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Disney has commissioned a new animated series to be produced by Oscar-nominated Irish studio Brown Bag films that will help teach children the importance of healthy living.

The series follows six-year-old Dottie “Doc” McStuffins, who communicates with and heals stuffed animals and toys out of her backyard clinic. With an emphasis on healthy living, the series will highlight the importance of taking care of oneself and others.

Brown Bag Films are producing the series in association with Disney Channel with an early 2011 date currently scheduled for the series to air. The announcement was made yesterday by Nancy Kanter, senior vice president, Playhouse Disney Worldwide. The 52 episode series will be directed by Norton Virgien whose credits include the ‘Rugrats’ series and movie.

It is the second major success for Brown Bag in the US following the completion of a 52-part series for children’s network Nickelodeon last year.

Cathal Gaffney, Brown Bag Films Chief Executive, (audio cast) says they will produce 52 episodes of Doc McStuffins and create 14 new jobs.

Published June 26th, 2010 by admin in Archive, Digital Media & Entertainment | Post a Comment »

Introducing a new dynamic in group socializing, Ellickson International recently debuted the innovative but “why-didn’t-someone-think-of-this-sooner” Draft Master™ beer dispensing system that allows customers to pour their own beer at their table when they choose.  The Draft Master beer dispensing system — available as a four-tap system for fixed installation or a two-tap mobile system — is an extension of the pitcher concept but enables bar owners to offer a new fun dynamic to groups with remote monitoring and control.

Ideal for bars, restaurants, bowling alleys or themed entertainment venues, Draft Master couples roundtable enjoyment with bartender/server management via Ellickson’s patented software and touch-screen management system installed behind the bar and integrated with the venue’s Point Of Sale (POS) system. Draft Master is particularly suited to groups on nights out and to those watching sports events in bars with the facility to run up to four separate taps on a table.  Patrons simply provide a credit card in advance, are seated at a Draft Master table, they may choose to set a drink or monetary limits and then serve themselves at their leisure.

In doing so, patrons enjoy colder, fresher beer at their own pace and venue managers benefit from a new marketing tool to attract more groups but also reduce waste, improve server efficiency and better control.  The quality improvement is enabled by Draft Master’s patented gas-management system that provides better consistency to the beer.
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Published June 25th, 2010 by admin in Archive, Consumer, EI Client News, Software/Services, hospitality | Post a Comment »

CommNexus MarketLink is a FREE program that pairs regional companies with multinational corporations hoping to discover new business interests and partnerships. It provides a shortcut to developing new relationships by orchestrating a simple and efficient introduction process that offers selected companies the opportunity to present to executives focusing on new products and innovations in a personalized 1-on-1 session. CommNexus handles all of the logistics. All you have to do is show up.

Details: http://www.commnexus.org/programs/event_20100202.php
Date: August 2-4, 2010
Venue: 16535 Via Esprillo, San Diego, CA 92127 USA

Application Submission Deadline July 13, 2010  http://www.commnexus.org/programs/marketlink/marketlink-application-form.php

How does MarketLink work?

• CommNexus partners with a multination corporation that is hoping to discover new business interests and partnerships to become a MarketLink host.
• The corporation establishes specific technology requirements and an assembled team of high-level decision makers, and posts its areas of interest on the CommNexus website.
• An application period begins where a network of over 8,000 tech sector professionals have an opportunity to submit an application to present to the MarketLink host company.
• All applications are reviewed by the host company through a web-based collaboration program and the company, not CommNexus, selects the top application companies that they would like to most meet with.
• CommNexus notifies all companies about the selection results and coordinates meeting logistics with the selected participants.
• CommNexus schedules meetings with selected companies and top executives from the MarketLink host company over a 2-day period. Read the rest of this entry »

Published June 23rd, 2010 by admin in Archive, CleanTech, Digital Media & Entertainment, Economic, Software/Services, Telecom/Mobil, VC | Post a Comment »

The Irish Times Ciaran Hancock reported today that Irish Social Media Company Weedle will create 50 new jobs at its base in Blackrock, Co Dublin.

The article “Weedle to create 50 jobs in Dublin” states…

“The company, which already employs 19 people in Ireland, will create the jobs in the development of next generation web applications over the next three years.

Weedle has developed a free website that allows people with professional services, trades, crafts, skills to showcase their products and services online.

The website has been live for three months and claims to have attracted users in more than 50 countries. The project is supported by Enterprise Ireland”

In addition to this recent report Weedle has been making significant news here in the Americas.

In March, Weedle announced it had received $4 million in funding to expand its social media platform globally. That announcement came as part of a trade mission to the US led by Taoiseach Brian Cowen and organized by Enterprise Ireland. Then Weedle selected the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco to stage it’s US Market roll-out

Recent Weedle News on Enterprise-Ireland Americas

• 10 Irish internet companies did some serious networking at San Francisco’s Web 2.0 Expo (video)
• Weedle Debuts at Web 2.0 Expo; Selects San Francisco to Stage its US Market Roll-Out
• Weedle secures $4m in funding (video)
• Irish Social Media Company Announces $4M Funding During Irish Trade & Investment Mission to Silicon Valley

Published June 21st, 2010 by admin in Archive, EI Client News, InfoSecurity, Software/Services, Telecom/Mobil | Post a Comment »

• Over 100 CEOs
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Why Attend? Three Simple Reasons…

1. Networking
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Whether the burning issue for you is social media, business expansion or new technology, we’ve got them all covered. Check out our schedule here.

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With hundreds of key decision makers from businesses of all sizes and areas, it’s a great business opportunity. Check our our attendee list here.

Published June 18th, 2010 by admin in Archive, Digital Media & Entertainment, Events, News Press, Software/Services, Telecom/Mobil | Post a Comment »

Leading Analyst Firm Celent honor Northway Bank in its 2010 Model Bank Awards

Northway Bank, a leading New England financial services organization has been honored in Celent’s 2010 Model Bank awards for its innovative use of the Econiq frontline sales effectiveness solution.

The awards, which are held annually, recognize a select group of banks for their inspired use of technology. Northway Bank has been honored for its achievement in driving significant improvements in cross-sales and referrals across its frontline channels with the innovative use of the Econiq solution. As a result of the technology initiative the bank has enjoyed increases in household growth rates, consumer deposits, home equity loans, relationship product sales and investment referrals.

Commenting on the award Richard Olson, Director of Consumer and Small Business Banking at Northway states; “We are delighted to be recognized as one of Celent’s model banks for our deployment of the Econiq solution. Like many banks, driving cross sales and referrals from our frontline channels had been a key strategic challenge that we struggled to overcome. Econiq transformed the situation for us and delivered real results fast. Within 3 months of deployment our frontline sales significantly improved and sales referrals skyrocketed. Furthermore the solution was quick to implement and easy to use.”

The Econiq solution provides Northway Bank with a systemic way to capture and record customer insights and information, gathered during everyday interactions, to create rich and insightful customer profiles. The solution analyzes these profiles to get a thorough understanding of customers’ financial needs and identifies cross sales and services opportunities. It then drives alerts directly to staff about products or services appropriate to the customers’ need or creates automated referrals to other parts of bank to initiate follow up as required.

In addition to identifying and driving sales opportunities the Econiq solution provides bank management with real time and historical reports into frontline interactions that give them a significantly improved depth of understanding as to why customers come into their branches, the interactions that occur and what strategies can be adopted to improve performance and optimize efficiencies. Read the rest of this entry »

Published June 18th, 2010 by admin in Archive, EI Client News, Economic, InfoSecurity, Software/Services | Post a Comment »

Irish company and Enterprise-Ireland Americas client Openet Solutions recently announced the roll-out of a flexible data payment system for Apple’s iPad on a major US carrier, believed to be ATT, according the Irish Times.

Openet, is the leading provider of Transactional Intelligence for the world’s largest and most innovative network service providers. The recent announcement confirmed that a Tier 1 North American wireless operator has successfully deployed a comprehensive solution set from Openet that enables the operator to monetize the market-leading tablet device, Apple’s iPad.

With the Subscriber Initiated Provisioning and Service Pass solutions the operator is able to sell ad-hoc and recurring data plans to iPad customers, enabling subscriber initiated provisioning of data access by volume of data usage and duration; thus meeting demand for flexible, personalized service offerings.

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Published June 17th, 2010 by admin in Archive, Consumer, Consumer/Retail, Digital Media & Entertainment, EI Client News, InfoSecurity, Software/Services, Telecom/Mobil | Post a Comment »

DEADLINE – WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2010

Be considered for a prestigious speaking opportunity. Enter the 2011 CES Call for Speakers online at CESweb.org through Wednesday, July 21, 2010.

More than 120,000 industry professionals from across the globe converge on Las Vegas, Nev., to see cutting edge technology at CES, including four days of dynamic conference sessions, keynote addresses and consumer electronics (CE) exhibits. CES attracts an impressive number of financial analysts, media, bloggers, venture capitalists, developers, manufacturers, corporate buyers and retailers.  A speaking position in the CES conference program is your ideal opportunity to address the breadth of the CE industry.

Pick your topic.

The 2011 CES hosts conference sessions addressing a range of topics including:

• Wireless technology
• Home networking
• Mobile electronics
• Emerging technologies
• Retailing trends
• E-commerce
• Digital content
• Analyst research
• And much more.

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Published June 16th, 2010 by admin in Archive, Digital Media & Entertainment, Events, News Press, Software/Services, Telecom/Mobil | Post a Comment »

Managed Services & Solutions – Partnerships in the Cloud

Date: June 16th

Where: Dublin, Ireland

Click here to REGISTER before 11^th June 2010

Enterprise Ireland and the Enterprise Europe Network Ireland are co-hosting a seminar on the 16th June 2010 as part of the Enterprise Europe Network Technology Roadmap series. The title of the seminar is “Managed Services & Solutions – Partnerships in the Cloud” and the aim is to provide managed services vendors and independent software/internet application vendors (ISVs) a view from IT architects and cloud vendors.
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Published June 15th, 2010 by admin in Archive, News Press, Software/Services | Post a Comment »

10CMS the market leader in ‘’Rich Interactive Merchandising’’ space are set to go live in the US this Summer. Customers on the platform include Tesco, L.K.Bennett, Heal’s, A|wear, Dreams, Kiddicare.com, and Anthropologie and Jimmy Choo (pictured below, right).

10CMS is Irish headquartered with offices Cork, London and NYC.

10CMS’ technology was developed to dramatically increase customer conversion rates and revenues for the retail sector. It enriches the online user experience and encourages greater customer interaction. Additionally and most importantly, 10CMS can be deployed quickly, easily and at a low cost to ensure that retailers can respond instantly to consumer trends, seasonal and key promotional activity. The technology reduces online merchants’ production and content management costs by 80% over today’s solutions.

“We put our success down to a clear understanding of what drives sales for retailers like Tesco and L.K.Bennett,” said Fergal O’Mullane, co-founder, 10CMS. ‘’We have spent a long time looking at what the end users of online retail want and increasingly expect. We built our software to ensure that the quality and usability is delivered again and again. We are having an incredible year, working with over 40 leading retailers and we project this to grow to well over 100 by the end of the year. We have recently established a great foothold in the US, working with renowned brands such as Vince, Jimmy Choo, Lily Pulitzer and Waterford Wedgewood and are now planning to set up a permanent office on the East.” Read the rest of this entry »

Published June 11th, 2010 by admin in Archive, Consumer, Consumer/Retail, EI Client News, Economic, News Press, Software/Services | Post a Comment »