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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:20:52 +0000 30 http://www.digital21.ie/img/digital-21-logo-white.png http://www.digital21.ie/rss/ 192 46 Vodafone Ireland CEO Charles Butterworth says the pace of mobile innovation must now be matched by industry working together on the fixed line side to ensure that fibre infrastructure investment takes place to boost the economy. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/596/ubiquitous-broadband-future-is-closer-than-you-think-vodafone-boss-says/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/596/ubiquitous-broadband-future-is-closer-than-you-think-vodafone-boss-says/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The Irish Government will be acting on the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce, Taoiseach Brian Cowen confirmed while launching the Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission in Silicon Valley yesterday. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/593/govt-to-act-on-innovation-taskforce-report-taoiseach/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/593/govt-to-act-on-innovation-taskforce-report-taoiseach/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Dublin-based RedMere and Belfast-based SiSaf were presented with awards on behalf of the Irish Technology Leadership Group by California's "Governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/594/schwarzenegger-gives-silicon-valley-awards-to-irish-tech-stars/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/594/schwarzenegger-gives-silicon-valley-awards-to-irish-tech-stars/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) said today its members have raised €4m in 2009 to support early stage enterprises in Ireland via regional networks and investment syndicates. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/595/angel-investors-raise-4m-for-investing-in-early-stage-companies/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/595/angel-investors-raise-4m-for-investing-in-early-stage-companies/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Regulators in the US are set to roll out an ambitious broadband policy plan that will see the average American experience increases in speeds up to 25 times faster than what they currently experience. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/590/major-us-broadband-policy-plan-to-be-revealed/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/590/major-us-broadband-policy-plan-to-be-revealed/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 This Sunday, Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD will formally open a new innovation centre in San Jose, California, at the heart of Silicon Valley, which is the brainchild of the Irish Technology Leaders' Group (ITLG) and described as a "concrete" outcome of the Global Irish Economic Forum at Farmleigh. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/591/irish-innovation-centre-for-start-ups-to-open-in-silicon-valley/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/591/irish-innovation-centre-for-start-ups-to-open-in-silicon-valley/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger is to be the keynote speaker at the Irish Technology Leaders Group (ITLG) Awards at Stanford University on Monday night, Siliconrepublic.com has learned. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/592/schwarzenegger-to-award-innovative-irish-tech-firms/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/592/schwarzenegger-to-award-innovative-irish-tech-firms/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nationwide 1Gbps broadband, the creation of a 'European Accelerator to attract the world's most innovative start-ups and a sea change in structures and attitudes to start-ups were among the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce revealed today. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/588/215-000-new-jobs-by-2020-if-ireland-becomes-a-global-innovation-hub/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/588/215-000-new-jobs-by-2020-if-ireland-becomes-a-global-innovation-hub/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 If Ireland revamps itself into a centre of innovation, the result can be some 120,000 new jobs, says a report from the Government's Innovation Taskforce to be published tomorrow. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/584/innovation-can-spark-120-000-jobs-report-says/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/584/innovation-can-spark-120-000-jobs-report-says/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Irish start-ups, it appears, are proportionately the most avid subscribers to Microsoft's BizSpark programme and according to the global head of BizSpark, Cliff Reeves, the country is putting in place an ecosystem for start-ups that Silicon Valley would be proud of. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/585/bizspark-accelerating-start-ups-access-to-global-market/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/585/bizspark-accelerating-start-ups-access-to-global-market/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 There is need for indigenous business growth. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/570/jim-ohara-general-manager-intel-ireland/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/570/jim-ohara-general-manager-intel-ireland/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 it's time to build Irish multinationals. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/571/martin-murphy-managing-director-hp-ireland/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/571/martin-murphy-managing-director-hp-ireland/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Support future business leaders. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/572/maurice-mortell-chief-executive-data-electronics/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/572/maurice-mortell-chief-executive-data-electronics/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 There's a large appetite for entrepreneurship. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/573/paul-rellis-managing-director-microsoft-ireland/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/573/paul-rellis-managing-director-microsoft-ireland/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Global market for Irish business. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/574/charles-butterworth-chief-executive-vodafone-ireland/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/574/charles-butterworth-chief-executive-vodafone-ireland/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Internet is key for new business. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/575/kim-majerus-managing-director-cisco-ireland/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/575/kim-majerus-managing-director-cisco-ireland/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The Irish are intuitively entrepreneurial. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/576/chris-clark-chief-executive-bt-ireland/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/576/chris-clark-chief-executive-bt-ireland/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 We have to stop punishing failure. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/577/mark-kellett-chief-executive-magnet-networks/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/577/mark-kellett-chief-executive-magnet-networks/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Entrepreneurialism starts in schools. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/578/graham-byrne-head-of-ireland-and-scotland-businesses-promethean/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/578/graham-byrne-head-of-ireland-and-scotland-businesses-promethean/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Successful firms can help start-ups. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/579/dermot-oconnell-general-manager-dell-ireland/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/579/dermot-oconnell-general-manager-dell-ireland/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Minister for Trade and Commerce Billy Kelleher TD has announced that Enterprise Ireland supported the establishment of 73 new high-potential start-up companies (HPSUs) in 2009. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/583/seventy-three-high-potential-start-ups-supported-in-2009/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/583/seventy-three-high-potential-start-ups-supported-in-2009/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Citizens need to prepare for the future jobs market and engagement in society through enhanced web skills, the European Commission said today. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/580/citizens-need-web-skills-for-future-jobs/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/580/citizens-need-web-skills-for-future-jobs/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The National Digital Research Centre's (NDRC) first ever LaunchPad programme supporting emerging start-ups is running until April, with plans for a second one in June. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/582/ndcrs-launchpad-programme-under-way/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/582/ndcrs-launchpad-programme-under-way/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The new head of the Irish Internet Association says the imperative is to bring more firms online. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/568/irish-businesses-need-to-realise-the-digital-economy-is-the-real-economy/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/568/irish-businesses-need-to-realise-the-digital-economy-is-the-real-economy/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Communications Minister Eamon Ryan said that next-generation telecoms infrastructure and alternative new energy solutions will help provide the economic stimulus the Irish economy needs in the absence of financial levers. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/567/broadband-infrastructure-investment-crucial-ryan/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/567/broadband-infrastructure-investment-crucial-ryan/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Ireland needs to find a way to emulate the success of locations like Silicon Valley and can begin by fixing the things that are broken and using digital technologies to transform the economy, said the chairman of the advisory board of UCD Smurfit Business School Paul Haran this morning. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/569/digital-transformation-will-fix-the-irish-economy/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/569/digital-transformation-will-fix-the-irish-economy/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Dylan Collins, the young entrepreneur who by the age of 30 had sold three successful technology firms, says Ireland needs to focus more on generating a larger number of internet start-ups. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/581/internet-start-ups-generate-cheap-fast-return-collins/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/581/internet-start-ups-generate-cheap-fast-return-collins/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 State development agency IDA Ireland has unveiled a new blueprint called 'Horizon 2020' aimed at creating 105,000 new jobs by 2014, the lynchpin of which will be social and economic regeneration of cities, towns and regions. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/566/ida-strategic-plan-to-create-105-000-new-jobs-by-2014/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/566/ida-strategic-plan-to-create-105-000-new-jobs-by-2014/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Interactive learning player Promethean has won a major Spanish tender to provide 4,550 of its ActivBoard+2 interactive whiteboards plus software to 1,900 schools in the Spanish region of Andalucia. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/589/promethean-to-roll-out-4-550-whiteboards-in-spanish-schools/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/589/promethean-to-roll-out-4-550-whiteboards-in-spanish-schools/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Forget the Government, let's go to Google," an exasperated Fine Gael Councillor Eoghan Murphy will tell fellow Dublin city managers on Monday with a view to promoting Dublin as a trial location for state-of-the-art fibre broadband. http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/565/lets-ask-google-to-solve-irelands-broadband-woes/ http://www.digital21.ie/news/item/565/lets-ask-google-to-solve-irelands-broadband-woes/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000