SAP Startup Forum – Wed 22nd May, City West
Posted by Mary Cloak on 13 May, 2013 in entrepreneur | Entrepreneurship | Software | startup - (Be the first to comment)

 

Reminder:

SAPs database technology, SAP HANA is a tool for companies to manipulate large volumes of data and to build faster analytics. SAP is keen to engage with SMEs of all kinds to exploit its potential and has established a Start-Up Focus Forum to invite companies of all sizes and stages of development (up to 40m turnover) to get involved.

SAPs founder said that the Start-Up Focus Forums were the best initiative the Group took last year.  SAP is strategically committed to facilitating SMEs access to this high speed, big data platform.  Dublin has again been chosen to host a Start-Up Forum on Wednesday 22nd May which this year will run along the lines of a Showcase of SMEs.    Ultimately, if an SME successfully develops its solution on the HANA database they can get access to SAPs customers.

14 EI clients presented last year, 8 of whom were accepted onto SAPs Accelerator Program.  Ostia, one of the 8, say “Our experience of SAPs Start Up Focus Forum was entirely positive.  SAP took an approach which was more like that of an innovative SME sized organization than a large corporate.  With the credibility of being able to partner with SAP in this way, we have generated a significant number of opportunities which we are working on with SAP”.  Head of Sales & Marketing, Ostia Software Solutions Ltd

 There is potential for more companies to partake this year as, taking on board feedback, the Program has been made more SME friendly and involves access to a virtual resource centre.  To get started e-mail or call: andrei.grigoriev@sap.com or call +353-87-790-7267.

SAP – Start-Up Focus Forum
Posted by Mary Cloak on 12 April, 2013 in Software | startup - (Be the first to comment)

 

SAP has a database technology called SAP HANA which is a tool for companies to manipulate large volumes of data and to build faster analytics. SAP is keen to engage with SMEs of all kinds to exploit its potential and has established a Start-Up Focus Forum to invite companies of all sizes and stages of development (up to 40m turnover) to get involved.

SAPs founder said that the Start-Up Focus Forums were the best initiative the Group took last year.  SAP is strategically committed to facilitating SMEs access to this high speed, big data platform.  Dublin has again been chosen to host a Start-Up Forum on Wednesday 22nd May which this year will run along the lines of a Showcase of SMEs.    Ultimately, if an SME successfully develops its solution on the HANA database they can get access to SAPs customers.

14 EI clients presented last year, 8 of whom were accepted onto SAPs Accelerator Program.  Ostia, one of the 8, say “Our experience of SAPs Start Up Focus Forum was entirely positive.  SAP took an approach which was more like that of an innovative SME sized organization than a large corporate.  With the credibility of being able to partner with SAP in this way, we have generated a significant number of opportunities which we are working on with SAP”.  Head of Sales & Marketing, Ostia Software Solutions Ltd

 There is potential for more companies to partake this year as, taking on board feedback, the Program has been made more SME friendly and involves access to a virtual resource centre.  To get started e-mail or call: andrei.grigoriev@sap.com or call +353-87-790-7267.

Interested in attending Microsoft WPC or VMworld 2013 ??
Posted by Mary Cloak on 20 March, 2013 in Cloud Computing | Conference | Digital Media | Event | Microsoft | Mobile Solutions | Saas | Software | US - (Be the first to comment)

 

Enterprise Ireland wishes to determine the level of interest among our client companies to attend Microsoft WPC (July 7-11), VMworld (August 26-29) 2013. 

Each of these events

  • deals with technology internal to your company
  • targets companies in the US and worldwide market
  • gives you an opportunity to sell your products both directly and through partnerships
  • offers access to networking events

Company participation at these events may be part-funded by Enterprise Ireland (subject to eligibility – eligibility will be assessed on a first come first served basis, by the extent of previous EI support for similar events, etc).  More details on potential funding will be available at a later date.

If you are a client of Enterprise Ireland and are interested in attending either of these events as part of an Enterprise Ireland group, please fill out this Expression of Interest form before Thursday 28th March.

A Morning Seminar on Cloud Metrics, Tuesday 5 March
Posted by Andrew Peet on 10 February, 2013 in Cloud Computing | Conference | Saas | Software | VC - (Be the first to comment)

Cloud-Series

A Morning Seminar: Cloud Metrics – The Key KPIs for Scalable and Profitable Success

Time: 8.30 am to 13.30 pm, Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Venue: Gibson Hotel, Point Village, Dublin 1

The continued forecast growth of the IT global market presents a very significant opportunity for the Irish Software Industry. The advent and take-up of Cloud Computing in particular, changes the landscape for software delivery in the future and opens up global potential for Irish companies. The challenge will be how companies respond to the market drivers, identify and quantify opportunities and develop technologies and business models to exploit them to the full.

The focus of this seminar is on how Cloud based software companies need to embed the best practise financial metrics on both a day-to-day and Board level to ensure long term growth and scale.

Cash strapped software companies will only have one real chance to get it right when they go to market with their Cloud products. Having a detailed understanding of these metrics, starting with Cost of Customer Acquisition, is fundamental if there is to be any chance of success.

Enterprise Ireland invites you to participate in a seminar in Dublin on Tuesday the 5th March 2013 from 8.30 am to 12.30 pm to understand more about the financial metrics for the Cloud business model. 

 

The Speakers for the event include:

Jeffrey Kaplan, MD of THINKStrategies, Think Strategies, LinkedIN Profile

Jeffrey Kaplan is the Founder and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, a strategic consulting firm that helps IT enterprise decision-makers with their sourcing strategies; solution providers with their marketing strategies; and venture firms with their investment strategies.

Jeffrey the founder of the Cloud Computing Showplace, the largest vendor-independent directory of Cloud solutions; and the host of the Cloud Innovators Summits which bring together business executives to examine Cloud analytics and channel opportunities and challenges.

Evanegelos Simoudis, Senior Managing Director, Trident Capital, Trident Capital, LinkedIN Profile

Evangelos Simoudis is a Sr. Managing Director of Trident which has been investing in SaaS companies since 1999. Evangelos joined Trident Capital in 2005. Evangelos focuses on investments in Internet and software businesses.

Prior to entering venture capital, Evangelos had more than 20 years experience in high-technology industries, in executive roles spanning operations, marketing, sales and engineering. His experience as a technology executive includes serving as President and CEO of Customer Analytics, a Trident-backed, eCRM company acquired by Xchange, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXAP), and as Vice President of Business Intelligence Solutions at IBM

Brian Caulfield, Partner, DFJ Esprit, DFJ Esprit, LinkedIN Profile

Brian Caulfield is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a Partner at DFJ Esprit and based in Dublin, Ireland.

Prior to joining DFJ Esprit, Brian was a partner at Trinity Venture Capital where he sat on the boards of or led investments in AePONA, ChangingWorlds (sold to Amdocs – NYSE: DOX), CR2, SteelTrace (sold to Compuware – NASDAQ: CPWR) and APT (acquired by CSR – LSE:CSR.L).

 Fergus Gloster, Managing Director Marketo International, EMEA, Marketo, LinkedIn Profile

Fergus is a seasoned IT executive and has worked in development, marketing and sales for many of the world’s leading high tech firms. As managing director of Marketo International, Fergus is responsible for all revenue generation activities for Marketo outside of the Americas, including sales, marketing, customer success, and renewals.

Prior to joining Marketo, he was a founding director of salesforce.com’s European business in 2000 and spent nine years building the corporate sales model, which is fundamental to the operation of any successful SaaS company. Before salesforce.com, Fergus was technology director in Oracle, Ireland and also held senior positions in Andersen Consulting and Wang.

Registration

Space is limited so don’t delay!
To register please click on this link :

https://www.eventsforce.net/enterpriseireland/680/register

You will be asked for the following mandatory details during registration: Delegate contact details & Credit card details for payment

A non refundable fee of €75 is due by credit card upon registration in order to secure your place.  An invoice will be issued after the event.

 

We certainly hope you can join us on Tuesday the 5th!

Andrew Peet

Enterprise Software Solutions, EnterpriseIreland

Andrew.peet@enterprise-ireland.com

 

IC4 needs your help!
Posted by Andrew Peet on 5 February, 2013 in Cloud Computing | Innovation | Saas | Software | Uncategorized - (Be the first to comment)

The Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce is a government funded research centre based in DCU Business School, in collaboration with AIT & UCC, the centre has been established to support Irish companies operating or intending to operate in the cloud domain.

As part of the centre’s work we are conducting a short survey around Cloud Readiness of Irish companies.

A summary of the survey outputs & analysis will be made available to all participants, against which you may be able to benchmark your organisation.  We would greatly welcome your participation in the survey using the following link.

 https://www.research.net/s/cloud_readiness

 

 

For further information on the survey please contact noel.carroll@dcu.ie

 

 

Revolutionary Technology for Web based applications
Posted by Ruairí Ó hAilín on 3 October, 2012 in Apps | Cloud Computing | Developers | Dublin | Mobile | Open source | Software - (1 Comments)

This is a guest post from Cian Ó Maidín, of Irish Mobile Web and Apps development company Nearform. Cian is promoting a conference called NodeDublin on 18-19th October (www.nodedublin.com) which should be of interest to many EI client companies in ICT.

What is Node.js?

Node.js is a revolutionary new system for building cloud based services, Node.js uses the JavaScript programming language.

Revolutionary – how?

(1) Node.js allows JavaScript (the common programming language of the web) to be used to develop cloud services, enabling web programmers to do much more than ever before.
(2) Services built using Node.js have performance characteristics which are in line with the C programming language.
(3) Node.js utilises tiny amounts of computer system resources when compared with other systems like .NET and Java, this means that services written in Node cost significantly less to run.
(4) Node.js will run on everything from a low power device to a big server which means it can be deployed in a huge range of environments.
(5) Node.js is designed for building high volume high concurrency cloud services

It considered the perfect system for implementing real-time-web applications, which are at the forefront of the next generation of start-up web companies.

Matthew Ernesse (Lead Node.js Engineer for Yammer), speaking shortly after Microsoft acquired Yammer for $ 1.3bn said;

“We would like to thank the Node.js project, as we can directly attribute a large amount of our acquisition value to our widespread use of the Node.js system. Node.js allowed us to outpace our competitors (iterating faster) which ultimately lead to the acquisition of Yammer by Microsoft.”

Other companies using Node include Linkedin, Joyent, EngineYard, AppFog, Amazon Microsoft (the Windows Azure team) as well as some Irish startups.

Why NodeDublin?

There is no other major Node.js conference in Europe in 2012. All the major names in the worlds Node.js community are coming to Dublin to talk to the European Node.js community for 2 days – establishing Ireland as the focus point for the Node.js community in Europe.

Who’s Attending?

Key influencers in the future of cloud and online services such as Google, Microsoft, Joyent, Mozilla, Engine Yard, Intel, and many others will be there. The conference will be held in an intimate setting where both speakers and attendees will be able to hang out together.

Use the Code EIBCON for a €100 discount on a ticket to NodeDublin on October 18-19th (www.nodedublin.com). Contact details for Cian on that the site for more information.

IT’s Happening Here Recruitment Fair in Spain
Posted by Lorna Merrins on 1 October, 2012 in IT Services | Software | Telecom - (Be the first to comment)

European collaboration:

Ireland’s software industry recruiting software professionals in Spain

A clear demonstration of the strength of the Irish software industry, ten Irish owned software companies travelled to Madrid this week to meet with Spanish software professionals, in an effort to fill some of the 1500 vacancies in this indigenous sector.

Targeting English speakers with at least 3 years experience in software and an interest in moving to live and work in Ireland, It’s Happening Here (the recently launched umbrella brand for the Irish owned software industry) hosted a careers fair in central Madrid on Thursday September 27th. The interest shown and the high level of qualification of the 300 software professionals who attended the fair is an indication of the high regard in which the Irish software industry is held inSpain.

Finding IT talent is currently the single biggest challenge for Irish software companies. Strongly focused on exports the industry is one ofIreland’s fastest growing indigenous sectors delivering double digit growth in exports year on year. It is crucial to attract talent to the industry to ensure continued growth at this level. With a pool of experienced and highly qualified software professionals,Spainoffers a real solution. Spanish software developers and engineers have a very good reputation inIrelandand are highly sought after.

Speaking from Madrid this last week Jarlath Dooley, chair of the industry working group behind IT’s Happening Here and HR Director in Version 1 said:

The quality of software professionals we met here yesterday was excellent and this initiative has created a new and badly needed channel for our recruitment. We expect to recruit at least 8 of those we met yesterday alone and will continue to focus on Spain as a source of top quality personnel.’

Raul Marigorta, Market Advisor inEnterpriseIreland’s office inMadrid added:

 ‘Many Spanish people are aware of the innovative and creative nature of Irish software companies and their commitment to excellence. This initiative offers Spanish software professionals the opportunity to build their careers in some of the most exciting software development companies in the world and offers Irish companies the opportunity to continue to grow their technical teams. It is an excellent example of win-win collaboration between two European member states.’

Companies who participated at the Employment Fair

About IT’s Happening Here

IT’s Happening Here promotes career opportunities in Irish owned software companies. Acting as an umbrella brand for the industry which comprises over 600 companies, it aims to attract software professionals from across the globe to work in this dynamic sector. The current campaign is focused on recruiting for 1500 open vacancies. The vacancies are from graduate to director level and offer a unique working experience in a highly innovative environment of world class knowledge, creativity, diversity, and responsibility.  

 An initiative of the Irish indigenous software sector, IT’s happening Here is supported byEnterpriseIreland.

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Are you ready to bridge the skills shortage?
Posted by Andrew Peet on 26 September, 2012 in Cloud Computing | Software | Training - (Be the first to comment)

National College of Ireland

 

At the start of the year the Government launched the ICT Action Plan aimed at addressing the gap in high-level skills in the IT sector. It saw the introduction of full time conversion courses allowing people to reskill to gain ICT qualifications.  The National College of Ireland are offering two courses under this initiative; a Higher Diploma in Computing in Software Development and a Higher Diploma in Web Technologies.  The students are about to enter semester two of this exciting inaugural year. These courses are aimed at having students “Industry Ready” and as such a work placement is an integral part of the courses.  We are looking for industry partners who are open to discussing taking a student on a work placement from the end of January of next year.  Regardless of the size, structure or location of your company we are interested in hearing from you.

What is the benefit for you?

  • Many of these students have been in the workforce already and so bring with them a breadth of work experience across a variety of disciplines
  • The students are extremely motivated and eager – and as the students will have completed their academics by the time the work placement starts, there is an opportunity to extend the work placement beyond the minimum of 3 months. This potential is unlimited.
  • Fantastic opportunity to trial a ‘potential’ recruit
  • Placements  can provide the ideal opportunity to foster links with the National College of Ireland
  • Your team can benefit from skilled assistance for specific project work at lower cost
  • Placements can also provide your staff with valuable people management and mentor experience

What are the backgrounds of the students?

The students are from a diverse range of backgrounds. There are recent graduates from Analytical Science and Music technology, experienced CAD Designers, Engineers, Maths Teachers, instructional designers together with those who have no technical experience keen to kick-start a career within IT.

Where might a student fit in within your organisation?

  • IT development projects
  • IT support
  • Network administration
  • Software development
  • Software programming
  • Testing
  • Web design and development
  • Database development

The placements start in January 2013 and I would be very happy to discuss how your company may get involved.  E-mail me at kate.coughlan@ncirl.ie or phone me (Kate Coughlan) directly on 01-4498586.

Testimonials

Datalex

“At Datalex we are a world class provider of travel ecommerce. We bring those standards to our search for top talent.

We were delighted therefore to participate in the Student Work Placement Programme at the National College of Ireland. Our experience both of the student and the support from the college itself has been excellent. We would have no hesitation in recommending The National College of Ireland’s Work Placement Programme and look forward to partnering with them in the future”.

AMT Sybex

“The NCI Student Placement Programme has assisted AMT-SYBEX by allowing such activities as internal software development, research, testing, analysis and release preparation to be ably carried out by our NCI placement student.  In general it opens companies up to fresh ideas, new perspectives and approaches to particular areas, increasing awareness in the relevant discipline, and also provides a fast track link for the employer to a future workforce.

The NCI Student Placement Programme establishes a good link back to third level to provide the student with exposure to the workplace, to various work related skills, allowing them to put academic theory to practice and assist with personal and professional growth.”

IT’s Happening Here
Posted by Lorna Merrins on 10 September, 2012 in IT Services | Software - (Be the first to comment)

Build your career, balance your lifestyle and make an impact! Choose an Irish software company to put your creativity and innovation to work. :) Be part of IT!

 IT’s Happening Here promotes career opportunities in Irish owned software companies. With over 600 companies, this dynamic sector offers exciting positions from graduate to director level, and a unique working experience of world class knowledge, creativity, diversity, and responsibility.  There are currently approximately 1500 IT vacancies in Irish owned Software companies.

 The new website www.itshappeninghere.ie, allows people with IT skills to find jobs in Irish owned Software companies. To post your vacancies on the site email lorna.merrins@enterprise-ireland.com

IT’s Happening Here will be at Career Zoo this year. The event will take place on the 22nd of September in the Convention Centre.

This is an initiative of the Irish indigenous software sector, IT’s Happening Here is supported by Enterprise Ireland.

Twitter; https://twitter.com/IThappeninghere

Facebook; http://http://www.facebook.com/pages/ITs-Happening-Here/336085749800964#!/pages/ITs-Happening-Here/336085749800964

Last days for Early Bird tickets – Oracle Ireland @ OpenWorld 2012
Posted by Paul Browne on 23 August, 2012 in Oracle | Software | US - (Be the first to comment)

This is a guest post from Marcus Reid,  ISV Partner Manager of Oracle Ireland.  Marcus worked extensively with Irish software companies as part of Ireland at Oracle OpenWorld 2011.  We’ve had very good client feedback (video) about  OpenWorld last year, and Oracle Ireland are trying a new direct approach to the show in 2012.

Oracle OpenWorld is the largest industry conference in the world with more than 50,000 attendees and more than 5,000 partners.

I would like you to be a part of the conversation in our first ever Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange @ OpenWorld. The Exchange will bring together leaders in all industries from around the globe. You will have the chance to network with fellow partners and Oracle employees, share case studies, participate in onsite certification testing, and learn more about how to leverage your Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) membership to accelerate your business strategies. This event will include visionary keynote speakers and more than 35+ sessions of targeted partner content.

Conference Pass Type Early Bird (March 31 – August 31, 2012) Pre-Registration (Sept. 01 – Sept. 28, 2012) Onsite (Sept. 29 – Oct. 4, 2012)
OPN Exchange @ OpenWorld $595 $795 $995

From my experience, I think companies get two main benefits from coming to OpenWorld

1. Business Development

  • Attending Oracle Openworld provides an opportunity to network with customers/partners/players in your industry. Type in your industry here and see all related sessions at Openworld.
  • The Irish ISV team are also happy to set up one to one meetings with Oracle executives from the Oracle Business Unit that covers your industry vertical.   This will enable you to understand Oracles solution footprint in your industry and ideally how you can play alongside/partner that footprint.
  • There will also be a series of networking events that attending Irish software companies will be invited to.
  • The goal of OPN Exchange is to provide ISV’s with tools to differentiate themselves, be recognized by Oracle, and preferred by customers.

2. Technology

Oracle OpenWorld goes deep and wide with Oracle technology, providing thousands of sessions and hundreds of demos geared toward helping your company get better results with the technology it has—and plan strategically for the technology it will need to keep ahead of the competition in the years to come. http://www.oracle.com/openworld/learn/index.html

Sample sessions exclusive to the OPN Exchange program include:

  • Strategies for Transformational Projects & Alternative License Approaches
  • Java Application Performance for Exalogic
  • Opportunities in Oracle’s Utilities with Machine2Machine

More sessions can be viewd at the OPN Exchange @ OpenWorld Content Catalogue.

To Register, and to view what’s included in the OPN Exchange Pass , click here. We look forward to seeing you. Any Questions? Contact me  Marcus.Reid@oracle.com or Otilia.Amitroaie@oracle.com .

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