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Published March 15th, 2010 by admin

IRELAND’S EAZYBUSINESS SELECTS SILICON VALLEY TO STAGE U.S. ROLLOUT OF CLOUD-BASED BUSINESS APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
Company selects San Francisco for U.S. operations hub

SAN JOSE, Calif., and DUBLIN, Ireland, Mar. 15, 2010—EazyBusiness, an Ireland-based provider of cloud-based business applications for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), today staged the U.S. rollout of the EazyBusiness product suite.  The first four applications—EazyWeb, EazyCRM, EazyHRM, and EazyWork—enable SMBs worldwide to set up, grow, and manage their businesses profitably and competitively.  The company also announced that it would establish its U.S. operations hub in San Francisco, Calif.

The announcement was made during an Enterprise Ireland-supported Trade and Investment Mission to the U.S. led by Ireland’s Prime Minister, Brian Cowen.  Enterprise Ireland is the Irish state agency responsible for the development and promotion of the indigenous Irish business sector.

The EazyBusiness Suite makes doing business in the cloud possible and affordable by leveraging industry-leading open source software.  The suite addresses four core business activities: website and ecommerce management, sales and customer relationship management, employee management and human resource compliance, and employee email and collaboration. Read the rest of this entry »

Published March 15th, 2010 by admin

SILICON VALLEY MARKS FIRST STOP FOR IRELAND’S PRIME MINISTER BRIAN COWEN ON MULTI-CITY TRADE AND INVESTMENT MISSION TO THE U.S.
80-plus Irish companies participate in coast-to-coast events associated with the mission

SAN JOSE, Calif. and DUBLIN, Ireland, Mar. 15, 2010—Marking the first leg of a two-city Trade and Investment Mission to the US, Ireland’s Prime Minister, Brian Cowen will lead a delegation of Irish CEOs to the San Francisco Bay Area for a series of events and meetings with technology executives and venture capitalists today. The mission is directed by Enterprise Ireland, the Irish state agency responsible for the development and promotion of the country’s indigenous business sector.

“I’m delighted to be here in the world’s innovation capital,” said Prime Minister Cowen. “Silicon Valley and Ireland have much in common. We both thrive on innovation and entrepreneurship—the necessary ingredients to transform big technology concepts into production realities. It’s gratifying to see Ireland-based companies contributing to the Silicon Valley innovation engine with unique technology and valuable know-how. And it’s particularly exciting to see rising interest in our technology start-ups among Valley VCs—with several Irish early-stage companies already securing investment dollars from this source. The cultural ties that have long connected our countries have found new strength in the fabs, research labs, corporations and venture capital firms that comprise this vibrant technology community.” Read the rest of this entry »

Published March 15th, 2010 by admin

IRELAND’S TYNDALL INSTITUTE’S CEO VISITS SILICON VALLEY TO DISCUSS BREAKTHROUGH SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH
New junctionless transistors have potential to revolutionize
IC manufacturing and extend Moore’s Law

SAN JOSE, Calif. and CORK, Ireland, Mar. 15, 2010—Prof. Roger W. Whatmore, CEO of Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, is in Silicon Valley this week, participating in a Trade and Investment Mission led by Ireland’s Prime Minister, Brian Cowen.  The Mission was organized by Enterprise Ireland, the Irish state agency responsible for the development and promotion of Ireland’s indigenous business sector.  Prof. Whatmore will present information on a recent technology breakthrough achieved by Tyndall—the world’s first junctionless transistor—a development that could revolutionize semiconductor microchip manufacturing and help ensure the continuation of Moore’s Law well into the future.

This technology breakthrough is the result of research funded by Science Foundation Ireland and conducted by a team of scientists at Tyndall led by Professor Jean-Pierre Colinge.  They designed and fabricated a junctionless transistor that significantly reduces power consumption and greatly simplifies the IC manufacturing process.  Currently, all existing transistors are based upon junctions, which are formed when two pieces of silicon with different polarities are placed side by side.  Controlling the junction allows the current in the device to be turned on and off, and it is the precise fabrication of this junction that determines the characteristics and quality of the transistor.  It is also a major factor in the cost and complexity of semiconductor production. Read the rest of this entry »

Published March 15th, 2010 by admin

SAN JOSE, Calif. and CORK, Ireland, Mar. 15, 2010—Documatics, a provider of business management process software to multiple industry sectors, today announced that it is expanding its U.S. market presence by establishing a new operations center in Chicago, IL.  Also today, the company announced that Chicago-based Soluisce Solutions Inc., a provider of enterprise software solutions, will use the Documatics product suite to offer Enterprise Content Management solutions to its customers throughout the U.S.

The announcement was made today during a Trade and Investment Mission to Silicon Valley led by Ireland’s Prime Minister, Brian Cowen.  The Mission was organized by Enterprise Ireland, the state agency responsible for the development and promotion of Ireland’s indigenous business sector.   Read the rest of this entry »