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The Search for Ingredients to Replicate Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com

March 22, 2011
By Tom

Good reading… Despite the need for a private element, there is a growing consensus that there is a government role in creating and fostering entrepreneurship. The Search for Ingredients to Replicate Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com.

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UPC Announces 120Mbps NGN for Ireland

April 30, 2009
By Tom

From today’s edition of Silicon Republic : Cable broadband player UPC Ireland is planning to introduce 120Mbps broadband in the coming year under a project codenamed Fibre Power. UPC CEO Robert Dunn revealed the plan at a Dublin conference, and said the company’s next-generation network (NGN) is being built. “We are building an NGN and launching NGN services...

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Skype opens up to corporate SIP communications

March 28, 2009
By Tom
Skype opens up to corporate SIP communications

Below is the test of the official press release detailing Skype’s entry into the corporate PBX world. This will be a boon to Irish businesses, although considerable retooling of the PBX and sufficient bandwidth will be required to transition to the new platform. It will be interesting to see the rates to Irish mobiles...

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‘Internet’s power shifts to Ireland, and Dublin has a key role to play’

March 16, 2009
By Tom
‘Internet’s power shifts to Ireland, and Dublin has a key role to play’

12.03.2009 – Silicon Republic According to the head of Facebook in Dublin, Ireland underestimates its impact on the online economy. In their short history, social-networking sites have been maligned as a place only teenagers go to get into trouble. But there is nothing like a good recession to focus minds, and the importance of these networks...

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