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Mondial Assistance Ireland has today announced the appointment of Roland Hesse to the top position of Country Manager.
Mondial Assistance Ireland, a member of Allianz Global Assistance, is one of the country’s largest assistance companies for the automotive, insurance and travel industries, employing thirty-nine people at its Sandyford Head Office. [Read more…]
Openhydro receive Award
Irish tidal energy technology company, OpenHydro, has been honoured at the 2011 Ireland France Business Awards for their outstanding company performance in 2011 and promotion of bilateral trade and investment between Ireland and France. At an awards ceremony held in Paris, OpenHydro was selected as The Best Irish Company in France owing to its major technological breakthrough in the area of tidal technology, while in the process linking up with two major French companies, EDF and DCNS. [Read more…]
This week, Ireland joins other E.U. countries, such as Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium by offering an Enterprise Exchange Programme for new entrepreneurs.
Irish Start-ups link with Europe
Funded by the E.U. Commission, the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Programme enables ‘new’ entrepreneurs in Ireland, who are in the early stages of business development, to be matched with experienced entrepreneurs abroad.
To date, over 530 new entrepreneurs from various European countries have travelled to another European country for up to six months to learn management skills from ‘experienced’ small business owners, who run established businesses. The same programme, to be launched in Ireland today, will also enable new business start-ups from abroad to travel to host entrepreneurs in Ireland, exchanging skills and market knowledge. [Read more…]
The Executive Committee of The Insurance Institute of Ireland (III) has announced the appointment of Eamon Shackleton, to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the organisation. Eamon takes on this position having previously served as The Institute’s Chief Operating Officer for the past year.
The Insurance Institute of Ireland
In his capacity as Chief Executive Officer, Eamon will guide The Insurance Institute of Ireland through an extensive educational development phase, which will see the Institute being recognised as a world class provider of professional development in the insurance sector. [Read more…]
Hibernia Evros Technology Group, the Irish owned managed services company, has implemented a new IT infrastructure worth €250,000 for Netwatch Limited, the technology based asset protection company.
HiberniaEvros
Netwatch is an award winning provider of remote visual monitoring services worldwide and has pioneered some of the biggest advances in video transmission technology.
The company’s unique technology allows highly trained Intervention Specialists in the Netwatch Emergency Response Centre to watch in real time any intrusion at a client premises and more importantly, speak directly to the intruders, clearing them from the site thus preventing theft and damage to property.
“We moved to a new HQ recently and needed to implement a suitable IT system to meet the demands of a growing customer base,” commented Adrian Norton, General Manager, Netwatch Limited. “We needed a partner who had experience in delivering a project on time and on budget.”
Following a tender process Hibernia Evros Technology Group was selected to deliver a virtualisation solution using shared storage.
“Our professional services team carried out a capacity planning exercise using the VMWare capacity planning tool,” added John Kennedy, Sales & Marketing Director, HiberniaEvros. “The team then designed a solution based on Microsoft and HP technology.”
The new IT infrastructure, which was implemented in three weeks, involved the deployment of virtualistation, data replication, MSA 2012i storage, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft licencing. Hibernia Evros also provided training support.
BNI Galway
Proving that ‘bucking the recession’ in more than just a sound-byte – the Tribesman Chapter of Galway BNI has broken the million-euro mark in referred business. Given that the group is made up of 30 members, that puts a value of over €33,000 on each seat around the table – and that value grows with each business deal completed! [Read more…]
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