Almost 50 new jobs have been promised for Dublin by two companies setting up support centres in Ireland.
CXC Corporate Services is to create 30 jobs in operations, multilingual sales, marketing and support at its new Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) hub in Dublin.
US enterprise data flash storage firm Pure Storage also announced the opening of new EMEA support centre in Dublin on Thursday, which will see it double its workforce in Ireland.
Part of CXC Global, CXC Corporate Services is a provider of payroll and accounting solutions for contractors and temporary staff. The company’s new services hub is located in Smithfield in Dublin.
CXC Corporate Services managing director Connor Heaney said the talent pool available to the company in Ireland along with the ease of access the country affords to the United States and EMEA were key drivers in the company’s decision to locate here.
“We have invested in Dublin as it’s perfectly positioned between our two major growth markets, USA and EMEA,” he added.
Workforce services
Founded in 1992 in Sydney, Australia, the company provides contingent workforce services to industry, recruiters and individual contractors.
CXC Corporate Services recently agreed a strategic partnership with on demand sourcing platform, Elevate Direct, which will be supported from Ireland.
Elsewhere, Pure Storage on Thursday announced its first facility outside of the US. The Silicon Valley firm, which enables deployment of flash storage in data centres, said it would employ 18 people initially with plans to take on a further 18 employees by the end of 2016. Hiring for the additional roles in already under way, the company said.
Expansion
Meanwhile, Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has signed a €2.5 million contract with
Enterprise Ireland
to fund a significant expansion of its incubation facilities in ArcLabs Waterford.
The extension to WIT’s Carriganore campus will enable the institute to double its capacity to support technology start-ups in the southeast region. Currently 27 companies are based in ArcLabs Waterford and Kilkenny, employing more than 190 staff.
WIT president Willie Donnelly said the emergence of the Internet of Things as a platform for the next generation of ICT companies provides a major opportunity for the southeast.
“Through the expansion of ArcLabs in Waterford and its presence in Kilkenny, the region will be better positioned to build on the existing mobile services cluster and to exploit new growth opportunities in areas such as agri-tech,” he said.
