Dell Technologies has appointed a new general manager for its Irish business as it increasingly focuses on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Stretching as far south as Ballygarvan and as far west as Ballincollig, the new Cork South-West local electoral area is, by quite a margin, the most populous constituency in the redrawn Cork City.

Tommy Barker finds that grey clouds are lifting, as colour makes a come back in Macroom new homes development.

Having worked as an estate agent in the vast expanse of Texas, there was no way the woman of this house was ever going to build small, or put up with pokey rooms, when she returned to her native Cork, writes Tommy Barker. 

Shares in computer services firm VMware — whose main Irish offices are in Cork —plunged yesterday after broadcaster CNBC reported it is considering acquiring Dell Technologies in a reverse merger, bringing Dell back to markets in what could be the industry’s biggest deal ever.

Apartments of this high calibre are rare within the confines of Cork City, writes Trish Dromey

The annual awards of the IGNITE business start-up programme that supports third level graduates take place on Thursday at University College Cork. Pádraig Hoare spoke to director of the programme, Eamon Curtin.

A ready-to-build residential site within a few minutes walk of EMC/Dell in Cork’s Killumney and three miles from Ballincollig has come to market, where average cost per ‘stand’ to build on is running at €55,000. It equates to €563,000 per acre.

“If this document was produced under British rule, it would have brought about revolution, and it should. This is a diktat we can’t accept.”

The O’Flynn Group this weekend launches a brand new development of 144 new-builds. 

Cork badly needs office space and housing fast-tracked if it is to compete for the next wave of foreign direct investment, the IDA has warned.

Resource supply disruptions and rising prices spell trouble for companies that rely on scarce natural resources — unless trends change, says Mark Twomey.

An estimated 50 Cork-based jobs are to be cut at newly merged technology giant Dell-EMC, it emerged yesterday.

Computer giant Dell has formally completed its multi-billion dollar takeover of cloud computing and IT security group EMC, positioning the company to use its size to invest in new areas and fend off competition from the cloud and other rivals.

A €200m data centre development on the outskirts of Cork City is being hailed as a vital new resource to the city’s infrastructure that will underpin employment growth in the coming years.

Irish SMEs looking to overseas markets are suffering from a lack of resources and understanding of export markets but would benefit from government policies that support clustering.

Staff at Dell and EMC’s Cork offices were yesterday brought up to speed with the ongoing merger of their two businesses, as Michael Dell flew in to address them.

Dell increased the amount of debt it will raise in the investment-grade bond market after the computer maker received over $80bn (€70.7bn) of orders from investors.

Four-bed is 10 minutes from Cork suburb of Ballincollig on 0.8 of an acre, says Tommy Barker.

Widespread dissatisfaction with career progression is encouraging a huge proportion of IT workers to look for roles outside of their current employer.

There were smiles all round at the EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup as newly-crowned champion Colm Campbell got the perfect boost for a busy schedule ahead and tournament organisers got a winner of the calibre they feel their event deserves.

The Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup will step into a new era this season as the 2016 renewal will see the prestigious 54-hole tournament sponsored by EMC and carrying world amateur ranking points.

THE owners of 30 Berryfield “have done the Dermot Bannon-sort of extension behind, great space with lots of glass and light”, says Sherry FitzGerald auctioneer Norma Healy. 

Innovative CIT student Vincent Forde has won two leading business awards within a week — CIT Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 and Accenture Leader of Tomorrow 2016.

Dublin ‘Internet of Things’ company Asavie has partnered with tech giant EMC and network operator Vodafone to provide connectivity for the duo’s state-of-the-art testbed facility in Cork.

New American Chamber of Commerce Ireland president Bob Savage has warned of serious implications arising if the EU and US fail to agree a new mechanism for cross border data transfers.

We are the robots.

Cork county councillors have been lobbied by a developer to review the zoning of a parcel of land on the city’s outskirts to pave the way for the first phase of a multimillion-euro science park.

Quintas is one of Ireland’s leading independent accountancy and tax specialist firms.

A local authority has initiated planning enforcement action on itself over a car park planning case in Cork.