Agenda for Friday’s Social Media Club

Posted by David Scanlon on 19 October, 2011 in Conference | eMarketing | Event | Social Media | Social Media Club - (Be the first to comment)

Just two days to go until the third EI Social Media Club at our offices in East Point Business Park – we’ve over 100 delegates registered, but there’s still spaces left if you’re interested in learning more about “Best Practice Social Media for the Irish Public Sector“.

Line-up for the day is as follows:

08.00 — 08.55

Registration and networking (light breakfast served)

08.55 — 09.00

Welcome Address, David Scanlon, Enterprise Ireland Internet Marketing Unit

09.00 — 09.20

Captain Pat O’Connor, Spokesperson & Media Relations, Irish Defence Forces

09.20 — 10.00

Damien Mulley, Mulley Communications

10.00 — 10.30

Q&A Session

As part of the Q&A Session, a member of EI’s Public Procurement Unit will also be on hand to give a brief overview of our involvement with the National Cross Industry Working Group on Open Data, for more details please see their wiki at http://workspace.opendata.ie

Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday.

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6 Irish Software Companies in Ottowa for GTEC Canada Government show

Posted by Marguerite Bourke on 18 October, 2011 in Canada | Conference | Event | Public | Public procurement - (Be the first to comment)

The GTEC Conference  attracts the key  IT decision makers from all the Canadian Federal, Regional and local governments. The 2011 Conference stretches over 4 days, alongside a major exhibition of technology products and services.

For the first time, Enterprise Ireland is at GTEC. Along with the rest of the EI Toronto office, I’m looking forward to hosting six leading Irish technology companies at an ‘Innovation Ireland’ stand.  As well as the stand, PR activities and setting up key one to one meetings,  The Irish Ambassador to Canada, Ray Basset will also host a networking event on the evening of the 18th, inviting influencers within the government and public sector to meet with the Irish companies.

  •  pTools delivers powerful enterprise web content management solutions that enable their customers to generate and grow rich online websites, intranets and extranets. pTools software solutions are currently deployed across Government Departments (Ireland & UK), Local Council Authorities, Government & Health Service Providers. pTools have a local North American manager in Toronto.
  • NetFort’s LANGuardian product is software that analyzes your network traffic. LANGuardian gives a unique level of visibility into everything that is happening on your network, including user activity, file and database monitoring, intrusion detection, bandwidth usage, and Internet access. Netfort has a North American manager based in Canada. They have sold their products into the public sector in Ireland, UK and Australia.
  • Daonprovide an open software platform that enables governments and large service providers manage the biometric and biographic identities of its citizens, visitors, employees and criminals. Applications include areas such as immigration, border management, critical infrastructure protection, background checking and citizen identity schemes.  4 of the top 6 border management systems in the world have deployed or are in the process of employing Daon’s platform (Japan, UK e-Borders, US-VISIT, European Union Biometric Matching System – Visa Information System).
  • iQuate has developed iQSonar; a powerful discovery platform built to handle highly complex infrastructure. Deployed agentlessly across the largest and most challenging of networks with multiple platforms, protocols, devices and applications, it delivers visibility of all physical, virtual and cloud-based assets, thanks to its extensive technical breadth and depth. They are a certified Oracle partner. In Canada they work with Softchoice and OnX.
  • Spanish Point Technologies is an innovative software company working with Microsoft technologies to provide business systems which remove complexity, increase productivity and connect users to critical business information. They employ technologies such as SharePoint, Microsoft Office, BizTalk, SQL Server and LookupPoint™ to build great solutions.
  • FlexTime is an Irish company that designs and implements software solutions for all types of issues related to time in the workplace and in the classroom. Flextime has clients across healthcare, financial services, education and construction in Ireland, UK and Holland. Clients incluye Irish government departments and local authorities in the UK.

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Data Data everywhere but not a byte makes sense – event 19th Oct

Posted by Paul Browne on 17 October, 2011 in Cloud Computing | Developers | Dublin | Event | IBM | Internet | Ireland | Microsoft - (Be the first to comment)

This is a guest post from Dave Feenan who is a key promoter of the CloudArena Group. Find out more on the CloudArena LinkedIn group.

We are all used to the saying “Water Water everywhere but not a drop to drink”. Change the word “Water to Data” and do we now have “Data Data everywhere but not a byte makes sense”.

The explosion in the increase of data is becoming one of the top challenges for organisations. Historically this increase was viewed as a requirement for additional storage and backup infrastructure. Today thanks to the availability of web-enabled devices, Business Intelligence and Analytics are now a defacto requirement. Gone are the days of yesterday’s spreadsheets and reports to be replaced by modern Dashboard and Real-Time Data access. Business owners and line managers need access to accurate Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and Metrics to enable appropriate decision making. It is not just businesses that are availing of BI. Smart meters will soon arrive into our homes and look at the level of information now provided when you watch live sport on TV.
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On Wednesday 19th October, CloudArena will host a free to attend BI and Analytics seminar to discuss this topic. IBM, one of the many organisations taking part, will talk about how they deployed technology to enhance the audience’s real-time engagement at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Microsoft, Fujitsu, Cloud Consulting, Staff Balance and Enterprise Ireland backed companies, Jlizard and Treemetrics will all elaborate on how BI is a game changing advantage for us all.

What can BI do for your organisation? You do not want you to get left behind and to be told “Game, Set and Match” to your competitors by your customers.

This event is part of the Innovation Dublin 2011 Festival.To register www.cloud-arena.com

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DrupalCamp Derry – October 22nd & 23rd 2011

Posted by Robert Bushnell on 13 October, 2011 in Event | Ireland | Open source | Training | UK - (1 Comments)

This is a guest post from Conor Cahill who uses Drupal to make people friendly and search engine friendly websites.

What do the White House, Oxfam International and Bob Dylan have in common?

All have noteworthy websites built with Drupal – an open source content management platform which powers millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.

DrupalCamp Derry is geared to both beginners and those experienced in using and developing Drupal – with a view to learning about and sharing knowledge of Drupal.

Experienced developers will enjoy lightning talks on topics including responsive design and development best practice, as well as practical problem solving discussions. Beginners will enjoy a 3 hour training session in getting started with Drupal.

The conference is free.

Register your place at DrupalCamp Derry at www.drupalcampireland.org.

 

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Product Management Awareness Session

Posted by Andrew Peet on 7 October, 2011 in Developers | Event | Innovation - (Be the first to comment)

As part of a suite of programmes in what we call the ‘New Software Economy’, designed to help software companies transition to new business models and development processes, Enterprise Ireland would like to invite you to an Awareness Session on Thursday 20th October, 2011 to learn how Product Management can benefit your business, and the supports that are available to you in introducing Product Management in your company.

We will also introduce a Product Management Capability Programme to be launched this month which will take an initial 20 software companies on the product management journey with industry experts.

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Best Practice Social Media for the Irish Public Sector

Posted by David Scanlon on 5 October, 2011 in eMarketing | Event | Social Media | Social Media Club - (3 Comments)

The third in the Enterprise Ireland Social Media Club series will take place on the morning of the 21st of October, 2011. Following on from our previous two sessions (“Social CRM”, and “Developing Your Corporate Voice”), this seminar is entitled “Best Practice Social Media for the Irish Public Sector”.

This free session will feature leading authorities and practitioners in the area, discussing the current “state of the nation” regarding the use of social media by Irish public bodies, as well as an overview of best practice in evidence in other countries. There will also be an opportunity to hear a case study of how one public body embraced the strategic use of social media, and successfully communicated its value and return on investment to senior management.

Who Will I See?

Damien Mulley, Mulley Communications

Communications consultant, blogger, and seen by many as the lynchpin of the Irish Web community, Damien is also the founder of the Bord Gais Energy Social Media Awards. Based on the experience of working with nominees in the “Use of Social Media by State Body/Org” category, Mulley Communications have produced a white paper on the social media experiences of these organisations: detailing up-to-date statistics on their social media presences; processes in place to manage activity and content; and real-world successes achieved through using these new channels. Damien will present the key findings from this research at the session, as well as highlights from an investigation of how state organisations in other countries are using social media.

Capt. Pat O’Connor, Spokesperson & Media Relations, Irish Defence Forces

Involved with the planning and implementation of the Irish Defence Forces Communications and Public Relations strategy, Capt. O’Connor is the key driver behind the Defence Forces success at the 2011 Bord Gais Energy Social Media Awards, winning the award for “Best Use of Social Media by a State Body”. Capt. O’Connor will share the story behind this success, discussing the “hows” and “whys” of their use of social media, and giving the audience some insight into where they see their use of the channels heading in the coming years.

Event Details

The session will take place in the offices of Enterprise Ireland in East Point Business Park, Dublin 3. Registration will commence at 08.00, and the session will end no later than 10.30. Further updates, including detailed agenda, will be published here on the BestConnected blog.

To register for this free event, please go to https://www.eventsforce.net/enterpriseireland/295/register

Turning Grassroots Technology Into Commercial Success

Posted by Dan Barry on 3 October, 2011 in Entrepreneurship | Event | Innovation | Internet | Investment | Telecom - (Be the first to comment)

You’ll have to be quick about this one, as it takes place tomorrow (Tuesday, October 4), but we reckon that it’ll be worth your time and attention. As part of it@cork’s very popular monthly Tech Tuesday forums, Declan O’Mahoney, CEO of Maywentee, will be giving a talk about how the Firecomms startup emerged from Tyndall Technology in 2004, and the process by which it was recently acquired by a Chinese corporation.

Providing insight and knowledge in relation to the various levels of intricacy experienced in transferring technology from Tyndall to build what proved to be a business success story, Declan’s talk will be followed by a casual networking period with complimentary wine and cheese (sponsored by Reilly & Co, Solicitors, Commercial and Technology Law).

The event takes place tomorrow (Tuesday, October 4) at 5.30pm at Maryborough Hotel & Spa, Douglas, Co Cork. Attendance is free and is open to both it@cork members and non-members – the maximum number of places is 100.

Advance registration, however, is required. To register, click here. For further details on the event, contact it@cork’s Events and Marketing Executive Marie Fitzpatrick at 021-2307011, or email her marie@itcork.ie

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Ireland@Oracle OpenWorld – EI Clients and why they came to San Francisco

Posted by Paul Browne on in Cloud Computing | Event | Finance | Oracle | US - (Be the first to comment)

12 Irish Companies are Exhibiting on the Enterprise Ireland Stand@ Oracle OpenWorld 2011 in San Francisco. Watch the video to see why LookupPoint, CampusIT, Qumas,  Structure 101,  Vordel,  Ocuco,  iQuate, Mapflow,  Rockall, FeedHenry, Openet and WhiteHouse are investing their time in coming to the event.

Other Oracle BestConnected Stories are here; We expect to have several major announcements from EI client companies during this week.

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Vodafone App Developer Workshop – prize fund of €200,000

Posted by Robert Bushnell on 26 September, 2011 in Apps | Event | Mobile Solutions | Telecom - (Be the first to comment)

More details of Vodafone’s initiative to get people developing more iPhone /Android apps will be available at this workshop (info and registration on EventBrite). And did I mention that this feeds into and App Developer competition with a prize fund of €200,000?

These workshops are part of an initiative by the Vodafone Foundation called the Smart Accessibility Awards. This  is trying to encourage development of apps to help people in four key areas: Social participation, independent living, mobility and well-being.

The 1/2 day workshop starts at 3pm. Tickets are free, but limited;you must register beforehand.

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Enterprise Ireland Client Sensormind Shortlisted for Women Mean Business Awards

Posted by David Scanlon on 23 September, 2011 in Conference | Connected Health | entrepreneur | Entrepreneurship | Event | Health | Innovation - (Be the first to comment)

Siobhan King-Hughes, MD of Sensormind Ltd., has been shortlisted for this year’s Women Mean Business (WMB) Awards. Siobhan is one of only three nominees in this year’s Microsoft Women Mean Business Technology Award. The other shortlisted finalists are Judith Browne (Dell Ireland) and Vivienne Williams (Cellix Ltd., a graduate from the EI high potential start-up stable).

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Sensormind is an innovative ‘assistive living’ technology that enables elderly and vulnerable people to live independently and safely at home. With improving life expectancies and the rapid rate of population aging in Europe and North America, there is growing demand for these technologies, with a market forecast of $335m for ‘social alarms’ by 2012 in Europe alone. Sensormind uses a network of discrete sensors placed in the home connected to a web-based central monitoring service to monitor normal daily activities and raise an alert if an unexpected behaviour pattern occurs.

Siobhan founded Sensormind in 2008 with husband and Chief Operating Officer Cian Hughes. She builds on a strong track record, having held senior positions at AOL, Oracle, IBM and Adobe in a 19 year career that began at Microsoft. Cian is Executive Director of the Irish Technology Leadership Group and has a 20 year career in high tech operations and strategic management, including spells at Lotus, Intel and Pivotal.

The WMB awards, which recognise the outstanding achievements of Ireland’s businesswomen, will be presented at the Women Mean Business Conference & Awards 2011 at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin on September 26th 2011. The conference features a diverse range of speakers to include Hilary Devey, Founder & CEO of Pall-Ex Group and Dragon on BBC’s Dragons’ Den and Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D.. Also taking to the stage is Dr. Maureen Gaffney, Psychologist, Broadcaster and Author. The theme this year is ‘Success is What you Make it’ and the day will include a panel discussion, facilitated networking with IFG Corporate Pensions and Awards lunch.

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