, the UK-headquartered telecoms company, announced its intention to take the lead in delivering business-grade communications solutions for Irish mid-size organisations, providing a serious alternative to incumbent services. Speaking in Dublin at the Telecommunications and Internet Federation annual conference, Jean-Yves Charlier, CEO at Colt, said there is an urgent need for improved broadband services in Ireland. However, in order to offer these new services in Ireland, like elsewhere in Europe, a regulatory environment has to be put in place that supports competitive broadband services, he said, adding that the costs of local loop unbundling must decrease.
Also Speaking at the TIF National Conference in Dublin, Tony Boyle, Managing Director of the , said that the industry should be just as focused on wireless broadband as it is on fixed-line internet services. "Setting a national target of 500,000 broadband connections by 2006 is far too low as it only envisages enabling less than 10 percent of the total number of phone connections when new wireless technologies now allow us to realistically aim for broadband everywhere, and available to everyone, wherever they are," he said. Boyle went on to advocate a broadband target of four million for the next decade.
Galway-based said it has signed a distribution deal with Relay Business Software Ltd to distribute its CRM software to Relay WorkCentre clients. Terms of the agreement were not released.
, an Irish-owned information security consultancy based in Dublin and London, has formed an alliance with information security training and certification provider Certification Europe. The move follows a similar partnership with Fujitsu earlier in the year. Terms of the latest agreement were not released.
, an Irish specialist in the provision of IT products and services to the businesses, announced that it had completed the acquisition of Information Techniques, suppliers of Avocent KVM and Sumo Thin Client Appliances. The acquisition adds enterprise level KVM switching, remote access, and serial connectivity solutions to the Hibernia range of solutions. Yet again, terms of the deal were not released.
and announced a strategic alliance to integrate and market their products. FreeRange is a provider of mobile RSS solutions, while Nooked is a publisher of RSS marketing solutions. Beginning this month, Nooked will be offering mobile RSS advertising opportunities to its clients and prospects through a strategic relationship with FreeRange. Through its FeedWizard product range, Nooked will provide RSS marketing opportunities in the consumer mobile space, the pair said.
, the Irish identity management company, has announced that it has acquired the Plastic Card Company (PCC) for an undisclosed amount. Peter Plant, director of Safeguard Ireland estimates that the acquisition will bring in EUR2 million to EUR3 million in additional revenues over the next three years and create up to 10 new jobs.
has announced the launch of a technologically advanced device for protecting vulnerable workers. Lone workers in environments where injury or illness could be life-threatening can use the device to send out a request for assistance automatically in the case of an emergency. The so-called LWD Protect utilises GSM mobile phone technology to communicate alerts in seconds to co-workers, security personnel or family, the company said.
, the Irish founded and Singapore listed owner and operator of fibre networks across Europe, has announced the launch of a new disaster recovery (DR) solution, Active DR. Targeted at customers in its Irish, Dutch and German markets, Active DR will facilitate the immediate recovery of critical data in a disaster scenario.
Irish company has developed a hosting plan that is geared specifically at the growing popularity of blogging. Irish consumers can avail of a tailored hosting plan for EUR42.99 per annum ex-VAT which will give them their own website in a matter of minutes. The plan offers access to both Wordpress for blogging and Coppermine for a photo gallery. Subscribers also get a domain name, free e-mail filtering and webmail access.
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