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Edge computing: could it move centre stage?

Edge computing promises to increase local intelligence in our networks, but will it break out beyond operational technology in manufacturing and bring smart processing to our physical environments?

Boston-based cloud security provider Hycu to add 20 jobs to Cork operation

Hycu, the cloud-based support firm, is in global expansion after raising fresh funds of €49 million

Hycu raises $53m in Series B round

The US cloud scale-up, which has an office in Cork, brings its total funding to $140 million

Irish mobile and cloud security specialist CWSI acquires Blaud

Acquisition of Dutch cyber security firm will lead to revenues of more than €20 million, according to the company

Security Watch: Protecting a castle on a cloud

Cloud remains essential for online businesses, but it creates complex security threats

Data centres as ‘heavy industry’ could affect Ireland’s appeal to enterprise — Ibec

A proposal to re-categorise data centres in Dublin has been met with dismay by the business representative group

Onwards and upwards to the multi-cloud

When it comes to outsourcing any vital component of a business, it’s crucial to be sure you can rely on the companies you work with. But when it comes to outsourcing to the cloud, it also makes sense to know where your data ends up, writes Alex Meehan

Nearly half of Irish businesses behind the curve on digital work practices — Microsoft study

The report found just under 30% of senior leaders said they are using digital technologies to grow their businesses

Security Watch: Get off my cloud

Cloud services are booming as WFH continues, but security still poses a challenge, writes Roisin Kiberd

Castles in the air: shining a light on the right cloud strategy

Cloud has become the norm for enterprise IT, but dreams of pushing everything to the hyperscalers have faded as the business value of hybrid cloud and co-location have reasserted themselves

This Working Life: The ‘never normal’ is the way forward

The pandemic has pushed companies to trust employees and take calculated risks to learn quickly because they understand the status quo poses a far greater risk to them, says Phil Le-Brun of Amazon Web Services

Security Watch: Safely migrating to the cloud

Businesses and government entities alike will need to continue to plan for a more agile business environment and the threats that come with it

Is it time to hyperconverge your IT infrastructure?

We look at how new investment approaches make hyperconvergence a better option for businesses

Sanj Bhayro: ‘Every company is looking at how it can use cloud to grow and scale’

The head of sales for Google’s cloud business has a wide remit but it comes down to helping businesses across all industries become more digital

Data analytics: Reading between the lines

Data-aided, and even data-led, decision-making is not something for the future, it’s happening now. We look at how Irish business is crunching information

Ray Ryan: ‘Irish companies need to be able to deal with a bigger marketplace. That lends itself to the cloud’

Ray Ryan’s newly formed Noledge Group aims to deliver software solutions that help manufacturing companies become more efficient from the warehouse up

‘Without what we do, the Irish economy would suffer’

Interxion boss Séamus Dunne says growth in cloud services will increase the need for data centres in major urban areas, amid an evolution in how businesses operate

Why cloud is the new normal

There will be no going back for organisations that took a first step into the cloud during Covid-19 – the accelerated adoption of new technologies is likely to change their businesses forever

Classify and clarify: choosing the right data storage solution

Picking a storage and backup solution starts with an audit of the data you have and its importance to the business

Why IT projects fail

As old as IT projects is the ability of people to screw them up. Technologies come and go, but another money pit fiasco is never far away, so what’s still going wrong