More than 160 hi-tech jobs promised by four IDA supported companies
The San Francisco-headquartered cloud computing firm Engine Yard has chosen Dublin as its EMEA-region headquarters, creating 30 high-quality jobs over the next three years in the process.
Another 15 jobs to be created over the next two years are due from Pinger — a San Jose-based cloud/telecoms company — which will service all markets outside of North America from a new Dublin-based operation.
The New Jersey-based software firm Commence Corporation is bringing 20 jobs by opening its international centre in Dublin, while 100 new jobs over the remainder of this year and next are being created in Galway by Canadian technology company Pivot Acquisition Corporation; one of North America’s largest IT solutions providers.
Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton said that the four announcements prove the Government is “making real progress”.
The IDA announcements came on the same day that 200 of the world’s most influential technology giants — among them founders of LinkedIn, Skype, PayPal, Angry Birds and YouTube — descended on Dublin for two major events taking place this weekend.
The second annual F.ounders networking event and the Dublin Web Summit launched yesterday, featuring a number of venture capitalists, opinion makers and the next generation of technology entrepreneurs from Asia. Last year’s inaugural F.ounders event was dubbed “the best tech event in Europe” by the Wall Street Journal.
“Ireland’s tech sector is booming. Today 1,500 people are in the RDS at the Dublin Web Summit listening to talks from over 100 entrepreneurs, investors and influencers. With the calibre of people attending both the F.ounders and DWS event, I believe we can show that, not only is Ireland a leading location for investment, but our home-grown innovators can also expand their businesses globally,” said dual event organiser Paddy Cosgrave.
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