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from the Post.IE

Enterprise Ireland client Terminalfour has signed a contract to provide an Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS) to New York-based SUNY Empire State College.

The deal, believed to be worth more than €100,000, will see Terminalfour supply its Site Manager software to help improve online facilities for students and staff.

Empire State College is a multi-site institution that is focused on mature and distant learners.

Its courses are provided to 18,000 students in 35 locations in the state of New York and six international sites, including the Lebanon, Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic and Greece. Read the rest of this entry »

Published July 12th, 2010 by admin in Archive, EI Client News, Education, News Press, Software/Services | Post a Comment »

• Over 100 CEOs
• 12 world class speakers
• 1 Amazing Event

Only 1 week to go! | June 24th, 2010

Why Attend? Three Simple Reasons…

1. Networking
With over 400 confirmed attendees, it’s a great opportunity for you & your business. Just check out our attendee list here.

2. Learning Opportunity
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.

3. Business Opportunity
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 »

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 »

Enterprise Ireland congratulates Sproxil (http://www.sproxil.com/) for being named winner of the Boston IBM SmartCamp Event. IBM’s SmartCamp is a global program being held in seven cities around the world in 2010. The program culminates with one selected company from each city being invited to SmartCamp week in Dublin (Ireland) in November.  There one will be named “The World’s Smartest Start-up”.

Enterprise Ireland is keen to talk to high tech entrepreneurs who are interested in setting up part of their business in Ireland. Enterprise Ireland is working with IBM and will be delighted to welcome the winners to Dublin for finals week in November.

Final winners will be offered an Incentive Package to give them the opportunity to spend 3 months in Dublin to explore the advantages of setting up a part of their business in Ireland. The package includes financial support in the region of €20,000 and a mentor support programme provided by top class highly experienced entrepreneurs and business people and access to incubation space.

Sproxil competed with four other outstanding finalist – Sendsor, SkyMeter, Proxpro, and GIS Cloud – to take top honors. Read the rest of this entry »

Published June 4th, 2010 by admin in Archive, CleanTech, Economic, News Press, Programs/Events, SmartCamp, VC | Post a Comment »

“The Business Value of Mobile Data Offload“

Data Offload – Reduce data congestion on your mobile broadband network

Data Offload helps you manage increasing traffic on your mobile broadband network while retaining your relationship with your subscribers. Your 3G/4G subscribers enjoy faster, better quality service with secure and controlled internet access through partner WiFi networks.

In this white paper you will:

• Learn the background to the rising demand for mobile bandwidth, including rising smart-phone usage and flat-rate pricing
• Find out about Data Offload, what it is and how it works
• Learn about the business value of Data Offload -how it can reduce costs, reduce congestion and protect your revenue
• See analysis and charts showing what kinds of traffic are driving the growth in demand
• Learn about some of the approaches being used to reduce congestion
• Learn about relevant standards such as 3GPP I-WLAN

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Published June 2nd, 2010 by admin in Archive, News Press, Telecom/Mobil | Post a Comment »

Five start-ups have been selected as finalists in the Boston IBM SmartCamp event. Each company (Sendsor, SkyMeter, Proxpro, Sproxil, and GIS Cloud) will do their final presentation on June 3rd after spending a day networking with 25 world-class entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts.

SmartCamp is a global program being held in seven cities around the world in 2010. The program culminates with one selected company from each city being invited to SmartCamp week in Dublin (Ireland) in November.  There one will be named “The World’s Smartest Start-up”.

Enterprise Ireland is keen to talk to high tech entrepreneurs who are interested in setting up part of their business in Ireland. Enterprise Ireland is working with IBM and will be delighted to welcome the winners to Dublin for finals week in November.

Final winners will be offered an Incentive Package to give them the opportunity to spend 3 months in Dublin to explore the advantages of setting up a part of their business in Ireland. The package with include financial support in the region of €20,000 and a mentor support programme provided by top class highly experienced entrepreneurs and business people and access to incubation space.

For details on each Boston IBM SmartCamp finalist click here… Read the rest of this entry »

Published June 1st, 2010 by admin in Archive, CleanTech, EI Client News, Economic, Events, News Press, Programs/Events, SmartCamp | Post a Comment »

Enterprise Ireland Americas is now offering incubation services to its clients at each of its three bases in the USA, including their new offices in Silicon Valley:

• The New York City office caters primarily, but not exclusively, to the Financial Services, Cleantech, Government Partnering, Engineering/Construction, Bio-Pharma sectors.
• The Boston Office caters to the Consumer goods, Medical Devices and E-Learning sectors.
• The Silicon Valley office caters to the Cleantech, Telecomms, Internet, Media, Entertainment and Software sectors.

Each office is centrally located providing your company with strategic and valuable access and accessibility to your markets epicenter. In addition, EI clients receive the following important services which can help drive your successful introduction into the US Market: Read the rest of this entry »

Published June 1st, 2010 by admin in Archive, Economic, News Press, Programs/Events | Post a Comment »

Thursday, May 20, 2010: Green technology produced by Irish company Nualight, a leader in LED Lighting for food retail merchandising, is to be implemented across Tesco stores in the UK and USA.

The deal will be worth up to €5 million to Nualight in 2010, growing by up to €10 million by 2013. On the back of the deal, Cork-based Nualight is to create 25 new jobs including graduate export positions to add to the 55 currently employed, with employment likely to grow to 80 in the next two years.

The announcement, which was made in Dublin between Sir Terry Leahy, the Chief Executive of Tesco, Mr Tony Keohane, the CEO of Tesco Ireland and Mr Liam Kelly, the CEO of Nualight, was also welcomed by Mr Batt O’Keeffe TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. Read the rest of this entry »

Published May 28th, 2010 by admin in Archive, CleanTech, EI Client News, News Press | Post a Comment »