Image Courtesy of Workday.com New Jobs in Product and Technology Development Will Help Support Regional Growth and Continued Company Innovation Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that it will create 400 new jobs at its European headquarters in Dublin, growing its workforce in Ireland by 30
Image courtesy of BigBelly Bigbelly, which provides solar-powered waste compacting technology for local authorities around the world, is pioneering a new 5G small cell solution called Telebelly. Bigbelly, a global company working with solar-powered waste compacting technology, has announced a new product, Telebelly, which it says will deliver 5G small cells to
Launched by Vodafone in partnership with Irish Manufacturing Research, the private 5G network will be used to explore industry 4.0 technologies. In the UK, Vodafone installed a private 5G network for Ford at an electric battery workshop in Essex. The private mobile network links the Essex site with another in Cambridge, allowing the two to […]
Picture above: Evocco Co-founders Hugh Weldon and Ahmad Mu’azzam, The production and distribution of food accounts for around a third of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. But as a consumer, it’s difficult to measure the climate impact of what you eat. A Dublin-based startup called Evocco could soon make it much easier. “It lets you track,
Picture above: Web Summit in Dublin 2015 In June of 2020, Web Summit hosted 32,000 online attendees via Collision. Six months later they more than tripled this number with their flagship event welcoming 104,328 attendees from 168 countries, making it the largest online business conference of the year. All powered by their own proprietary software. And as […]
All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of the Council Journal It is vital to ensure that electrified vehicles have access to a sufficiently developed network of charging and re-fuelling infrastructure. This requires a pan-European effort with binding and measurable targets, writes Oliver Zipse. Oliver Zipse is the chairman of […]
In last weeks discussion we spoke to Lee Roche who is the CEO for SMART Scooters ltd SMART Scooters is a micro-mobility company based in Ireland and is operating in the transport industry. Their mission, as told to our host Jack Mullen, is to “provide communities with freedom of movement, access to affordable, convenient Smart mobility.”
Satago, the cash management platform that provides automated credit control, risk insight and invoice finance to SMEs and accountants, has launched in Ireland via Sage Marketplace. This launch was driven by interest in Satago’s services outside the UK and represents a strengthening of the partnership between Sage and Satago. Businesses in Ireland will now have access
Porsche has unveiled two e-bikes that reflect the brand’s timeless design and outstanding technical features. Hot on the heels of the Taycan Cross Turismo, Porsche has unveiled two e-bikes: the Porsche eBike Sport and the Porsche eBike Cross. Both feature a full-suspension carbon frame inspired by the lines of the Porsche Taycan, as well as […]
Synthetic biology, or synbio, is based on the idea that living cells can be engineered in a certain way — and it has potential applications in a vast number of areas, including health, packaging, and food. Chantelle Kiernan, a senior scientific advisor for innovation at IDA Ireland, the country’s development agency, says that synbio has […]
Image courtesy of Unsplash Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the nation’s biggest science funder, is planning a major boost to its budget. The plan also includes a program dedicated to fundamental research—a policy shift for an agency that over the past decade has spent most of its funding on industry-aligned research centers. The new strategy, published […]
Image courtesy of Unsplash Researchers in Scotland and Wales are carrying out a trial involving the use of drones to assess potential sites for underwater tidal turbines. The new method of measuring tidal currents, which is led by scientists from the University of the Highlands & Islands, will use the drones to film the movement […]
With its combination of academic excellence, research labs, and world-leading technology companies, Ireland makes for a thriving place for deep tech – a term that refers to scientific or engineering advances in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and IoT (internet of things). A subject of particular focus within deep tech is quantum computing; […]
Over the past several decades Ireland has created a rich and vibrant medtech ecosystem that plays a substantial role in the global industry. Undoubtedly, recognition of the significant accomplishments achieved to date is duly deserved for a country of just five million people, which fuels some of the world’s largest medtech companies with its leading […]
It was announced today that SL Controls, the specialist software integration firm, is to create 50 new jobs over the next 18 months. The highly-skilled positions are in the engineering field and will bring the total workforce to 140. Established in 2002, SL Controls is an international provider of equipment system integrated solutions to a range […]
Adoption of electric vehicles in Ireland is accelerating. EV Sales increased by 11% at the start of 2020 and the Government is aiming to have all new vehicles sold in Ireland to be zero emission by 2030. This means that your employees are either currently searching for EV charging solutions or will be in the […]
Image courtesy of Cork City Music College Microchip Technology is investing $20M to create a new development centre based in Cork. The new facility will open during Q1 CY21 and create 60 new jobs over the next three years and approximately 200 jobs within the next seven years. The creation of this centre will reinforce Microchip’s existing […]
Established back in 1592, Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s oldest higher education institution and one of the seven “ancient universities” in the territory of the UK and Ireland. It’s the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, and was modelled after the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Today, Trinity College Dublin is
Image courtesy of Unsplash Thanks to support from the Irish Government’s initiative ‘Enterprise Ireland’, a steadily growing venture capital firm and angel investor community, and a high ranking on the European Digital City Index, Ireland is currently a base for 80% of the world’s global tech companies such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, AirBnb, Eventbrite, Twitter […]
From reinvented shopping malls to pedestrianised suburban neighbourhoods and a growing role for technology, ‘microcities’ are changing. A new study from ABI research has identified at least 13,000 microcities around the world. It is the first time the analyst firm has quantified these dense urban developments, which include the areas in and around large airports,