Quick-acting Iricent keeps its networks up to speed

Damian Murray and Ger O’Byrne founded Iricent in 2014

Damian Murray, co-founder, Iricent: offering faster networking PIc: Fergal Phillips

Damian Murray and his colleague Ger O’Byrne were quick to act on emerging trends when they founded Iricent in 2014. If anything, they may have been too quick in establishing their network technology firm.

At the time, new technologies such as software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualisation (NFV) were beginning to gain traction in the telecoms industry globally.

Murray and O’Byrne spotted an opportunity. SDN and NFV can help telecoms service ...