IT Industry stories

Guinness Enterprise Centre start-ups generated EUR 140 million last year as the Dublin hub marked 25 years with 743 jobs and EUR 31 million to the exchequer.

Oracle NetSuite rolls out AI coding skills for developers, aiming to speed custom app building and reduce errors across 25 platforms.

Civica splits product and engineering as Ian O'Brien and Neal Watkins take top roles to drive AI-led public sector software push.

Crescendo targets Britain and Europe with AI customer service push after topping USD $100 million in annual recurring revenue.

Tredence and Google Cloud unveil agentic AI accelerators to help enterprises shift from pilots to production across data, supply chains and customer service.

Anthropic and OpenAI take rival paths on AI cyber tools, as one keeps access tightly restricted while the other widens vetted user access.

Quantium joins Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise push with a new AI practice aimed at moving enterprise agents from pilots into production.

Infosys and Google Cloud widen partnership to package agentic AI tools for major industries, while training 100,000 staff on Gemini Enterprise.

HCS plans EUR €13.2m expansion with new Dublin office and 125 hires as AI-led managed services drive revenue growth.

eSentire backs MTU cybersecurity student with bursary, paid Cork internship and training as industry grapples with a Europe-wide talent shortage.

ETS, Khan Academy and TED plan AI-focused higher education model with skills-based progression and corporate backing, aimed at costing under $10,000.

US AI megadeals push global venture capital to a record USD $330.9 billion as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI dominate first-quarter funding.

Backblaze appoints Anuj Kumar as Chief Revenue Officer to accelerate AI-focused growth, as B2 Cloud Storage expands with neocloud demand.

SoftServe study finds 72% of executives expect AI agents to run software lifecycles within two years, as hiring shifts towards AI engineers.

KPMG has opened applications for its 2026 Global Tech Innovator contest in Ireland, with founders set to pitch for a place in Lisbon.

Mail Metrics taps Avanade Ireland's Karl Kohler as Chief Revenue Officer to drive UK, Ireland and European expansion toward USD $1 billion.

Valliance hires former Palantir experts and launches customer review as it seeks to close the AI deployment gap in UK and Europe.

Esri Ireland to gather up to 500 industry figures in Dublin for a free forum on mapping, data and critical infrastructure planning.

SHE@CYBER cybersecurity training spreads in Poland and North Macedonia as post-grant uptake tests whether the women-focused model can endure.

Siemens and NVIDIA claim a verification breakthrough as Veloce proFPGA CS runs trillions of pre-silicon cycles in days for AI chip designs.