Date fixed for launch of DSLEircom will introduce its high speed Internet access technology, DSL (digital subscriber line), in September.Thu Jun 07 2001 - 01:00
Complacency threatens State's e-economyAs we nervously watch the US economy for signs of further instability, we are at enormous risk of ignoring a much greater and…Fri Jun 01 2001 - 01:00
EU battle lines drawn as security challenge to data privacy growsThe European Parliament is advising citizens and businesses to use encryption regularly to protect against snooping from a powerful…Fri Jun 01 2001 - 01:00
Technology is for all, not just geeksFor the best part of four years, I've covered primarily one area as a writer: technologyFri May 11 2001 - 01:00
Growing software sector relies on the fewJust seven Irish firms generate half of all revenue in the State's £1 billion indigenous software industry and fewer than 50 …Wed May 09 2001 - 01:00
Enterprise Ireland's incubator role shifts as Irish firms grow upCampbell is one of the sleepier suburban towns tucked into Silicon ValleyFri May 04 2001 - 01:00
Dotcom fall - not in my backyard surely?For some time the received wisdom about the gap between developments in the US technology market and the European market has …Fri May 04 2001 - 01:00
Talking up the Net sectorOptimism certainly hasn't left the Irish Internet industry, judging by the contributions of half a dozen industry speakers at…Thu May 03 2001 - 01:00
Enterprise Ireland to open Los Angeles officeEnterprise Ireland is to open a Los Angeles office to develop links to the film and media industries, as part of a strategy to…Tue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Visibility is clear but view is not very pleasantDownturn, correction, recession, upturn. How in Alan Greenspan's holy name is anyone to know what is going on?Fri Apr 27 2001 - 01:00
Irish companies failing to get to grips with reality of slide in US economyIrish companies with Silicon Valley operations believe the Republic has not yet understood the severity of the economic downturn…Fri Apr 27 2001 - 01:00
Dotcom slide set to become avalancheThe television advertisement for the San Jose Mercury News newspaper (Silicon Valley's major news source beside the finance page…Fri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Irish telecoms seen as model by other statesThe Republic is admired internationally for transforming its telecoms infrastructure and should be used as a model for other …Sat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
High-value jobs need first-class serviceBroadband networks - the high-speed telecommunications links that allow for the fast transfer of text, sound, image and video…Fri Apr 06 2001 - 01:00
Cutbacks must not be allowed sink digital districtWe need decisive political leadership to prevent the digital district becoming an empty symbol for dressing up political speeches…Fri Apr 06 2001 - 01:00
Choosing the right track at infrastructure crossroadsOnce again, the State is at an infrastructural and, since the two are now thoroughly intertwined, economic crossroadsFri Apr 06 2001 - 01:00
Home techs use soundbite to oust rivalsFor the last few bull-market years, the words of choice in the technology and dotTue Apr 03 2001 - 01:00
The 3G future is bright despite current gloomDoes this sound familiar to you? At some unremembered point, you stumble across some new technology breakthrough, a potential…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Iona thinks radical in major recasting of its core business activityTen years on, Iona Technologies is ready to be big. Very bigFri Mar 23 2001 - 00:00
Openet secures major deal with AT&TIrish telecommunications software company Openet Telecom will create 200 jobs following an eight-figure deal with US telecommunications…Fri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
State must iron out infrastructure planning processWorldcom's protest this week about the State's nightmarish approach to infrastructure development rings trueFri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
Anam scores with World Cup SMS dealBrrring. An Irish goal! Brrring. An English player just got a yellow card. BrrringFri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
Software firm buys IT service companySoftware company Novell Networks has bought information technology consultancy Cambridge Technology Partners in an all-share …Wed Mar 14 2001 - 00:00
Irish software firm settles out of courtIrish financial services software company Allfinanz has reached an out-of-court settlement in a major patent infringement lawsuit…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
New York up to speed on the NetFrom Manhattan, the contrast between the Government's desire to establish the Republic as an e-commerce centre and the woeful…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Consultancy displays united coloursNine months after the high-profile merger between Europe's dominant consultancy, Cap Gemini, and American counterpart, Ernst &…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Venture fund boost for Irish tech groupsOnly two to three years ago, venture funds for technology companies - or any companies - were few on the ground in the Republic…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
Pretty good encryption man joins Hush teamMr Phil Zimmermann, one of the world's leading experts in encryption (the encoding of digital information), has joined Dublin…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
Hewlett-Packard sets sights on ebusinessTechnology giant Hewlett-Packard revealed an overhaul of its software business last week, demonstrating a long-awaited realignment…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
Too early to declare the Internet party overOut in California there are mixed signs for those longing for definitive indicators about the health of the technology industry…Fri Feb 16 2001 - 00:00
Programming radical puts left in copyrightIn an era when companies are circling the wagons and hurrying to copyright and patent products and ideas, iconoclastic software…Fri Feb 09 2001 - 00:00
A soldier of IBM's engineer armyWhen he first began working for IBM in 1967, Mr Nicholas Donofrio designed computer chips and processors with less power than…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
Tech sector needs more women - expertWomen should be considered the leading solution to growing concerns about a skills shortage in the technology industry in the…Wed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
Tech fridge is recipe for running house the Net wayForget the portable TV, basic cooking book and fresh pairs of Dunnes Stores socksSat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
Media Lab is more than just Bertie's petLast week a lot of fuss was made over Media Lab Europe (MLE), the wholly independent spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of…Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Register with Data Office, firms toldAll telecommunications companies and Internet service providers must register with the Data Protection Commissioner's Office …Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
Unbundling battles keep customers on holdConflicts and legal challenges may keep customers waiting for months before they see any significant Internet or telephony services…Fri Jan 05 2001 - 00:00
Ten-step makeover for a better tech industryIt's 2001, a new year, and a resonant one for technology fans. In the famous 1969 film of Arthur CFri Jan 05 2001 - 00:00
Eircom plans ADSL costs at top of scaleEircom's proposed costs for high speed Internet lines, or ADSL, are among the highest in the world, with the price of installing…Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
Former Oracle directors on partner firm software boardThree former Oracle Ireland executives, who left the company together to join online software firm SalesforceWed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
Telecom companies have the technology to rebuild their troubled businessAmong the most volatile of the companies that make up the technology sector, the Irish telecommunications industry had an even…Fri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Watchdog warns sites to toe line on data privacyIrish websites will have to adopt "clear and straightforward" privacy policies or face prosecutionThu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
EU deadline stalks telecoms operatorsWith an EU deadline looming on January 1st, major telecoms operators have failed to reach agreement on how Eircom will open its…Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
Harney urged to look into Eircell saleA telecommunications operator has filed a formal letter with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Harney, asking…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Eleven research projects approvedEleven joint-venture research projects between Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab Europe (MLE) and Irish institutions…Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Computer sagas make a right riveting readThe last subject I ever thought I would find interesting when I was a child was computers.Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Vision of the future drawn from memoryIn the virtual world, as in the bricks-and-mortar world, it is not exactly a riveting topicFri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Second telecoms revolution on cards as strategy panel recalledThe Government will reactivate its panel of international telecommunications experts to produce a second report on the Republic…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Despite gripes from tech sector Republic still offers real valueSuccess Through Services, the report on the Irish technology sector and its opinions, is an insightful gaze into the collective…Fri Dec 08 2000 - 00:00
Holidays, e-etiquette and terminal boredomIn Florida, the ballot counting and lawsuit filing may have continued over last week's Thanksgiving holiday, but Silicon Valley…Fri Dec 01 2000 - 00:00
