US software firm Pivotal to create 130 jobs in Dublin, Cork

Silicon-Valley headquartered software company Pivotal is to create 130 new jobs in Dublin and Cork as part of a €100 million five-year investment.

Pivotal, which provides software and services that help companies build cloud-computing applications, is a spin-off and joint venture of EMC and its subsidiary VMWare. It was acquired by EMC in 2012 with GE taking a stake in the company the following year.

The company employs some 1,700 staff worldwide and its customers include Twitter, Best Buy, BT, Philips and BMW. Its Irish operations are currently based in Dogpatch Labs in Dublin's Docklands.

The company said it intends to invest in a new office in Dublin and to expand its current operations in Cork over the next five years in a move that will result in recruitment for full-time software engineering, technical support, operational and general and administrative roles.

“The continued rapid development of Dublin’s tech scene makes it the perfect location for further investment by Pivotal. It is a hotbed of talent, innovation and exciting ideas that we are looking forward to playing a central role within,” said Kevin Flanagan, the group’s general manager for Ireland.

The company's founder Rob Mee, who established Pivotal in 1989, took over as chief executive from Paul Maritz earlier this year.