Accenture Song solves customer problems using a unique range of creative skillsets. Richard Carr, managing director in Ireland, is tasked with leading the business in a time of unprecedented change.
The Dublin company is raising fresh funds at a nine-figure valuation. Its CEO Michael Phelan says it is now targeting profitability by helping customers remove fossil fuels from their electricity as well as navigating power markets.
British-based CTS Group went into administration following a financial crisis. Irish-owned Ekco has now rescued the business and plans to grow it more.
UCD graduate Aidan Browne was in Dublin recently meeting Irish firms with two other partners in Boston-headquartered law firm Sullivan. They explain why Irish firms should look for US capital.
Eoghan Mulcahy was selected for the world’s most sought-after start-up bootcamp with his software company Ten.Dev, which is about to launch its first product. This is what the experience taught him.
Import.io was once raising at a $1 billion valuation, but then it ran out of cash. This is how it was turned around by Irish co-founded investor Scaleworks.
Limerick manufacturing software start-up Mavarick was founded two years ago. Working with the €65 billion German car maker is a big breakthrough.
Ireland’s FDI policy has been spectacularly successful and we are now firmly tied to American technology. However, more needs to be done if we are become a truly global tech hub.
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control has frozen the assets of individuals and companies behind the Predator surveillance technology, banning anyone from doing business with them. A promise to investigate their Irish presence has yet to materialise.
The new tech watchdog is formulating its online safety code but the US-based online education multinational thinks its approach is off the mark.
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