There will be no change to Ireland’s 12.5% corporate tax rate, the Taoiseach told US business leaders in Ireland yesterday.

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.

The advent of big data has the potential to fundamentally change the way in which Irish businesses operate and could open the door for more than 20,000 new jobs, according to new research.

US tech giant EMC has submitted a planning application to Cork County Council to build a data centre and accompanying office block adjacent to its existing facility in Ovens.

A secondary school in Midleton, Co Cork, has won the VEX Robotics challenge and will now compete in the world championships in Kentucky.

Global cloud computing giant EMC has said that its Irish operations have continued to play a strategic role in its growth, with the group reporting record revenues of nearly $6bn (€4.5bn) for its second quarter.

Cork is set to be the heart of EMC’s European operations focusing on research and will see it increasing its headcount, according to the company’s managing director for Europe Middle East Africa, Bob Savage.

The head of EMC in Ireland Bob Savage has been appointed managing director of the company’s centres of excellence across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

One of the country’s largest employers, EMC, had a series of new customer wins, including the Department of Education and Eircom over the past year, according to its latest quarterly accounts.

Global cloud computing and big data leader EMC unveiled an 11% year-on-year rise in fourth-quarter revenues, adding that full-year revenue for 2013 was $23.2bn (€17bn) — 7% ahead of 2012 levels.

There is more than glory for their schools spurring on student teams preparing to do battle with their robots later this week.

The board of Cork Institute of Technology has decided to appoint college president Dr Brendan Murphy for another five years — almost eight months before his term ends.

Two businesses at opposite ends of the scale have received donations from the Cork Foundation.

Europe faces a threat of deflation, which it seems unlikely to be willing to fight.

Cloud computing giant EMC has appointed Jason Ward as director for EMC Ireland, Scotland and UK North.

International technology giant EMC has reported second quarter global revenues of some $5.6bn (€4.23bn), up by 6% on a year-on-year basis.

American global giant EMC is adding another 200 jobs to its 1,800-strong workforce in Cork due to this country’s “enterprise-facing environment and skilled talent”.

Senior EMC staff were honoured at a civic reception last night at which the Lord Mayor of Cork said the firm was a “cornerstone of Cork’s foreign direct investment community”.

They’ve been in the same class for 18 months, but these students only met for the first time yesterday — at the graduation ceremony to mark completion of the country’s first dedicated degrees in cloud computing.

Shares of EMC, the world’s biggest maker of storage computers, tumbled after forecasting full-year profit that trailed analysts’ estimates and as VMware, the software maker it mostly owns, said it is considering job cuts.

EMC, the world’s biggest maker of storage computers, has cut its sales forecast for the year and posted earnings that missed estimates as a weak economy prompted corporate customers to curb spending.

IT@Cork is holding a seminar that plans to eliminate Ireland’s budget deficit and create jobs for the future.

UCC is set to become a leader in data science by pioneering the world’s first suite of degree courses in the emerging discipline — which is key to unlocking the benefits of cloud computing.

Ireland’s most trusted leader is EMC Ireland’s vice-president and managing director Bob Savage, according to the Great Place to Work Best Workplace Awards.

“If I could pick up the phone and tell him to find the redundancy money, I would.”

AIB Bank is open to lending money to start-up businesses and house hunters, one bank executive said yesterday in reply to criticism from a loan applicant.

Ireland can become a world player in cloud computing given the right approach to innovation, according to EMC chief executive and vice president for Ireland Bob Savage.

Technology giant EMC has reported an 18% increase in revenue for 2011, adding that its Irish operations achieved record growth during the year.

Politicians are now realising that the raft of information people reveal about themselves through social media platforms could be a new wellspring for votes, writes Bob Savage

EMC, which employs 2,500 in the Republic of Ireland, most of them at its Ovens and Ballincollig plants in co cork, has reported global third quarter consolidated revenues of €3.6bn.

GROWING demand for cloud computing helped the Irish-based operations of global technology giant, EMC, to grow by 21% in the three months to the end of September.

EMC has reported an 18% increase in global third-quarter revenues over the same time last year.

EMC Ireland’s managing director Bob Savage is to be the new chairman of Cork Institute of Technology’s governing body.

REGARDLESS of what happens with the IMF and the European Union, Ireland will still have to drive forward and hard work from everyone is required.

A CORK-based ICT site is knocking 20% off its annual energy consumption through the use of ground- breaking energy-saving technologies.

EMC is a big deal for Cork.

EMC, one of the country’s biggest employers, insists it is not planning a Dell-style pullout from Ireland.

THE head of the Cork company of the year said its success is down to committed and motived staff.