Salesforce posts strong revenue with promise of AI boost
Company confident success of AI-powered Agentforce tool will add 1,000 employees, following two years of cuts
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Salesforce cuts more jobs globally, including some posts in Ireland
It is understood that fewer than 10 roles at the tech company’s operation in Ireland are impacted
EU charges Microsoft with antitrust violations over Teams
Allegations that software giant gained ‘undue advantage’ by bundling video conferencing app with Office are first such charges against it in over a decade
Nvidia soars but animal spirits are confined
Investors have decided a few mega-cap tech stocks like Nvidia are the only ones with the scale to benefit from AI, says Bespoke Investment
‘I never thought about an apprenticeship’
Julia Loh was interested in changing courses to study computer science until she heard about another pathway to a career in technology
Can the AI boom halt the tech exodus from San Francisco?
Vast swaths of office space have been left empty after a big shift to remote working
Salesforce forecasts second quarter revenue, profit below estimates on soft cloud demand
Firm’s forecast indicates that clients are scaling back spending
‘I work in a frustration factory’: how to make workplaces run better
Stanford professors Huggy Rao and Bob Sutton share tips to remove bad ‘friction’ in companies
Tech sector lay-offs keep coming
In Ireland, Google and Three have flagged job losses at their operations while there are concerns for jobs at Activision Blizzard after Microsoft said it would cut 1% of the games unit’s staff globally
Tech sector believes worst is over for job losses
Any further cuts likely to come from support and HR roles
Ireland risks becoming complacent about the need for fresh foreign direct investment
The availability of housing, sustainable energy and water infrastructures, and issues relating to the planning system all need to be addressed if the State is to continue to attract multinational companies to invest here
Salesforce to cut up to 50 more jobs from Irish operation
Company confirms plan for redundancies as it is ‘working through some changes’ to its sales and customer success teams
Global shares rise on the eve of US inflation data
Insulation specialist Kingspan and a number of other big hitters drove index in Dublin up 2.2%
SMBC Aviation Capital seeks occupier for offices at new Dublin HQ
Leasing giant only recently assumed the lease for Fitzwilliam 28 from Slack Technologies
Stocktake: A handful of tech giants are driving almost all US market gains
Analysts say gains are largely linked to firms with AI technologies and are concerned by market’s extreme imbalance
Silicon Valley faces a moment of reckoning amid end-of-days feel for tech world
Jennifer O’Connell: There is an end-of-days feel to recent news reports from the tech world
€4.7bn invested in Irish real estate last year despite ‘turbulence in global economy’
€4.7bn invested in Irish real estate last year despite ‘turbulence in global economy’
Microsoft to axe 60 more Irish jobs as part of global cutbacks
Latest job losses are linked to January announcement of 10,000 job cuts worldwide
Ireland’s reliance on tech sector poses economic risks if downturn worsens, Central Bank warns
While job losses in Irish tech sector have been relatively ‘small’ to date, economy remains sensitive to fortunes of specific firms
Big Tech groups disclose $10bn in charges from job culls and cost cutting
Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft reveal the hefty price tag as they rein in spending
Salesforce appoints new board directors amid activist investor pressure
Better cost control and a management shakeup at the cloud-based software firm being sought
Elliott takes multibillion-dollar activist stake in Salesforce
Hedge fund is known for pushing for change at companies in which it invests
A third of Dublin’s available office space is leased out but not being used
‘Grey space’ is surplus office accommodation that is leased but not in use
Citigroup signs deal for new European HQ in Dublin docklands
Global banking giant strikes agreement with Johnny Ronan’s RGRE for 300,000sq ft office campus at Waterfront South Central
Hopes rise that Amazon’s 5,000 Irish jobs will not be focus of cuts
Ecommerce giant previously had plans to bring its overall Irish headcount to 5,000
Impact of Salesforce cuts on Dublin workforce to become clear in coming days
Minister yet to be informed of any redundancies at firm that employs more than 2,500 in Ireland
Aviation leasing giant signs deal for new HQ at Fitzwilliam 28
SMBC Aviation Capital takes on newly developed Dublin city centre office space capable of accommodating over 1,300 workers
€1.25bn invested in Dublin’s private rented sector in first three quarters of 2022
US-headquartered investor Greystar’s €123.5m purchase of 282-unit Crumlin apartment scheme is most valuable deal so far this year
Big-ticket office deals mask market shift to ‘beds, sheds and meds’
Sale of Hibernia Reit and Salesforce’s European HQ have distorted office sector investment volumes, hiding a sharp downward trend
Irish commercial property investment jumps 40% in first nine months of year
‘Exceptional’ one-off sales drives market, with office and residential sectors attracting bulk of investor interest
Sweet goodbyes leave the door open for experienced employees to return
Rehiring employees can save on recruitment costs and they hit the ground running
Stocks eke out gains as investors eye Fed chair’s speech
Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Thursday while Irish and European stocks edged ahead
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