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Past articles by John Fintan:
From competition to collaboration in the Irish comms market
Peter Evans from BT reflects on his years working in Ireland’s telecoms market and how the business and relationships have changed. → Read More
‘Variability of energy generation is becoming an increasing concern’
Ciarán Ford discusses the latest trends and challenges he experiences working for multinational power management company Eaton. → Read More
EY’s Frank O’Dea: ‘The accountant of the future will be assisted by AI’
Frank O’Dea from EY reveals the extent to which accountants are being prepared for the AI tsunami that is coming their way. → Read More
Lenovo’s Paul Walsh: ‘Next year there will be 50 zettabytes of data on the planet’
Irishman Paul Walsh is driving an all-encompassing revolution at Lenovo that combines smart devices, data centres and 5G. → Read More
Microsoft’s Ann Johnson: ‘Identity is the new perimeter’
Ann Johnson, corporate VP of Microsoft’s cybersecurity solutions group, wants to eradicate passwords and solve the infosec skills shortage. → Read More
UrbanVolt lights upon a clever way to reduce firms’ carbon footprint
Meeting energy targets is a complicated business but for Graham Deane, of UrbanVolt, it starts with saving money. → Read More
How Comtrade’s Pop-up Labs approach to AI could be a game-changer
Comtrade has struck out on an interesting approach to driving the future of AI with the recent launch of its AI Pop-up Labs in Ireland. → Read More
Kriti Sharma: ‘The next wave of AI will solve deep social challenges’
UN Young Leader Kriti Sharma reveals how AI can be used to help tackle real issues like domestic violence. → Read More
Salesforce’s $15.7bn Tableau buy is a bet on the visual future of data
Salesforce has acquired Seattle data visualisation player Tableau Software for $15.3bn (€13.6bn) in a move to bolster its analytics offering. → Read More
Irish analytics player Glantus acquires UK firm Dynistics
Acquisition adds education specialism to Glantus’s data tech portfolio. → Read More
Belfast regtech player Datactics raises £1.2m
Belfast fintech start-up Datactics has raised £1.2m in a funding round led by Kernel Capital and Par Equity. → Read More
The revolution was digitised
In his final op-ed as editor of Silicon Republic, John Kennedy reflects on the past, the present and the future of the tech industry. → Read More
Global HR and payroll player Immedis to create 200 jobs
Immedis, a provider of technology solutions for global payroll and mobility tax services to multinationals, is creating 200 new jobs. → Read More
Opoplan has designs on building the homes of tomorrow
Our Start-up of the Week is Opoplan, a Dublin-based design engine that helps families and builders collaborate to create the perfect homes. → Read More
STATS’ Dr Helen Sun: ‘We collect the richest data in sports’
STATS chief technology officer Dr Helen Sun forecasts that the future of data and analytics in sport is predictive. → Read More
HubSpot’s Barbara McCarthy reveals how to hire Generation Z
HubSpot EMEA director of engineering, Barbara McCarthy, says Generation Z promises to be vastly different to previous workplace generations. → Read More
HubSpot’s Barbara McCarthy reveals how to hire Generation Z
HubSpot director of engineering Barbara McCarthy showed that Generation Z promises to be a vastly different generation of workers. → Read More
PwC Ireland goes live with global Salesforce roll-out
Consulting giant makes major global investment in CRM platform. → Read More
Google opens pre-orders for Stadia Founder’s Edition, coming in November
Ireland will be among the first 14 countries to gain access to Google’s new Stadia gaming platform in November. → Read More
GMI’s Dr Anne Jones wants to make Ireland a precision medicine leader
GMI CEO Dr Anne Jones tells John Kennedy how capturing genomic data of the Irish population could deliver the life-saving drugs of tomorrow. → Read More