the companies that make up the technology sector, the Irish telecommunications industry had an even…Fri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Watchdog warns sites to toe line on data privacyIrish websites will have to adopt "clear and straightforward" privacy policies or face prosecutionThu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
EU deadline stalks telecoms operatorsWith an EU deadline looming on January 1st, major telecoms operators have failed to reach agreement on how Eircom will open its…Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
Harney urged to look into Eircell saleA telecommunications operator has filed a formal letter with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Harney, asking…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Eleven research projects approvedEleven joint-venture research projects between Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab Europe (MLE) and Irish institutions…Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Second telecoms revolution on cards as strategy panel recalledThe Government will reactivate its panel of international telecommunications experts to produce a second report on the Republic…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Vision of the future drawn from memoryIn the virtual world, as in the bricks-and-mortar world, it is not exactly a riveting topicFri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Computer sagas make a right riveting readThe last subject I ever thought I would find interesting when I was a child was computers.Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Despite gripes from tech sector Republic still offers real valueSuccess Through Services, the report on the Irish technology sector and its opinions, is an insightful gaze into the collective…Fri Dec 8 2000 - 00:00
Holidays, e-etiquette and terminal boredomIn Florida, the ballot counting and lawsuit filing may have continued over last week's Thanksgiving holiday, but Silicon Valley…Fri Dec 1 2000 - 00:00
Punters go barking mad for Sony's famous robot dogsThere were no free t-shirts, software giveaways, logoed screen cleaners, badges, mugs or any of the other items that cause large…Fri Nov 24 2000 - 00:00
Gore gets support from techiesSo, which of the main US presidential candidates is - or would have been - better for the technology industry? You think it doesn…Fri Nov 10 2000 - 00:00
Eircell sale may be step in right directionWith the rumours of the sale of Eircell everyone has an opinion on Eircom and how it should be runFri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
EU draft cyber crime treaty spells troubleAll the hard work the Government and private industry have done to turn the Republic into one of the more attractive European…Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Softech moves into cut-price telecom lines marketDublin software company Softech Telecom plans to become the first global aggregator to use the collective buying power of its…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Company's novel way to stay in touch attracts financial supportYou've just bought a house, you changed jobs twice last year, and you just got a mobile phone, but even your mother doesn't know…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Slashdot has some fun with patenting of processesSlashdot, the self-described "news for nerds" discussion site, is usually worth the occasional visit even if you aren't a programmer…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
California closing legal loopholes with virus lawAs it often does in topical areas of legislation, the state of California last week led where others will undoubtedly follow, …Fri Oct 6 2000 - 01:00
New fibreoptic network may be installedGlobal Crossing, the international data network and transatlantic cablelaying company, may install a high-speed fibreoptic network…Fri Sep 29 2000 - 01:00
Booming m-commerce facing major challengesUsers of mobiles and handheld devices such as the Palm are growing exponentially and are expected to outnumber PC users by 2003…Fri Sep 29 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore chief urges greater co-operation in e-business growthThe computer security industry, governments, patent and regulatory bodies and consumers have moral and social obligations to …Fri Sep 22 2000 - 01:00
Companies offload dot.com titles to stay afloatThe panel on Today FM's Sunday Supplement news show recently all agreed: the only way the Progressive Democrats could revitalise…Fri Sep 22 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore set to exploit formula for successAlmost unnoticed by either the business or technology worlds, last week marked a milestone in the digital security world, a change…Fri Sep 15 2000 - 01:00
Performix nets European dealDublin technology company Performix has signed a large-scale, panEuropean deal with giant Internet service provider AOL Europe…Fri Sep 8 2000 - 01:00
Web users are failing to rally to banner advertsIt's official: Irish Web users are bigger suckers than anyone anywhere elseFri Sep 8 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore to offer key product for freeIn a surprise move intended to accelerate the growth of the online security products market, Baltimore Technologies, the Dublin…Fri Sep 8 2000 - 01:00
Band-X lands in the right place at a perfect timeNothing signals the utter transformation of the telecommunications market here more succinctly than the arrival last week of …Fri Aug 4 2000 - 01:00
Old ways can sometimes prove best in new worldI'll tell you one excellent reason to opt for a Macintosh computer rather than a PC at the moment: Internet connectionsFri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
Six opt for Global Crossing cableSix companies have taken up the full initial offering of high-speed, international broadband telecommunications capacity available…Thu Jul 27 2000 - 01:00
MIT's Media Lab turns the world aroundThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab came to town yesterday and the world as we thought we knew it was picked…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
US firm to create up to 3,000 jobs in DublinCisco Systems is to create up to 3,000 jobs in the Dublin areaMon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Nabbing Napster won't stop the musicThank God for Napster, the website that acts as a directory for people who want to share their CD collections onlineFri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00