Iona Technologies today announced that Chariot Solutions, a technology consulting firm specializing in Java and Open Source software development, has become a FUSE(TM) Partner.

European Affairs Minister Dick Roche today represents the Government in Quebec as the city marks its 400th birthday.

GERMANY’S Software will not buy loss-making Irish software maker Iona Technologies, Software’s chief financial officer Arnd Zinnhardt told Reuters yesterday.

IONA TECHNOLOGIES rose as much as 12% in New York trading after a report that Software AG may make a bid valuing the Dublin-based company at more than $4 per American depositary receipt.

Software company, Iona Technologies has confirmed that it has received a takeover offer.

Iona Technologies today announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2007.

The value of Irish shares rocketed by more than 3% today, as the ISEQ index saw an amazing 256.58 points to 8240.37.

The Irish Stock Exchange has had a quiet morning so far since electronic trading is not taking place because the ISEXetra trading system is unavailable.

Iona Technologies, the Dublin-headquartered IT infrastructure solutions provider, has acquired the Californian-based company, LogicBlaze for an undisclosed sum in an all-cash deal.

The ISEQ plummeted 70.32 points to close at 9365.17.

John Conroy has retired from the board of directors of ISEQ-listed Iona Technologies.

THE ISEQ index was more or less unchanged as the financial and construction sector had a mixture of positive and negative closing prices. The Irish Exchange closed down 0.67 points to 8,531.16.

EIRCOM chief executive, Dr Philip Nolan has been appointed chairman of the Irish Management Institute (IMI) for a three-year term.

BRUCE J RYAN has been added to the board of Iona Technologies and will serve as chairman of Iona’s audit committee.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares stayed more or less level this morning, up just 1.89 points on opening to 7830.57.

IT solutions company Iona has announced first quarter revenues of $16.9m (€13.7m), amounting to a net loss of $600,000 (€486,000).

The Irish stock exchange started the day off in negative territory this morning after oil prices rose again and the Central Bank warned of a slump in the housing market today.

The ISEQ closed at 7972.98 today, up 29.31.

MARINA Donohoe was just two months in Silicon Valley when she took two ex-Trinity College students with an idea to see a major software developer.

An €11.7m national centre for software engineering research will be established in Limerick to ensure the country is equipped to excel on the world stage, it was confirmed today.

IONA Technologies’ shares jumped 11% yesterday after the software group released positive third-quarter figures.

The ISEQ lost early gains to close down 2.93 points at 6781.07.

The ISEQ gained 14.58 points this morning to stand at 6798.58 at 11.15am.

TWO Bandon firms, SWS and local contractor James P Fleming have embarked on a €100 million-plus wind farm project in Hungary.

IONA Technologies boss Peter Zotto says the group’s new software solution, Artix, will return the company to the success it enjoyed with CORBA, the package that launched it worldwide.

Brian O’Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent

The ISEQ index was up 12.23 points at 6597.33 at closing time today.

ISEQ and Nasdaq-listed Iona Technologies today announced second-quarter revenues of $14m (€11.6m), down from $15.2m (€12.6m) in the same period last year.

Today: IIB Bank and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) publish the results of a survey on consumer debt levels.

The ISEQ ended the day 31.09 points down to 6523.97.

SHARES in Iona Technologies slid 7% yesterday after the struggling software company issued a profit warning.

Iona Technologies has today announced the resignation of Dan Demmer, IONA’s chief financial officer.

IONA Technologies has appointed Peter Zotto, currently the company’s president and chief operating officer, as its new chief executive officer.

The ISEQ index was down 28.75 points at 6153.26 at close of business today.

ISEQ-listed Iona Technologies has announced Q1 2005 revenues of $16.3m (€12.7m).

COMPUTER software company Iona Technologies director William Burgess bought shares in the company worth €20,000, a statement to the stock exchange said.

Trading on the Dublin stock exchange has seen the ISEQ index fall 15.18 points to 6,767.98 by 11am today.

The ISEQ fell 21.54 points to 6,597.38 today in a mixed day for stocks on the Dublin market.

The construction sector contributed to a good day for Dublin's stock exchange which ended the day up 37.06 points at 6,552.01.

A SENIOR executive with a Dublin-based pharmaceutical company has sold his entire stake in the firm to fund the separation from his wife.

IONA TECHNOLOGIES is back in the black.

Dublin's stock exchange has risen by just over six points by 11am this morning to 6117.64 as food group IAWS offsets the negative trend elsewhere.

Dublin's stock exchange saw its share prices fall 35.97 points to 6,053.02 today as the business community was dealing with the the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority's criticism of Allied Irish Bank's overcharging controversy.

It was a day to forget for Dublin's stock exchange as the Iseq index of shares fell 47.28 points to 5,587.91 with most stocks losing value.