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09-01-2020
How Will Artificial Intelligence as a Service Impact Companies in 2020?

Companies across a diverse range of industries are using artificial intelligence to streamline data management and analytics, gain a competitive edge and find new ways to drive growth. As more companies look to capitalize on AI technologies for their data-driven decision making, there’s a demand by businesses to find ways to avail themselves of AI quickly and cost effectively. AI is starting to emerge as a service, and I see 2020 being the year that AI as a Service (AIaaS) explodes onto the market.

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04-12-2019
Nearly two in five Irish adults have not updated their main password in the last 12 months – OneLogin research

Nearly two in five Irish adults (39 percent) haven’t updated their main password in the last 12 months, according to new research.

The research, published today by OneLogin, a global leader in identity and access management, finds that 20% of Irish adults haven’t updated their passwords in over two years and a further five percent can’t recall the last time they updated their passwords.

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06-11-2019
Travelport to invest in creating jobs through new inside sales centre in Dublin

Travelport, a leading technology company serving the travel and tourism industry, has announced a further investment in its Dublin operations through the creation of an inside sales centre.

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25-10-2019
Huawei opens new Dublin office and announces 100 jobs

Huawei Ireland has today opened a new state-of-the-art Dublin office and announced the creation of 100 jobs over the next three years as the company continues to grow in Ireland. Recruitment is underway for the first phase of the jobs and 30 of these positions are expected to be filled within the next year.

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22-10-2019
PublicRelay to create 20 jobs in Cavan

PublicRelay, a leading US media monitoring and analytics firm, announced today plans to establish a new office in Cavan, creating 20 new jobs over the next two years. Cavan was selected as the location for a second office in Ireland based on the strong pool of educated talent available in the region and the innovative nature of Cavan’s newly opened Digital Hub where the company initially will be based. PublicRelay Ireland, Ltd. is currently looking to hire its initial team of associate analysts and a manager to begin work before the end of this year.

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11-10-2019
How Will Brexit Impact U.S. Hardware Companies?

As Brexit approaches, uncertainty continues to surround the potential exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union. While there are far reaching implications, taxes and trading systems are just two considerations that will impact American chip and system engineers and their employers. The situation is complex and becomes more challenging as each day passes. Strong trade bonds tie Europe and the US - data from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative shows that the EU/US bilateral trade flow is the biggest in the world, far bigger than that between the US and China. In 2018, the U.S. imported $683.9 billion of EU goods compared with $557.9 imported from China. U.S. exports reached $574.5 billion to Europe while only $179.2 billion was imported to China. Trade with the UK is significant, the U.S. accounted for 19% of U.K. exports and 11% of imports.

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07-10-2019
Adesto® Engages with the European Space Agency to Develop Next-Generation Satellite Communications Technology

DUBLIN, Ireland – October 7, 2019 – Adesto Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: IOTS), a leading provider of innovative application-specific semiconductors and systems for the IoT, announced it is engaging with the European Space Agency (ESA) through the agency’s ARTES Competitiveness and Growth (C&G) program to develop technologies for next-generation mobile satellite communications.

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27-09-2019
Facts About Ireland 2019

Everything you need to know about investing in Ireland in 2019 including information on economy, talent, tax, commercial property and more.

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18-09-2019
Security Risk Advisors to establish European HQ & Security Operations Centre in Kilkenny, creating 52 new jobs

Security Risk Advisors (SRA), the Pennsylvania-based cyber security consulting company, today announced that it is establishing a European Headquarters and Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Kilkenny. 52 jobs will be created over the next five years.

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16-09-2019
ClickDimensions Opens new European Customer Operations Centre of Excellence in Cork Company to add 28 new employees over next 2 years

ClickDimensions, the leading marketing technology and services provider for Microsoft Dynamics 365, today announced the official opening of its new European Customer Operations Centre of Excellence in Cork, Ireland. ClickDimensions CEO Mike Dickerson and other company executives will be joined by guest of honour Minister of State David Stanton TD, IDA Ireland executives, and members of the local government and business community to celebrate the opening at a ceremony in the new office on 10 South Mall today.

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12-09-2019
AB Agri to establish an Agricultural Technology Centre in Kilkenny, creating up to 50 jobs

AB Agri Ltd, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF) group which operates in the retail, food and agriculture sectors, is to establish a Technology Centre in Kilkenny, creating up to 50 new roles over five years.

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04-09-2019
Xperi Corporation Celebrates Opening of New Galway Office with Plans to Expand its Innovative R&D Team

Xperi Corporation, a Silicon Valley based, publicly traded technology company with two subsidiaries in Ireland – FotoNation in Galway and DTS in Limerick – celebrated the official opening of its new FotoNation office in Galway, Ireland. Through an increased commitment to research and development (R&D) investment in Ireland, Xperi’s DTS subsidiary plans to establish an innovation hub at its new Galway location. In addition, the Company is also working to expand its local engineering talent around high-potential growth initiatives, including premium audio, computational imaging, computer vision, and machine learning capabilities, just to name a few.

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21-08-2019
ActiveCampaign Opens Dublin Office as Customer Growth in Europe Accelerates

ActiveCampaign today announced the opening of its Dublin office, establishing a headquarters for the company in Europe, to support its growing customer base on the continent. The company expects its Dublin presence to expand to more than 200 employees. Initial hires will focus on support, sales, customer success, and marketing.

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18-07-2019
Toast raises a glass to growth in Ireland

In the restaurant business, technology is fast becoming key to delivering superior service for customers, and this has propelled Boston-based Toast to revenue growth of 148 per cent during 2018.

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17-07-2019
Five tips for rapid international business expansion

Every company that wants to grow will reach a point where it needs to expand into new markets. Doing it right means setting up operations closer to those customers.

It’s a big step, but it’s one that many others have taken before. For this blog, we spoke to senior leaders at leading tech companies that expanded into Ireland. They shared their advice on getting a fast and frictionless start, with five practical tips for others planning to grow their business internationally.

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01-08-2019
IDA Ireland welcomes Amazon’s announcement of a second renewable energy project for Ireland

IDA Ireland today welcomed the announcement of Amazon’s decision to locate a second wind farm in Ireland, to be located in Cork. Once operational, the new Amazon Wind Farm will provide 23.2 megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity, with expected generation of 68,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy annually.

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20-06-2019
LinkedIn Ireland expands to 2,000 people, as Irish membership hits 2,000,000

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional social network, has marked the milestone of growing its Irish membership to two million people by announcing that it is creating 800 new jobs which will bring its headcount at its Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) HQ in Wilton Place in Dublin to 2,000 people by summer next year. The expansion is a result of ongoing growth of its business.

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13-06-2019
Wix.com Opens Dublin Customer Support Centre

Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), a leading cloud-based web development platform, has added a Customer Support Centre in Dublin, Ireland to further enhance its global support infrastructure and international footprint.

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30-05-2019
Deem to Create 50 Jobs With New Innovation Centre in Dublin

Deem, a leading mobile and cloud software technology provider, today announced that it will create 50 highly skilled jobs at a new European Innovation Centre in Dublin. Deem’s expansion into Europe is part of a bold growth strategy that will see the company doubling its workforce around the world, including at its headquarters in San Francisco.

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28-05-2019
Leading Software Solutions Provider QAD to Expand Operations in Ireland

QAD Inc. (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies announced today that it will expand its operations in Ireland and expects to create up to 40 new jobs between its Limerick and Dublin offices over the next three years, bringing the total number employed by QAD in Ireland to over 140. The development is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.

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20-05-2019
Cyber Ireland Launch Cyber Security Cluster

Today marks the official launch of the Irish Cyber Security Cluster, Cyber Ireland, which took place at Cork County Hall and was officiated by Minister David Stanton. The Cyber Security cluster organisation, which is backed by IDA Ireland, brings together industry, academia and government to represent the needs of the sector and aims to enhance the innovation, growth and competitiveness of the companies and organisations in this nationwide cluster.

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17-05-2019
RIMES opens new office in Cork

Tánaiste & Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade Simon Coveney TD today announced that data management and regtech specialist RIMES has established a new office at City Gate, Mahon, Cork, Ireland.

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Explore Latest News & Views

How Will Artificial Intelligence as a Service Impact Companies in 2020?

Nearly two in five Irish adults have not updated their main password in the last 12 months – OneLogin research

Travelport to invest in creating jobs through new inside sales centre in Dublin

Huawei opens new Dublin office and announces 100 jobs

PublicRelay to create 20 jobs in Cavan

How Will Brexit Impact U.S. Hardware Companies?

Adesto® Engages with the European Space Agency to Develop Next-Generation Satellite Communications Technology

Facts About Ireland 2019

Security Risk Advisors to establish European HQ & Security Operations Centre in Kilkenny, creating 52 new jobs

ClickDimensions Opens new European Customer Operations Centre of Excellence in Cork Company to add 28 new employees over next 2 years

AB Agri to establish an Agricultural Technology Centre in Kilkenny, creating up to 50 jobs

Xperi Corporation Celebrates Opening of New Galway Office with Plans to Expand its Innovative R&D Team

ActiveCampaign Opens Dublin Office as Customer Growth in Europe Accelerates

Toast raises a glass to growth in Ireland

Five tips for rapid international business expansion

IDA Ireland welcomes Amazon’s announcement of a second renewable energy project for Ireland

LinkedIn Ireland expands to 2,000 people, as Irish membership hits 2,000,000

Wix.com Opens Dublin Customer Support Centre

Deem to Create 50 Jobs With New Innovation Centre in Dublin

Leading Software Solutions Provider QAD to Expand Operations in Ireland

Cyber Ireland Launch Cyber Security Cluster

RIMES opens new office in Cork

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