Almost eight out of 10 online Irish adults use social networks, according to a new survey.

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.

EMC has urged colleges to create more 'Big Data' programmes as experts predict millions of new jobs in analytics over the coming years.

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.

Massachusetts: The Security for Business Innovation Council — an IT security council established by technology giant EMC — has urged companies to update their cybercrime combating skills.

Irish companies believe moving to cloud computing will change how they do business and create new roles for IT staff in the next three years.

Companies can score victories over their competitors by training their best number-crunchers to help find trends and patterns that others might not see.

Irish security experts have warned mobile phone users about a rising number of “smishing” attacks which allow cybercriminals access to personal information such as credit card details and passwords.

One in three (32%) organisations in the financial services, the public sector, manufacturing, IT, semi- state and insurance sphere experienced between one and five cybercrime security breaches in the last year, the latest Irish Information Security and Cybercrime has found.

Ireland is on the cusp of a technology boom that will generate thousands of high-quality jobs over the next decade, according to EMC, the big data and cloud computing multinational that employs more than 2,500 people in Ireland.

EMC is building a cloud computing innovation centre to be called Cloud4Gov, which could save the state anything up to 50% on its IT costs.

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

US technology giant EMC has today reported a 20% increase in global second-quarter revenues over the same time last year.

ONE of Ireland’s top employers says it has confidence in the country and believes there is a positive outlook ahead.

CLARE boss Micheál McDermott may be able to call on the services of three new recruits for Sunday’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Waterford.

CLARE football boss Micheal McDermott is confident that the GAA’s Central Council will look favourably this weekend on their request to become eligible for the scheme which allows players to declare for the home county of their parents.

CLARE senior football boss Michéal McDermott has secured the services of renowned fitness coach Mike McGurn for the 2011 season.

Two mothers of young children have been remanded in custody for sentence for kidnapping of a businessmen arising out of "a genuine but misguided belief" that he was "a conman".

A VICIOUS sex attacker who raped and battered a frail pensioner to death after she bravely fought him off in a previous assault was jailed for life today.

BECOMING the sixth team from Kerry to qualify for the AIB All-Ireland club final and the first-ever native-speaking combination, represents a monumental achievement for An Ghaeltacht.

An Ghaeltacht are through to their first ever AIB Club final after a superior second half display in Thurles.

When sprawling suburbia enveloped Castleknock and Blanchardstown, the local GAA club didn’t sit on their hands. St Brigid’s instigated a juvenile programme which has brought them all the way to an All-Ireland Club SFC semi final on Sunday. Mark Gallagher visited Dublin 15.