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CES 2010 – Are you attending or exhibiting?

Are you going to CES International – January 7-10, 2010 – Let us know

We are interested to know if you will be attending and or exhibiting at CES Jan 2010.

We would also like to know what level of interest EI client companies have in next year’s show – 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES); Jan. 6-9, 2011.

Please take a moment to fill out our brief survey.

Thanks and look forward to hearing from you.

Simone Boswell
SVP – Internet, Digital Media, Entertainment Sectors
Enterprise Ireland – North Americas
Simone.Boswell@enterprise-ireland.com
Direct Line + 1 650.329.1414 x108

http://americas.enterprise-ireland.com

The core mission of Enterprise Ireland is to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets

Social network for guitar lovers goes live

Posted by Simone Boswell on 17 December, 2009 in Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment | EI Client News - (Be the first to comment)

Article courtesy of businessandleadership.com – 15.12.2009

A new online social network aimed at guitar lovers and collectors has gone live. www.dbtwang.com aims to become the world’s largest online guitar database, where collectors and guitar lovers globally can now interact, but also protect their guitars and share their history.

What’s on dbtwang

By logging onto dbtwang, guitar lovers can view individual profiles of guitars with details of their history and an online guitar photo gallery where they can show off their prized possessions and check out what other collectors have. Users also have the ability to “follow a guitar” and converse with its owner.

The website so far registered more than 1,000 guitar enthusiasts. The majority of registered users are based in the US (42pc) and the UK (40pc), with the remaining 18pc made up of users from Ireland, the rest of Europe and Asia. The site is hoping to increase that membership to more than 10,000 users worldwide over the next six months. (more…)

Best Connections: Irish Software CEOs Converge at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus

This week the CEOs of 11 Irish software companies are converging at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus. They’re here on an Enterprise Ireland-supported visit to learn how to broaden their business opportunities in the US by leveraging their relationship with Microsoft.

They represent the best of Irish software innovation, offering solutions for a range of applications that include telecommunications/mobile, social media/networking, e-learning/education, energy efficiency, financial services and information security.

Participant companies are already part of Microsoft’s BizSpark™ program or the Microsoft Partner Network and are interested in growing their business through export and expansion.

The pilot program is the second of its kind and an important initiative between Microsoft and Enterprise Ireland (EI) – part of EI’s overall strategy to grow the country’s software industry. A similar program aimed at the UK market generated some valuable connections and lucrative leads for participating companies.

This targeted approach, geared to accelerate the growth of high-potential software start-ups and early stage ISVs, aims to foster connections with potential partners, customers and investors. (more…)

Brown Bag Films In Race for Academy Award

Posted by Simone Boswell on 25 November, 2009 in Archive | Digital Media & Entertainment - (Be the first to comment)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards.® Among them are Ireland’s own, Brown Bag Films for “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty,” Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh O’Connell, producer.

The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting in screenings held in New York and Los Angeles. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category. Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in January 2010.

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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