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36% of companies in Ireland say the shortage of IT skills is slowing their digital transformation, according to the survey

Students not equipped with digital skills, survey finds

76% of tech leaders believe that Irish schools are failing to equip students with the necessary digital skills at primary and secondary level, according to a survey by Athlone-based technology company Sidero.

Business • 09 Jul 21

Brian Larkin, managing director of Evros Technology Group with Eir CEO Carolan Lennon

Eir Business acquires IT firm Evros in €80m deal

Eir Business is to acquire Evros in a deal that values the IT services firm at €80m.

Business • 06 Jan 21

Some Ulster Bank customers had been unable to log on to its online and banking services

Ulster Bank says online, mobile banking issues resolved

Ulster Bank says it has resolved an IT issue which impacted customers' ability to access the bank's online and mobile banking services for a time today.

Business • 29 Nov 19

IoT refers to the interconnection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects such as fridges and cookers, enabling them to send and receive data

Fears over rising data volumes crashing internet

Nearly half of IT decision-makers withing organisations in Ireland believe the Internet of Things is the future technology that will put the greatest data burden on the internet in the coming years, a new survey suggests.

Business • 24 Jan 19

The strongest spending growth will be in enterprise software

Global IT spend to top $3.7tn in 2018

Spending on IT around the world is estimated to reach $3.7 trillion this year.

Technology • 16 Jan 18

Royal Bank of Scotland was hit by another IT failure yesterday

RBS to invest £150m a year to improve IT systems.

Royal Bank of Scotland will invest around £150m a year to improve the resilience of its computer systems.

Business • 23 Jun 15

Lufthansa close to selling its IT infrastructure division

Lufthansa close to deal for IT infrastructure unit

German airline Lufthansa said today it was close to selling its IT infrastructure division and completing an outsourcing deal with IBM.

Business • 22 Oct 14

Niall Quinn launched the new website which aims to fill 1500 IT vacancies

Enterprise Ireland site aims to fill 1500 IT jobs

Enterprise Ireland is to launch a new web-based aimed at filling 1500 vacancies in the IT industry.

Business • 12 Sep 12

Ulster Bank unable to say how many hit by outage

Ulster Bank has said it cannot quantify the proportion of its customers' salary and mortgage payments that have been processed.

News • 30 Jun 12

Vint Cerf, who helped develop the technology that made the internet possible, was in Dublin last week

'Father of the internet' commends Ireland's IT success

One of the so-called "fathers of the internet" has said Ireland's success in attracting large IT companies will help its economy grow into the future, writes Adam Maguire.

Special Reports • 30 Apr 12

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