HP Brings 105 New High Technology Jobs to Galway

We are thrilled to be able to secure these jobs for Ireland as they speak hugely to the esteem in which the Irish skill set and capability is regarded within the HP community.

Martin Murphy, Managing Director HP Ireland

GALWAY, 13 DECEMBER 2010 – HP today announced that it is adding 105 new highly skilled jobs within the Global IT organization in Galway that supports the company’s Enterprise Business (EB) unit.  This investment is supported by IDA Ireland.
 
The jobs—all to be located in HP’s campus at Ballybrit—are technical in nature, focused on enterprise data architecture, application development, and the latest in software engineering and testing, among other skill sets.
 
“This is an important part of helping develop HP’s capability in software engineering, and we see it as an important statement of both our capacity to do more and the relevance of the skills that have been developed by the existing team here in Galway,” said Gerry Jacob, vice president within HP’s EB IT organization.
 
Martin Murphy, Managing Director HP Ireland said, “we are thrilled to be able to secure these jobs for Ireland as they speak hugely to the esteem in which the Irish skill set and capability is regarded within the HP community.
 
“HP’s strategic intent is to continue the shift towards research and development, including working with institutions such as LERO, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre at Limerick University,” Mr. Murphy added.  “We have a proud tradition of delivery in this regard across hardware, software and services in Ireland.”
 
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O'Keeffe TD, described the HP jobs as significant boost for research and development in Ireland.

'HP has chosen Galway for these highly strategic and knowledge-based roles in a move that reinforces our global reputation for high-end research and development activity. The investment shows that we can compete for highly skilled jobs in the information technology sector as we forge ahead with efforts to make Ireland Europe's innovation hub,' said Minister O'Keeffe.
 
More information on jobs is available by contacting HP on galwayjobs@HP.com

New roles at HP Galway
Two multi year projects are underway at HP Galway. The company is seeking both technologists and managers to fill these positions. The roles will involve working with the new and latest technologies in HP's cloud infrastructure and services business. The career opportunities range from entry level to architect IT and engineering positions from graduate to Phd level.

About HP Ireland
HP is one of the largest multinational companies in Ireland, with five core business groups located in Leixlip, Dublin, Galway and Belfast.  Businesses represented in Ireland are the HP Sales and Services Division; HP Manufacturing Operation; HP European Software Centre; HP Global Service Desk for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and HP Financial Services for EMEA.
 
The European Software Centre (ESC) in Ballybrit, Co. Galway comprises software and services research and development, software publishing services and software management and ebusiness services.  The geographic focus is Europe, Middle East and Africa, although many services delivered from the ESC are global.

About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com
 
For further information: please contact:
 
Anna Doody, HP                     Orla Benson, Drury
+353 870508917                   +353 878033262
anna.doody@hp.com            orla.benson@drury.ie

Thomas McEvoy, Media and PR Manager, IDA Ireland - +353 87 7426684
Gillian Kelly, Press and PR Executive, IDA Ireland - +353 1 6034190